Kevin Hicks - Managing Partner
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Kevin is the founder of Waverley Road Corporation and has been involved in the entertainment industry for nearly 20 years as a producer, manager, and development executive. Mr. Hicks is the former Head of Film & TV with The Talent House which from its offices in New York and Toronto manages actors, writers, directors and producers currently involved in projects around the world, He is a Management Consultant with Hollydan Works Releasing, a Warner Brothers Affiliate Company which distributes film, music, and TV product in over 20 countries in Europe and spent two years as VP of Business Development for New York- based Soup Kitchen Films, whose film "Carry Me Home" won two Emmy Awards and was nominated for an Humanitus Award and distributed by MGM and Showtime. And is currently a Development Consultant for American United Media (THE PERFECT GIRL, HOTEL CALIFORNIA, LA LINEA) Kevin created the community service division of Waverley Road in 2002 which through its special events, concerts and stage productions has raised over $5,000,000 for charities including Sick Kids Hospital, Children's Wish Foundation, Kids Help Phone and ALS Canada, and in 2006 he produced and directed the National Tour of "Elizabeth's Concert of Hope" which featured 48 bands and starred Tom Cochrane, Jeff Healey, Dan Hill, Kim Stockwood, George Fox and Glass Tiger. Kevin began his career as an original member of Toronto's Eclectic Productions whose projects have been nominated for or won over thirty major theatre awards and appeared as a leading actor in over 100 stage, film and TV productions for companies including NBC, CBS, ABC, USA Network, CBC, CTV, GLOBAL, SHOWCASE, VIACOM, DISNEY, BBC, WARNER BROTHERS, the SCI FI NETWORK, FOX, SONY PICTURES, LIVENT and ALLIANCE / ATLANTIS ENTERTAINMENT