| Geoffrey Kleinman | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 21, 1970 Moraga, California |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Website | |
| http://www.kleinman.com | |
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Geoffrey Kleinman (born November 21, 1970 in Moraga, California) is the founder of Kleinman.com the company which started and ultimately sold "DVD Talk"
After graduating with a B.S. in Cinema Photography from Ithaca College in 1992, Kleinman moved to Los Angeles to work an editor. Following short stints at CAA, and as an assistant editor on the film The Last Shot [2], he moved to Portland Oregon to work in Internet technology.
In Portland he worked at Vulcan's Forge Multimedia (one of the first Web Design companies in Portland, Oregon)[1] [3], from there he moved to One World Internetworking [4] and early Internet Service Provider focused on business hosting.
In 1995 while working at One World Internetworking he started his first online venture which was initially called The Bi-Weekly Business Internet Report but after a few issues became The Kleinman Report [2] which helped evangelize business use of the internet.[3] In 1995 Geoffrey covered Internet World [5] where a young David Filo and Jerry Yang (still students at Stanford) were publicly showing off, for the first time their search engine Yahoo
In 1996 he was recruited by Intel as an Internet Marketing Project Manager where he worked on the Intel Internet Connection Wizard for Proshare technology which was ultimately integrated into the release of Windows 98. After a corporate reorganization he was tasked with development for the “Intel Owner’s Club”,[4] an online community aimed at building affinity with Intel with owners of Intel products. That project was the predecessor for The Intel Web Outfitters Service IWOS, a multi-million dollar venture.
On January 20, 1995, Geoffrey Kleinman launched DVD Talk which began as a small DVD news site and forum. Over the course of 8½ years the site grew from a 'one man band' to a full fledged online magazine with a staff of 60 writers [6]. In September 2007 DVD Talk was sold to Internet Brands [5]
During his time at DVD Talk, Geoffrey Kleinman contributed to various independent film projects,[6] including serving as a post-production and distribution adviser on The Puffy Chair (2005) [7] [8], Film Geek (2006) [9] [10] and 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (2006).
He's also been active in both covering film festivals,[7] as well as speaking at them, most recently participating in “So You Made a Film, Now What?” at Oregon’s prestigious BendFilm Festival [8] [11] [12] (2007). He is also regularly asked to serve on selection committees and juries for film exhibitions and festivals such as Pine Film [13] and BendFilm [14] [9]
Geoffrey Kleinman is considered a professional source for the home entertainment industry and has often been cited as an expert opinion,[10][11] especially in regards to the HD format war.[12][13][14]
In 2011 Geoffrey Kleinman was selected as a Judge for the San Francisco World Spirits Competition [15] and was cited as a "renowned journalist" [15]
Kleinman currently resides in Portland, Oregon with his wife Heather and three children - Hannah, Aaron and Ivy.
He has contributed to several books: "Podcast Solutions: The Complete Guide to Podcasting (Solutions)" by Michael Geoghegan and Dan Klass, "Net Words: Creating High-Impact Online Copy" by Nick Usborne, and Poor Richard's Email Publishing (with Chris Pirillo). He was thanked in DF Walker's novel Darius Logan: Super Justice Force.
In 2007, Geoffrey Kleinman's one act play “Love Connect” [16] was produced as part of a one-act play showcase by Toy Boat Productions in Portland [17].
From late 2007 to early 2008 Geoffrey appeared weekly on KNRK with a segment called “Alternative Movie Picks,” showcasing indie films in theaters and on DVD. In Early 2008 he covered the Sundance Film Festival for the nationally-syndicated Air America [18].
In 2009 Geoffrey Kleinman launched On Portland covering arts, entertainment, food, drink and living in Portland, Oregon. He also serves as a contributor to Neighborhood Notes and Twitters under both @GeoffK @onportland
In early 2010 Geoffrey launched Drink Spirits a gude to distilled spirits, whiskey, bourbon, micro distilleries and cocktails.
In June 2011, Geoffrey began freelance writing for Tasting Panel Magazine, and debuted with the piece Pisco, Take Too in the June 2011 Issue [16]