THE TEAM

M.J., a second-generation Ghanaian, was born and raised in Lithonia and Stone Mountain, Georgia. From a young age, he has had a deep passion for all entertainment media—especially animation. He oversees STMT Media in television and film development, pitching projects to other industry studios and executives, production, casting, and story editing.

With his extensive literacy in scripted entertainment and exceptional ability to identify and filter quality content, these special skills have led him to work in development with MAX©, receive Writer credits on two Call of Duty© titles, and earn a spot on the Forbes© 30 Under 30 list in the last few years.

Philip is a filmmaker with a Bachelor's in Economics from Harvard University and a professional background in strategy consulting. His stories explore entrepreneurship, economic mobility, and family legacy. His short film The Inventor—about the life of Black businessman Garrett Morgan—screened at 11 festivals in 2022, was a finalist for a Warner Bros. Discovery short film competition and was later picked up by AMC Networks.

Philip has loved storytelling since his early days of putting on skits with his brothers and making short films for class projects. However, he credits a summer class at the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program for inviting him on a lifelong journey to think critically about the Black male image in cinema. He hopes to add some of his perspectives to that cinematic tapestry, tapping into his experiences as the son of a Ghanaian immigrant.

Partner, Shareholder at Weintraub Tobin. Tara represents Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy Award winning clients. Her practice is focused on representing production companies, producers, financiers, and content creators across various media, including film, television, audio, and digital spaces. Her expertise encompasses all of the phases of development, financing, production, and distribution of scripted and non-scripted content for all budget levels.

Tara graduated cum laude from Southwestern University School of Law. Her note “Plagued by the Paparazzi: How California Should Sharpen the Focus On Its Not So Picture Perfect Paparazzi Laws” was published in the Southwestern Law Review. Tara also participated in the National Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition and served as the Entertainment Vice President of the Entertainment and Sports Law Society. She worked with both the California Lawyers for the Arts and Westwood One’s Grammy Radio Remote during law school.

Of Counsel at Weintraub Tobin. Andy provides comprehensive legal counsel and services to writers, directors, actors, producers, financiers, production companies, and distributors. Andy’s experience includes advising, negotiating, and drafting on both sides of development deals, production services agreements, rights acquisitions, shopping agreements, distribution agreements, and talent services agreements for film, television, streaming, podcasting, videogames, and new media. He has also taken the lead production legal role on independent feature films, podcasts, and a true crime docuseries.

Andy received his B.A. in rhetoric at UC Berkeley, and his J.D. from USC Law, where he was a Merit Scholar, a Tuverson & Hillyard Scholarship recipient, and a published Senior Submissions Editor for the Southern California Law Review. He completed a full-time judicial externship for the Chief Judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and a federal clerkship at the U.S. District Court in Las Vegas, before returning to a global law firm as a transactional attorney, where he represented a variety of clients including major television networks, major league sports teams, reality television personalities, and prominent business owners.