Tonko Soljan is a Croatian American film and television producer known best for the PBS acquired documentary film '' Beyond Our Differences'' and the broadly distributed feature film '' Adrift in Manhattan'' starring

Heather Graham Heather Joan Graham (born January 29, 1970) is an American actress. After appearing in television commercials, her first starring role in a feature film came with the teen comedy '' License to Drive'' (1988), followed by the critically acclaime ...

William Baldwin William Joseph Baldwin (born February 21, 1963), Note: While birthplace is routinely listed as Massapequa, that town has no hospital, and brother Alec Baldwin was born in nearby Amityville, which does. known also as Billy Baldwin,is an American ...

Dominic Chianese Dominic Chianese (; born February 24, 1931) is an American actor, singer, and musician. He is best known for his roles as Corrado "Junior" Soprano on the HBO series ''The Sopranos'' (1999–2007), Johnny Ola in '' The Godfather Part II'' (1 ...

and

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. Soljan is also a key player in the launch of Discovery Channel's series ''

Storm Chasers ''Storm Chasers'' is an American documentary reality television series that premiered on October 17, 2007, on the Discovery Channel. Produced by Original Media, the program follows several teams of storm chasers as they attempt to intercept ...

'' and MTV's ''

Teen Mom ''Teen Mom'' (renamed ''Teen Mom OG'' starting with the fifth season) is an American reality television series broadcast by MTV. It is the first spin-off of '' 16 and Pregnant'', and it focuses on the lives of several young mothers as they navig ...

''. Additionally Soljan has independently produced for clients including Paramount Pictures, Original Media, City Lights Media Group,

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, HDNet, Dogmatic, Departure Films, and many networks including as

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, Discovery Channel,

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, MTV,

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Food Network Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a joint venture and general partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (which holds a 69% ownership stake of the network) and Nexstar Media Group ( ...

, A&E,

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, Bravo, ABC, CMT, Lifetime, and numerous others. Soljan is the executive vice president of business affairs for ITV America, and formerly executive in charge and vice president of business affairs for production powerhouse Leftfield Pictures, the company behind the hit series such as

's ''

Pawn Stars ''Pawn Stars'' is an American reality television series shown on History and produced by Leftfield Pictures. The series is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the daily activities at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, a 24 ...

'', ''

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'' and ''

American Restoration ''American Restoration'' is an American reality television series airing on the History channel. Produced by Leftfield Pictures, the first six seasons were recorded in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicled the daily activities at ''Rick's Res ...

'', FOX's American Grit and History Channel's Alone. Previously he was the head of production for New York documentary film outfit Entropy Films.

References

External links

ITV America official websiteMoving Image Entertainment official website
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