BURBANK, CA (May 28, 2010) -- Ten Thirty-One Pictures Entertainment, formerly headquartered in Metamora, Illinois, has received an Award of Distinction in the 16th Annual Communicator Awards for the 33-minute documentary, 'The Obery Farms Legacy', produced for the farm's 135th anniversary. The project, lasting 14 months, started in May 2008 and was spearheaded by Levi Obery, a 2009 Bradley University graduate and CEO of Ten Thirty-One Pictures, and his grandmother, Marcella Obery. The film premiered during an anniversary celebration on July 26, 2009 and is now available from Ten Thirty-One Pictures Home Entertainment on DVD at Amazon.com and instant viewing on Amazon Video On Demand. The documentary was also awarded a Davey Award last November.
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 produced, wrote, and co-directed The Only Way, the controversial film about a school shooting. The following summer, he produced, wrote, and co-directed 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 the critically-acclaimed film One Hour Fantasy Girl, which was shot in Los Angeles in February 2008. In 2009, Obery produced an award-winning documentary film, The Obery Farms Legacy, for the 135th anniversary of his family's agricultural enterprise. Obery also produced The Magic Stone in 2009, which is scheduled for release in 2011. Obery is currently in pre-production on several television and motion picture properties, including Johnny Violence, the new film from Heroic Age Studios.
Obery currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
For more information about Obery, visit his IMDb page and follow him on Twitter.
About Obery Farms
The Obery family has been farming in rural Metamora, Illinois for six generations and over 135 years. The principals are John, Joel, and Mark Obery. What began as a 127‐acre farm in 1874, their operations now include farming nearly 3,000 acres and a chemical and fertilizer sales and custom application business, Obery Chemical and Fertilizer Inc. Over the past 135 years, the Obery name has become synonymous with trust and exceptional service, and that has established the thriving enterprise that it is today.
About the Communicator Awards
The Communicator Awards is the leading international creative awards program honoring creative excellence for communication 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. The Communicator Awards are overseen and sanctioned by the International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA), an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a "Who’s Who" of acclaimed media, communications, advertising, creative and marketing firms. IAVA members include executives from organizations such as Alloy Media + Marketing, Coach, Condé Nast, Disney, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Estee Lauder, Keller Crescent, HBO, Monster.com, MTV, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Tribal DDB, Victoria’s Secret, Wired, and Yahoo! The 2010 Communicator Awards received over 7000 entries from ad agencies, interactive agencies, production firms, in-house creative professionals, graphic designers, design firms, and public relations firms.
