The Team

Steve Race

Steve Race is one of the top up-and-coming Directors in the entertainment industry. In 1996, he earned a bachelor's degree in Film and Television Production at Florida Southern College. Upon graduating, he made his way out to Los Angeles to pursue a career in show business. He landed at A Louis J. Horvitz Production working as a Director's Assistant to Mr. Horvitz, who is known as one of the most prolific Directors in Television, winning numerous Emmy Awards. Alongside his mentor, Steve worked on such shows as the 1999 and 2000 Academy Awards (Oscar's), 1999 Emmy Awards, Peoples Choice Awards, Net Aid Live, and countless other Television specials.

In 2001, Steve ventured out and started directing a number of projects on his own. When the Latin Grammy's wanted to throw an event to launch the First Annual Latin Grammy Award's they called Steve and hired him to produce and direct the 15 camera event hosted by Daisy Fuentes called, Latin Style. In 2003, he was asked to Direct the First Annual Visual Effect Society Awards where Lord of the Rings swept, winning in all 12 categories. Steve got involved in Comedy as well that year, teaming up with Code Black Entertainment to produce and direct 10 volumes of the very successful Latino Comedy Fiesta series. Then Steve moved on to direct a 10 camera Comedy DVD hosted by Brett Butler, called "Brett Butler presents, The Southern Belles of Comedy".

Moreover, Steve and his producing team that includes Henry Winkler started developing a documentary series entitled "Firefighter's" the series. Firefighter's follows the men and women of the Los Angeles City Fire department. In 2011, Steve made his directorial debut with the feature film called, "I'm In Love With A Church Girl" starring Jeff "Ja Rule" Atkins and Adrienne Bailon. That year Steve became a member of the Director's Guild of America. Additionally, this film opened as the #1 independent film in America and played on over 450 screens in 2013. This film can now be viewed on Netflix.

Most recently Steve has completed his documentary feature film, Directed By. Directed By is the first ever behind the scenes look at what goes into the making of the Academy Awards. Shot in 2000 the film features unseen footage, rehearsals, and backstage footage with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. Steve is also involved in producing and directing video content for US Medical Innovations, shooting major cancer surgeries for research all over the world.

Michael K. Race

Born and raised on Long Island, one of Michael's first projects was as executive producer on a film festival favorite short film called "The Game of Dad's Life", which was written and directed by Wissam Kabbara. Next, Mr. Race was executive producer his next film "Letters from My New Home". In 2009, with brother Steve Race, he produced two Showtime Comedy Specials for comedian Jeff Garcia: "10 Dollar Ticket" and "Low Budget Madness". Next he produced the comedy DVD special "Brett Butler Presents: The Southern Belles of Comedy".

Mr. Race also created and produced two reality shows with producing partner Henry Winkler. They focused on the Los Angeles Fire department for TNT, and the New Jersey Police Department's Emergency Service Unit for TRU TV. In 2010, Michael produced his first multi-million dollar feature film "I'm in Love With a Church Girl" starring Jeff "Ja Rule" Atkins and Adrienne Bailon.

Jeanette Guaman

Jeanette Guaman began her career at United Talent Agency where she facilitated IT services for Agents and high-level executives. During her short but meaningful stint at UTA, Jeanette found her passion for creative development. This lead her to her next role at RACE FILMS where she currently develops a slate of projects as an independent producer. On a day to day, she secures meetings with agents, talent, directors, and financing partners.

As a native of San Fernando Valley, Hollywood was a close but distant dream. Jeanette forged her path in the industry through hard work and perseverance and spends some of her time giving back working with organizations like Women In Film. She enjoys finding new voices and championing creative projects with writers and directors. After a long day of reading and developing projects, Jeanette enjoys watching stand-up comedy.