Founders Bio - Adproducer.com

My name is Mark Hallinan. I'm the founder and CEO of the

AdProducer.com and EntertainmentProducer.com Web Network. I've been in the advertising and entertainment production business all 54 of my 54 years from a child actor/ model, production assistant, stunt performer, helper to Creative Director and CEO. My father was the industry's best selling stock photographer when I was a kid. We both worked at Cypress Gardens in Winter Haven, Florida. I was an agency broadcast producer and creative director in the 70's. Elvis was a client… the job (buying radio for concert tours and writing "Elvis! Elvis! Elvis!) barely paid the rent. But I knew I'd be able to drop the name for the rest of my life. Colonel Parker, Elvis' life long manager, knew that too. He was a tough negotiator. And that's being kind.

I started the Hallinan Advertising agency in 1975. Worked for the same clients 20-30 years. I started one of the first modern stock footage libraries in '85 SF.V International; like my agency, it's still doing business and enjoys a very good reputation. In the mid 90's I started a website for voice actors. I bought the domain name Voiceactors.com. I realized that all the domains specific to the production world like 3-DAnimation.com, DirectorsofPhotography.com, FilmProductionStudios.com,etc. were all going to waste. I thought, why not use these domains to help production pros and producers hook up on the Internet? It was so logical. So I invested in the domains and began building the Network. From the beginning and to this day, the core concept has been and always will be to help good production pros find good work and help smart producers get good work done. I hope you’ll consider joining us.

Founder, CEO- Mark Hallinan (Mark@AdProducer.com)

(Quite possibly the only 53 year old with 53 years of advertising and entertainment production experience.)
1950-1968 model, actor, stunt performer
1968-1972 writer, photographer, layout artist
1972-1975 Broadcast producer-creative director Ross Advertising (Agency that handled all worldwide concert tour advertising and promotion for Elvis Presley)
1975 - current president, creative director Hallinan Advertising Agency
1984- current founder, owner SF.V International (pioneering stock film footage library)
1998- current founder majority owner Synaptic Web Design
1999- current founder, CEO Ad Producer.com and Entertainment Producer.com

Mark Hallinan on his first job in 1950 helping J Walter Thompson sell toilet paper for Scott Paper.
Mark was a professional waterskier for Cypress Gardens by age 12 and performed a variety of water sport stunts in movies and t.v. shows as a teenager.
Mark wrote, produced and directed a variety of modestly budgeted films and t.v. spots.
I've had a lot of really great help over the years.