AlmosThere Entertainment combines decades of experience in Live productions, with some of the best and brightest visual artists and producers that Hollywood has to offer. This powerful combination makes for a production company like no other. The only limit is your imagination. If you dream it, we can do it.....



Robert Endreson: President


Bob Endreson founded Almost There Entertainment. He is also an executive producer, and is very involved with the design and oversight of production. Endreson has over twenty years in the nightclub/restaurant arena. In addition to operating over 32 nightclubs, restaurants and showrooms, Endreson has been involved with major concerts throughout the world He's worked as artist representative and production manager for both large and small concert tours, as well as overseeing production and being involved in producing shows and development of restaurant concepts. Endreson has been very involved in Indigenous rights issues in his home state of Hawaii for over 20 years. He has spoken in front of Congress and the United Nations, and was presented an award by the commerce department for his efforts. Bob's energy is larger than life, and is a driving force when production is in full swing.





Curt Apanovich : VP Production


With over 15 years of Film and Television Production experience, Curt is a Director/Producer and founder of Hieroglyphic Productions; a multiple award winning film and television Production Company based in Hollywood, California. With a client list including ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, Touchstone, Disney, and more, Curt has produced and delivered network quality programming worldwide. Initially producing network promotions, Curt expanded Hieroglyphic Productions, and grew its core client list to include almost every major network and motion picture studio in Hollywood, and became Disneys largest vendor for network promotions, producing several high profile shoots on 35mm film, and high definition. Curt has been featured on the covers of industry standard POST and MIX magazines.

Curt left Hieroglyphic last year to Launch Almosthere Entertainment, Hollywoods only full Holographic stage show production facility.

With a rare combination of Creativity and Technical understanding, Curt is comfortable handling any aspect of production... from concept to creation.






James Raitt: Visual Effects Artist, Producer, Writer


James Raitt used his 10 years of motion graphics experience to build graphics departments for two successful post production houses in Los Angeles.

At Pop Flash Productions, James created graphics packages for Universal Music Group, Warner Brothers Records and Sony Music Entertainment. Featured artists included Eminem, 50 Cent, Gwen Stefani and the Black Eyed Peas. He also did tour support in the form of T.V. spots, stage screen graphics and EPK's (Electronic Press Kits) for U2, The Eagles and Van Halen.

In 2006, James joined Hieroglyphic Productions where he produced graphics for clients ranging from Disney Channel, Toon Disney, ABC Family, Bravo and ABC. He created the overall design package for ABC saturday mornings (ABC Kids) and the animated logo for ABC Studios. His graphics packages can also be seen in the launches of multiple shows and original movies on Disney Channel. James' design work has earned multiple Promax awards, which honor outstanding design work.






Chris Ervin - Visual Effects Supervisor, Creative Director, Designer


Chris Ervin started his career at the prominent 525 Post Production Facility in Hollywood. Chris left 525 to build his own creative studio, VelocityApe FX. By the spring of 2000, Chris had worked as a graphic artist and creative consultant with artists (such as Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, No Doubt, and The Eagles).

From 2001 to present, Chris has concentrated on film, broadcast, and web development/branding. More recent visual effects work include: Meet the Browns, Punisher War Zone and The Irishman. Currently much of his energy and focus has been on visual effects supervision, previsualization, creative direction and film compositing for various independent production companies.

To date, he has worked on over 50 feature films, and hundreds of television and promotional campaigns. In 2003 Chris was nominated for a Best Visual Effects award at the DVD Premiere Movie Awards in Los Angeles.





AJ Raitano: Director of Photography


Starting in the film industry in 1992, AJ Raitano first worked with the visual effects crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Finishing work on the spin-off shows Deep Space 9 and Voyager, A.J. left the company Image G and began working as a cameraman. He worked for companies such as Digital Domain and Sony Imageworks on projects like: FIFTH ELEMENT, STARSHIP TROOPERS and ARMAGEDDON. A.J. worked as VFX UNIT camera operator on films like AVIATOR and THE DEPARTED.
AJ has also been working as a cinematographer on commercials, music videos, and television shows such as Dean Devlins LEVERAGE.

Keeping up with advances in the movie industry, AJ worked on James Camerons film AVATAR. On AVATAR, AJ had the challenge of working as a cameraman, in a virtual environment with motion capture and 3D technology. He has just finished another mo-cap film, REAL STEEL directed by Shawn Levy.

AJ's unique understanding of technical and creative shooting makes him a perfect fit for AlmosThere Entertainment.