Meet the Team
Based in Montreal, Los Angeles, and London, our group marshals combined decades of experience and success across the film industry and other sectors.
Karine Martin
CEO & Producer | Starlings Entertainment / Mediabiz International
Managing Partner | MBM3 Films
A leading figure in female entrepreneurship and the entertainment industry with 25 years’ experience, Karine is an award-winning producer based in Montreal and Los Angeles.
As CEO and co- founder of Mediabiz and Starlings as well as co-founder and Managing Partner of MBM3, Karine defined their strategic directions and oversaw the financing, production, operation and exploitation of their projects.
Through Mediabiz and its affiliates, Karine has been a producer, executive producer or financier of over 50 film and television projects.
For the last 25 years, she has been involved in raising equity, fund management and financial engineering for media groups, international banks, funds (sovereign, private and pension), producers and distributors, including major and independent entertainment entities throughout the world.
Mediabiz also lent her services to the French conglomerate Lagardère Group for which she acted as COO for one of its financing entities. Karine’s expertise in film and TV financing led her to advise Belgium and the Czech Republic on their tax incentive structures. Mediabiz also advised Airbus and EADS on their industrial offsets in South Africa.
Before joining Mediabiz, Karine worked for a US independent film and television production and distribution company in Los Angeles and Munich where, as Senior Vice-President and Head of Business Affairs, she managed legal, financial and commercial operations. She began her career as an attorney for two large law firms in Canada where she practiced litigation, commercial and corporate law in addition to entertainment law.
Karine is a recipient of the 2017 Business Women of Quebec Award. She is member of the International Women Forum and is involved in education as co-owner and board member of a private school and high school in Montreal in partnership with an international group based in India and the United-States.
Jean-François Doray
President & Co-Founder | Starlings Entertainment / Mediabiz International
With an MBA and extensive experience in finance and the entertainment industry, Jean-François is the co-shareholder of Mediabiz and its affiliated American groups. Together with Karine Martin, he participates in the definition and execution of Mediabiz’s strategic plans, including those of all of its affiliates. For the past 20 years, he has conducted financial operations for media groups, international banks, sovereign, private and pension funds, as well as producers and distributors in Asia, Europe, from the Middle East and the Americas. He started his career in international relations working for various governmental and political organizations. Subsequently, he worked for a Canadian state bank where he was responsible for the loan portfolio dedicated to the development of international markets for entertainment companies, including film, television, new media, performance and music.
Danny Zamost
Board Member | Starlings Entertainment
Partner & Co-Founder | Starlings Studios
Danny Zamost, a film producer and corporate entrepreneur whose extensive resume includes building three successful logistics companies, is among the original Board members of the global Los Angeles-based film and television producer-financier Starlings Entertainment. Since its formation in 2017, Zamost has raised his investment in the company and become a partner in its production unit, Starlings Studios.
Zamost has served as a key strategic player in the rapid growth of Starlings Entertainment, a collection of interconnected companies that focus on developing, financing and producing smartly budgeted, highly commercial live-action and animated films, a prolific roster of global television series (developed in-house and sourced from an expansive network of affiliates and longstanding producer relationships), as well as other media.
Starting his career in 1992 after earning a BA in Communications from the University of Arizona, Zamost entered the logistics field with the global, Chicago-based transportation and logistics services company, American Backhaulers. After working his way through the ranks, Zamost left to open his first of three logistics companies, DND Express, which he sold in 2005 before teaming with American Backhaulers Co-Founder Paul Loeb to form Command Transportation. A decade later, in 2015, the company was sold and Zamost now runs his third venture in the field, Avenue Logistics, headquartered in Chicago with 200 employees and six offices, as well as other entities.
A passionate lifelong movie and TV buff, Zamost entered film producing in recent years, with credits including 2016’s Shimmer Lake, 2017’s Jeepers Creepers 3, 2018’s When We First Met and an upcoming documentary. In 2019, he served as a producer alongside Starlings Entertainment CEO Karine Martin, who was an executive producer of the critically acclaimed feature film Rocketman, based on Elton John’s life story. Rocketman won the Best Original Song Academy Award® and two Golden Globes (Best Performance by an Actor and Best Original Song). The feature was also nominated for a SAG Award (Lead Actor) and four EE British Academy Film awards.
Patricia Brown
Executive Vice President | Starlings Entertainment
President | Mediabiz Europe
Patricia is established in London and has 20 years of experience in the finance sector and the entertainment industry.
As president of Mediabiz Europe, she is in charge of all European relationships and has the mandate to develop Mediabiz’ financial activities in Europe, including raising equity, setting up funds and co-managing Mediabiz Capital’s investment transactions in collaboration with the North American financial division.
Prior to joining Mediabiz, Patricia worked for Future Films from 2008 to 2011, as the company’s managing director and also as a member of the board.
In 2000, she joined the Media & Entertainment team of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as one of the initial team members and rose to be head of the structured tax team in 2005, before assuming the position of head of the media and entertainment team in 2007. The media portfolio consisted of £8bn of assets with clients from major and independent US and European studios, including Time Warner, 20th Century Fox and Walt Disney Pictures.
Prior to RBS, she worked for Greenwich NatWest where she was associate manager for leasing, asset and structured Finance (1989–2000).
Sophie Doré
Executive Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs | Starlings Entertainment/Mediabiz International
Sophie is a member of the Quebec Bar and the Bar of the State of New York, with a practice focused on media, entertainment, and international production. She built her legal career at Just For Laughs, the world-renowned comedy brand, where she served as Head of Legal Affairs, overseeing corporate and legal matters across live events, television, and content production.
She later held the role of Director of Legal and Business Affairs at Groupe Entourage, a Montreal-based multiplatform entertainment company, where she was responsible for corporate governance, litigation, and operational legal strategy across live performance, television, and music projects.
Currently at Starlings and Mediabiz, Sophie oversees legal and insurance matters for international productions, advising on production and financing structures, tax credit regimes, and complex cross-border legal issues.
Brad Southwick
Supervisor of Production | Starlings Entertainment
Brad Southwick is a veteran film and television producer and production manager whose career spans feature films, television, commercials, music videos, and international productions across North America, Europe, and Asia.
He began his entertainment career in New York City as a production assistant and stage manager before relocating to Los Angeles, where he worked for Michael Jackson’s Ultimate Productions during the creation of the landmark Bad album, the follow-up to the record-breaking Thriller.
Soon after, Southwick produced his first feature film, The Willies, released by Paramount Pictures. Since then, he has produced more than fifty feature films, four television series, and numerous commercials, industrials, and music videos.
In 2008, Southwick produced Legion starring Paul Bettany and Dennis Quaid. Released nationwide by Screen Gems in 2010, the film became an international box-office success. His theatrical feature credits also include A Warrior’s Heart starring Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene; The Cleansing Hour with Kyle Gallner; and Back Roads directed by and starring Alex Pettyfer. Additional producing credits include Last Will starring Tatum O’Neal and Tom Berenger; Living in Peril with Rob Lowe and Jim Belushi; and Devil’s Peak starring Billy Bob Thornton and Robin Wright. Southwick also produced Body Armour in Barcelona, Spain, starring Chazz Palminteri and Til Schweiger, and Rancid in Stockholm, Sweden. His credits further include the adaptation of Norman Mailer’s The Time of Her Time and the 3D docudrama Long Day Journey, both directed by Francis Delia.
His television work includes the 23-part historical epic The Korean War, filmed in both the United States and China for China Central Television, as well as 39 half-hour episodes for HBO, including Life on Top and The Girls Guide to Depravity. More recently, Southwick served as Production Supervisor on Greatest Prison Escapes and Sherlock & Daughter for Starlings Entertainment.
Southwick holds dual bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration and Theatre from Drury University and is a member of the Directors Guild of America.
Hannah Nailor
Head of Creative | Starlings Entertainment
Hannah Nailor is a Los Angeles-based creative executive with ten years of experience in the film and television industry, with a particular focus on producing and development. As Head of Creative for Starlings, she ensures the high quality of the company's creative offering by collaborating with development partners, packaging talent, securing interest from buyers, and overseeing active productions. Most recently for Starlings, she received co-executive producer credit for her work on the series Sherlock & Daughter.
Previously, Hannah held the role of Creative Coordinator at Kew Media Group (formerly Content Media Corporation). In this position, Hannah helped build a slate of content within Kew and the production companies under its banner, including Alex Gibney's Jigsaw Studios, Jennifer Kawaja and Julia Sereny's Sienna Film, Jeff Norton's Awesome Media, Victoria Fea and Julie Anne Robinson's Longboat Pictures, Greg Quail's Essential Media, and Jamie Brown's Frantic Films.
Prior to her creative post at Kew, Hannah balanced dual roles within the group as the Los Angeles office coordinator and sales coordinator, facilitating and supporting all aspects of film and television distribution.
Hannah’s career began with internships at Stuart Ford’s IM Global and Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Screenwriting from Chapman University.