Peter Shiao

Peter Shiao (Chinese: 萧培寰; pinyin: Xiāo Péiyuán; born 1967) is a media entrepreneur and film producer.^[1] He is currently the founder and CEO of Orb Media Group, a company with offices in Los Angeles and Beijing, focused on producing, financing and marketing films and online games with transformational themes that unite the international and Chinese markets.^[2] Peter also chairs the annual US-China Film Summit since 2010.

Career

Prior to Orb, Peter founded Ironpond,^[3] a US and China based producer and financier affiliated with the China Film Group, co-founded Ionic Studios, and co-founded Celestial Pictures from which he produced “Restless”,^[4] the first ever Hollywood-Chinese film co-production.

Before his career in media, Peter served as principal policy consultant in the California Legislature on the Entertainment Industry, Select Committee on the Pacific Rim and the Special Task Force.^[5]

He was appointed as Chairman of entertainment and media of Asia Society Southern California in 2010.

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