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Bert Hesse , Bert Hesse is the CEO of Studio South Holdings an Entertainment Asset Manager and an American film producer.

Studio South Holdings
Studio South Holdings (SSH) is an entertainment asset management company, led by Bert Hesse supported by a board of successful business owners and industry experts, with assets in two categories including physical or “hard” assets, such as sound stages, and digital or “content” assets, such as films and video games. SSH has offices in Los Angeles, CA and on the Global Studio's lot in Greenville, SC.

As asset managers, Studio South coordinates various aspects of the entertainment industry in locations where they operate. Services include but are not limited to, the management of local and industry relationships, development, production, distribution, education, employment, and financial investment.

On February 20th, 2019, SSH held its first Speakers Series at the University of South Carolina in the Russell Theater. The purpose, to bring industry experts to speak and educate those looking to be part of the film and entertainment industry. The first speaker was Tyson Hesse, Lead Character Designer of the mega-hit, Sonic The Hedgehog the movie staring Jim Carey. SSH is currently planning its next speaker for fall 2020.

Early on
Beginning his career as a schoolteacher, Bert Hesse left his teaching job to become a software salesman for Software Services In 1983. He went on to create Orbitron International, an engineering and data processing consulting firm which he sold in the early 90's to Sykes International. From there he built a home health care company called MedCorp of America, which he later sold to the Hospital Corporation of America in 1996. Hesse was also one of the original founders of The U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte NC, an Olympic training facility, that now ranks as one of the states leading tourist attractions.

Film career
Following the sale of his second business, Hesse used his net worth to break into the film industry as an Executive Producer. Putting together such films as Night Feeders   and  Cold Storage , which was picked up and distributed by Lions Gate. In The Footsteps of Elie Wiesel , which traces the story of Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, went on to win 1st Place in the Documentary Category at CENFLO Film Festival. Since his start, Hesse has worked on a wide range of films allowing him to develop relationships with numerous studios and filmmakers around the country.

Producer / executive producer projects

 * The Shallowest of Men (in development)
 * INVISIBLE (in development)
 * Wednesdays at the Gem (in development)
 * They Picked the Wrong Woman (in development)
 * Child of the Forest (in development)
 * In the Footsteps of Elie Wiesel
 * Cold Storage ,
 * Night Feeders