Biography

Carole Dean is the Founder and President of From the Heart Productions, a 501(c)3 non-profit fiscal sponsor that supports independent filmmakers to raise funding for their films. She created the Roy Dean Film grant in 1992 and has given over $2,500,000 in grants to independent filmmakers, and helped to produce over 80 films through the grant.

She created the short-end film business in 1970 which helped spawn the independent film revolution by giving filmmakers affordable film stock. In the 1980s, she produced 120 Health Styles Shows that were sold to Oasis Cable and 30 Filmmaker shows, now in the National Archives. She was Executive Producer for BAM 6.6, Women Behind the Camera, Step Away From the Stone, and American Chain Gang. More of Carole's producing credits are available on IMDB. Carole Dean is the author of The Art of Film Funding Second Edition & The Art of Manifesting: Creating your Future. Click here to see Carole's complete Curriculum Vitae.
- IMDb mini biography by: Carole Dean