Besides Mary’s vast knowledge of P & A financing was acknowledged, she ran a 50 million dollar P & A for R E backed by Merrill Lynch.

Aloe Entertainment is a full service film and television packaging production house located in Beverly Hills, California. Mary and staff specialize in bringing Equity and Mezzanine financing to pictures, as well as develop in house projects from the script to screen. Aloe Entertainment produce and/or finance 4 to 6 movies a year.

Meet the Aloe Team

As of 2025, the Aloe Entertainment development team have produced 18 features in six years.

  • Amanda joined Aloe Entertainment in 2017. She specializes in high level script coverage, development of in-house scripts and managing day to day tasks on behalf of founder Mary Aloe and assisting with all stages of feature film and television production including budgeting, financing, casting, film festivals as well as foreign and domestic distribution deals.

  • Sharon Paul is an LA-based screenwriter and producer and joined the Aloe Entertainment team in 2019. Originally from the UK, Sharon trained through LAMDA as an actor, before spending many years developing her craft as a screenwriter. She now specializes in writing and producing female-driven films. In addition to assisting Mary Aloe with in-house project development, Sharon also facilitates high-level strategic partnerships to promote and finance upcoming projects.

  • An accomplished entrepreneur, and finance executive, serves as Aloe Entertainment’s CFO, where he oversees financial analysis for investor communications. Concurrently, Jake is a Managing Director for Xinyuan Real Estate’s (NYSE: XIN) tech division, leading their innovative Blockchain/RE Fractionalization initiative. Jake holds a BS in Finance from University of Pittsburgh and a Masters in RE Finance from New York University (NYU).

  • Carlos joined Aloe Entertainment in 2007 for the production of “Battle In Seattle”, and has since supported Aloe’s feature films and documentary projects from concept to completion. Carlos is a broadcast Emmy winner and National Edward R. Murrow award-winner for best documentary. He has directed marketing and content operations at PBS, ABC and CBS media companies.

  • Jay Willick joined the development team of Aloe Entertainment in August of 2007 reviewing and covering all incoming projects. Jay currently supervises the development team and reports directly to founder Mary Aloe, assisting with all stages of feature film and television production including budgeting, financing, casting, film festivals as well as foreign and domestic distribution deals.

  • Filmmaker Rebecca Samuels grew up in New York with the city and all of its culture as her playground. She joined the Aloe Entertainment team in 2025 to assist Mary Aloe with feature film and television productions. She received a certification in Stagecraft and attended the University of Miami master screenwriting workshop program which gave her the tools to specialize in all phases of script development.

    In addition to her formal education Rebecca was an active A-list member of the IATSE with expertise in lighting design, audio visual, AutoCAD, welding, camera utility, sound, scenic design, fly rail and spotlight operator all of which allowed her to gain great firsthand knowledge behind the scenes for film, television, theater, and music industries. She is also the founder of Femme Fatale Pictures, a film and television production company.