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Richard Skaggs is an American film Producer / Writer who started his career in the mail room at Sam Goldwyn Studios, and worked for Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Studios, Producers Studios and MGM Sony Studios. In 1974, Skaggs gave birth to his own production company, Omstar Productions, on the Sam Goldwyn Studio lot. Omstar grew internationally, encompassing a motion picture division, a television division and a commercial and industrial division, producing both commercial and government films. It is here, through his association with the motion picture industry, that Skaggs began his involvement in worldwide environmental issues, and, through filmmaking, he has been able to address many environmental problems that promote environmental causes. For example, as the producer of the environmental film in 1976 "Bill and Sara's Treasure Chest," he depicted the importance of recycling, and showed how industry and the environmental community could work together. He won the Virgin Island International Film Festival award for this film. 

Skaggs production credits include films such as Claretta, Kings Man Check, The Sky is Falling ( The Sky is Falling - YouTube ), and Hollywood - Take 2. For his work on the Sky is Falling, which was on the subject of acid rain, Skaggs won several awards such as the film of Excellence Award from the film Advisory Board, the Silver Halo Award from the California motion picture council and in 1983 the Moscow Film Festival award. This film was given wide acceptance by the United States Senate, being personally sponsored by senator Alan Cranston and has been shown in several countries throughout the world. Skaggs has also produced "The Mousercise" for the Disney Channel and the “Disco Game show" for television. Skaggs was also a prize-winning producer for Walt Disney and produced, among other things, the film for the "Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow" for Walt Disney's Epcot center in Orlando Florida ( Richard Skaggs Disney Producer at Epcott Center - YouTube ). He also produced the films for the 26 pavilions at Epcot Center. Including those sponsored by Kraft Food, General Motors, Eastman Kodak, Exxon, GE, World of Energy Pavilion, Land Pavilion, World of Motion Pictures Pavilion, Imagination Pavilion AT&T's Spaceship Earth Pavilion and the "Meet the World" Pavilion at Tokyo Disneyland. 

Richard has worked with Francis Ford Coppola and Gerard Schurmann, Al Giddings, and Frank Johnson. He worked extensively overseas in several countries as both producer and director and with various filming techniques involving Circle Vision camera, Imax 70mm, 35mm 16mm and video.

Gino Grajeda initially became involved with Omstar as a distributor with Global Environmental Fuel Technologies (GEFT), LLC leading the way in the promotion of environmental activities through public relations, online promotions and activities in the media with Omstar products and other environmental pursuits. With several years in the sports and entertainment industry, education, event management, brand management, distribution and production, he came on board as the Director of Environmental Affairs with the company directly. He is also the Vice-President of Omstar Productions in Hollywood, the film and television unit of Omstar International in the creative and pre-production departments of the company.

Gino has represented the United States in several capacities in the international sports world through the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States (AAU), International School Sport Federation (ISF), USA Volleyball, The Association for Sport for All (TAFISA), Committee of the International Children's Games (CICG), Grand Prix Entertainment/Rugby Football League and various other sports and entertainment enterprises as a commissioner, member of the board of the directors, international technical commission president, national chairman and liaison from the United States as an envoy to international federations.

Through speaking engagements, community programs, world affairs meetings and environmental conferences, Gino hopes to expand the awareness of the problems we face today in reducing harmful emissions while improving engine performance through Omstar DX1 products, including the development and launch of the new Omstar Environmental Channel on Roku. 

Victoria is currently in pre-production on the award winning script "Whisper - The Silver Lady" that she co wrote with her brother, Marc Johnson. She and Marc are also in pre-production on their mini series on California history and both the film and miniseries will be offered on the new Omstar Environmental Channel.  She began her association with the film industry while working as the production accountant for the film Echo Park produced by Walter Shenson and she subsequently rendered accounting services to several well known actors working in other productions, including those referred to her by Shenson. She created, executive produced and financed events commemorating the anniversaries of the Apollo lunar misisions, working with Bill York of Dream Maker Productions. As part of these events, which were attended by VIP's and celebrities including astronauts, top NASA officials, governmental officials including Vice President Gore and Hollywood talent, she personally funded and produced commemorative films which were privately distributed.  Her interest in owning and restoring antique and classic cars led her to invite Richard Skaggs to bring one of his cars to a private tour she organized in Napa CA.  Richard introduced her to the Omstar product; and, during the tour, their use of the product in a field test reduced emissions from these early cars by over 80%. Victoria then joined Richard in working to save antique and classic cars from California legislation intending to have them taken out of service and destroyed. She has continued her work in this environmental fight and is working to help broaden the use of this patented technology by businesses and governments worldwide. 

Dr. Marc Johnson began making films in high school, where his senior film project won Best Picture and Best Director in the annual Connecticut State Student Film Festival. He then attended the University of Southern California where he produced and directed a student short film based on World War II. While serving in the Army in Germany he wrote, produced and directed a film on ways to conserve energy, fuel supplies and costs as a force extender, which won a $250,000 grant from the Supreme Allied Command - Europe for the base at which he served. Another film he produced for an Army Aviation Unit earned him the Army Achievement Medal. 

After medical school, Marc completed his Executive Education at Harvard Business School and he became a member of Harvardwood, an organization of Harvard alumni interested in the arts and media, with contacts in film production and distribution.

Like the other members of his family, he has a strong interest in history. Currently, he is serving as an Associate Producer for “The Last Bugle”, a web series depicting the exploits of the Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the most decorated military unit in American history.

Classic and antique cars have always been an interest for him, and he continues to own and restore them as his schedule permits, which led to his co-writing “Whisper – The Silver Lady” with his sister, Victoria