Defying the odds of independent filmmaking
LANY Entertainment, (aka LANY films and television), is a multiple Emmy® Award-winning independent bi-coastal entertainment company founded in 2010, creating quality productions of all media from start to finish. Our projects include feature motion pictures, scripted television, documentaries, behind-the-scenes coverage, commercials, and quality web content. Projects currently in production include LANY Entertainment’s fifteen-time Daytime Emmy® Award-winning and thirty-seven time Emmy® Award-nominated indie drama series THE BAY and Emmy® Award-nominated THIS JUST IN, a teen situation comedy co-production with Associated Television International (ATI), airing Saturday mornings on POP TV.
THE BAY’s Season 1, Season 2, and Season 3 are currently available on Amazon’s Prime Video. The first five episodes of Season 4 of THE BAY are also available on Amazon’s Prime Video.
LANY Entertainment helps pioneer professionalism in the world of new media, defining the true meaning of ‘new age’ entertainment. Helmed by a multiple Emmy® Award-winning and record-breaking producer and Emmy® Award-winning director, Gregori J. Martin, and by multiple Emmy® Award-winning producer, X Games champion, Guinness Record holder, and multiple Emmy® Award-winning actor Kristos Andrews, the team consists of young Hollywood professionals who collectively specialize in all areas of today’s entertainment industry.
Differentiating ourselves from most production companies, LANY Entertainment can efficiently work with various budget ranges from micro to multi-million dollar budgets. Our ultimate goal is to give our clients the highest production value possible for the lowest costs.
We at LANY Entertainment strive to provide our clients with a successful and highly profitable timeless masterpiece. It’s the quality of the workflow and enthusiasm of our team that consistently attracts some of Hollywood’s greatest!
GREGORI J. MARTIN
CEO/Chairman
Gregori J. Martin is a multiple Emmy® Award-winning producer, an Emmy® Award-winning director, and the founder, CEO, and chairman of LANY Entertainment.
Martin is best known for his fifteen-time Emmy® Award-winning and thirty-seven time Emmy®-nominated digital drama series THE BAY on Amazon’s Prime Video, as well as the Emmy®-nominated teen situation comedy THIS JUST IN, airing on POP TV, where he serves as a director, writer, and co-executive producer.
Recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and having been nominated eleven times, in April 2018, Martin received his fourth Emmy® Award as creator and executive producer of THE BAY. Making NATAS history as the first, Martin won the Emmy® Award for “Outstanding Directing in a Digital Drama Series.”
Often collaborating with Associated Television International (ATI), Martin also recently wrapped production as director and co-executive producer on the television pilot THE AGENCY on POP STAR NETWORK. In 2013, Martin served as a story consultant and behind the scenes producer for the TV Guide Network (TVGN) documentary WHO SHOT THE DAYTIME SOAP?, and was also the director, producer, and writer for THE DISCIPLES, a mini-series developed by ATI and sold to SONY Entertainment.
Prior to LANY Entertainment, Martin served as the director, writer, and president of the independent film production company Gruntworks Entertainment for approximately 4 years. At Gruntworks, Martin directed and co-produced the limited theatrically released indie motion picture RAVEN, and the psychological thriller JACK RIO, screened at the Terror Film Festival in Philadelphia, PA. Additional Gruntworks collaborations include the feature films THE INTRUDERS available on Amazon Prime and SEBASTIAN.
Martin has directed a total of ten feature motion pictures including MANHATTANITES, a dramedy starring several stars from the ABC and CBS daytime serial dramas, THE SOUTHSIDE, based on a true story and tragic death of his cousin, Robert Areizaga Jr. Both films are available on Amazon. Martin’s latest episodic dramedy, A PLACE CALLED HOLLYWOOD, is a satire that tells the cutting-edge story of a young man who pursues his dream in becoming a famous actor and gives a glimpse of the harsher side of Hollywood. Released May 4, 2019, in twelve 9-13 minute episodes on Vimeo, A PLACE CALLED HOLLYWOOD can be watched in its entirety HERE.
KRISTOS ANDREWS
President
Kristos Andrews was born on August 25th, 1990 in Los Angeles, California.
A dual citizen raised in Los Angeles and Surrey, United Kingdom, Kristos Andrews is a British-American Actor and Producer.
Kristos has a remarkably rare track record of achievements in both the fields of entertainment and sports, being a three-time Emmy® Award-winning actor, four-time Emmy® Award-winning Producer, multiple Guinness world record holder, and X Games gold medalist, pending several unprecedented world records in entertainment, by the age of 28 in 2019.
Most known for his work in the fourteen (14) time Emmy® award-winning drama series THE BAY (Amazon Prime Video) as bad-boy leading man Pete Garrett, which co-stars Karrueche Tran as his wife and Mary Beth Evans as his mother, Kristos is known for his broad range of talent which includes his comedic performances in POP TV sitcom THIS JUST IN as teen heartthrob ‘Tyler Manning,’ which garnered him an Emmy® nomination in 2018, and his otherwise recognized “method” performance in feature film THE SOUTHSIDE.
In 2015, Kristos became the only man in history to win Emmy®s as both an Actor and a Producer, for his work on THE BAY (Amazon). A breakout success, his winning streak continued throughout 2016, 2017, and 2018, while he dedicated his wins to his late mother (UK), Catherine Andrews, whom was lost to a vicious case of cancer in 2017. In one of his award speeches, Kristos stated she was instrumental in encouraging him to “follow his dreams.”
Despite his deep suffering which came with the untimely loss of his mother, Kristos, seemed to turn “pain into art,” by pushing on to make history once again in 2018, becoming the first man in history to be “triple nominated,” for his work on multiple shows. Of the three he won two; continuing the winning streak. His 2018 wins included Outstanding Lead Actor in a Digital Drama Series (THE BAY) for the third consecutive year in a row, establishing his place in history amongst the few actors who have achieved the “Most Consecutive Lead Actor Emmy wins.”
Additional to multiple feature films, Kristos will also be taking a strong and rare stance in the television business, appearing in series regular roles on three (3) separate shows airing simultaneously in 2019 and 2020. He will continue to star in THE BAY (Amazon Prime Video), as well as POPSTAR NETWORK’S drama thriller THE AGENCY (2018), and will also star as series regular in dystopian future sci-fi series FRAXTUR (2019), co-starring Denise Richards.
At an age most have only just begun, Kristos Andrews has a multiple record-breaking career, including a total of eleven (11) Emmy® nominations and a total of seven (7) Emmy® wins to date (2019). We’re excited to witness the bars Kristos continues to raise, and legacy he’ll be leading in the years to come.
CELESTE FIANNA
Partner / Producer
Also noted for her expertise in various professions including as a financial and real estate specialist, Celeste Fianna is a multiple Emmy® Award-winning producer and partner at LANY Entertainment. Being an entrepreneur from a young age, Celeste started in real estate as an Escrow/Transaction Coordinator at 17 and was closing deals by the time she received her license at age 18. Celeste began producing television and film shortly thereafter.
Fianna’s projects in addition to THE BAY include Destination X: California, an extreme action sports and travel program where Fianna had the opportunity to travel around the world. She is also a producer on Visions: The Art of Catherine Andrews, an insightful documentary exploring the paintings and music of noted artist Catherine Andrews. Fianna‘s acting credits include a series regular role in the Emmy® Award-winning digital drama series THE BAY, a supporting role in the episodic dramady A PLACE CALLED HOLLYWOOD and in one of the lead roles in BEYOND, directed by Rob Walker and co-starring Dee Wallace. In addition to her position as Co-Executive Producer for THE BAY, Fianna also serves as an associate producer for THIS JUST IN, a popular Emmy® Award nominated teen situation comedy, a co-production with Associated Television International (ATI).