Skip Stone Pictures

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Our Team

We’ve surrounded ourselves with a seasoned team & advisory board that carries vast knowledge and experiences across multiple industries and business disciplines to ensure that the health and sustainability of the company is setup for success

“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision, the ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”
— Andrew Carnegie

LEADERSHIP

JOHNNY REMO

CEO & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Founded in 2007 by Johnny Remo, SkipStone Pictures, the production entity of his distribution company,Inspired Family Entertainment is a motion picture production company that specializes in the Producing of high quality, story driven, thought provoking,faith and family friendly, message films and entertainment for a broad range of audiences.

As a filmmaker he has co-written, produced, and directed such faith based, feature films as A Letter to Dad, Cutback, Hardflip, Like A Country Song, and Saved By Grace. All were awarded 5 Doves from The Dove Foundation, along with multiple awards in several categories. All Of these movies were on all platforms, DVD’s and were all available at Walmart.

Johnny, a member of the Producer’s Guild of America, has also produced several other family friendly movies such as The Dog Who Saved Easter and the recently produced movie FREDI, a Family Action Adventure Movie that won ”Best of Fest” at The Bentonville Film Festival, “Best Family Film” at the Burbank International Film Festival, and “Best Family Movie” at the Canadian International Faith & Family Film Festival. All movies were sold through Netflix, Amazon, iTunes,Walmart, and all other platforms and proving that there is still an enormously large demographic that wants clean, wholesome, family entertainment.

Johnny just recently finished his new project, Max Winslow and the House of Secrets, starring Chad Michael Murray and will be having a VIP, Red Carpet Event at the Skylight Theater in Bentonville, with another theatrical run to follow.

Johnny and his Production Company, SkipStone Pictures has produced over 15 features,while writing and directing 7 of them. He produced “The Dog Who Saved Easter” for Lionsgate And Has produced for such people as the late, great, Debra Hill, producer of Escape from New York, Fisher King, and Escape from LA, and Robert Simonds, producer of The Spy Next Door, Pink Panther, and Happy Gilmore.

Johnny is also the CEO of the distribution company, Inspired Family Entertainment which currently distributes over 30 faith and family films a year, most of which get on the shelves at Walmart.

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DANIEL BACKMAN

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Daniel Backman is a screenwriter and producer. He co-wrote and co-produced the films Cutback (2010), Hardflip (2012), Like a Country Song (2014), and has reteamed with Johnny Remo and Skipstone Pictures to co-write the series.

Saved By Grace (2022) and God’s Country Song (2023). Daniel currently has a show in development titled Way Back In The Woods, and the soon-to-be-produced feature film The Mission, a family-friendly WWII picture. He recently worked as Production Supervisor on the upcoming feature film Hellfire (2023), starring Harvey Keitel, Dolph Lundgren, and Stephen Lang. Daniel also co-wrote and co-produced the upcoming feature, Trail of Vengeance, starring Rumer Willis.

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LESA CROWELL

PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE

Lesa Wolfe Crowell is a film producer, director and screenwriter. Her transition from military service and law enforcement to filmmaking demonstrates her passion and dedication to storytelling and her ability to navigate and contribute significantly to the various aspects of film production. This love of producing has resulted in a rich portfolio of projects for SkipStone  Pictures to include “The Chariot” (2021), “Saved By Grace Series” (2022), “God’s Country Song” (2023), “Hellfire” (2023), “The Tower” (2025), and “Trail of Vengeance” (2025).

Beyond her film career, Crowell is a breast cancer survivor who underwent a double mastectomy in 2019. She openly shares this journey, viewing her scars as a symbol of victory and empowerment. 

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DORIAN CLEAVENGER

VFX Supervisor

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JOE DONALDSON

BUSINESS STRATEGIST
Joe is married to Larra and has 2 daughters Destinee and Nevaeh. He graduated from Springdale high school in 1996 and enlisted in the us army. He served in the army for 10 years traveling the world to include deployments to Iraq. In 2006 he returned to Arkansas to begin a career at his parents business Sam’s Furniture. In 2009 he took over operations as president of the company and has continued to expand and grow it to where it is known today as Arkansas’ largest furniture destination.
Joe loves the community and uses Sam’s Furniture not only as his family’s livelihood, but as a means to improve and support needs within Northwest Arkansas & around the globe thru many different outreach and mission programs. Joe serves on many state and local boards to include the Arkansas Furniture Association, and the Arkansas State Police. He is passionate about growing & becoming better at whatever it is he does! “no matter where you are, or what your facing today, challenge yourself to grow & to be better tomorrow” is a life motto he was raised hearing from his father Sam! Joe always says… “if my business or I were taken away today, would we be missed within the community? If the answer is no, then we still have a lot of work to do!“
 

TARENEH MANNING

COMMUNITY & CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT
Tareneh Manning is a practicing artist and arts advocate that lives the mission to build community socially, culturally, and economically through arts and collaboration. During 2018/2019 she served as the interim executive director at the arts Center of the Ozarks, where she had served as board president for the previous 5 years. Thrilled with the new staff leadership and direction, she has resumed her role on the board as past president.
 
Tareneh also currently serves on the Northwest Arkansas Health Care Foundation Board of Directors, Downtown Springdale Alliance events committee, artist inc as an NWA co-administrator, and as an appointee of Governor Asa Hutchinson on the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resource Council. She graduated Summa Cum Laude, as a Donaghey Scholar from the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature.

KALENE GRIFFITH

EVENT AND BUSINESS STRATEGIST
Kalene Griffith is the president of Bisit Bentonville in Bentonville, Arkansas. She promotes Bentonville as a world-class travel destination and advocates for growth within the arts, cycling/trails, culinary, music, aviation, and film production. Kalene was a part of the exploratory committee for the creation of the Bentonville Film Festival, and was part of a team of tourism leaders that created the NWA Film and Entertainment Commission.
 
Griffith was appointed by the Governor of Arkansas to the Arkansas State Parks, Heritage and Tourism Commission. She is a board member of the Arkansas Hospitality Association Travel Council, Arkansas Association of Convention Cisitors Bureau, Bentonville Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Bentonville, Inc., Bentonville Public Arts Advisory Board, Bentonville History Museum, Amazeum Children’s Museum, Southeast Tourism Society and Dress for Success.

DR. SCOTTY BOLDING

BUSINESS STRATEGIST
A native of Arkansas, Dr. Bolding began his educational training at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville where he earned his B.S. In 1985, he then attended Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas, Texas, where he earned his D.D.S. In 1989. He earned his postdoctoral masters in craniofacial biology at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, in 1992; followed by his Oral- Maxillofacial Certification in 1993. A former board examiner and current diplomate of the Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Dr. Bolding has practices in Arkansas and Florida, and is the proud parent of Krystalyn, Deven, Ryan and Neal; and proud Grandparent to Clara and Arden. Dr. Bolding is a nationally recognized leader and sought after speaker in the area of orthognathic surgery (jaw reconstruction), temporomandibular joint surgery (TMJ or jaw joint), and dental implants.
 
 He has numerous publications and has dedicated his career to advancing the art and science of dentistry. Additionally, Dr. Bolding has been recognized as a National Healthcare Business leader. He has consulted with hospitals, industry leaders, physicians, dentists, and patients for over 15 years on various ways to deliver better business processes and efficiencies to improve the delivery of quality healthcare to the patient. His passion for quality healthcare has been recognized by many leaders, and allowed him to be a frequent quest speaker on the value of improved business systems and technology in the healthcare industry. He enjoys spending time with his family, flying, traveling, boating and golfing.
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MICHAEL CURYLO

ENTERTAINMENT ATTORNEY
Michael is an entertainment lawyer, with an extensive practice representing producers, feature films, television projects, documentaries, reality shows, distributors, talent, and nonprofit film foundations. He also has a background as a filmmaker and producer and lends his experience to help navigate the entire production to distribution. 
Additionally, Michael’s practice extends to technology and film, where he has managed business affairs for streaming video on demand platforms that have $20+ million per year in live streaming technology spend to get their content from a server to your screens.
Michael has a J.D. from Regent Law with a visiting year at Pepperdine University, A.M.S. From SMU in management and a B.S. From Letourneau in computer science.
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