Lonnie Ramati

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Lonnie Ramati has been head of production business affairs for each of the following recent films: "The Black Dahlia" starring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johannson, Hilary Swank and directed by Brian De Palma, "16 Blocks" starring Bruce Willis and directed by Richard Donner, "The Wicker Man" starring Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn and Leelee Sobieski and directed by Neil Labute, "The Contract" starring Morgan Freeman and John Cusack and directed by Bruce Beresford, "The Code" starring Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas and directed by Mimi Leder, "Journey To The End Of The Night" starring Brendan Fraser, Mos Def and Scott Glenn and directed by Eric Eason, "Mozart And The Whale" starring Josh Hartnett and Radha Mitchell and directed by Peder Naess, "The Cleaner" starring Samuel Jackson, Eva Mendes and Ed Harris and directed by Renny Harlin, "Relative Strangers" starring Danny DeVito and Kathy Bates, "Black Widow" starring Willem Dafoe, "End Game" starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Burt Reynolds and James Woods and directed by Andy Chang, "Home Of The Brave" starring Samuel Jackson and Jessica Biel, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, and Christina Ricci and directed by Irwin Winkler, "King Of California" starring Michael Douglas and directed by Michael Cahill, "Righteous Kill" starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino and directed by Jon Avnet, "Mad Money" starring Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes, and directed by Callie Khouri, "Rin Tin Tin" starring Ben Cross, "Rambo" starring Sylvestor Stallone and directed by Sylvestor Stallone, "Lonely Hearts" starring John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Selma Hayek and Laura Dern, "88 Minutes" starring Al Pacino and directed by Jon Avnet, "Homeland Security" aka "My Mom's New Boyfriend" starring Antonio Banderas and Meg Ryan and directed by George Gallo", "Brand Hauser" aka "War Inc" starring John Cusack, Hilary Duff, Marisa Tomei, Ben Kingsley and Joan Cusack" and directed by Joshua Seftel, "Blond Ambition" starring Jessica Simpson and Luke Wilson and directed by Scott Marshall, "Day Of Dead" starring Mena Suvari, Nick Cannon and Ving Rhames and directed by Steve Miner, "The Tenants" starring Dylan McDermott, Snoop Dog and Rose Byrne and directed by Danny Green, "Loverboy" starring Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgewick, Marisa Tomei, Matt Dillon, Oliver Platt, Campbell Scott (and with an uncredited cameo appearance by Sandra Bullock) and directed by Kevin Bacon "Brooklyn's Finest" starring Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke and Wesley Snipes and directed by Antoine Fuqua (in production), and a remake of "Bad Lietenant" starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Werner Herzog (in pre-production)

He has more than 20 years of experience in entertainment business affairs with emphasis on international and domestic motion pictures, television series and movies of the week, music, digital media, and other complex entertainment and multimedia transactions. He acts and has acted as business affairs and deal-maker for individuals (including actors, directors, and musicians) and companies (both boutique and public) on all aspects of entertainment matters, including financing, production, domestic and international distribution (in all media), merchandising, and other licensing agreements for film, television, and TV movies and miniseries (with credits for almost 200 productions); recording, publishing, and soundtrack album agreements for both individual artists and composers; actor, director, producer, writer, and all other talent (above- and below-the-line) agreements in film and television; joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions, executive employment agreements; complex acquisitions and sales of entertainment catalogs; and all entertainment issues relative to the Internet and mobile entertainment. Lonnie has also transitioned companies from small production and distribution entities into major film and television production and distribution companies with over 20-25 productions per year. He has extensive experience in representing clients in a business affairs capacity with respect to the creation of start-up companies, such as production and other entertainment companies, record labels, music publishers, gaming, and Internet and wireless companies. Lonnie was also co-owner of a successful urban record label.