Fred Koster, a 39-year SAG member, studied under a number of great acting teachers including Don Richardson and Tom Orth. Fred took a hiatus from the film industry to pursue business ventures in Asia and Europe. He is now back and has gone behind the camera in writing, directing and producing projects on the Super Bowl, US Open, NFL, NCAA Football, NASCAR and MLB. These projects enabled Fred the enjoyment of interviewing over 50 professional Hall of Fame and All-Star athletes. Fred has also conducted 130 other interviews that have included refugees, US military figures, POWs, foreign dignitaries, broadcasters and journalists.

Fred prides himself on exceeding clients' expectations. His favorite industry quotes include Rick Rennert, US Open (USTA), "Fred Koster relentlessly pursued the production of our US Open film. He put together a fantastic show and exceeded our expectations"; from Random House, "Outstanding Shows...Always delivers on time"; and Fox Sports "Unique material, professionally packaged and editorially relevant".

Also, an especially meaningful quote from Michael Eisner, "What you have accomplished over the years is very impressive".

Fred's theatrical film Ride the Thunder had a premiere week that was #1 at the box office in the nation (per theater basis-Rentrak) made the Academy Award Qualifying list and has earned high scores at IMDb, Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes.

Other noteworthy projects that Fred was involved with, include working in conjunction with Microsoft and The Sporting News (under Paul Allen) whereby Fred designed and launched one of the first and most sophisticated Video on Demand sports websites. Fred's company also produced 1,000 fully produced short form sports videos for Memory Lane (by Classmates) in which Fred personally wrote over 400 of the individual scripts. Also, one of Fred's most enjoyable projects was touring the country with a camera crew capturing interviews with Hall of Fame baseball players.

Fred especially likes collaborating with interviewees and actors to achieve their best performances. He believes that performing in front of the camera does not have to be arduous process if you can find the key to unlocking that exceptionalism within that person. Fred also understands that to deliver a good directorial performance, a director needs to intricately know every process of filmmaking from preproduction all the way through post-production.

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