Chris D. Nebe President & CEO
JJ Osbun Vice President

Chris D. Nebe, President of Monarex Hollywood Corporation, founded in 1978, has many years of experience in the international entertainment industry as a producer and distributor.

THE EARLY YEARS

In Germany he successfully distributed 150 motion pictures by critically acclaimed directors, among them; Ron Howard, Roger Corman, Paul Bartel, Kaneto Shindo and Jonathan Demme. His greatest box-office hit was CANNONBALL, starring David Carradine.

Among the movies Mr. Nebe produced are HEARTBREAKER, REBELS, THE NAKED CAGE, ATTACK AT DAWN and THE INHERITORS, which was an Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival and, among other international awards, received the Jury Award of the Montreal Film Festival.

 

LAST OF THE CARAVANS received the Cine Golden Eagle Award for excellence in documentary production.

He associate produced GOLDRUSH, a television series based on Jack London's famous "Alaska Stories", directed by Academy Award winner James Hill.

He also associate produced EMPIRE OF EAGLES, a television series based on the classic Jules Verne novel, "The Children of Captain Grant".

He created AMERICA X-TREME, a magazine-style reality TV series.

His controversial Telly Award winning documentarty, THE HEROIN HIGHWAY, containing actual surveillance footage from international drug enforcement agencies, is an acclaimed statement in the "War on Drugs".

Mr. Nebe wrote and produced HITLER: THE ART OF DECEPTION, a Gold Award / Best Documentary Worldfest, Houston (2000).

He also wrote and produced multi-award winning MASSACRES UNDER THE RISING SUN documenting the Battle of Manchuria, the forgotten war before Pearl Harbor.

CHRIS IN CHINA

For fifteen years, Chris cultivated relationships that would later put him in a position to live a life-long dream; produce films about China.

The most recent additions to the Monarex DVD Collection are:

  • MARCO POLO'S SHANGRI-LA (Telly Award for Excellence, 2007)
  • MARCO POLO'S SILK ROAD
  • MARCO POLO'S ROOF OF THE WORLD (Telly Award for Excellence, 2007)
  • SECRETS OF THE SILK ROAD
all written, produced and directed by Chris.

 

An Extremely Rare private audience with the Living Buddha of the Ta'er Monastery on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

In pre-production are the following feature length documentaries (both to be filmed in China):

  • SILK ROAD MELODIES
  • ANIMAL KINGDOM


Mr. Nebe has in active development:

  • THE MESSENGER: BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL, written by Dennis Eugene Engleman. Set in a lavish historical setting, this is a compelling portrayal of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, a cultural terrorist and tragic genius.
  • BODYTALK, a romantic dance movie.
  • MADAME GOLDEN FLOWER, a three-part TV mini-series based on the New York Times Bestseller by C.Y. Lee.
On January 8th, 2006 Mr. Nebe was appointed the International Business Advisor to YUNNAN TV in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.
On September 1st, 2006 Mr. Nebe was appointed the International Business Advisor to the Information Office of the People's Republic of China in Qinghai Province.
On January 8, 2007 Mr. Nebe was appointed International Business Advisor to the Information Office of the Provincial Government of Xinjiang and Xinjiang Electronic Media in the People's Republic of China.

CHRIS IN AFRICA

Globetrotting filmmaker Chris Nebe, who speaks several languages, has always had a keen geopolitical interest. Many of his documentaries reflect his engagement in human-rights and environmental issues.

Long before Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt discovered Namibia, Chris left his footprint on the country's political landscape.

After befriending the future Namibian President, Chief Clemens Kapuuo, Nebe started backing the Herero Nation in their struggle for independence and was to be the International Advisor to the Chief.
At that time, Namibia was controlled by the South African Apartheid Regime, which strictly enforced segregation of black and white.

Unfortunately, Chief Clemens Kapuuo was assassinated in the dark of night in the capital, Windhoek.

During his last visit to Namibia, to honor his slain friend, Chris was arrested in the Black Ghetto for breaking the curfew.

After receiving numerous death threats in his hotel Nebe decided it was time to leave Namibia for good.

In most Slavic languages "Nebe" means heaven. Chris follows the teachings of Confucius, who said: "Don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you!" Chris is also a strong believer in harmony of mankind and nature.

MONAREX is a production company and DVD label distributing its own library on DVD as well as motion pictures and documentaries acquired from other production companies for domestic and worldwide media.

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JJ Osbun- Vice President

After graduating from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business with the #5 Business Management degree in the nation (U.S. News & World Report, 2006), JJ Osbun turned down corporate job offers and jumped into the entertainment industry. After a few brief stints with various entertainment companies in Hollywood he joined Monarex as Vice President.

With his vast interest in new media and effective business practices, it is JJ who is coordinating the technological advances at Monarex. He has moved the entire company to the internet and is providing new and exciting opportunities for the future.

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