about converge
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Representing the fusion of diverse cultures in independent filmmaking, CONVERGE ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. (“Converge”) is a U.S. based finance and production company of high-quality commercial and American Latino film, television and Internet content across domestic and global multi-dimensional distribution platforms. With over 20 years of combined experience in various components of the film industry, Converge provides a streamlined and market savvy approach to every project to maximize production value, drive revenue and accelerate profits. Currently, Converge is financing the Trilogy Films 3-Picture Alpha Slate; the Americana Film Fund that will develop, finance and produce American Latino projects; and executive producing other theatrical motion picture productions.
the converge team
Katharyn Bond Marquez
Katharyn Bond Márquez is a lawyer, producer and principle of Converge Entertainment, LLC, a film finance and production company. She oversees development of Converge’s projects and its business affairs, provides legal services, initiates strategic ventures, and strategically positions the company’s projects in the marketplace for maximum exploitation and profit. She is currently producing Tribeca All Access Participant, "IMMACULATE CONCEPTION", the first feature film written and directed by Hugo Perez, screenwriter and director of the short films, "BETTY LA FLACA", and "JULIETA Y RAMON", featured on HBO. She is formerly a partner in the boutique law firm of Márquez, Bond & Meisel LLP and produced Off-Broadway theatre. Her private practice encompasses intellectual property, new media, securities law, employment and entertainment law where she has served as counsel to independent filmmakers and Off-Broadway staged theatre productions. She is a member of the California State Bar and the National Association of Latino Independent Producers where she is a volunteer member on the Board of the New York Chapter, serves as the Co-Programming Chair. Katharyn has a background in marketing and media having worked prior to becoming a lawyer at Saatchi and Saatchi and Young & Rubicam as a media planner for the Hewlett Packard and Chevron U.S. A. Accounts respectively.
Laura Perez
Laura Perez Laura is a lawyer, producer and principal of Converge Entertainment, LLC, a film financing and production company. Laura manages production of Converge’s projects to ensure production and distribution of the films are aligned with the company’s mission and strategic parameters, oversees the company’s Internet ventures, and strategically positions the company’s projects in the marketplace for maximum exploitation and profit. She is currently directing a Converge Entertainment feature documentary entitled “American Orange” which explores the “mysterious” decline and demise of an impoverished Latino border community fighting the world’s most ancient form of chemical warfare. She co-wrote and produced the feature film entitled Harvest of Redemption, winner of the “Best Foreign Feature Award” at the 2007 International Family Film Festival and now available at Blockbuster, Target and WalMart. She has been a Line Producer and Production Manager on several independent projects including the feature Double Tap starring Daniel Baldwin and Pepe Serna and judged The 2007 American Screenwriter’s Association International Screenplay Competition. Laura has a B.A. in Psychology, a minor in Communications, and a law degree from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio Texas.