Why
we created Zoodiker
Leadership
Advisory Team
-ibIn scripted filmmaking there comes the moment when art meets audience, usually at a test screening. Until that moment, everything is opinion. Those audience responses reveal whether all the money and effort have been worthwhile.

Zoodiker offers the chance to check in with your future audience before careers and capital are at risk: at the screenplay stage. We apply data science to the responses and demographics of hundreds of readers, so you know whether your story connects. The large number of readers overcomes biases and offers revolutionary insights into your specific story.

We offer these insights before you commit to production. This means rewrites rather than reshoots; more hits, fewer flops. Crafted by filmmakers who deeply value the art of writing, Zoodiker is a game-changer for writers, producers, investors, and executives alike.
Bob Tzudiker
Founder/ CEO
Bob Tzudiker is a writer whose screenplays have generated billions in box office (Disney’s Tarzan and Hunchback, Fox’s Anastasia, etc.) and spawned Tony-winning Broadway shows (Newsies, the Musical). He has a longstanding interest in the physics of story. Bob is an Adjunct Professor of screenwriting at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and is a member of the Writers Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Dr. John Dionisio &
Dr. Ray Toal
Co- CTOs
Dr. John "Dondi" Dionisio and Dr. Ray Toal built the Zoodiker software platform. They are co-Chairs of the Computer Science Department at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Ray specializes in back-end development, database design and network security. Dondi specializes in interaction design, with published papers in information visualization and medical informatics. They co-wrote two textbooks on JavaScript development, and have worked together on many commercial ventures.
Leilah Franklin
COO
Leilah Franklin is a producer with experience in both film and theater. Some of her accolades include the Porter I. Leech leadership award, a directing fellowship at The Braid theater company, and being in the 2016 cohort at the National Theater Institute. She has worked on major sets like "Oblivion" starring Tom Cruise and associate produced an animated short featuring talents like Anjelica Huston and Sean Astin. Currently, she's co-directing a documentary on Dead & Company's final tour.
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Mark Gill
Mark Gill was most recently president and CEO at Solstice Studios. He is the former president at Miramax Films, Warner Independent Pictures, and Millennium Films. Gill has more than 30 years of experience in the industry, and his films have grossed more than $2 billion in worldwide box office revenue. He has worked on notable features, including "Pulp Fiction", "The English Patient", "Shakespeare in Love", "Chicago", "The Talented Mr. Ripley", "Frida", "March of the Penguins", "Good Night, and Good Luck", "Olympus Has Fallen", "London Has Fallen", and "Hitman's Bodyguard".
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Seth Carter
Seth Carter is an investment professional with The Carlyle Group's Film and Media sector in Los Angeles, where he focuses on business development, complex financial transactions and investments in prominent Film and TV studios, distributors, content libraries, leading consumer and luxury brands, and tech companies. He played football for the University of Oklahoma and subsequently worked as an investment banker at J.P. Morgan in New York City and London, with a focus on Media, Entertainment, and Technology. He co-founded Walk-On Productions to personally invest in film projects with an emphasis on sports and their cultural impacts.
Analysis that goes beyond opinion…
Our Data Scientists find patterns in the tens of thousands of data points we collect on every script and reader.

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