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STAR PARTNERS

Music, Film & Technology

OVERVIEW

Star Partners brings music, film, and technology to the world stage.

Allen Schwalb and Jamie Cook have spent their lives bringing entertainment to life. It is a remarkable and impactful journey—one that Star Partners has been privileged to be part of and one that continues today through Mr. Cook's current and future endeavors.

Guided by the principle taught to Jamie Cook by mentor Allen Schwalb — "The best way to predict the future is to create it." — this philosophy has defined Mr. Cook's work for more than four decades.

From pioneering early internet television and satellite tracking technology in the late 1990s, to advancing artificial intelligence beginning in 2020, Mr. Cook has consistently operated at the forefront of emerging industries. His work spans music, film, technology, waste-to-energy, and humanitarian initiatives, with a focus on creating and bringing projects to the world.

Allen Schwalb raised over $500 million between 1973 and his passing in 2014, establishing a standard of disciplined execution and visionary leadership. Building on that foundation, Mr. Cook has raised over $1 billion since the 1990s, while continuing to originate, develop, and launch projects globally.

In 2020, Mr. Cook founded the International Music Awards, now operating in 12 countries worldwide. Beginning in 2026, the organization will expand with the goal of establishing an International Music Awards Hall of Fame and Museum, with locations planned across all 12 participating countries.

Star Partners continues to originate, build, and launch new music, film, and technology projects onto the world stage.

"Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead for that is where the future is."
Mr. Jamie (JC) Cook

FEATURE FILMS

BEING FINANCED AND IN PRODUCTION

Rise

Once Upon A Time

Iconic

Legacy Of Music Film

1956 TO 2026

LEADERSHIP

Mr. Jamie (JC) Cook

Mr. Jamie (JC) Cook is a global media executive and entrepreneur with over 35 years of leadership across music, film, television, technology, and international finance.

At seventeen, Mr. Cook brought MTV for its first live filming across four locations and Playboy for its first shoot and VHS series.

At nineteen years old, Mr. Cook was working directly with Bob Eyde, a world-renowned television and film producer and international distributor. Under Eyde's mentorship, Mr. Cook assumed responsibility for selling films internationally and helped fund and distribute Happily Ever After, the animated sequel to Snow White. He later played a role in facilitating one of the world's largest music acquisitions with King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, who changed Saudi law to allow entertainment participation and built a $40 million CD plant.

Mentored from a young age by legendary film financier Allen J. Schwalb, Mr. Cook later became his business manager and partner, continuing a legacy that includes financing over 60 major studio films and 64 Academy Award nominations.

Mr. Cook pioneered the first mobile app in America, first biometric software, world's smallest flat satellite with tracking systems, and launched WebTV in 1996—the first internet television with free calling.

Today, Mr. Cook leads Star Partners, a parent platform unifying music, film, technology, and global creative initiatives.

Mr. Schwalb and Mr. Cook have together helped finance and support more than 70 major feature films. Films financed by Allen J. Schwalb have received 64 Academy Award nominations and resulted in 16 Academy Award–winning films—a legacy that remains unprecedented to date in film financing and production.

To place this achievement in context, the closest comparison is Francis Ford Coppola, whose films—including The Godfather series—collectively garnered 63 Academy Award nominations. This comparison underscores the extraordinary scale and consistency of Mr. Schwalb's impact as a financier behind award-recognized cinema.

In parallel with their work in film, Mr. Schwalb and Mr. Cook have played a pivotal role in the foundation, financing, and growth of influential music labels across the industry, including Casablanca Records, Hitsville Music Group, Timeless Records, and many others—creating a lasting impact on global entertainment across both music and film.

SOME OF THE OVER 70 FILMS FINANCED

Happily Ever After

Dom DeLuise, Phyllis Diller

Never Say Never Again

Sean Connery

License to Kill

Timothy Dalton

Sudden Impact

Clint Eastwood

Tightrope

Clint Eastwood

Heartbreak Ridge

Clint Eastwood

Superman II

Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder

Superman III

Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman

Rocky V

Sylvester Stallone

Rain Man

Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise

Moonstruck

Cher, Nicolas Cage, Danny Aiello

A Fish Called Wanda

Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis

The Mission

Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons

Little Shop of Horrors

Steve Martin, Rick Moranis

A Dry White Season

Marlon Brando, Susan Sarandon

Round Midnight

Dexter Gordon, Herbie Hancock

The Color Purple

Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover

The Killing Fields

Sam Waterston, John Malkovich

The Right Stuff

Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Sam Shepard

Thelma & Louise

Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Brad Pitt

Road House

Patrick Swayze, Sam Elliott

The Russia House

Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer

Not Without My Daughter

Sally Field

Stanley & Iris

Robert De Niro, Jane Fonda

The Mighty Quinn

Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend

Overboard

Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell

Bright Lights, Big City

Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland

Poltergeist III

Heather O'Rourke

Over the Top

Sylvester Stallone

The Mosquito Coast

Harrison Ford, River Phoenix

Club Paradise

Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole

Under the Cherry Moon

Prince

Spies Like Us

Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd

After Hours

Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette

Target

Gene Hackman, Matt Dillon

The Little Drummer Girl

Diane Keaton

Oh God! You Devil

George Burns

Protocol

Goldie Hawn

Irreconcilable Differences

Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long, Drew Barrymore, Sharon Stone

Taps

Timothy Hutton, George C. Scott, Sean Penn, Tom Cruise

FEATURED PROJECT

Music Royalties for Life

Music Royalties for Life is a marketplace where investors can purchase fully produced, released or unreleased, commercially ready songs and earn royalty income for life. Each song comes complete with professional production, distribution, and registration — generating ongoing revenue from streams, licensing, and sync placements worldwide.

Whether you're looking to own a catalog asset, fund an artist's next release, or license original music to film and television projects, Music Royalties for Life provides direct access to a curated portfolio of income-generating music.