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Trevor Drinkwater, Chief Executive Officer

Trevor Drinkwater has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Genius Products, Inc. (the “Company”) since February 2005. Mr. Drinkwater has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Genius Products, LLC (the “Distributor”) since the closing of the TWC Transaction on July 21, 2006 and was President of the Distributor from July 21, 2006 through January 2, 2008. From July 2004 to February 2005, Mr. Drinkwater served as the Company’s Executive Vice President of DVD Sales. Prior to that, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. from 2003-2004, Senior Vice President of Sales & Sales Operations at Warner Home Video, Inc. from 1999-2003 and worked for The Perrier Group of America, now known as Nestle Waters, from 1989-1999, where he started in field sales and progressed to General Manager.

Ed Byrnes, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Ed Byrnes has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Distributor since May 9, 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Byrnes served as the Distributor’s Executive Vice President, Finance, Operations, and Information Technology since March 5, 2007. Mr. Byrnes joined the Distributor from Warner Bros., where during a 30-year tenure with Warner Bros. he served in a number of senior positions in both the music and filmed entertainment groups, most recently serving as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Finance, Systems and IT, a position he had held since 2000. In 1980, Mr. Byrnes was instrumental in the creation of Warner Bros.’ International Home Entertainment group, initially setting up the UK company, thereafter managing the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and, from 1985 through 2000, serving as International Executive Vice President and General Manager.p>

Matthew Smith, President

Matthew Smith has served as the Distributor’s President since January 2, 2008. Prior to joining the Distributor, Mr. Smith served as Senior Vice President for Media Development & Studios for Blockbuster Inc. (“Blockbuster”) since August 2007. Mr. Smith joined Blockbuster in 1990 and during his tenure served in a variety of executive positions, including International Product Director from 1998 to 2001, Vice President of Studio Relations & International Merchandising from 2001 to 2003, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Content from 2003 to 2005 (during which he was responsible for Blockbuster’s studio agreements on a worldwide basis) and Senior Vice President, General Merchandising Manager from 2005 to August 2007 (during which he was responsible for all aspects of the merchandising of Blockbuster’s products). In addition, he managed DEJ Productions, the Blockbuster entity that produced such films as Oscar® winning movies “Monster” and “Crash.” Prior to joining Blockbuster, Mr. Smith worked in the entertainment industry with both EMI and RCA.

Mitch Budin, Executive Vice President and General Manager

Mitch Budin has served as the Distributor’s Executive Vice President and General Manager since December 5, 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Budin served as the Distributor’s Executive Vice President of Sales since the closing of the TWC Transaction on July 21, 2006. Mr. Budin also served as the Company’s Executive Vice President of Sales from January 6, 2006 through July 20, 2006. Mr. Budin joined us from Dreamworks SKG, where he served as Head of Sales North America, Home Entertainment division, for over five years. At Dreamworks, Mr. Budin was instrumental in developing sales and marketing strategies and launching some of the industry’s biggest selling DVDs, including Madagascar, Gladiator, Shrek, Shrek 2 and Shark Tale, among others. He joined Dreamworks from Warner Home Video, where he held a number of sales and sales management positions during his nine-year tenure. Budin received his BS from Towson University.

Christine Martinez, Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy

Christine Martinez has served as the Distributor’s Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy since December 5, 2007. Prior to that, Ms. Martinez served as the Distributor’s Executive Vice President and General Manager since the closing of the TWC Transaction on July 21, 2006. Ms. Martinez also served as the Company’s Executive Vice President and General Manager from September 2005 through July 20, 2006. Prior to joining us, Ms. Martinez was a Sales and Marketing Executive at Warner Home Video from April 1996 to May 2005. Her last executive appointment with Warner Home Video was as Vice President, Marketing – Non Theatrical, from November 2003 until her departure from the company. Ms. Martinez also had a three-year tenure in sales, from March 1993 to April 1996, with WEA Corp., a former Time Warner division. Ms. Martinez holds a BBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Michael Radiloff, Executive Vice President of Productions and Acquisitions

Michael Radiloff has served as the Distributor’s Executive Vice President of Productions and Acquisitions since December 5, 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Radiloff served as the Distributor’s Executive Vice President of Marketing since the closing of the TWC Transaction on July 21, 2006. Mr. Radiloff also served as the Company’s Executive Vice President of Marketing from October 2005 through July 20, 2006. Mr. Radiloff is a senior marketing executive with 16 years of entertainment and packaged goods marketing experience with industry-leading companies. He was most recently at Warner Home Video as Vice President of Theatrical Catalog Marketing from May 2001 to September 2005 and as Director of DVD Marketing from March 2000 to April 2001. As the person responsible for releasing Warner’s vast film library onto DVD, Mr. Radiloff launched over 100 new DVD releases annually. Prior to that, he worked as a Brand Marketing Manager at Disney Interactive and Activision. Mr. Radiloff holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.