STACY CODIKOW, Founder & Executive Director, is an award-winning feature film producer whose credits include UNDER THE HULA MOON, starring Stephen Baldwin; FATAL INSTINCT, starring Michael Madsen; HOLLYWOOD HEARTBREAK, starring James LeGros; BLACKOUT starring Gail O'Grady, and LONELY PLACE, staring Academy Award nominee Tess Harper. Codikow began her career as a producer's coordinator on the Emmy Award-winning series, CAGNEY AND LACEY, after graduating from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema. At age 24, Codikow established CODIKOW FILMS to produce independent features.

Codikow co-wrote the made for cable thriller VICTIM OF DESIRE, “Cycle of Violence” for the NBC series PROFILER and “Alias Smith and Mr. Jones' for the PAXNET series TWICE IN A LIFETIME.

In 2001 Codikow executive produced Jamie Babbit's short STUCK that was awarded Honorable Mention at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and won the Planet Out Awards. Codikow executive produced Angela Robinson's short D.E.B.S. that was an official selection of the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, 2003 Berlin International Film Festival and won the Planet Out Awards. Codikow was Co-producer of the Screen Gems feature film D.E.B.S. that premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. In 2003 Codikow executive produced Colette Burson's LITTLE BLACK BOOT that was an official selection of the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. In 2004 Codikow executive produced Jamie Donahue's BILLY'S DAD IS A FUDGE-PACKER that was an official selection of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.

In 2003 Codikow received the LACE Award from the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center for her contributions to the gay community in an extraordinary way in the field of Arts & Entertainment.In 2004 POWER UP received the Leadership Award from the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force.

LISA THRASHER, President of Film Production & Distribution
Thrasher produced POWER UP’s first feature film “Itty Bitty Titty Committee.” Thrasher also produced: “Billy’s Dad is a Fudge-Packer,” starring Robert Gant & Alex Borstein; “Prom-troversy” starring Jane Lynch; “Starcrossed,” starring Marshall Allman; “Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother,” starring Jane Lynch; “The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder,” starring Melanie Lynskey; “Intent,” starring Holland Taylor and “Little Black Boot,” starring Jane Lynch & Dania Ramirez. “Billy’s Dad is a Fudge-Packer” and “Little Black Boot” were Official selections of the Sundance Film Festival.

Prior to joining POWER UP, Lisa was in the Intellectual Property Department of Fox Group - the parent company over 20th Century Fox, Fox Broadcasting, Fox Sports and all other Fox entities for the five years. She worked in conjunction with the Motion Picture Association, Sony, Universal, MGM, Disney, Paramount and Warner Bros. to bring civil and criminal cases against individuals and businesses worldwide, and on the Internet, who were illegally profiting from the studios' motion picture films.

Lisa worked for California Lawyers for the Arts where she assisted artists and filmmakers in protecting their own work and avoiding the infringements of others'.

Thrasher served as a Short Film Screener for the SUNDANCE Film Festivals. Thrasher has also served at the following Film Festivals: Juror, TORINO International G&L; Panelist & Juror, TOKYO International G&L; Guest Film Producer, MIX BRASIL; Panel Moderator, Frameline - San Francisco International LGBT; Panelist & Guest Film Producer, TAMPA International G&L; Guest Producer, Berlinale International; Panelist, London G&L; Panelist, Belfast International; Panelist & Guest Film Producer, SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST; Guest Film Producer, Miami G&L; Guest Film Producer, Frameline - San Francisco International LGBT; Panelist & Guest Film Producer, Barcelona Mostra Lambda; Panelist & Guest Film Producer, Taiwan Women Make Waves.Thrasher was a Visiting Professor teaching “Producing Independent & Women’s Films” at Chung-Ang University’s Film School in Seoul, Korea, which is the biggest & most prestigious Film School in Korea. In Fall 2008 Thrasher is teaching “The Legal Aspects of Film” in both Capetown & Johannesburg, South Africa.

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