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About Keystone

"Keystone Studios" was founded in 2004 by Cineville, LLC and Picture Entertainment Corporation, and is the successor in interest to "Keystone Pictures Studio," the oldest film production studio in the United States, begun by Max Sennett in 1912. Keystone Studio Co-Chairmen are Lee Caplin, Founder of Picture Entertainment and Carl Colpaert, Founder of Cineville.

In 2007, Keystone joined forces with Westlake Entertainment, to augment its distribution capability in DVD sales. The combined entity now is a full service production and distribution entity that produces, acquires, and distributes filmed entertainmnent in all media.

About the Founders

Carl Colpaert

Belgian born Carl Colpaert is a veteran producer and director, who has participated in the creation and distribution of over thirty-five feature films. A graduate of the American Film Institute, Mr. Colpaert began his career working post-production with Robert Rehme, Co-Founder of New World Pictures, and the famed director Roger Corman.

He founded Cineville, LLC in 1990 with European industrialist Christoph Henkel, and went on to produce films that have won numerous awards at international competitions and received great critical acclaim.

Lee Caplin

Lee Caplin is Founder and Chairman of Picture Entertainment Corporation, a motion picture, television and theatrical production company that Executive Produced the Sony-Columbia Pictures $115 million feature film “Ali,” starring Will Smith.

Executive Producer of the Literary Estate of Nobel Prize winning author William Faulkner, Mr. Caplin is a leader in the multimedia and telecommunications industry for over 20 years. Mr. Caplin has published over 200 titles of illustrated educational and children's and books; his own book "The Business of Art," is an international Best Seller, and has become a bible in the field.

Larry Cohen

Bio coming soon.

Luke Stefanko

Bio coming soon.