Todd Kuhns & Dakota Russell founded Red Forty Entertainment in June 2000 to make our first experimental picture, a full-length comedy called Dumping Jenny.

After screening to a packed house and unanimous praise at Truman State University in November 2000, Dakota wrote and directed the short film Breakups With Guns, which is currently featured at www.triggerstreet.com.

In November 2003 we completed filming our first feature, Rock Paper Scissors. It’s a mystery/drama filmed on location in Japan, with a bilingual cast and crew. Rock Paper Scissors premiered on July 5, 2004, at Cosmos Hall in Kawanishi, Japan.

In October 2004, red40 partnered with international award winning artist Donna Aldridge to develop the Artists’ Essentials instructional DVD series. The 3 DVD set received rave reviews and is currently on sale. See www.artistsessentials.com for more details.

We turned our lens toward medieval battle for the short-subject documentary Weekend Warlords, shot in April 2005 and released in April 2006. Check out our store to grab a copy.

Since then, we’ve produced a number of short video projects – from commercials to promo vids to public service announcements.

Todd & Dakota currently have several scripts written and in development and are planning for their next project.

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