He is an award-winning entertainment executive who presently serves as Co-Founder and COO of Coda Music Inc., an artist-led, fan curated music streaming service launching in 2024.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA, January 09, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Ted S. Andre has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Leading an accomplished career in the arts and entertainment industry for decades, Mr. Andre is an award-winning entertainment executive who presently serves as Co-Founder and COO of Coda Music Inc., an artist-led, fan curated music streaming service launching in 2024 – bringing great music to fans, and fair pay to the artists who create it.
Ted is also Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Black Market Entertainment (BME) LLC, and Co-Founder of Blue Blood Films. Among his current projects is "Chasing Shadows", inspired by true events and based on NY Times author and former DSS Agent Fred Burton's bestselling book of the same name – which explores a special agent's lifelong hunt to bring a Cold War assassin to justice. Ted and Fred have been collaborating over the last three years, piecing together more details on the case based on handwritten journals that Ted's father kept during his highly classified special ops and clandestine career.
He is also Co-Creator and Executive Producer of "Billion Dollar Babies" – a music-themed scripted series taking place in 1971 and inspired by true events, telling the story of how manager Shep Gordon relocates the Alice Cooper Band from a Detroit farmhouse to a haunted 19th century manor in Greenwich CT, where their presence shakes up the neighborhood and shows the outcast teenage boy next door that "fitting in" isn't all that matters.
Aside from his full-time commitments, Mr. Andre has been a contributing consultant on behalf of IMDb Pro/Amazon in Los Angeles since 2019.
Throughout the course of his professional career, Mr. Andre's film, television, and streaming efforts have collectively grossed more than $5.5 billion in box office revenue. Among Mr. Andre's most notable accomplishments in the industry, his first feature film, "Feedback," was awarded Best Screenplay and Best Editing at the Slamdunk Film Festival. The film was also featured at the Angelika Film Festival in NYC, notably garnered domestic and international distribution, and was picked up by Showtime, HBO, and Netflix.
Mr. Andre also produced the graphic novel action-comedy series "Tainted Love", which won the 2014 Jury Award at the Richmond International Film Festival, was recognized among the Top 10 Web Series by Variety magazine, and was among the top-rated streaming content on Machinima Prime. Additionally, Mr. Andre has been recognized with credits in several blockbuster franchises, including "Star Trek," "The Mummy," "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."
An extremely focused and dedicated individual, Mr. Andre is grateful for his success and for the mentorship that he has received from such prominent individuals in the industry as Film Director Benjamin J. Perry (Dossier Films, and Co-Creator of The UFC) and his wife of 4 decades, Film Producer Kathryn W. Perry (Dossier Films, also Co-Founder of Herbalife), music manager Tami Shad, music producer Bill Wray, manager/agent Rob Heller, and internet pioneer Ron Bloom.
An equally talented musician, Mr. Andre began performing live at the age of 16 at local venues in Boston as the lead guitarist of his band. Two years later, he signed his first record contract in Los Angeles. Mr. Andre has since performed live shows in a multitude of high-profile Los Angeles venues, including The Whisky, The Roxy, The Troubadour, and The Viper Room. He also had the opportunity to serve as a "ghost player" for several renowned rock and metal bands, recording sessions at Paramount Studios, Cherokee Studios, The Village, Sound City, and other Los Angeles studios. Mr. Andre is currently represented by Rob Heller Entertainment and Independent Artist Group (IAG).
Highly intelligent, Mr. Andre was placed in an accelerated program after scoring 180 on an IQ test. After high school, the German native studied at California State University Northridge where he pursued coursework in film, finance, and law.
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