DONALD ANDERSON

Meet Don!

Palm Haven Studios, LLC, has been established by Donald L. Anderson. While this focus is on entertainment vehicles, Don’s background has been primarily in business. Once a sales agent for three real estate brokerage firms, Don became President of his Board of Realtors while in his early 20s. He also served his church in the Education Committee, Board of Deacons, and became President of his hometown 700 member church.

In his early 30s, he moved into the Oil and Gas industry, working for a Land Services company with his focus on regulatory permitting and compliance and then management. Upon joining and “starting at the bottom rung”, he was privileged to work for a firm and its wonderful owner/President then having a team of about thirty. Upon retiring at age 49, the firm had grown dramatically to many hundreds of people – due to the leadership and determination of that President and a terrific management team. Don was by then the Chief Operating Officer and a partial owner.

Since then, Don is a hands-on real estate investor and, following his passion for creative pursuits, has developed a fresh and compelling audio project and is playing a role, creatively and/or financially, in several independent film projects. Don’s roots and heart still belong to his hometown in Michigan, and is principally residing and working out of the southern California desert in the Coachella Valley. There he enjoys the rich and legendary entertainment history of the Palm Springs area.

Meet A Few of These Terrific Talents

JAMIE THOMAS KING

Jamie Thomas King is an English-American Actor, Artist and Patient Safety Advocate. He studied painting at Fine Arts College in London and Acting at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 2002.

He has performed on stage at the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and on London’s West End. And on screen, he has entertained International Film and Television audiences in Showtime’s “The Tudors,” AMC’s “Mad Men” and Mike Leigh’s acclaimed Feature “Mr. Turner,” to name a few.

Throughout his busy acting career, Jamie has never been too far from his painting studio and has frequently undertaken private commissions. His creative process has always been driven by a fundamental sense of awe and curiosity for life. This has led him on an even deeper spiritual journey.

He has meditated daily for over 20 years and studied many different styles of yoga and other healing modalities. Jamie believes in the transcendent power of art and storytelling to connect people and elevate the human experience.

SARAH ALEXANDRA MARKS

Sarah Alexandra Marks was born in Essex. She first trained as a dancer going on to perform at prestigious venues, most notably The Royal Opera House. She transitioned to screen acting and quickly began racking up an impressive list of Film credits with notable artists and directors.

LOUIS JAMES

With his breakthrough performance as ‘Mr Robert’ in Blake Ridder’s award winning short film The English Teacher (2020) Louis James has been brought to the attention of audiences worldwide. However he has steadily been working on both stage and screen for several years.

Louis James was born on May 24th 1987 in Epsom, Surrey. He is of English, Irish, Italian and Spanish descent. James was raised in Stoneleigh, Surrey where he attended Sparrow Farm Junior School. His education continued at Glyn School, then Cheam High Sixth Form. He first studied acting at The Actors Centre then subsequently at Drama Centre London and The Vakhtangov Institute in Moscow.

Recent work includes Help (2021) the first feature film by award winning director Blake Ridder. James plays ‘Edward Newman’ a lawyer battling with a secret in this tense psychological thriller currently in release.

ALPS LIFEE

Alps Lifee is a filmmaker based in London, United Kingdom. Having no background or interest in film until mid twenties, he wanted to tell amazing stories but had no way of doing so, then began the self taught process of learning how to make films via YouTube which was the only affordable way to learn coming from a relatively poor urban background, having made several short films to work on his skills, he now has a feature film in post-production and would like to develop a Series.

CALUM SHIELS

Calum is a Scottish writer/director, currently living in London. From scribbling sketches for his family to act out when he was a child to now directing feature films, creating entertainment has always been Calum’s passion and he is honoured to be be able to do so with such an amazingly talented network of people. His filmography, though currently small, is varied and sports dramas such as short films Writer’s Block and Buzzed, comedies such as Pass the Parcel and upcoming feature film Do Us Part, as well as stepping into arthouse with short Eterna. With each project, not only does Calum aim to create a piece of work that audiences enjoy but one from which he can learn and develop, ensuring that he is always sharpening his ability and striving for further success. 

As well as writing and directing, Calum also works as a Production Coordinator at BBC Studios, where he builds the other relevant skills required to bring his projects to life.

He can’t wait for you to see what he has in store!

MICKEY ANGELOV

Mickey Angelov is a multi-award winning actor, writer, director, and producer working in London, UK. Mickey started acting as a child in his home country Bulgaria, performing at the biggest theatre stages there and winning competitions all around the country. In 2017, he went to drama school in London and currently remains a working represented actor there.

For his bachelor’s thesis, Mickey was one of only two of his class chosen to direct his own original play, ‘Let Me Pour You a Drink’, which premiered at the International Festival of Original Work 2020 to a standing ovation. His debut short film, ‘OVER-SATURATED’, premiered at a number of film festivals, getting nominations and recognitions for its direction and cinematography. After working for a number of theatre & film collectives, in 2022 Mickey formed his own production company Look Aside Films, and has directed a number of further shorts, including audio-visual works ‘Jack & Michelle’ & ‘Honey’, found-footage drama/thriller ‘Noodles on a Saturday Afternoon’, a documentary portraiture of everyday people called ‘Tea or Coffee’, as well as the experimental one-take split screen short film ‘eunoia’.

Currently, Mickey’s company has signed on to develop and produce two more short films by external writers and has their first feature film, written & directed by Mickey, officially in development and scheduled for production in 2023.

At the moment, Mickey is a finalist for the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list.