For many production companies, success is measured one project at a time. For Omar Parker, Charles Burt, and Arianna Burt, success has always been measured by what comes next.
The three entrepreneurs entered the entertainment industry in 2015, founding Egerton Crescent Productions, better known throughout the business as ECP. What began as an ambitious independent production company has since evolved into a collection of production brands, including Scavengers and Myths Productions, with a portfolio that spans feature films, television pilots, documentaries, short films, and digital entertainment. More than eleven years after launching the company, the founders are now widely regarded as veterans of the independent entertainment business, having built a résumé that combines festival recognition, commercial success, and disciplined business growth.
Across their various companies, Parker, Charles Burt, and Arianna Burt have produced more than 50 titles while remaining committed to a philosophy that has become synonymous with their organizations: quality films and profitable production.
That philosophy has shaped every stage of the company’s evolution.
Over the past decade, their productions have been distributed in more than 150 countries and accepted into over 300 film festivals around the world. Their work has appeared as official selections at some of the industry’s most recognized festivals, including Cannes, Tribeca, Sundance, Sitges, and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Their experience extends beyond projects produced exclusively under their own banners. Throughout their careers, the three founders have also worked on productions connected to Emmy Award winning and Academy Award nominated titles, giving them experience across both independent filmmaking and larger commercial productions.
Financially, their collective body of work represents more than $10 million in production budgets. Along the way, they have demonstrated that independent productions can compete in commercial markets when approached with the right business strategy.
One of the strongest examples is Camp Pleasant Lake, which became a notable streaming success after spending an extended period among the Top 10 titles on Starz. For the founders, it reinforced the belief that independent producers can achieve meaningful commercial results while maintaining creative control and disciplined financial management.
That balance between creativity and business has allowed the companies to attract an impressive list of talent throughout their history.
Actors including Michael Madsen, Eric Roberts, Fred Melamed, Barry Bostwick, George Lazenby, Forrest Goodluck, Daniel Baldwin, Kevin Sorbo, Tom Sizemore, and Martin Klebba have all appeared in productions associated with the companies’ growing portfolio.
The founders also maintained a close partnership with the late Michael Mahal, widely recognized throughout independent filmmaking as “The King of Indiegogo Film Fundraising.” Mahal’s ability to rethink how independent productions could be financed aligned closely with Parker, Charles Burt, and Arianna Burt’s own entrepreneurial approach to filmmaking. Together, they demonstrated that independent producers could assemble ambitious productions through innovative financing, strategic partnerships, and careful execution.
Although the company’s résumé continues to grow, the founders increasingly see their greatest opportunity not in producing individual films, but in creating the infrastructure that allows hundreds of productions to be made.
That realization came during production of their newest feature, The Prince, The Sister & The Serpent, which is currently filming and remains on schedule.
While preparing the production, the founders repeatedly encountered what they believe is one of the industry’s most overlooked business challenges: the shortage of modern, high quality studio facilities in many production markets.
Rather than viewing the issue as another logistical obstacle, they saw it as a business opportunity.
“We kept running into the same problem over and over,” Arianna Burt said. “You can have great scripts, talented crews, financing, and distribution opportunities, but without the right production infrastructure you’re constantly compromising somewhere. We started asking ourselves why nobody was solving that problem in the places where productions actually want to film.”
Those conversations gradually evolved into a much larger vision.
Today, the founders are actively pursuing financial partnerships to develop a large scale production campus expected to require between $60 million and $120 million in investment. Planned as a multi phase development over several years, the proposed complex would feature multiple sound stages, production offices, support facilities, and a purpose built production town capable of accommodating feature films, television series, and streaming productions.
The development would be constructed in stages, allowing the facility to expand alongside market demand while minimizing unnecessary capital risk.
At the same time, the founders have already begun discussions with multiple major studios regarding potential three year and five year production agreements once the facility becomes operational.
Those conversations reflect the founders’ belief that owning production infrastructure represents the next evolution of their business model.
“What started as one independent film with a few financial partners slowly became another film, then another, then conversations about much larger opportunities,” Charles Burt said. “Before we knew it, we weren’t just talking about making movies anymore. We were talking about establishing a film studio, creating jobs, attracting long term production partners, and building a slate of projects that stretches years into the future.”
While The Prince, The Sister & The Serpent remains the company’s immediate production priority, Parker emphasizes that the studio project represents the long term future of the business.
“The movie is what we’re focused on today,” he said. “The studio is what we’re building for tomorrow.”
That perspective illustrates how the founders increasingly view themselves not simply as producers, but as entertainment entrepreneurs.
Throughout their careers, Parker, Charles Burt, and Arianna Burt have consistently pursued opportunities that extend beyond traditional filmmaking. Whether expanding into multiple production companies, growing international distribution, building relationships with established talent, or exploring innovative financing models, they have approached entertainment as both a creative industry and a scalable business.
Their ambition has become something of a defining characteristic among colleagues who have watched the companies grow over the past decade.
“We’ve never really believed in thinking small,” Arianna Burt said. “Every milestone simply became the starting point for the next one.”
Parker agrees, adding that the founders believe they have accomplished nearly every major goal they originally set for themselves within independent filmmaking.
“In independent film and arthouse cinema, we’ve got all the Infinity Stones,” he said with a laugh. “We’re basically Thanos holding the completed Infinity Gauntlet. We’ve produced features, shorts, documentaries, television pilots, we’ve built international distribution, we’ve played the biggest festivals, worked with incredible actors, collaborated on Emmy winning and Academy Award nominated projects, and proven that independent films can be commercially successful. At some point you have to ask what’s left.”
His answer is immediate.
“The only direction left is bigger.”
For the founders, that means applying the same principles that helped build ECP over the past eleven years to productions operating on a much larger scale.
Rather than abandoning their independent roots, they hope to bring the company’s long standing philosophy of quality films and profitable production into studio filmmaking, creating an environment where producers, investors, distributors, and creative talent all benefit from efficient, well designed production infrastructure.
If successful, the proposed studio would become far more than another business venture. It would represent the culmination of more than a decade spent learning every aspect of independent production while preparing for a significantly larger role within the entertainment industry.
The founders often describe their journey as unfolding in chapters. The first chapter was proving they could compete in independent film. The second chapter is about reaching the highest peak out there in film and television production through 9 figure deals.
For Parker, Charles Burt, and Arianna Burt, the company they founded in 2015 was never intended to be the finish line. It was simply the first step toward building something much larger. As discussions surrounding the proposed studio continue to gain momentum, the founders believe the next decade will not be defined by the films they produce alone, but by the production ecosystem they hope to create for the industry as a whole.
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