John Daly is considered by many to be the founding father of the independent film movement.
The creative and entrepreneurial force behind many of the big and medium-budget independent films of the '80s and '90s, he is respected as a risk-taker and maverick that backed films the big studios wouldn't touch.
The Return of the Living Dead (1985), The Terminator (1984), The Last Emperor (1987) which won 9 Oscars, including Best Picture, Platoon (1986) which one 4 Oscars, including Best Picture, Criminal Law (1988), Shag (1989), and Tournament of Dreams (2000) are only a few of the films he has nurtured from conception to completion.
He founded the Hemdale Company in 1966, which originally began as a talent agency that Daly fostered into a profitable production and distribution company.
He truly understands the components necessary for getting a picture made and gives tools here that will thoroughly equip actors who desire to begin working on projects that will satisfy their creative aspirations.