in B-movie fare such as Invasion: Earth, and Return to Horror High. Besmehn had a number of intellectual properties optioned by DIC Entertainment, the animation studio famous for the Inspector Gadget series. DIC retained Besmehn and his company to serve as an elite development team. There he developed concepts and series ideas, including ones for Arsenio Hall's Chunky A character and New Kids on the Block. Besmehn pursued the fusion of design, product development and writing to create toy lines and animated shows, such as Speed Racer, Zorro, Biker Mice from Mars, The Mask, Mirmo, Toonsylvania, The Mummy, Penguins of Madagascar, and a host of others. Besmehn also created innovative interactive products, designing the logic and content for such breakthrough dolls as Amazing Ally from Playmates, virtual pets like Tamagotchi and Nano, and the character-based robot, Brian the Brain. The interactive storytellers, Yano, Wittley and Bubba are among his credits. During the emergence of internet entertainment, Besmehn established a kid-centric community on America Online (Toy Network) and Apple's eWorld (ToyNet); the destination published "toytainment", so kids could get wind of the current new crop of shows and toys coming their way. As a programmer, Besmehn also created the visionary debut sites for many toy and entertainment companies, including Bandai.com, SpeedRacer.com, WhacAMole.com and sundry others. Besmehn is the director and editor of the award-winning video for kids called "Yoga Divas". He has turned his hands-on approach most recently toward the development of new and original intellectual properties, though he continues to develop programs based on licensed entertainment, through his association with studios such as DreamWorks, Universal Studios, and Sony. Besmehn collaborates with songwriter, performer and record producer Ron Dante on his new musical; he is co-writing with Edgar Award Winning author Barbara Brooks Wallace on a show based on her Miss Switch book series. With his business partner John Schulte, they started writing, designing and developing a new animated series based on secondary characters from the anime series, Speed Racer. References External links PANGEA Corporation 1964 births Living people American male screenwriters American directors American film producers