Biographie
The Konwiser Brothers began their professional career together and have stayed that way ever since. Their earliest outings were as professional tap dancers (created electronic tap, TapTalk) in shows across the country, included in their act was dance, juggling, comedy and magic performed on stages and street corners everywhere. As professional skiers they started making films for Warren Miller Ski Films and began their formal collaboration after each had graduated from USC Cinema-Television graduate program with stints as writers on "The New Jonny Quest", music and film collaborations with the Grateful Dead's drummer Mickey Hart, in multi-media with partners Herbie Hancock, The Doors, Willie Nelson, Carlos Santana, Peter Gabriel, Bob Marley estate, Oliver Stone's Nixon among others and as production/development executives for USC Film School's founding dean, Academy Award winning dramaturge Frank Daniel as well as with legendary producers including Peter Guber, Quincy Jones, Thomas Tull, Laurence Mark, scores of national brands including NIKE, And1, General Electric. In 1997, the Konwisers' film Miss Evers' Boys (1997) earned 12 Emmy nominations, winning in 5 categories including Best Made for Television Film. They soon followed that success with another Emmy Award for their sports documentary _On Hallowed Ground (2000) (TV)_ and continue to write, produce, direct and compose the music for numerous award winning film, television and music productions. Kip is also a SEC/State of California registered investment advisor with expertise in media capital (debt, equity, M&A).
