Sebastian Kane(I)
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Sebastian KANE is the recently appointed CEO of the Rainstorm Entertainment family of companies. An exemplary student, he graduated Magna Cum Laude from UCLA, attended Oxford University (Worchester College) as a Rhodes Scholar, then attended Stanford's art school in Florence, Italy and cooking school in Lucca, Italy under the tutelage of Chef Paolo Monti.
After Kane's service to the US government ended, he attended law school, then practiced trial (bet your life) and entertainment law in Hollywood. He was a co-founder of beauty product company, Pureology. After selling his shares in the company, Kane invested in various entertainment properties and projects through Rainstorm, and later financed the company's litigation against it's former British investors. After finally prevailing following ten years of litigation, in four countries (US, UK, Sweden, Guersney) and winning on 33 separate arbitrations, trials, appeals and post appellate motions, Rainstorm won a very significant 8 figure judgment. It's founder, a close personal friend of Kane's, asked him to take the reins of the company and guide it into the future.
As a content creator, production and finance company, Rainstorm produced narratives including TERROR TRACT (starring the late John Ritter and Bryan Cranston), THE BIG EMPTY (starring Jon Favreau, Sean Bean, Kelsey Grammer, Daryl Hannah, and Adam Beach) and BIG BAD WOLF (starring Richard Tyson) and critically acclaimed documentaries FUCK, SUNSET STRIP, STATE OF CONTROL and IT'S SO EASY AND OTHER LIES.
Timeline
1974: awarded Eagle Scout Award, served as a Chief in the Order of the Arrow, and awarded three heroism awards for saving of lives. 1980: Graduated San Marino HS 1984: Graduated UCLA, B.S., Political Science and Far East Asian Studies 1985: Oxford University, Worcester College- Rhodes Scholar 1986: Creative Problem Solver- Laos 1987: Creative Problem Solver- Cambodia, MOS in Psychological Warfare 1988-1991: Attended Loyola Law School 1991-On-going: The Sebastian KANE LTD. Venture Capital, Advisory services, Management of Investments 2003-Present. RAINSTORM Entertainment, Inc. and related companies.
After Kane's service to the US government ended, he attended law school, then practiced trial (bet your life) and entertainment law in Hollywood. He was a co-founder of beauty product company, Pureology. After selling his shares in the company, Kane invested in various entertainment properties and projects through Rainstorm, and later financed the company's litigation against it's former British investors. After finally prevailing following ten years of litigation, in four countries (US, UK, Sweden, Guersney) and winning on 33 separate arbitrations, trials, appeals and post appellate motions, Rainstorm won a very significant 8 figure judgment. It's founder, a close personal friend of Kane's, asked him to take the reins of the company and guide it into the future.
As a content creator, production and finance company, Rainstorm produced narratives including TERROR TRACT (starring the late John Ritter and Bryan Cranston), THE BIG EMPTY (starring Jon Favreau, Sean Bean, Kelsey Grammer, Daryl Hannah, and Adam Beach) and BIG BAD WOLF (starring Richard Tyson) and critically acclaimed documentaries FUCK, SUNSET STRIP, STATE OF CONTROL and IT'S SO EASY AND OTHER LIES.
Timeline
1974: awarded Eagle Scout Award, served as a Chief in the Order of the Arrow, and awarded three heroism awards for saving of lives. 1980: Graduated San Marino HS 1984: Graduated UCLA, B.S., Political Science and Far East Asian Studies 1985: Oxford University, Worcester College- Rhodes Scholar 1986: Creative Problem Solver- Laos 1987: Creative Problem Solver- Cambodia, MOS in Psychological Warfare 1988-1991: Attended Loyola Law School 1991-On-going: The Sebastian KANE LTD. Venture Capital, Advisory services, Management of Investments 2003-Present. RAINSTORM Entertainment, Inc. and related companies.