Carlo J. Farina

CARLO J. FARINA®, (Producer) is in pre-production of BAIUL-FARINA's debut major motion picture "SONJA: QUEEN OF ICE" the True Life Story of Sonja Henie. Mr. Farina acquired all Life & Story Rights of Sonja Henie, Leif Henie, Sally Henie, Dorothy Stevens and others; in addition to wholly acquiring the two most important published biographies of Sonja Henie titled "Queen Of Ice Queen Of Shadows: The Unsuspected Life Of Sonja Henie" by Leif Henie & Raymond Strait as well as "Wings On My Feet" by Sonja Henie. Additionally, Mr. Farina (Producer) acquired all rights to the 2 most important books written about Hollywood's Seductive Glamour Goddess, Genius and Mother of 5, the legendary Jayne Mansfield ["The Tragic Secret Life of..." & "Here They Are..."]. BAIUL-FARINA is developing a major motion picture about Jayne Mansfield's life story. Mr. Farina (Executive Producer & Co-Creator) is also in development of a Documentary film about the judicial politics of the entertainment industry; development (Executive Producer & Creator) of a skating focused [competition] television series; and Mr. Farina (Producer & Creator) is in pre-Production of a live entertainment show spectacular mixing various mediums of performance art with ice of which has not been presented together live before, anticipated to premier in 2019 at a world-class resort hotel & casino in Las Vegas starring Global Entertainer Olympic Champion & World Gold Figure Skating Icon OKSANA BAIUL. Mr. Farina is a global business investor utilizing private family capital, with a revolving portfolio of Oil & Solar; Real Estate; Entertainment & Film Libraries; Fine Art, Historic Gems & Antiques; Lifestyle; Lit-Bridge's, Mezz-Financing, and Bridge Loans. Mr. Farina attended Philadelphia University (with a double-concentration in International Business and Haute Couture & Art History), and continued education at Rider University with the National Public Relations Honors Program. While still in his early 20's, Mr. Farina's founded a talent management company and a boutique PR firm, both of which were acquired in 1999. In 2007, Mr. Farina founded, funded and operated FARINA Records, a boutique record label which launched with Grammy® award-winning R&B/Pop-Opera recording artist Michael Keith of 112. Mr. Farina assembled a vast library of audio-visual works. FARINA Records was privately acquired. Mr. Farina has successfully Produced TV and Theatre productions, achieving a track record of delivering under budget, profit-generating projects during the last two-plus decades, including high profile live concerts ranging from Sting's Rainforest Foundation, US Army MWR South Korea to Iraq, (consultant to) Michael Jackson's 9/11 United We Stand, GLBT Prides worldwide, LifeTies "Over The Rainbow" for Rainbow House, Backstreet Boy Howie D.'s DLF Stars for Lupus @ Hard Rock Live, and many more. CARLO J. FARINA® is actively on the Board of Directors for BAIUL-FARINA, Ltd., Las Vegas CC MA, Trustee of the FARINA Family Trust, and formerly Board of Directors of LifeTies Inc., and others. Mr. Farina is married to his beloved wife Mrs. OKSANA BAIUL-FARINA and a very grateful Father. The FARINA family focuses philanthropic support generally toward: the Performing & Visual Classical Arts [primarily in local Las Vegas]; Orphan & Medically Fragile Youth; Military & First Responders; Small Dog Rescue/Welfare, and Italian-American initiatives. OKSANA BAIUL-FARINA, known as The Empress Of Ice, she is the Global Headlining Entertainer of 12 sold out stadium and arena tours, 1994 Olympic® Gold Medal Champion Ladies Figure Skating and 1993 World Champion Ladies Figure Skating, Winner of the prestigious Jim Thorpe Award, Star of 6 Films including the Emmy® Nominated A Promise Kept: The Oksana Baiul Story, Nutcracker On Ice starring Oksana Baiul, Wizard Of Oz On Ice starring Oksana Baiul, and many more, in addition to hundreds of television specials, designer of the top selling independently owned Oksana Baiul® Collection (TM) (luxury jewelry collections [sold on QVC and at luxury retailers], accessories and figure skating apparel and accessories) and a philanthropist whom has raised and/ or donated millions of dollars to worthy causes especially orphaned and/or medically fragile children, youth figure skating, and the performing arts. Oksana Baiul next motion picture will have her starring in the lead role as the legendary Sonja Henie in "SONJA: Queen Of Ice (The True Life Story of Sonja Henie)".