• Jason Reid has always believed that a person’s life should be built, not inherited. He carried that creed with him when he left Canada as a broke 22-year-old and came to the United States with little more than drive and conviction. Decades later, he stands as the CEO and co-founder of one of the nation’s largest construction groups—an enterprise that puts thousands of people to work each year.

    A builder by trade, Jason has never confined himself to one craft. He is a prolific author—Liar Loan and Contractor’s Survival Guide (2010), The Protector Bug: The Tryouts (2016), Dinner Conversations (2017), and Business Is Easy (2019). He is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter with BMG Production Music in Los Angeles. An accomplished international speaker. An investigative journalist and television host. A creative partner who, in 2025, helped develop and launch the musical Walking My Brother Home and the AI-hybrid sci-fi series Interlinked. He is a filmmaker who has stood behind the lens on hundreds of educational and documentary productions, and who once took the camera on tour with the Mongolian rock phenomenon, The Hu. He is currently the host of Ghost Town, USA, an ongoing national investigative documentary series exploring the intersection between life and death.

    After PBS aired his first feature-length documentary, Tell My Story (2021), Jason founded the Tell My Story mental-wellness organization—part resource center, part production studio—dedicated to creating meaningful films for the mental-wellness education space. In the years that followed, he created, directed, and produced What I Wish My Parents Knew and SHIFT: Do What Moves You. He also co-wrote, filmed, conducted interviews, and executive-produced the 2023 feature documentary Moon on the Prairie for PBS.

    In 2019, he crossed paths with director Ken Goldstein and musician-producer Jeremy Nelson. The three men bonded over music, film, and a shared conviction that meaningful stories can change people’s lives. Together, they merged their film work into Oak Hollow Studios and their music ventures into THE LA HUSTLE Creative Collective.

    Jason is a husband, a father, a friend to artists, and—if you read his business card—a “builder of people.” He believes in risk, in talent, in second chances, and in the strange, wild spark that lives inside creative souls. His life’s work is spent fanning those sparks into something bright enough to guide others home.

    He has been many things—entrepreneur, musician, writer, host, producer—but underneath it all, he remains a man unafraid of the dark, devoted to building, and determined to lift others into the light through collaborative creative content.

  • Ken Goldstein is an Emmy Award–winning writer, director, songwriter, and creative entrepreneur whose four-decade career spans documentary film, television, music, investigative storytelling, and studio, network, and independent production.

    Goldstein began his career as a teenager in Chicago, working on film and media projects for the Museum of Science and Industry. While attending college, he became an on-air investigative reporter for Fox Television in Chicago and eventually hosted the networks Too Much Information, an investigative series exploring emotional wellness issues facing young people. By his early twenties, he was contributing human-interest stories to the Chicago Tribune and hosting overnight radio for WLS, ABC/Cap Cities’ Chicago affiliate, including an early incarnation of Loveline.

    Goldstein soon moved into feature film, working with Oprah Winfrey’s production company, followed by a brief stint with Oliver Stone and eventually filmmaker John Hughes, who brought him on as a creative assistant. He contributed to the development and production of Home Alone 2 before launching his own production company with Hughes’ encouragement and mentorship. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Goldstein wrote, directed, and produced documentary and educational programming for networks around the world, including the Emmy-winning Investigative Reports with Bill Kurtis on A&E, as well as productions for History Channel, Discovery, and Food Network.

    His investigative work led to projects with Rhino Films, BET, and Warner Bros., where he spent three years directing UFOs, JFK & Elvis, an unconventional documentary project featuring some of the most celebrated comedians of the 20th century. Following 9/11 and the cancellation of the film’s release, Goldstein stepped away from filmmaking and brought his storytelling background into brand development and creative strategy. He created the original concept and marketing plan that became G Fuel, now a major global energy drink brand, and helped reposition Von Dutch by reconnecting the company with its roots in art and custom-car culture.

    Music, however, remained a constant throughout Goldstein’s career. He recorded for Capitol Records, released music under the name Jack Dempsey, and became a BMG songwriter in 2006, a relationship that continues today. He is also the author of The Way of the Nerd: Practical Advice for the Practical People, which became a viral success during the early years of Reddit, reaching hundreds of thousands of readers.

    Ultimately, it was music that brought Goldstein back to filmmaking. As a teenager, he had written a song about the closing of the steel mills in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Nearly three decades later, a childhood friend involved with Musikfest remembered the song and invited Goldstein to perform it at the festival. Their reunion inspired The Song of Bethlehem, a PBS-funded documentary tracing the parallel journeys of the song, the city, and Musikfest as it grew from a community gathering into one of the country’s largest music festivals. The film marked Goldstein’s return to documentary filmmaking and led to another PBS project, The Disco King of Skokie.

    Soon afterward, Jason Reid asked Goldstein to direct Tell My Story, the deeply personal documentary about the death of Reid’s 14-year-old son and his search to understand the youth mental health crisis. The film began a creative partnership between Goldstein and Reid that continues today. Together with longtime collaborator Jeremy Nelson, their work evolved into Oak Hollow Studios and the TLAH Creative Collective, developing documentary, narrative, and music-based projects.

    That same intersection of film and music led Goldstein, Reid, and Nelson in 2019 to expand Goldstein’s band, The LA Hustle, into a creative imprint in partnership with BMG built around developing artists to perform and record original music written and produced by the collective. Today, Goldstein continues to move between filmmaking and songwriting, bringing together the two creative pursuits that have shaped his career from the beginning.

  • Jem is a luminary in the world of art and music, was born and raised in the vibrant city of San Francisco. His artistic journey began at the tender age of eight with the violin and piano, and by middle school, he had taken up the trumpet, earning the affectionate moniker ‘Hot Lips Nelson.’ His creative prowess was evident even in high school when he was selected to intern with the renowned artist and designer Anthony Duquette, contributing to the transformation of the SF People’s Temple into an immersive art exhibit.

    Jeremy’s formal musical education commenced at the prestigious School of the Arts in San Francisco, where he excelled as a trombonist in an award-winning music program. In 1989, he embarked on a European tour with the Oakland Youth Orchestra, further honing his craft and expanding his artistic horizons.

    He pursued higher education at the Hartt School of Music, majoring in trombone performance and engaging in musical stage productions along the East Coast. Returning to California, Jeremy completed a degree in music composition with a focus on electroacoustics, graduating with honors. His compositions are a rich tapestry of multimedia elements, seamlessly integrating film, dance, and performance art.

    During his college years, Jeremy served as a curator and collection assistant at the San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum. In this role, he demonstrated his versatility by editing audio and film, organizing artifacts, and designing exhibits that showcased San Francisco’s diverse artistic and cultural heritage. His innovative spirit led him to create interactive technology-based experiences for gallery exhibits, predating the era of large-scale multimedia displays. He also collaborated with the SF Ballet and SF Opera lecture series, providing live sound and press connectivity.

    Jeremy’s professional career is marked by three decades of leadership at Apple, where he most recently held the position of Audio Software Engineering Manager. His notable achievements include spearheading Quality Engineering efforts managing the Technology Emmy award-winning FireWire team and supporting Grammy-winning music and recording projects. Jeremy Nelson’s multifaceted career and artistic vision continue to inspire and influence the creative landscape.

    Jeremy is a renowned music producer known for his exceptional work with TLAH. He has produced and engineered two albums and has contributed a diverse range of music for video and film, showcasing his versatility and talent in the industry.