Jim Lefkowitz

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About Jim Lefkowitz

Jim Lefkowitz is a leading executive with a wide range of experience in business, finance, and entertainment. Mr. Lefkowitz was previously a founder and Chief Operating Officer of Mandalay Media, now known as Digital Turbine (publicly traded on NASDAQ as "APPS") with a current market cap of approximately $6 Billion. Mandalay Media, with Golden State Warriors co-owner Peter Guber as Co-Chairman, is a global distributor of mobile entertainment and services. Mr. Lefkowitz joined Mandalay Media from Cantor Fitzgerald, the New York-based investment bank, where he served as Managing Director of Cantor Entertainment and led the film finance group. Prior to Cantor, Mr. Lefkowitz was an agent at Creative Artists Agency, the premiere entertainment industry talent agency, where he represented actors, writers, and directors for film, television, and new media ventures. Mr. Lefkowitz began his career as an executive at The Walt Disney Studios, where he negotiated writer, actor, producer and director deals, film financing arrangements, and rights acquisitions. Jim recently Executive Produced the acclaimed films "LOVE AND MERCY" and "WHEN THE GARDEN WAS EDEN. LOVE AND MERCY, starring John Cusack, Paul Dano and Paul Giamatti,was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards. WHEN THE GARDEN WAS EDEN premiered as the opening night film of the Tribeca /ESPN Film Festival and was awarded an Emmy. Partnered with ENTOURAGE creator Doug Ellin at HBO and CBS, Jim Executive Produced "FORTY"( by Doug Ellin ) and "DA BRICK"(with Spike Lee and Mike Tyson), and is developing THE HARRIET TUBMAN STORY(with producer Steven Spielberg and Viola Davis). Jim was born and raised in Cleveland and is a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Business Administration and Law School.