Carole Dean

Carole Dean is President of From The Heart Productions, a top-rated 501 (c)3 dedicated to funding unique and compelling films that make an important contribution to our world. Through their fiscal sponsorship program, she has assisted filmmakers across the US and around the world to raise more than $30 million for their films.

She created the Roy Dean Grant in 1992 and has awarded over 2 million in grants to independent filmmakers, and helped to produce over 80 films through the grant.

Studio Film and Tape, a short-end film business Carole launched in 1970 to give filmmakers affordable film stock, helped spark the independent film revolution,

In the 1980s, she produced 120 Health Styles Shows that were sold to Oasis Cable and 30 Filmmaker shows, now in the National Archives. She was Executive Producer for BAM 6.6, Women Behind the Camera, Step Away From the Stone, and American Chain Gang. More of Carole’s producing credits are available on IMDB.
Carole Dean is the author of The Art of Film Funding, 2nd Edition: Alternative Financing Concepts & The Art of Manifesting: Creating your Future.