821 Entertainment Group
Music Supervisor
Nashville, Tennessee

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POSITION

President

COMPANY DETAILS

www.821entertainment.com

EXPERIENCE/CREDITS

Television: TELEVISION: TAKEN Music Supervisor Dreanworks TV/Sci-fi Network NASHVILLE STAR On Camera Celebrity Judge USA Network THE GIRLS Executive Producer 821 Entertainment, Creature Films FILM: BILLY: THE EARLY YEARS feature film Executive Producer/Music Supervisor Solex Productions LTMD/821 Entertainment AUGUST RUSH feature film Music Supervisor Warner Brothers DALTRY CALHOUN feature film Music Supervisor Miramax DEAR MR. CASH Music Supervisor Moon Over Mansfield Productions THE DANCE:THE BILLY ROTH STORY documentary Music Supervisor Haynes/Geadelmann Pictures HERB ALPERT: Music For Your Eyes documentary Music Consultant Tom Neff Productions CHARLIE’S WAR Music Supervisor Christabel Films, Inc. ALABAMA LOVE STORY aka ROOPER & GOODIE Music Supervisor USA Networks THE WINDING STREAM (2008) Executive Producer/Music Supervisor Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum PAPER WINGS (2009) – pre production Music Consultant New Line Cinema THE DANCE (2009) – pre production Music Consultant Universal Pictures RECORDED MUSIC: BILLY: THE EARLY YEARS soundtrack Producer/Music Supervisor Sony/BMG Records AUGUST RUSH soundtrack Executive Producer /Music Supervisor Sony/BMG Records DALTRY CALHOUN soundtrack Executive Producer Lakeshore Records TAKEN soundtrack Executive Producer/Music Supervisor Dreamworks Nashville LOVE/LOVE HURTS Compilation Executive Producer 821 Records WAYLON JENNINGS: Closing in on the Fire Executive Producer ARK 21 Records LEON RUSSELL: Hank Wilson's Back Executive Producer ARK 21 Records

GENRES I NEED OR REPRESENT

All Genres

INFLUENCES

My family and their legacy of breaking down barriers and impacting history, Miles Copeland, T Bone Burnett, Waylon Jennings, Oprah Winfrey, G Marq Roswell, Les Bohem, Tony Brown and most the time, God.

I AM INTERESTED IN

in finding new contacts
in new ventures businesses

BRAGGING RIGHTS

ANASTASIA BROWN is executive producer and music supervisor for “Billy: The Early Years,” She is also album producer for the film’s soundtrack, which will be released by Sony BMG on October 6. For the film, Brown secured artists including Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley, Sara Evans, Brooks & Dunn, Patty Griffin and many more. One of the top power-players in the entertainment industry, Anastasia is the only female music supervisor in Nashville. In the 1990s she was one of just a few female managers in Nashville and, at the age of 26, formed an equal partnership with legendary music mogul Miles Copeland where she worked with artists such as Peter Frampton, Leon Russell, Waylon Jennings, Sting, Junior Brown, John Berry and Keith Urban, whom she helped discover in 1994 then guiding his career during the early years, securing not just one but two major record deals which led to his eventual superstar status. Brown again broke the Nashville mold when she became President of 821 Entertainment Group -- a media, entertainment and technology holding company with thriving divisions in motion picture and television production, music and digital technologies. She and partner Eric Geadelmann, own the only film production company in Nashville of its kind, making movies at the studio level and focusing on the heartland audience. Since launching 821, Brown was hired by Warner Bros. Pictures to supervise the music for “August Rush,” which garnered an Oscar nomination for its Original Song “Raise It Up.” Her additional credits include working with DreamWorks to supervise the music for producer Steven Spielberg’s 4-hour Emmy Award-winning mini-series, “Taken.” As a Hollywood music supervisor for film and TV and record executive producer she has also and will continue to work with actors, producers and artists such as Quentin Tarantino, Robin Williams, John Travolta, Mark Knopfler, John Legend, Johnny Knoxville, Five For Fighting and Terrance Howard, and companies including Miramax, NBC Universal, Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, New Regency and Universal Pictures. In addition to her behind-the-scene business undertakings, Brown released her first book – Make Me A Star – in April 2008. Published by Thomas Nelson, the book is packed with advice on making it in the music business from Brown and such artists as Reba McEntire, Keith Urban, Kelly Clarkson and Colbie Caillat. She also moved in front of the camera as the straight-shooting judge on “Nashville Star.” Among the media accolades Brown has earned are inclusion on the “25 Most Beautiful People” list, as well as “Top 40 Most Powerful Under 40” and “Women of Influence.” She was one of four women featured in Fitness & Muscle magazine’s “Women of Strength” in September 2007, and was featured in the November 20, 2006 issue of Variety among their “Multitaskers.”

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DREAM JOB/POSITION

WHEN I'M NOT WORKING

I'm listening to more music (recorded and live), watching films, scuba diving, exercising, reading, trying to strengthen my spirituality, traveling, playing with our dogs and living life with my family.

WRITER/ARTIST I HELPED GET A 'BREAK'

China Edelman (in Billy: The Early Years), Sierra Hull (Billy: the Early Years), Lucas Reynolds (August Rush), IMPACT Choir (August Rush), Keith Urban (Management), Whitney Duncan (along with Nashville Star producers.)

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