Hammad Zaidi / Lonely Seal Company Group

Hammad Zaidi founded The Lonely Seal Company Group, Lonely Seal Releasing, The Lonely Seal International Film, Screenplay & Music Festival, and Lonely Seal Streaming. He also founded Hourglass24. Zaidi is an award-winning creator, a member of the Producers Guild of America, served as a member of the Videogame Caucus for the Writers Guild of America throughout its existence, and is a Certified Buyer of the world’s most essential film sales markets.

Hammad hosted 200+ episodes of Limping On Cloud 9, a podcast, and wrote 300+ articles on Going Bionic, his film distribution and career strategy column. He has been a jury member, filmmaker advisor, showcase curator, panelist, advisory board member, and world cinema screener at several major film festivals. These include but are not limited to Sundance, SXSW, and Slamdance. Hammad has been an adjunct professor, guest lecturer, and panelist at several universities, including his alma mater UCLA, USC, Vanderbilt, Chapman, The Watkins Film School (acquired by Belmont University), San Diego State, and others. He received his MFA from the UCLA School of Film and Television Producers Program.

The Lonely Seal Company Group showcases "Stories Aching to be Told." We consist of Lonely Seal Releasing, that produces and distributes filmed products and acquires films to showcase for worldwide sales; The Lonely Seal International Film, Screenplay, and Music Festival, that has been cited as a FilmFreeway Top 100 Best Reviewed Festival, Lonely Seal Streaming, that launches in early 2024, and Hourglass24 , our crowdfunding division, that handles 24-hour crowdfunding campaigns - and is a proud member of Stripe Climate, a coilation of 25,000 companies in 39 countries who donate a portion of their sales to change the course carbon removal.

We also just launched Cinebound, our division that offers free webinars, premium online classes, and fantastic creative global retreats.

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