Biography

Rene M. Rigal - (Producer / Executive Producer / Record Executive / Director / Partner Atlantis Entertainment): Rigal, from San Juan, Puerto Rico is an award- winning film, television and content Producer / Executive Producer who's produced and/or served as a senior production executive on 12 films totaling over $900+ million in world- wide box office [Virgin, State Street Pictures, Outlaw Productions]. Rigal has an extensive network of talent and industry relationships and a leadership background in sourcing IP, screenplay development, project packaging, budgeting, financing, acquisitions as well as on set production and post. Additionally, Rigal has also overseen, created and executive produced award-winning commercial campaigns and digital content for global brands. Among the highlights, Rigal Executive Produced the award winning and ground-breaking Virgin America Safety Video (Jon Chu - Dir.), which received over 10+ million views on YouTube within its first week, garnered an ad equivalency value of over $18.5 million dollars, generated 727 million global media impressions, and earned a 2+% increase in revenue in one quarter for Virgin America.

Rigal is a partner in Atlantis Entertainment - a media company, which he co-founded with Grammy Nominated multi-platinum selling guitarist, artist, songwriter and producer Nuno Bettencourt and Steven Schuurman high-tech entrepreneur and philanthropist, co-founder of Elastic (NYSE: ESTC). Atlantis Produces television and film under a first look with Lionsgate. Additionally, Rigal oversees Atlantis' television slate, Executive Producing Series at FX, Amazon, and executive producing / packaging series with Award-Winning writing, directing and acting talent.

AE Records - Rigal is also serves as COO / Record Executive of Atlantis' record label / music management division, AE Records, which develops, produces, distributes, and manages artists under a distribution deal with Warner Bros - ADA Music. Recent Label / mgmt highlights include AE Records artist, 'Owenn', as one of the Opening Artists for Taylor Swift's all-time record breaking -- 'The Eras Tour 'of which Rigal over-saw the tour.

'Simplexity Creations' - Rigal along with his partner Nuno Bettencourt, Directs / Executive Produces Music Videos under the Brand, 'Simplexity Creations'. Under Simplexity -- Rigal has directed / executive Produced 20 music videos for labels Universal Music Group, Universal Blue Note, Island Records, Republic Records, Edel Music, Warner Brothers - ADA to name a few.

Rigal previously served as EVP of George Tillman and Bob Teitel's State Street Pictures (Fox / Overture) for 6 years and produced films for Fox 2000, Fox Searchlight, Overture Films and CBS Films. Among the films were 'Notorious' (Fox Searchlight), the Bio-Pic of The Notorious B.I.G. and 'Nothing Like The Holidays' (Overture), one of the first Latino studio movies. The film was recently entered into the 'National Film Archives at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. for 'Latino Representation in Cinema.' Rigal began his career as a Creative Executive for mentor, Bobby Newmyer and Jeffrey Silver's Outlaw Productions. Rigal served as a production executive on the films: 'Letherheads', '27 Dresses', 'Breach', 'The Santa Clause 3', 'Mindhunters', 'National Security' and 'The Santa Clause 2'.

'The Atlantis Concert For Earth' - Besides his wife Jill and 7-year-old twins Luca and Isabela, Rigal's passion in life is global conservation. In 2022 after a 13-year mission, Rigal along with Atlantis partners Bettencourt and Shuurman created and Executive Produced in the first-ever Atlantis Concert for Earth, a nonprofit concert and global conservation celebration that took place July 22-23, 2022 in partnership with and from the Azores Islands, Portugal. The sold-out concert, featured performances by top acts Black Eyed Peas, Pitbull, Stone Temple Pilots, Bush, Mod Sun, Girlfriends, Nicole Scherzinger and more. The 2-day concert was hosted by Hannah Rad and Kat Graham, also featured special virtual performances by Sting and Queen + Adam Lambert for the crowd of 10,000 attendees and showcased the incredible solution-driven work of leading conservationists and organizations from around the world - the true 'Rockstars for Earth.'

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Sunshine Sachs Publicity