University of California at Los Angeles, Georgetown University
Occupations
Producer
director
writer
Title
Founder and former CEO of Tokyopop
Stuart J. Levy also known by the pen name D.J. Milky,[1][2] is a producer[3] of manga and films and writer of manga.[1][4]
Levy founded the media company Tokyopop and established the manga market in North America.[5] He was an executive producer on the major motion picture Priest in 2011 distributed by Sony Pictures.[6] Additionally, he directed the documentary Pray for Japan and mockumentary Van Von Hunter.[7]Van Von Hunter won him "Best Director" at the Los Angeles based Mock Film Fest 2011.[8] He created/wrote Princess Ai with singer Courtney Love.[9][10] Levy also is a chair of the International Producers Guild of America.[11][12] Levy appeared as a speaker for the Middle East Film & Comic Con 2018 for his experience as a businessman and producer/artist.[13]
Levy's manga series, Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero's Journey was nominated for two 2018 Diamond GEM awards.[14][15]
Levy moved to Berlin in January 2020. In March 2023, Levy stepped back from his position as CEO, but took a "similar position" at Tokyopop Germany.[16]
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^"Stuart LEVY - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
^"Finalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) Award Announced in Greater Los Angeles; Award Winners Named at Gala Event on June 27". Business Wire (Press release). Retrieved March 28, 2018.
^"ICV2 INTERVIEW: TOKYOPOP'S STU LEVY". ICv2. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
^"The Muscle Behind 'Manga in America'". Pop Matters. April 27, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
^"Stu Levy and the Rise and Fall of Tokyopop". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
^"EXCLUSIVE: TOKYOPOP's Stu Levy Talks Disaster Doc 'Pray for Japan'". Indie Wire. March 30, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
^"Award Winners 2011". Mock Film Fest. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
^Gustines, George Gene (December 28, 2004). "Girl Power Fuels Manga Boom in U.S." The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
^"PRINCESS COURTNEY!". NME. July 16, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
^"PGA National Committees: International". Producers Guild of America. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
^"Opening ceremony of Chinese American Film Festival held in LA". China.org. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
^"Meet The Stars". MEFCC. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
^"2018 DIAMOND GEM Award Nominees". Newsarama. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
^"Tokyopop's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero's Journey Nominated for Diamond Gem Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
^Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 7, 2023). "Tokyopop Confirms Founder, CEO Stu Levy Has 'Stepped Back' From U.S. Operations". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
STULEVY". ICv2. Retrieved March 28, 2018. "The Muscle Behind 'Manga in America'". Pop Matters. April 27, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2018. "StuLevy and...
entitled Smile Magazine. Cultural anthropologist Rachel Thorn praised StuLevy for opening up an untapped market for animation with the publication of...
the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. StuLevy produced and directed the film. All of the crew, including Levy, volunteered to make it, and all of the...
eurobeat tracks to originally developed tracks of rap and hip-hop via StuLevy (DJ Milky), the Tokyopop CEO and an in-house musician. In 2006, Funimation...
Glass, Jacob Grady, Mohammad "Hawk" Haque, HIMEKA, Irulanne, Kyowa Québec, StuLevy, JoEllen "Lillyxandra" Elam, Sara E. Mayhew, Dawn "Kaijugal" McKechnie...
Larry Goshorn, Cover Illustration: Rhea Atkins, Back Cover photograph: StuLevy Originally Released on vinyl, reel, and 8-track in the USA and Canada....
Doblmeier Dan Juday, Adele Schmidt Pray for Japan 2012 StuLevy Toru Kajio, Ray Klein, StuLevy, and Kazunori Noguchi Pray the Devil Back to Hell 2008...
Ray Chase, Tom Cook, Robbie Daymond, Alodia Gosiengfiao, Adam Kubert, StuLevy, Yishan Li, Max Mittelman, Tsuyoshi Nonaka, Phil Ortiz, Arthur Suydam,...
Uncover our Astonishing Past From the Burns Archive: The Deadly Rays That Cured Cancer "Stan Burns (Sleeping Beauty)" 2004 grid photograph by StuLevy...
covers that they only played live) Scott, John W.; Dolgushkin, Mike; Nixon, Stu (1999). DeadBase XI: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists. Cornish...
as Chester Slink Beck Bennett as Barney Stein Cedric the Entertainer as Stu Smiley Fred Armisen as Mike Puntz John Slattery as Ad Man #1 Jon Hamm as...
Serial Mom (1994), Emmanuel "Cereal Killer" Goldstein in Hackers (1995), Stu Macher in Scream (1996), Stevo in SLC Punk! (1998), Brock Hudson in She's...
members Tim Anderson, Joel Berez, Marc Blank, Mike Broos, Scott Cutler, Stu Galley, Dave Lebling, J. C. R. Licklider, Chris Reeve, and Al Vezza. By the...
kept me from my family – but wherever I went, I could flip on the TV and Stu and his colleagues on SportsCenter were there. Over the years, he entertained...
album. In 2008, the documentary film Bananaz was released. Directed by Ceri Levy, the film documents the behind-the-scenes history of the band from 2000 to...
Periyannan was the CTO of Blue Coat Systems as well as a tech lead at Apple Inc. Stu Aaron, the company's chief commercial officer (CCO), described the early...
Errol Motion pictures 6801 Hollywood Boulevard (1960-02-08)February 8, 1960 Stu Erwin Television 6270 Hollywood Boulevard (1960-02-08)February 8, 1960 Giancarlo...
actor. He appeared on the HBO program The Wire as defense attorney Maurice Levy. Kostroff starred in the fifth season of the series and appeared in all four...
1991–1992 Walter & Emily Matt Collins 13 episodes 1992 Home Improvement Stu Cutler Episode: "For Whom The Belch Tolls" 1993–1994 Good Advice Joey DeRuzza...
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