METAMORA, IL (June 25, 2009) -- Ten Thirty-One Pictures Entertainment Inc. has been awarded a Communicator Award of Distinction in the 15 th Annual Communicator Awards for the TV spot "Reagan Vision" produced for the 15th Anniversary of the Ronald W. Regan Museum at Eureka College. The TV spot was shown during the PBS American Experience documentary Reagan last fall. The spot was produced and edited by Levi Obery, CEO of Ten Thirty-One Pictures Entertainment Inc. and a recent Bradley University graduate. The spot was directed by Robert Mahalic, Jr. of Ten Thirty-One Pictures and written by John Morris, Director of Development for the Ronald W. Reagan Leadership Program and the Ronald Reagan Museum at Eureka College.
About Levi Obery
Levi Obery began producing small video projects and films under the "Ten Thirty-One" banner in 2002. The name was derived from a film project that was set on Halloween. The film was his first collaboration with David Zimmerman III. Obery is the principal shareholder in Ten Thirty-One Pictures Entertainment and manages its overall operations, which include motion picture development, production, and distribution.
Obery graduated from Bradley University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Entrepreneurship.
Obery co-directed, wrote, and produced The Only Way, the controversial film about a school shooting. The following summer, he co-directed, wrote, and produced the short film Before the Storm. He then produced Into the Woods, the fourth film with David Zimmerman III. Obery also served as Co-Producer on Edgar Michael Bravo's critically acclaimed film One Hour Fantasy Girl, which was shot in Los Angeles in February 2008. In August 2008, Obery formed Bravo-Obery-Rice Productions LLC with Edgar Michael Bravo and John Paul Rice to produce The Boy Who Couldn't Say No, the sequel to One Hour Fantasy Girl, and The Magic Stone, an all-new psychological thriller. The Magic Stone recently wrapped principal photography and will be released early 2011. Obery will also produce Johnny Violence, the new film from Heroic Age Studios, under the Ten Thirty-One Pictures banner. Johnny Violence is currently in development and production scheduled for 2010.
Obery currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
For more information about Obery, visit his IMDb page and follow him on Twitter.
About the Communicator Awards
The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program honoring creative excellence for communications professionals. Founded by communication professionals over a decade ago, The Communicator Awards is an annual competition honoring the best in advertising, corporate communications, public relations and identity work for print, video, interactive and audio. This year’s Communicator Awards received thousands of entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world. Please visit www.communicatorawards.com for more information.
The Communicator Awards are judged and overseen by the International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA), a 450+ member organization of leading professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media. Current IAVA membership represents a "Who's Who" of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms including: Condé Nast, Coach, Disney, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Estee Lauder, HBO, Keller Crescent, Monster.com, MTV, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Tribal DDB, Victoria’s Secret, Wired, Yahoo!, and many others.
