Lido Shuffle: An Exercise In Collaboration

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Steve serves as President of Digital Ignition, which strategically invests in and partners with actor-owned production companies, gaining access to some of Hollywood’s most sought-after talent.

Steve Bender was brought in by Will Smith and Westbrook Inc in 2018 to strategize, finance and develop intellectual property to be fully exploited across all platforms in a vertically and horizontally integrated ecosystem. 

After setting Westbrook on track, Steve was recruited by the late Ken Block of Gymkhana fame to build out his content farm and brand Hoonigan as a multi-platform, multi-vertical entity. 

A graduate of the USC film program, Steve began his career working with Joel Silver at Warner Brothers who produced some of the biggest franchises in history such as Lethal Weapon, Die Hard and The Matrix. 

After a prolific 13 year run at Warner Bros. and with such talent as Robert Downey Jr., Guy Ritchie, Sean Penn, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Liam Neeson and many more, Steve left to work with Westbrook and the Smith family. 

Steve has produced films and television series, and is credited on over 30 projects. Steve lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.

Fiona is a former studio executive and investigative journalist with over 15 year experience in the development, casting, financing and production of studio films, television movies and series television.

Fiona  founded Ascent Media Group to develop and produce entertainment content with a female focus and an international perspective. Launched in 2017, Ascent Media Group has a slate of features and scripted series in development with US and European production financiers.

In 2025, Fiona wrote her debut novel, the thriller, Murder In Pebble Beach, now distributed through Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Kindle and Audio Books.

In 2020, Ascent Media produced the music driven, rom-com feature Tell Me I Love You, which Fiona wrote and directed, released on all platforms by Vision Films.

Prior to Ascent Media, Fiona held senior level, producing and creative executive positions at Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox, and Lionsgate and developed projects ranging from 2 to 80M USD. At Sony, Fiona was the Vice President of Features and Television at Turman Morrison helping  American History X earn an Oscar nomination, and later held an in-house producing deal at 20th Century Fox/Davis Entertainment.

Fiona developed the feature “Warrior Queen” now at Paramount Pictures, an epic, female led action film, and worked in France on The Highlander series for 13 episodes.

Fiona began her career as a journalist for CNN, ABC and CBS based in Paris. She earned a BA from U.C. Berkeley and a Masters from Georgetown University's Graduate School of Foreign Service. She lives between Los Angeles and London.

Dave is an amazing screenwriter represented by WME with whom he is currently packaging a number of his own screenplays with A-list talent around town.  

Dave serves as Co-Founder & CEO of Orange Comet, a transmedia entertainment company centered around gaming, and creating immersive worlds across film, television, and emerging media.

Dave is a Hollywood veteran television producer of 25 years. After producing live music specials and award shows on network television, he went on to establish his own production company, 25/7 Productions.

Under this banner, he began producing projects such as NBC’s Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope, a worldwide benefit special which he co-produced with George Clooney. In 2004, Dave created NBC’s global hit weight-loss competition format, The Biggest Loser, which he Executive Produced through its 13 year run.

Over the years, Dave has gone on to produce thousands of hours of television series and documentaries including Netflix’s first ever unscripted competition, Ultimate Beastmaster, with partner Sylvester Stallone, as well as Netflix’s international smash documentary, The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate Del Castillo and Sean Penn Story.

Just prior to becoming the CEO of Orange Comet, Dave spent four years filming and producing the Jennifer Lopez documentary feature, Halftime for Netflix. 

As a writer-director, Tiffany weaves together bold, unforgettable storytelling drawing audiences into extraordinary worlds that challenge expectations. Her approach is thoughtful and unafraid, which enables her to bring one-of-a-kind visions to life.

Currently, Tiffany is planning a highly original stop motion animation feature film entitled Heads, which she co-wrote and will direct. Working with Producer Martina Silcock, the film will begin production in Manchester UK later this year.  Heads is a surrealist fable set in a world where your head is an asset that you can liquidate if times get tough. It's also a world where a person

can make a good living buying up the heads of the desperate.

The founder of Nihil Declarandum, Tiffany's previous stop-motion project, Everybody Goes to the Hospital (2022) garnered much festival attention screening at over 30 festivals worldwide. It won numerous awards for best animation and earned a Vimeo Staff Pick. 

Her latest mixed-animation / live-action short Civil Service (2025) provoked audiences worldwide and led to a collaboration with Heretic Parfum: The Rhubarb Thief (2026), which is the company's  most successful ad campaign to date.

As a writer-producer, Tiffany has a track record in creating innovative and distinctive content. She has worked in development as a writer/producer, for Gentleman Scholar, Technicolor/MPC, Pulse Films, iDeA: Intelligent Design Agency and A24.

Working alongside Tiffany Kimmel on the upcoming stop motion animation feature film Heads, Martina is a British-Irish Producer from Manchester, UK, with a passion for scripted drama. She has worked on a diverse slate of feature films, high-end TV dramas and shorts, including Michael Sarnoski's Spirit Awards winner Pig, BAFTA-nominated Mogul Mowgli, and Emmy award-winning Man in an Orange Shirt.

As a Producer, Martina  aims to elevate underrepresented voices, with a particular focus on stories dealing with identity and relationships, often weaving in science fiction and magical-realist elements.  In 2020 she founded LookBeyondTheList.com, a resources site for systemically underrepresented groups working behind the camera in scripted TV and film.

Martina’s work in production has led her across the globe, including Hong Kong, Greece and Hungary. Currently based in Los Angeles, she actively champions innovative storytelling and independent cinema, and is developing several US and UK-based projects, including a short she will direct. 

Bianca & Dilara, known as the Foscht Twins, are Austrian-born award-winning identical twin filmmakers, actors, and writers known for creating independent films like Day of a Lion. Based in Los Angeles and formerly Vancouver, they write, direct, and star in their own productions.

Key Details About The Foscht Twins

• Day of a Lion (2025): The twins wrote, directed, and starred in this debut feature film, which focuses on their work as a creative power duo.
• Current Project: Bianca & Dilara are working with Frank who serves as Producer on their next film project Oma, a psychological/horror film, which they describe as a "terror tale." Oma has begun soft prep and will shoot in Slovakia this year.
• Background: Originally from Graz, Austria, they began with competitive dancing before moving into theatre and film, training in Europe and Vancouver.
• Awards & Training: Bianca & Dilara have received international recognition, including film festival "Best Actress" and "Best Feature Film" awards, and have trained with notable acting coaches such as  Larry Moss.
• Style: The Foscht Twins often work in genres that include period pieces, multilingual performances, and intense, creatively-imagined scenes. 

Zach & Emma are extremely talented documentary filmmakers located in Los Angeles. Zach writes and directs while Emma serves as cinematographer. They are currently in production on their next documentary, which is an Untitled True Crime Thriller based upon a high profile triple homicide case that caught the attention of the FBI and Justice Department. The case was recently tried in a Federal Court in Reno, Nevada. Frank is handling Producer chores just as he did on Zach & Emma's previous documentary. 

In September 2020, Zach, Emma & Frank's feature-length film, Where She Lies, " was acquired for distribution by Gravitas Ventures. This documentary tells the story of a woman searching for her daughter, who she believes was illegally given away for adoption by her parents at birth. Now streaming on all video-on-demand platforms, the film was a selection at the Nashville Film Festival, Atlanta Docufest, and Lake County Film Festival, as well as featured in a number of write-ups and podcasts.

Frank met Zach & Emma through his friend Ken Kragen, Emma's dad who was the legendary music manager and humanitarian credited with setting up USA For Africa (We Are The World) and Hands Across America. Zach is known for his special knack of establishing strong relationships with the subjects of his documentaries, which opens key doors to access the fascinating material serving as the cornerstone for his films. Emma brings her remarkable skills as Director of Photography to each project, which gives them a fresh and vital look.