Anthony Leo Joins Dolphin Entertainment's Board of Directors

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLPN), a leading independent entertainment marketing and premium content production company, today announced that Academy Award™-nominated producer Anthony Leo has joined the Company's Board of Directors.

For the past twelve years, Mr. Leo has been producing scripted television and film content for children, families and young adults through Aircraft Pictures, a production company with offices in Toronto and Los Angeles that he co-founded with Andrew Rosen.

Mr. Leo's recent producing credits include the widely acclaimed 2017 animated feature film "The Breadwinner" with Executive Producer Angelina Jolie which was nominated for both an Academy Award™ and a Golden Globe™ for Best Animated Feature Film and was the winner for Best Independent Animated Feature Film from both the Los Angeles Film Critics and the Annie Awards; the upcoming live-action Hulu Originals series "Holly Hobbie"; three television movies for leading Canadian children's network YTV based on the "Bruno & Boots" book series by young adult fiction icon Gordon Korman; and twenty-six episodes of family sitcom "Raising Expectations," winner of the 2017 global Kidscreen Award for Best New Children's Series, created by Tom Saunders (Arrested Development) and starring Jason Priestley and Molly Ringwald.

"I've been very impressed by what Bill and his team have been building at Dolphin Entertainment," Mr. Leo commented. "I believe that Dolphin's recent acquisitions of leading companies in the entertainment marketing space, combined with Dolphin's existing production capabilities and distribution knowledge, creates a unique independent player in the entertainment industry.  I'm excited to join the Board and look for ways I can help facilitate and accelerate the growth trajectory for Dolphin."

"Anthony is as well-respected a production executive as exists in the entertainment industry," said Bill O'Dowd, Dolphin's Chief Executive Officer. "We are very excited about the television and feature film development pipeline we have created at Dolphin as we look to re-enter production in 2019.  We believe that Anthony's intimate knowledge of co-production treaties and production tax credits, especially in Canada, as well as his working relationships with leading children's broadcasters and family film distributors around the world will prove to be invaluable assets for us going forward."

Mr. Leo is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre and Ryerson University. He was the Artistic Producer of Resurgence Theatre Company – a non-profit arts organization he co-founded - and has produced over twenty-five professional theatre productions. Anthony also held the position of Professor at Ryerson University where he taught Theatre Entrepreneurship. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

About Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.

Dolphin Entertainment is a leading independent entertainment marketing and premium content development company. Through our subsidiaries 42West and The Door, we provide expert strategic marketing and publicity services to many of the top brands, both individual and corporate, in the entertainment and hospitality industries. The Door and 42West are both recognized global leaders in PR services for their respective industries and, in December 2017, the New York Observer listed them, respectively, as the third and fourth most powerful PR firms of any kind in the United States. Dolphin's legacy content production business, founded by Emmy-nominated CEO Bill O'Dowd, has produced multiple feature films and award-winning digital series.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. These forward-looking statements may address, among other things, Dolphin Entertainment's expected financial and operational results and the related assumptions underlying its expected results. These forward-looking statements are distinguished by the use of words such as "will," "would," "anticipate," "expect," "believe," "designed," "plan," or "intend," the negative of these terms, and similar references to future periods. These views involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and, accordingly, Dolphin Entertainment's actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in its forward-looking statements. Dolphin Entertainment's forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date of this press release. Factors or events Dolphin Entertainment cannot predict, including those described in the risk factors contained in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, may cause its actual results to differ from those expressed in forward-looking statements. Although Dolphin Entertainment believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved, and Dolphin Entertainment undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Investor Contact:

James Carbonara
Partner, Hayden IR
[email protected] 
+ 1 646 755 7412

SOURCE Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.

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