Atchity Productions
About Us
Dr. Ken Atchity
CEO
Story Merchant Ken Atchity has served storytellers since 1996 as a literary manager and producer, developing and selling hundreds of stories for film or television.
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Yasemin Isil
DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE
Yasemin Isil was born in Istanbul, Turkey. Her passion for filmmaking brought her to Los Angeles. She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Conservatory and film production at UCLA. After graduating she produced and directed her first film, The Sun and The Moon. She acted in several commercials and films, such as I Love Your Moves and The Wars in Heaven. She co-produced The Hollywood Turkish Film Festival at The Paramount Studios to bond the film industries from Hollywood and Turkey. She works as a voice over producer and serves many studios like Netflix, Sony, Warner Brothers, and Lionsgate. Yasemin is currently Associate Producer on the Atchity Productions film The Seeding (2021).
Samantha Skelton
DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE
Samantha Skelton is a Los Angeles native. She graduated with a degree in Screenwriting from California State University, Northridge and fuses her love for writing, producing, and acting by creating stories for the screen both personally and in a key creative role at Atchity Productions. She interned at Andrew Lazar's MadChance at Warner Brother’s to learn about development and producing from the ground up. She has written a feature length screenplay, a TV pilot, a web series, and short films. She has studied acting at Warner Loughlin Studios since 2014 and recently starred in an Emmett Loverde feature film.
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Her focus is on identifying impactful feature film and television projects for Atchity Production's development slate as well as compelling stories for representation for the Story Merchant imprint. Samantha is currently Associate Producer on the Atchity Productions film The Seeding (2021).
Tobe A. Roberts
ASSOCIATE MANAGER
Tobe A. Roberts IV obtained his Master of Fine Arts degree at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts (TSOA) Graduate Film Program. Tobe entered Graduate School as one of the top six applicants to spearhead the first TV & Film Producers Training Program of the University. He gained experience in publicity at Paramount Pictures East Coast Publicity, became the East Coast Editor for an online film E-Zine, and eventually became co-producer of a New York-based video production company specializing in Indigenous programming.
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Tobe was an adjunct Professor in the Visual and Performing Arts Department at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, NJ sharing his knowledge with aspiring filmmakers. He has worked with an NYC/CA-based VFX company in several positions on commercial and film projects. He currently serves as an Art Curator and Consultant in NYC.