Neurosphere Entertainment is a film development company founded by William Andrew Mundell and Ina-Alice Kopp in 2022.

The Los Angeles-based company finances the development of projects from ideation to script, with a thematic focus on heartfelt, inspiring stories related to the US and China.

Neurosphere’s mission is to build a better understanding between the two countries and encourage learning from each other.

Past projects include ”Better Angels”, a documentary on US–China relations, directed and narrated by two-time Academy Award winning director Malcolm Clarke, and “Gerrymandering”, a documentary on the widely abused practice of drawing electoral districts to fix elections, directed by Academy Award winner Jeff Reichert.

Upcoming projects include “Untitled Dean Lung Project”, a true story about a Chinese manservant in 19th century America, who donated his life’s savings to the founding of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. Filming is expected to start in 2024 and John Woo is attached to the project.

Ina is an award-winning stage, screen and TV actor who has appeared in successful stage, film and TV productions in Europe, the US and Asia.

She’s played leading and supporting roles opposite recognizable names such as Oscar- winner JK Simmons („Counterpart“), Sarah Jessica Parker („Glee“) and John Malkovich („Klimt“). As the female lead in Huayi Brother’s 30-hour WWII epos “Departed Heroes”, Ina was one of the 1st foreign actors to star in a high-value Chinese studio production. Her performance in Chinese, English and French reached record audiences and earned critical acclaim. In 2012 Ina received the “German Chinese Friendship and Culture award” at the HUADING AWARDS in Beijing.

Since then, Ina has been consulting on Hollywood-China coproductions, working with established Media and Entertainment companies such as Sony Pictures and Creative Artists Agency (CAA). She was instrumental in the financing of international projects involving celebrated directors such as Jackie Chan, Martin Scorsese and Gary Marshall (“Pretty Woman”).

Through her work in Entertainment, Ina took an interest in 4th revolution technologies, and subsequently founded LA-based venture capital advisory boutique “Wings Capital Group”. Ina is also a former venture partner to several venture capital funds and boutique investment banks in Silicon Valley, Shanghai and London. Through “Wings”, Ina has been actively involved in the ideation and build out of “Realport“, a digital private equity investment platform for Renewable Infrastructure Assets, as well as New Zealand fintech firm “Bitcover”.

Ina’s a trained classical pianist, sings Jazz and speaks 7 languages including Mandarin Chinese. In addition to her formal acting training at the prestigious Vienna Conservatory, she has earned degrees in International Management and Sinology from Vienna University of Economics, Fudan University in Shanghai, and the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

Neurosphere was truly a meeting of minds. When we first met, we each had our own history with China, and our own experiences with Hollywood.

But we also had a shared understanding that clever Entertainment has the power to unite cultures, and a desire to achieve just that.

So, we formed Neurosphere, with a mission to educate and entertain, while tearing down walls and building bridges, in the hope for a future that brings out the best in humanity.

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William is the producer of “Better Angels” and executive producer of “Gerrymandering”.

„Better Angels“ is a documentary directed and narrated by two-time Academy Award winner Malcolm Clarke. It critically examines the present and future state of US-China relations through a series of interviews with thought leaders, former secretaries of state, and everyday people , the “accidental ambassadors of the US-China relationship”, with the goal of shattering myths and highlighting the true potential of the US-China relationship. The film took 5 years, 800+ hours of filming and interviews with almost 300 people. It received the Grand Jury Prize at the 2019 BEIJING INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL and screened at select theaters in the United States as part of the Academy Awards qualification. “Gerrymandering”, a documentary on the widely abused system of drawing election districts to fix elections, was directed by Academy Award winner Jeff Reichert, and premiered at the TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL. In 2010, it was sent to 600k households in California, ultimately effecting a change in legislation.

Both “Better Angels” and “Gerrymandering” were direct results of William’s political work. A candidate for the California State Assembly at age 24, William took a leading role in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s redistricting reform campaign and spearheaded the “Californians for Fair Redistricting” at 44, which ultimately culminated in “Gerrymandering”. Another decade later, after over a hundred trips to China, William began work on ”Better Angels”. He felt that the US and China had reached an inflection point and wanted to promote a future where the two countries would collaborate to capitalize on their differences.

In addition to entertainment and politics, William has a background in education, business and finance. He is currently Co-Chairman of IKM, an e-learning company which provides web-based knowledge assessments. He previously served as Chairman of ZBB Energy Corporation, a New York stock exchange alternative energy company. He is also the former Chairman and CEO of Vidyah Inc., and TeckChek, companies founded out of “Knowledge Universe”, a joint venture fund of Larry Ellison and Mike Milken. Prior to that, William served as President and CEO of Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates (WEFA), founded by Nobel Laureate Dr. Lawrence Klein, and as Chairman of Trade Inc., controlled by Bain Capital and Sutter Hill.

William was an adjunct professor at UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management and is an honorary professor at Tsinghua University in China. He received his undergraduate degree in Economics and Political Science at Carlton University and completed an MBA in Finance and a Masters in International Economics and Public Finance at Columbia University. William has authored numerous articles published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and others.

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