Jan Utstein

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Jan S. Utstein is an internationally award-winning Producer and Editor-in-Chief. She is co-owner of 88 Tranzmedia along with partner with Digger T Mesch. Formed in 2012 88 Tranzmedia is dedicated to producing and developing a diverse slate of intellectual properties. Utstein and Mesch's combined talents and experience in film, toys, animation, publishing, manufacturing, design, merchandising, and social media offer a unique blend of credits that allows them to develop their projects to integrate across all media from their inception.

Offered a full scholarship from the MFA program at UCLA Utstein left behind the New York theater scene and headed for Los Angeles. She began her career in Hollywood as the assistant Art Director on the cult classic film Pumpkinhead, and the second unit Art Director on Friday The 13th Part VIII.

In 1997 she became Partner and CEO of Hurricane Entertainment where she produced numerous comic books and graphic novels through Image Comics, IDW Publishing and CrossGen Entertainment, boasting upwards of 3 million in sales worldwide.

Utstein spearheaded Hurricane's title Violent Messiahs towards nominations for every major award in the comics industry including the Harvey Award, Wizard Fan Award, and the Eisner's Russ Manning Award. While at Hurricane, she also partnered with entertainment luminaries such as 4-time Academy Award winner Star War's Ben Burtt on their title Chassis and Kurt Russell, Debra Hill and John Carpenter on the title John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Chronicles.

Before creating Hurricane with Husband William O'Neill she was a partner in the 3D Computer Animation Company, Coulter Studios. They boasted an impressive Client list which included Disney Interactive, Virgin Interactive, Showtime, TNT, Universal Pictures, MGM Studios and Touchstone Pictures. CS was dedicated to producing high quality, character driven 3D animation, for the film, television and interactive markets.

Utstein's producing credits include the Cinemascope feature film Valhalla, a San Sebastian Int'l Film Festival - Opera Prima Selectee, and Rencontres Cinématographiques Franco-Americaines Special Jury Prize winner; Haven winner of two Dramalogue Awards; and Agent 88 the highest funded pilot of a live-action web series on Kickstarter. Utstein co-Produced the web series Payday directed by Demian Lichtenstein (3000 Miles To Graceland) based on the popular Payday video game from SONY and the sold out hit Payday 2 available on X-Box, SONY Playstation and Steam. Her studio credits in Production Accounting include Demolition Man for Warner Bros., Green Hornet for Columbia Pictures, as well as Cowboys & Aliens and Steven Spielberg's Lincoln for Dreamworks Studios.

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Secondary Job Title	Production Manager
Job Titles	Animation Producer, Producer, Line Producer, Studio Producer / Director, Production Manager, Researcher, Unit Production Manager, Marketing / PR, Content Producer, Floor Staff
Years in industry	6+ years