is a motion picture executive, producer and distributor with comprehensive experience in all facets of the motion picture industry. 

In the area of distribution, Mr. Mc Aree served as a distribution executive with Paramount International Films for fifteen years (from 1951 to 1966), living and working in Europe, the Far East, and Latin America.  In this capacity, he handled all business affairs (distribution, marketing, management, and accounting) in various countries for all Paramount films including such Academy Award-winning motion pictures as A Place In The Sun (starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Shelley Winters), The Greatest Show On Earth (directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Betty Hutton, Charlton Heston, Cornel Wilde, Dorothy Lamour, and James Stewart), Stalag 17 (directed by Billy Wilder and starring William Holden, Peter Graves, and Otto Preminger), Roman Holiday (directed by William Wyler and starring Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, and Eddie Albert), Shane (starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, and Van Heflin), Sabrina (directed by Billy Wilder and starring Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, and William Holden), The Rose Tattoo (starring Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster), To Catch A Thief (directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly), The Bridges At Toko-Ri (starring William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, and Mickey Rooney), The Man Who Knew Too Much (directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart and Doris Day), Breakfast At Tiffany's (starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard), Hud (starring Paul Newman and Patricia Neal), and Becket (starring Richard Burton, Peter O’Toole, and John Gielgud).   

On special assignment from Paramount to top studio producers and directors, he was placed in charge of marketing selected motion pictures like the Academy Award-winning "The Ten Commandments" (starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, and John Carradine) for its director Cecil B. DeMille in the Far East, the Caribbean, and Africa.  In addition, he headed the American Motion Picture Export Association’s operations in Africa from 1966 to 1969, serving all the major American studios.  

Mr. Mc Aree then proceeded to form his own sales company in London, acting as a sales agent from 1971 to 1980 for independent producers such as Raymond Chow, licensing product including the Bruce Lee films around the world.  From 1987 until 1989, Mr.Mc Aree acted as the United States representative for and as a Director of a United Kingdom company which financed and distributed several motion pictures, including Sakura Killers, White Phantom, Necromancer, and Aftershock, Bodycount, Arizona Heat (starring Michael Parks and Denise Crosby), Smart Aleck (directed by Jim Wilson, producer of "Dances With Wolves" and many more), Retribution, Ghost Chase I and II (directed by Roland Emmerich of "Independence Day"), Family Reunion, Blackout, Mindgames, Moon 44 (directed by Roland Emmerich of "Independence Day"), Peacemaker, Under Surveillance, Demonstone, Phantom Of The Mall, Night Of The Chameleon, and Mindgames.  From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Mc Aree served as Chief Executive Officer of Sierra Sky Entertainment, Ltd., a U.S. motion picture distributor specializing in the foreign markets.  In 1996, Mr. Mc Aree became CEO of Golden Media Group Inc. 

 In the area of production, Mr. Mc Aree produced three films in Hong Kong in the period 1981-1984:   Heroes Three, Bodyguard, and Love In Hong Kong.  In 1985-1986, he produced several pictures in the United States, including Sakura Killers, White Phantom, Necromancer, and Aftershock, and on behalf of a leading international sales agent acted as a ‘picture doctor’ on films which needed extensive salvage and/or re-structuring in the post-production stage.  In 1990, Mr. Mc Aree acted as Executive Producer for A Woman Her Men And Her Futon starring Jennifer Rubin.  In 1991 and 1992, he wrote two screenplays: Can He Do It? and Thirty-two Ran, and acted as Executive Producer on Cinema Of Vengeance, a feature documentary on the history of Hong Kong action cinema featuring stars like Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee.  In 1993, Mr. Mc Aree served as Executive Producer of Death By Misadventure: The Mysterious Life Of Bruce Lee.  In 1994, he was Associate Producer of Fist Of The North Star, the live action version of the Japanese cartoon starring Gary Daniels and Malcolm MacDowell.  In 1995, he acted as Executive Producer of Top Fighter, a feature documentary on the top martial arts heroes of modern cinema, and White Tiger, starring Gary Daniels, Matt Craven, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. 

Presently Mr. McAree is the Production Executive in charge of production of “Kamen Rider – Dragon Knight” a forty episode Television series, with complete responsibility to bring the show in on time and on budget.   www.kamenriderproductions.com. 

Mr. Mc Aree is developing certain feature film properties, including Temple of the Hawk, Thirty-two Ran, and Can He Do It?.  

Mr. Mc Aree served in the British Army as a Lieutenant in The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders; is a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art - Drama Department; acted in the Rutherglen, Scotland Repertory Theater; produced and directed The Lion City Revue, a multi-cultural one hour Supper Show which ran nightly for three years in Singapore from 1957-1960; owned restaurants in Lagos, London, and Singapore.   Recreation; lots of golf.  

Mr. Mc Aree  is a British subject and currently resides in Los Angeles, California.