Promoting good, true, and beautiful entertainment since 2007.
Wedgwood Leadership
In 2007 a group of investors, philanthropists & cultural influencers started Wedgwood Circle
Our goal has remained the same - To promote the creation of good, true, and beautiful entertainment in mainstream culture.
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President / CEO
Filmmaker, author, and exec Craig Detweiler, Ph.D., wrote the screenplays for The Duke, the comedic road trip, Extreme Days and directed the award-winning documentary Remand, narrated by Angela Bassett.
His acclaimed books include iGods: How Technology Shapes Our Spiritual and Social Lives (2013) Selfies: Searching for the Image of God in a Digital Age (2018), and Deep Focus: Film and Theology in Dialogue (2019) co-written with Robert Johnston and Kutter Callaway.
Craig’s cultural commentary has been featured on ABC’s Nightline, CNN, Fox, NPR, and in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
Detweiler served as a professor at Fuller Seminary, Biola University, and Pepperdine University. Variety honored Detweiler as their 2016 Mentor of the Year.
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Executive Director / COO
Terence began his career in New York with Citibank's Media & Entertainment Group working on film-financings for the major studios. Desiring to work more closely with filmmakers, he left New York for Los Angeles where he began producing short films, helped launch and run the Damah Film Festival, served as an associated producer for several shows on the Discovery Channel and produced the feature films That Evening Sun, Not That Funny and Waiting For The Miracle To Come. In addition to his work as a film producer, he also ran Act One, a Hollywood-based training program. Terence is a graduate of the University of Virginia.
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Founder & Chairman
Mark Rodgers is the Principal of The Clapham Group, a creative consulting firm that works with non-profits, corporations and foundations. He is a published writer and a speaker on the topics of faith and public life, culture and caring for the least of these. His work over the years includes outreach to “culture creators,” and he has worked closely with artists from diverse fields including computer gaming, graphic novels, film and music. Mark is also a social entrepreneur, and enjoys finding ways to help people “do good while doing well.” Mark is married to Leanne, and together they have four children and four grandchildren. Mark resides in Burke, Virginia.
Board of Directors
David Carlson Founder of Bucktown Pictures and Executive Director of Opera-Matic, a non-profit street opera company based in Chicago
Brad Gibson Founder of Sound Capital Management LLC, working with a few select bands, artists, and songwriters, including Twenty One Pilots
Laura Waters Hinson Filmmaker and Founder of Image Bearer Pictures; work includes documentaries As We Forgive and Many Beautiful Things
Christina Lee Storm Founder and CEO of ASHER XR; Producer and Studio Executive.
Roger Martin Former Senior Vice President, Chief IP Strategist at Qualcomm and Founder, Chairman and CEO of Humans Against Trafficking
Carter Pilcher Founder and Chief Executive of Shorts International, a full-service short film entertainment company representing over 3,000 films to over 120 international broadcasters
Brad Reeves Mananging Director, Freedom Truck Finance; Manager, BCR Capital, LLC; Chairman, Art House Dallas
Mark Rodgers (Chairman) Founder and Chairman, Wedgwood Circle; Principle, Clapham Group & More Partnerships
Drew Shirley Musician, Switchfoot
Michael Swanson SVP of Production at NBCUniversal
Allison Trowbridge President, Copper Pictures; Partner, Just Business; Author Twenty-Two, Godspeed
Ralph Winter Film Producer, The Promise, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny, The Giver, X-Men
Tyler Zacharia Managing Director at Moriah Media / SharpSword films. An established entertainment and investment executive specializing in media and film finance and production, M&A, new market entry, and business operations.
Founders
Philip Anschutz, Denver, CO
Entrepreneur and Investor; Founder and CEO of The Anschutz Corporation, and Co-Founder of Major League Soccer
Makoto Fujimura, Princeton, NJ
Japanese Nihonga artist, Director of Brehm Center at Fuller Theological Seminary and founder of the International Arts Movement
Steve Garber, Washington, DC
Facilitator of Meaning, Wedgwood Circle; Author; Founder and Principal, The Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation and Culture
David Kiersznowski, Leawood, KS
Founder and Co-Owner of DEMDACO, a wholesale gift company founded in 1997.
Thomas Lehrman, New York, NY
Entrepreneur and Investor; Partner at Haystack Partners investment firm; board member at KIPP NYC and co-founder of Gerson Lehrman Group
Charlie Peacock, Nashville, TN
Artist, Songwriter, Producer and Co-Founder of Art House America
Mark Rodgers, Washington, DC
Founder, Principal, Managing Director of The Clapham Group, More Partnerships, Founder and Board Chair of Wedgwood Circle
George Seay III, Dallas, Texas
Founder and CEO of Annandale Capital, a money management firm centered on conflict-free, customized investment portfolios for individuals, family offices, foundations, and various institutions.
Bill Wichterman, Washington, DC
Covington & Burling LLP, President of Faith & Law, Author of “Culture: Upstream from Politics” and “Dying to Live.”
Sean Wolfington, Miami, FL/Philadelphia, PA
Chairman and CEO of The Wolfington Companies. Entrepreneur with businesses in the technology, marketing, real estate and film industries.