LION’S HEART ENTERTAINMENT
Lion’s Heart Entertainment is a Los Angeles based production company, created and managed by President and Emmy nominated Executive Producer, Richard A. Clark (aka RAC), and represented by the William Morris Endeavor Agency.
RAC CLARK – PRESIDENT / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
RAC Clark, the son of the late television and broadcasting pioneer, Dick Clark, has not only produced over a thousand hours of LIVE event programming and reality/competition/game shows in his 39 year career, he has also worked all facets of production. Lion’s Heart Entertainment is the culmination of all of his production and development expertise.
Clark has produced the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS live on CBS since 1999. He is currently in production on the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The 50th, in 2015, was held at AT&T Stadium, setting a Guinness Book of World Record for the Largest Attended Award Show Audience. Over the past five years, Clark has Executive Produced, LET'S GO CRAZY: A GRAMMY SALUTE TO PRINCE, ELTON JOHN: I’M STILL STANDING – A GRAMMY SALUTE, GRAMMY AWARDS RED CARPET SPECIALS, OSCARS LIVE ON THE RED CARPET, A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC FROM COCO, ONE VOICE: SOMOS LIVE! A CONCERT FOR DISASTER RELIEF, STAYIN' ALIVE: A GRAMMY SALUTE TO THE MUSIC OF THE BEE GEES, ACM HONORS, ACM PRESENTS: SUPERSTAR DUETS, STEVIE WONDER: SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE: AN ALL-STAR GRAMMY SALUTE, SHINING A LIGHT: A CONCERT FOR PROGRESS ON RACE IN AMERICA, SINATRA 100: AN ALL-STAR GRAMMY CONCERT, MISS UNIVERSE pageants, MISS USA pageants and BOSTON POPS FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR. In 2014 Clark Executive Produced, THE HOLLYWOOD FILM AWARDS, ACM PRESENTS: AN ALL-STAR SALUTE TO THE TROOPS, MDA SHOW OF STRENGTH TELETHON, and the Emmy nominated special in 6 categories, including Outstanding Variety Special, THE NIGHT THAT CHANGED AMERICA: THE BEATLES – A GRAMMY SALUTE.
Other recent Executive Producer credits include: TIM MCGRAW’S SUPERSTAR SUMMER NIGHT, THE 2013 INAUGURAL BALLS and COMMANDER IN CHIEF BALL for the Presidential Inaugural Committee, HEALING IN THE HEARTLAND, 2013 MDA SHOW OF STRENGTH, 2013 HOLLYWOOD FILM AWARDS, THE MILLION SECOND QUIZ, LIONEL RICHIE AND FRIENDS: IN CONCERT, GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT: THE SUPERSTAR WOMEN OF COUNTRY, BROOKS AND DUNN: THE LAST RODEO and GEORGE STRAIT: ACM ARTIST OF THE DECADE.
Additional credits include: ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, 165 episodes of PRIME TIME COUNTRY for Nashville Network and NBC special GARTH BROOKS AND THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS. He also produced LIVE satellite remotes of THE ROLLING STONES AND LED ZEPPELIN for ABC’s AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS.
STEVEN SWARTZ - EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTION
During his term as President of CCR Post (Continental Colour Post Production), Steve’s career as a producer became a natural extension of services he provided to foreign clients with production needs in the U.S. This created many opportunities for him to produce and develop in both the US and abroad. Steve’s live concert credits include; "No Quarter Paige and Plant", (MTV Unplugged); "The Now Tour", Paul McCartney, (FOX); "Quadrophenia" The WHO (BBC); "Oxygen", Moscow, Jean Michel Jarre (PBS); "Scorpions", New Years Eve Berlin (MTV). Steve has produced award nominated documentaries including: "Movin On", Paul McCartney (BBC); "7 Reeces Muse", Francis Bacon,; "RTE: Making a Steamroller Fly", Jean Michel Jarre (PBS); "Woodstock Then and Now" (VH1/ History Channel); "Decades" (Vanity Fair); "A Long Way Home: Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings" (VH1). Steve’s Reality series include: "Scouting About” (Carlton Food Network UK); "Barbeque Rescue" (Carlton Food Network UK). Network credits: "American Music Awards" (ABC); "The Tony Awards" (CBS); "Baja 1000" (NBC); "Lake Placid Winter Olympics" (NBC); "The Pan American Games" (CBS Sports); “Academy of Country Music Awards" 2014-2017 (CBS); "MDA Show Of Strength Telethon" 2014 (SYND); “Grammy Red Carpet Live” 2016-2020 (CBS); and “Michelin Pilot Experience” 2017. Steve’s production and development experience is deep, varied, and global. From cable to Network, from PBS to MTV and from Moscow to the USA, Steve brings a diverse range of experience to all shows he is a part of.
STEPHANIE FRY – DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
As a staff and freelance employee, Stephanie has worked in both production and development for dick clark productions and Lion’s Heart Entertainment for over 25 years. In addition to working alongside RAC on the ACM Awards shows, ACM Specials, Oscar Red Carpet Specials, Grammy© Specials and Grammy© Red Carpet, “Hollywood Film Awards,” “MDA,” “and "Healing In The Heartland,” Stephanie has also worked on hundreds of hours of award shows, specials, games shows, and series. Some of them include: “Golden Globes,” “American Music Awards,” “NFL Honors,” "People Magazine Awards,” Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” the FOX series, “So You Think You Can Dance” and 45 episodes of the FOX anthology series “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction."