Meet the Team
Tesoro Films, which recently completed the feature film “Rose”, starring Cybill Shepherd, James Brolin, and Pam Grier, has purchased the film rights of the screenplay “Magic City” by James Hoggard and Rod McCall as well as “By His Own Blood”.
Greg Clonts
Producer & Managing Member
Producer Greg Clonts has over 25 years experience as CEO of community banks in Texas. During that time he served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Bankers Association and the Independent Bankers association of Texas. He is currently the President of Tesoro Films, LLC, which recently completed the feature film, “Rose”, starring Cybill Shepherd, James Brolin, and Pam Grier. ROSE won Best Feature Film-Drama at the Sedona International Film Festival in March of this year and is represented in sales by Moviehouse Entertainment in the United Kingdom.
Tesoro has purchased the film rights of the screenplay “Magic City” by James Hoggard and Rod McCall as well as “By His Own Blood”. In addition, Clonts produced and directed the documentary, “Wagon Boss,” currently in post-production.
Eric Williams
Producer
Executive Producer of Rose, grew up in Texas with a passion for the history of the West. Fittingly, his career has allowed him to work on some quintessential Texas films, from Red Headed Stranger and Lonesome Dove to A Night in Old Mexico, and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones, went on to win best screenplay and best actor at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Eric later served as in house producer/production manager for Tommy Lee Jones' Javelina Film Company. Eric is currently partnered with actor/producer Robert Duvall to produce, through their co-owned Texas company Maverick Films, a film based on the soon to be published novel The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook.
Rod McCall
Producer
Encompassing a career of 40 years, Rod McCall has produced, directed and written 6 feature films: “JIM” (screened at THE 2015 MADRID INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL where it was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director), “PAPER HEARTS,” with James Brolin and Kris Kristofferson, “LEWIS & CLARK & GEORGE,” with Rose McGowan, (both world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival), “BITE,” and “BECOMING EDUARDO” starring Elizabeth Pina and A Martinez. “ROSE” is McCall’s most recent film. He has also directed for producers J. Todd Harris and John Davis, written original scripts for directors Luis Puenzo, Ivan Passer and Zalman King, and directed and produced over 300 award-winning TV commercials for international corporations. He has produced for SATURDAY NIGHT, LIVE!, and PBS’s SESAME STREET and ELECTRIC COMPANY. McCall taught at Creative Media Institute at New Mexico State University from 2006-2016.
Steve Seale
Screenwriter
Steve Seale, Screenwriter, authored over a dozen scripts for theatrical production in a variety of styles. Genres in which he has written include crime, action, horror, fantasy, international intrigue, comedy and romance. A feature length film penned by Mr. Seale completed production in 2016. Another of his scripts is presently in pre-production, while three other works are currently optioned for the screen. Steve is a native Texan and graduate of the University of Houston. He is a former paratrooper with nine years of military service. His career in business included six years spent in administrative support on construction projects in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
John Montandon
Executive Producer & Author
John Montandon is a successful business owner who has spent his adult career in publishing, agricultural communications, data management, and marketing. He is a cofounder of several business media companies that include magazines, radio and online publishing. John was also an owner of one of the world's largest agricultural data services as well as a data processing business. Graduating from high school in 1965 in Knox City, Texas, he went on to receive an undergraduate degree in Agricultural Economics from Texas Tech University and an MBA from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.