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A B O U T
A B O U T
Heroic Americana. Our brand. Our stories. Our life.
The Human Heart believes in heroes, craves adventure, loves to laugh, to think, and occasionally cry the good cry. To all of these, Writer, Director and Producer Howie Klausner has given his entire career and life. Creating characters, stories and music with this distinctive voice and brand, developed by over forty years of doing it. Action-Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sports and Music… movies like you remember.
Welcome to I-40 Pictures. A Film and Television Company, located right off that legendary American Highway… the heart of America.
Howie Klausner is founder and president of I-40 Pictures. Thirty years writing and producing movies and TV, his career began with the Warner Brothers’ Clint Eastwood blockbuster, SPACE COWBOYS. Most recent credits include REAGAN, starring Dennis Quaid, Penelope Ann Miller and Jon Voigt, SOUL SURFER, also starring Quaid, THE IDENTICAL, starring Ray Liotta and Ashley Judd, THE LAST RIDE, starring Henry Thomas and Kaley Kuoco, THE GRACE CARD, starring Louis Gossett Jr. His latest feature, HOME, directed by Sean McNamara and starring Mike Vogel and Dennis Haysbert releases early 2027.
In 2021, Howie created I-40, with a robust slate of feature film and streaming series and a music division, featuring a catalogue partnership with Tony Cunningham Music in Nashville.
Key Partnerships, Relationships, and Advisors
The I-40 Family
Throughout thirty years of film and television creation, Howie Klausner and I-40 have been blessed with world-class artists and professionals, still very much at the top of their game…
Sean McNamara, Director, Producer
(REAGAN, SOUL SURFER, HOME)
Brookwell-McNamara Entertainment, Los Angeles
Warner Brothers Pictures
Malpaso Productions (Clint Eastwood’s Company)
Showbiz Direct Distribution (First title distributed, REAGAN)
David Roberts, Investor, President, Alluwee Studios (REAGAN, PETER)
Jessica Meier, Exec Producer Malpaso
Andrew Lazar, Producer, Mad Chance/Warner Brothers
Dennis Quaid, Actor, Executive Producer
Cindy Bond, Producer (I Can only Imagine)
Mark Koch, Producer, President, Prelude Pictures
Mark Joseph; Executive Producer (REAGAN)
Rob Lorenz, Director
James Spies, Producer
John Attard, Visual Effects Designer, (Blackhawk Down, Gladiator)
The Gersh Agency, Los Angeles
Mike Snider, William Morris Endeavor Agency
Gabe Sachs; Writer-Producer, Showrunner
Gary Bernstein; Producer
Michael Flaherty; Producer, Creative Executive
David Brookwell, Producer (Soul Surfer, The Kings Daughter, HOME)
Cindy Bond, Producer (I Can only Imagine)
Bill Ewing, Columbia Pictures CEO (ret), Executive Producer
Rich Peluso, President, Sony-Affirm Pictures
Tony Cunningham, Music Producer, Composer; TC MUSIC
John Coda, Composer (REAGAN)
Benjy Gaither, Songwriter, Producer, Gaither Music
Dann Huff, Music Producer, Composer, Instrumentalist
Brent Rowan, Music Producer, Composer, Instrumentalist
Chris Rodriguez, Instrumentalist and Producer
Chuck Lee, Composer
Steve Okin; Producer, Media Consultant (former Sony-Affirm, Pure Flix)
Bob Raines, Tennessee Film Commission
Robert Deaton, CEO, Country Music Association, Film and TV Producer
Paul Wigboldy, Producer, Theme Attraction and Media Entrepreneur
MJM Marketing (Los Angeles)