Along with partner Diana Takata and entrepreneur Dr. E. Ted Prince, Don co-founded nextPix in 2000 with the goal of creating both a production company and internet presence that serves the media/film community. Now in its 9th year, nextPix has produced, co-produced and/or provided finishing funds to numerous narrative and documentary feature films. nextPix also provides web resources to filmmakers through its sister website SolPix.

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Diana Takata - Vice President
Diana Takata has a diverse background of 15 years in business operations ranging from strategic planning, marketing, sales and IT business and systems consulting. She served on re-engineering initiatives for financial, insurance, pharmaceutical, and technology companies including IBM, JP Morgan, Pfizer, and TIAA-CREF. She was also Executive Director of an international non-profit organization and served as Co-Producer of TIBET DOES NOT EXIST.

Diana has forged numerous high-profile contacts through her work in human rights, theater and entertainment. Diana received her B.A. from Occidental College and Master's degree from UCLA.

Raymond Steiner- Producer-Director
Raymond Steiner has a strong background as a very “hands on” creative producer who has consistently been associated with films that are international success stories. Beginning with the acclaimed THE CUP and TRAVELLERS AND MAGICIANS (dir. Kyentse Norbu) and his recent project MILAREPA (dir. Neten Chokling), Raymond’s films have consistently been selected for major film festivals (Cannes, Toronto, Venice, Berlin) and gone on to international theatrical distribution.

Raymond’s 30 year professional background spans films, theatre, design and publishing in America, Australia and the subcontinent. Prior to his recent experience as a producer, some of the productions he has been involved with include MGM's 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, Paramount’s THE ADVENTURERS, and Fox’s FERNGULLY: THE LAST RAINFOREST.

R.O. Rafanovic - Producer-Director
R.O. (Rick) Rafanovic has been active in the entertainment/media business for over 20 years. Rick performed publicity and development work for Alan Landsburg Productions (ADAM) and 20th Century Fox (PREDATOR), and has done extensive freelance production work for independent features (THE SCORE, SOCIETY, NIGHTWISH, IN THE LINE OF FIRE) - all while directing his own films (LA BREA WOMAN, THE ROBBERS). His short films, commercials, and other projects have been in over 100 festivals and garnered several awards and honors such as finalist for the Dore Schary Humanitarian Award, contender for Best Narrative Short for Oscar consideration, WAVE award for television production to name a few. His cable series work includes CHAPLIN CALVACADE (Producer-Director) and THE BODYMAN (Producer-Director) as well as numerous segments for CNN Headline News.

Gary Lindsay - Producer-Director
Gary Lindsay has over 20 years of experience as a filmmaker, photographer and technology consultant. He has directed, photographed, and edited over 25 short films, and served as a director, location manager, production coordinator and 1st assistant cameraman on a variety of feature film and television productions. He has worked on feature films such as ECHO PARK (producer Walter Shenson HARD DAYS NIGHT) and STAR WARS (directed by George Lucas). He is also a master photographer with vast experience in both still and motion picture photography.

Gary was co-producer, cinematographer, and editor for Don Thompson's feature film CLOUDS. Gary shepherded the entire project from conception through post-production. He has authored numerous screenplays including CHILDREN'S WARD and SHOOTERS.

Gary has received B.A. degreets in Film Production from San Francisco State University and the USC School of Cinema/Television, completed the Master's Program in Communication Management at The Annenburg School for Communication, and is currently completing his Ph.D. at The Union Institute.

John Thompson - Webmaster
John Thompson has over 15 years of experience in high tech fields. The bulk of his career has been as a Database Analyst and System Architect for many New York Financial Institutions including Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Salomon Smith Barney, Reuters and the Securities Information Automation Corporation. In his capacity as an independent technology consultant, John has been responsible for the development of diverse information systems of all sizes on a variety of system platforms.

John also has a long-standing interest in entertainment, as an actor, director and writer. He has directed productions of BUTLEY by Simon Grey, DOGG'S HAMLET by Tom Stoppard and collaborated with Don Thompson on productions of DUNE MESSIAH and TIBET DOES NOT EXIST. As an actor, he has been in several theatrical productions, with a preference for comedies and musicals.