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Talaat Captan - The Man Behind The Air Hollywood

The Man Behind The Air Hollywood

By Albert DavidPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
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Talaat Captan

The Founder and CEO of Air Hollywood, Talaat Captan is a film industry veteran and a self-proclaimed aviation geek who gave birth to the idea of creating an aviation-themed studio to overcome the challenges that he faced while shooting airport scenes for his film. With over 30 years of experience in film and television industry, Talaat Captan has emerged as one of the most professional industry veterans in the film community of Los Angeles, California.

Talaat Captan is currently leading multiple businesses and philanthropies including specialty aviation film studio (Air Hollywood), immersive entertainment (Pan Am Experience), stock footage agency (Apex Stock), and philanthropic program (Open Sky for Autism). Besides being acknowledged for his great creations, Captan is also known for challenging the status quo, taking risks, and pioneering disruptive formats, technologies, and workflow processes.

Over the years, Captan as contributed to the film industry by developing new business concepts, attracting investors and talent, raising funds, building multi-disciplinary production teams, and producing high-value projects globally. He has also raised more than $2 billion for studio infrastructure, original film and television properties, and support facilities.

Founder and CEO of Air Hollywood and Pan Am Experience

Located in Los Angeles, Air Hollywood is the brainchild of the self-described aviation enthusiasts, Talaat Captan who came up with this brilliant idea of setting up an aviation-themed motion picture studio for filmmakers and advertisers to encourage shooting of airplane or airport scenes. Founded in 1998, Air Hollywood is the place where some of the most iconic movie Airplane was filmed. This aviation-themed set up accommodates aviation-themed sets, props, live event, backlots, design and fabrications that can be utilized to shoot aviation scenes for film or commercial productions. It includes 4 sound stages containing an airport terminal standing set, various commercial airline interiors, cockpits, and executive jet mock-ups. It also accommodates a 10,000+ sq. ft design & fabrication mill and a 20,000 square foot prop house replete with aviation-themed hand props and set dressing.

Over the years, Air Hollywood has successfully expanded its services and emerged as the world’s premier service provider of aviation-themed production services, producing footages that are being used by hundreds of film and television shows. Besides aviation accessories and setting, Air Hollywood is also home for the Pan Am Experience where you can experience a retro-themed dinner, live event in first-class Pan Am Flight. Talaat Captan has done his best to recreate the glorious Pan Am Experience.

Educational Programs — Open Sky for Autism, K9 Flight School, & Fearless Flight

With his education program offerings, Talaat Captan also aims at renewing faith in humanity. He has launched several educational programs in 2014 under the administration of Air Hollywood that is designed to help fearful and autistic people, and also people travelling with dogs to gain confidence and rediscover the joy of air travel. These programs host a quarterly “travel simulation” events in Los Angeles, publish educational resources, and encourage airline industry compassion to provide value to people and eliminate the anxieties of air travel of specially-abled people and their families. Since their foundation in 2014, these non-profit organizations are striving to help people to familiarize with the air travel experience and prepare them for all the challenges that they might encounter during their flight. Presently, it has changed the lives of more than 5,000 families for the better.

President & CEO of APEX Stock — A Boutique Stock Footage Agency

APEX Stock is the creation of Talaat Captan and has successfully emerged as a premier place for high-quality, rights-managed stock footage clips. Over the years, APEX has acquired 35mm TWA Film Archive and 70mm Showscan library, supervised film restoration and HD transfer process, invested in high-tech digital asset management infrastructure, scaled content ingestion teams, and secured global distribution through Getty Images, Corbis Motion, T3 Media, and National Geographic.

Talaat Captan is native of Greater Los Angeles, California. He is a fun-loving personality who loves travelling worldwide. He has already visited to some of the famous countries like Europe, China, and the UAE. The grit, flamboyance and charisma in his personality not only makes him class apart but also enable him to silence his rivalry groups and critics under many speculations. With more than 30 years of experience in the film and television industry, Talaat Captan and his expert team bring a blend of experience, knowledge, focus, and innovation to create wonderful stories.

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