Paul Lauer
President & CEO, One Door Studios / Motive Entertainment
About Speaker
Paul Lauer is CEO of One Door Studios (www.OneDoorStudios.com), a film and TV development and production company, as well as founder and CEO of Hollywood agency Motive Entertainment (www.MotiveEntertainment.biz). Lauer has worked on over 50 films, including Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ ($1 billion worldwide), Chronicles of Narnia, Polar Express, Rocky Balboa, Heaven is for Real, The Shack, and Just Mercy, as well as top-rated TV programs like Mark Burnett/Roma Downey’s Bible miniseries (the #1 program on TV); and three best-selling books, including “Michael Vey” (#1 NY Times Bestseller). Lauer is an expert at creating and marketing inspirational and purpose-driven content. His work has been called “a textbook study in both high-profile and below-the-radar marketing” by Ad Age, which named Lauer a Top 50 Marketer of the year. Lauer is also Chief Strategy Officer of MyStreme, an upcoming streaming platform. Prior to working in Hollywood, Lauer was the publisher/editor of the award-winning YOU! Magazine (worldwide in six languages), the syndicated insert Youth Beat (1,000,000 circulation). He also produced the World Youth Day Music Festival (100,000 attendees in Denver, CO), and held C-level positions with tech companies like webBASIS. Lauer has guest hosted radio and TV shows, and appeared on CNN, Fox, and MSNBC, and in over 50 publications/websites, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the Wall St. Journal.