Gene Sloan, Founder Gene Sloan is the visionary who founded Grace Point Films, with his wife Arlene, in 2004, as a film production company for high quality transformative entertainment that incorporates universal truths found in many religions and wisdom traditions. As the executive producer and co-producer for The Awakening of Sean Mulvihill film, Living Luminaries on The Serious Business of Happiness, Gene was the impetus to make this movie a reality by not only funding it, but by seeing the potential and by guiding the film in its intent and integrity. He is deeply committed and focused on creating films that are not only consciousness expanding and content-laden but that are entertaining and accessible. In his 30 years as an investor in real estate and technology, Gene has understood markets before their time. He has a great ability to foresee new markets and the business sense to know how to engage them. With his unusual background as both a self-made entrepreneur/businessman and his intensive interest and lifelong dedication to a broad array of spiritual and philosophical studies, he provides an extraordinary combination of leadership that is progressive, enlightened, and responsive to the marketplace. Gene’s leadership style is innovative, collaborative and empowering to dedicated team members, which inspires them to strive for excellence. He clearly articulates the vision and he enrolls, inspires, and leverages talent by the vision, rather than by the task. Gene has also pursued a life long interest and in depth study of a wide range of spiritual, religious, philosophical and consciousness mindsets over the past 35 years. He brings a consciousness of unity and recognizes the underlying thread of truth that is woven throughout all religions and spirituality. Gene is committed to assisting humanity to transform its consciousness by creating entertainment with high spiritual and psychological values that is content-laden with uplifting, intelligent, insightful stories.

Arlene Sloan, Co-Founder Arlene Sloan has been the artistic voice for Grace Point Films since its inception. Her eye for quality and beauty guides the team towards the highest quality productions. Her innovative style of business adds creativity and warmth to the team. With her background as a licensed architect for 25 years, and her lifelong appreciation for the gifts of spiritual wisdom, she assists in guiding the direction of Grace Point Films on both the global level and detail level. Arlene brings her dedication to spiritual truth, the awareness of the power of entertainment to uplift, and her consciousness of unity among many to the team. She also brings business acumen, extensive training in communication and conflict resolution and years of experience working collaboratively in a creative field.

Diane Tapogna, Project Manager Diane Tapogna joined Grace Point Films in 2007. She brings a unique combination of organizational skills, business acumen and creative vision to the team. In her over 20 years as a Registered Nurse, she has worked in a wide variety of settings, most recently as a Hospice Case Manager. In this role she has come to live in absolute awe of the uniqueness and preciousness of the human experience. Diane has been a Spiritual seeker all of her life. Through her many explorations of the teachings of ancient wisdom and contemporary philosophy she has developed a special love of story as a learning tool. She has always had great fondness for cinema. So this combination of passion, skill and life experience makes her the perfect addition to Grace Point Films. She states, “When Gene told me about Living Luminaries, I became very excited. So many creative ideas began to flow through me I could hardly contain myself. I look forward to applying my enthusiasm and skill to these exciting productions.”

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