With a love for visual storytelling, Dominic Carola continues to pursue the dreams laid on his heart as both entrepreneur and artist in the film and animation industry as an award-winning director and producer.
With a long history at Walt Disney Feature Animation, Mr. Carola served as Lead Animator on LILO & STITCH and animated on such films as MULAN and BROTHER BEAR. Other film credits include JOHN HENRY, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, POCAHONTAS and THE LION KING.
Since founding Premise Entertainment, Carola produces projects of varying scope. He has overseen productions for Florida-based teams ranging from television projects to theatrical features for Universal, DreamWorks and others. He has also served as the Head of Production for the Florida units on Universal Pictures’ CURIOUS GEORGE as well as several other animated productions including Walt Disney’s WINNIE THE POOH: SPRINGTIME WITH ROO and GOOFY’S: HOW TO HOOK UP YOUR HOME THEATER. Premise
Entertainment was privileged to be a partner studio for Walt Disney’s film THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG.
Since 2005, Carola has been working with CRU directing such animated short films as the powerful award-winning LEGION and CHOSEN WITNESS as well as the recently nominated First Nations’ RETELLING THE GOOD STORY: CREATOR SETS FREE. Currently he is directing an animated feature film on the life of Jesus set for a future release date.
Mr. Carola enjoys being associated with family-friendly content with a positive uplifting message for audiences worldwide. Dominic and his wife have two grown sons and reside in Central Florida.
A 14-year Premise Entertainment veteran, Ray Aguerrevere has played a key role in setting strategic direction, business development, and negotiating service agreements with major studios like Disney, Universal, and Dreamworks.
His experience combines leading global teams for these leading studios in feature animation, visual effect, and live film production. Mr. Aguerrevere has a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from the University of Central Florida and a Master of Business Administration from
the University of Florida.
Aguerrevere was privileged to be part of the team that partnered with Walt Disney on the production of THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG film, and DreamWorks’ ME AND MY SHADOW development feature. He recently was a producer for the film DON’T SAY MY NAME, that dealt with the heartbreaking reality of human trafficking. Ray is also an Executive Producer of an 8-part sci-fi series called BEING, as well as a historical animated feature film slated for a global theatrical release in 2025.
Barry Cook made his feature film directing debut on the animated Disney film“Mulan”.
The movie received nine ASIFA “Annie” Awards including an award for Cook for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing. At the age of 18, an internship at Hanna-Barbera Studios provided his first job in the animation industry. In 1981, he joined Disney as an effects animator on the film, “TRON.” He went on to supervise effects for other Disney films including “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Little Mermaid,” and “Aladdin.” He also created visual effects for Michael Jackson’s “Captain EO”. At Disney's Florida studio, Cook directed an innovative CG short film titled “Off His Rockers” released theatrically in 1992. Next was the Roger Rabbit short “Trail Mix-Up”, a co-production with Amblin Entertainment. After the release of "Mulan", Cook developed other properties for Disney including his ode to Appalachian art and music known as “My Peoples”. He also wrote a live-action screenplay while still at the studio titled “Skunk Ape”.
Following the closure of Disney’s Florida studio in 2004, Cook wrote an original screenplay titled “The Cat & the Fiddle”. In 2006 Cook signed with Starz Animation to develop the animated property “Mean Margaret”. In 2008 LAIKA Entertainment hired Cook as development director for the feature project “Jack & Ben”. In February of 2009 Cook signed with Aardman Animations as co-director for the feature “Arthur Christmas” released in 2011. In 2013 Barry worked with BBC Earth and 20th Century Fox to direct the live action/animation feature "Walking with Dinosaurs".
For more than a decade, Barry has worked as a writer, producer and director on several short film projects including the Anime title “My Last Day” produced by Studio 4C in Tokyo and a surreal live-action short titled “BLINKER”. He is currently writing the screenplay for the animated feature "GESAR" and is in pre-production on his next live-action short.
Lauren Stevens grew up surrounded by a family of film fans. From watching black and white classics with her grandparents, to big blockbuster movies with her parents and two siblings, film and family were always deeply intertwined
throughout Lauren's upbringing.
This had a significant impact on Lauren's storytelling abilities, and her passion to create human-centered films with real people, and real emotion. Lauren's empathetic approach to film making pairs well with her natural skill to pace the timing and rhythm of film scenes editorially. With over 15 years of post production video editing experience, Lauren has excelled at knowing when it’s best to sit in a moment and allow the audience to connect with the main character, as well as when to let her editing timeline take its shape from the rhythmic flow of a music composition. Lauren works as a full time editor at Premise Entertainment, and also serves as the owner and founder of LAS Directions, LLC, a small production company serving the New York Tri-State area, where she offers post production video editing services to local businesses, schools and independent filmmakers.
When she isn't spending countless hours in the editing room, she spends the rest of her time with family and friends watching films, after all, that's how it all started. Her professional experience includes working at 20th Century Animation, Walt Disney Studios, NBC Sports, The 2020 Tokyo Olympics and News 12 Connecticut.
Armand made his feature film directing debut on the animated Disney film “Mulan”.
The movie received nine ASIFA “Annie” Awards including an award for Cook for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing. At the age of 18, an internship at Hanna-Barbera Studios provided his first job in the animation industry. In 1981, he joined Disney as an effects animator on the film, “TRON.” He went on to supervise effects for other Disney films including “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Little Mermaid,” and “Aladdin.” He also created visual effects for Michael Jackson’s “Captain EO”. At Disney's Florida studio, Cook directed an innovative CG short film titled “Off His Rockers” released theatrically in 1992. Next was the Roger Rabbit short “Trail Mix-Up”, a co-production with Amblin Entertainment. After the release of "Mulan", Cook developed other properties for Disney including his ode to Appalachian art and music known as “My Peoples”. He also wrote a live-action screenplay while still at the studio titled “Skunk Ape”. Following the closure of Disney’s Florida studio in 2004, Cook wrote an original screenplay titled “The Cat & the Fiddle”. In 2006 Cook signed with Starz Animation to develop the animated property “Mean Margaret”. In 2008 LAIKA Entertainment hired Cook as development director for the feature project “Jack &
Ben”. In February of 2009 Cook signed with Aardman Animations as co-director for the feature “Arthur Christmas” released in 2011. In 2013 Barry worked with BBC Earth and 20th Century Fox to direct the live action/animation feature "Walking with Dinosaurs".
For more than a decade, Barry has worked as a writer, producer and director on several short film projects including the Anime title “My Last Day” produced by Studio 4C in Tokyo and a surreal live-action short titled “BLINKER”. He is currently writing the screenplay for the animated feature "GESAR" and is in pre-production on his next live-action short film “Sideshow”.
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