Neil Mandt
Founder & CEO
Tech, Media, Digital
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Neil Mandt is a 5-time Emmy®-winning producer, seasoned Hollywood director, and pioneering entrepreneur at the forefront of Digital Rights Management. Over a 30-year media career, Neil Mandt has produced more than 3,000 episodes of television and multiple feature films for studios including Disney and A24. He produced the first Super Bowl in virtual reality, co-founded an MMA league in China, built one of the earliest AR platforms for true-crime storytelling, and has developed immersive content across AI, VR, and gaming.
A creative thinker with an extraordinary breadth of experience in producing feature films, network television, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality content, since 2015, Neil Mandt has been the driving force behind the creation of the Digital Rights industry. He is the Founder of Digital Rights Management (DRM), the first platform enabling real estate owners to register, protect, and monetize their digital airspace. As the only figure equally rooted in high-level entertainment and property technology, he brings a rare combination of creative mastery and entrepreneurial innovation – cementing his role as the definitive leader in this emerging field.
On the entertainment front, Neil Mandt has sold projects to and produced television and film productions for every conglomerate in Hollywood. His credits include producing movies for Disney, A24, HBO, Showtime, Starz & Lionsgate, the Olympics Games, the OJ Simpson Criminal Trial for ABC News, the Golden Globe Awards and the creation of series television for ESPN, NBC Universal, CBS, ABC, FOX, Discovery, FOOD Network, Travel Channel, Sony & Showtime to name a few.
Neil also frequently advises a range of corporations, from Fortune 500 companies to innovative start-ups, helping them refine their identities, clarify their objectives, and realize their content strategy in ways that resonate with digitally-native audiences.
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