Eben Kostbar个人资料

In 2009, Eben Kostbar and Joseph McKelheer formed the production company, Film Harvest with the goal of producing high quality, yet cost effective, films that both thrive in the marketplace and garner critical acclaim.

Kostbar co-produced Godspeed, "One of the best Indie Films of the year (Film Threat)" and winner of the Jury Award at the 2009 CineVegas Film Festival. Lightyear Entertainment distributed the film later that year.

Kostbar was the writer/producer of the film, The Hammer, "A hidden gem" by the Los Angeles Times; based on the life of Deaf UFC fighter, Matt Hamill. The film premiered at AFI Fest and won The Breakthrough Audience Award. The film went on to win seven more high profile film festivals awards and was released theatrically in 2011 by D&E Entertainment and DVD/VOD by Arc Entertainment.

He later produced The Aggression Scale, which premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival and was released in 2012 by Anchor Bay.

Kostbar went on to produce Free Samples, with notable cast, Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter and Tippi Hedren, as well as, cinematographer, Reed Marano; recipient of the Kodak Vision Award. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2012 and is scheduled for a worldwide release later this year.

Most recently, he produced the international production, The Thompsons, a sequel to cult classic, The Hamiltons. The film was directed by The Butcher Brothers and is slated for a late 2012 release by Lionsgate and Imagination Worldwide.

Kostbar is in production on his first feature documentary, Fight Church, directed by Academy Award Winner, Daniel Junge.

Eben graduated Cum Laude from Frostburg State University.