Features and series, from concept to ROI
From the screenplay and the financing through to worldwide sales. Our most recent co-productions returned profits of three times their budgets.
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Feature films · Documentaries · Cinematic branded content · TV series · Aviation
Based in Los Angeles, CA, USA
Feature films sold into 130 countries, and aviation films and ad campaigns viewed more than 3.8 million times.
Plan A International
Plan A is led by Chris and Annmarie Aronoff. Together they have produced and directed over 25 feature films and series, and sold to networks and platforms in 130 countries.
What we do
From the screenplay and the financing through to worldwide sales. Our most recent co-productions returned profits of three times their budgets.
See More Film & TVLaunch films, origin-story documentaries, milestone films, and YouTube channels for aircraft manufacturers, engine builders, flight schools, and airports. Created by producers who are pilots with firsthand in-depth aviation experience.
See Our Aviation FilmsSelected work
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Diamond Aircraft’s DA50 RG, introduced to North America at the largest airshow on Earth: Oshkosh, where the aircraft emerged as an iconic character, with a musical theme of its own.
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When Mary’s father, the town mayor, refuses to help the greater needs of the townspeople, teenage Mary impulsively announces she’s running against him for Mayor. Mary surprises everyone with her invigorating campaign, and she takes the lead in the polls. But when she discovers her father may be in deeper than anyone thinks, the stakes are raised. Mary finds herself in a dilemma and must decide what matters most: her family or the town.
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56 min
The full multi-dimensional portrait of this modern twin-engine aircraft, which Flying Magazine called “the most technologically sophisticated GA twin ever produced,” including an engine-out demo flight. Direct from the factory and the experts.
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Military veteran Glen Kirkland, profoundly wounded in Afghanistan, and Dr. Nicholas Carleton, shine the light on “post-traumatic growth”: when trauma awakens something even better than before. Created and shared to show others they are not alone and there is hope ahead.
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Filmed across Europe and North America, with air-to-air over the Alps, featuring missions launched by both founder Christian Dries and world-record flight EarthRounders: the compelling story behind Diamond’s first retractable, most modern single-engine aircraft.
Case study · Diamond Aircraft DA50 RG
In 2022, Diamond Aircraft’s own newsroom asked that question, and ran the answer as a feature. A launch film and a feature documentary that traveled well past the people already following Diamond.
Clients & partners
Networks & distributors we’ve worked with
Aviation and industry we’ve featured onscreen
Recognition
Official selections include SXSW / Seattle International Film Festival / Heartland Film Festival / Dances With Films / Cine Paris
The team
Chris is an award-winning director/producer and an instrument-rated pilot who learned to fly in a Diamond DA40. Annmarie has spent 25 years producing and selling films internationally, at more than 120 festivals and markets. Before Plan A, both were entrepreneurs running their own film and TV production and distribution companies, coming from positions at Paramount and Spelling Entertainment, and working with Sony, Universal, Discovery, ABC, and Disney.
About Plan AStart a project
A launch, a company anniversary, a corporate milestone, a feature, awareness for a cause, a channel that needs a plan. Tell us what’s coming up. Chris reads and replies to every message, usually within one business day.