Fran Rubel Kuzui: Difference between revisions

|accessdate=2007-02-26}}</ref> She discovered the [[screenplay]] of then unknown television writer [[Joss Whedon]], expanded the Buffy character with him and then put together the financing to produce the picture.<ref>{{cite web

Fran served as an Executive Producer on [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|TV series]] and its spin-off ''[[Angel (TV series)|Angel]]'', having packaged "Buffy" along with Sandollar TV's Gail Berman and Sandy Gallin. She, along with her husband [[Kaz Kuzui]] founded one of Japan's leading film distribution companies Kuzui Enterprises, a pioneer in Independent Film distribution in Japan and which [[film distributor|distributes]] US films in Japan, and imports Japanese films for the US market. In addition to holding a portion of rights to the Buffy character, Kuzui Enterprises were also given [[executive producer]] credits for the [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|TV series]] and its spin-off ''[[Angel (TV series)|Angel]]''. In 2003, the Kuzuis were among the executive producers for the Thai-Japanese film ''[[Last Life in the Universe]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imdb.com/title/tt0345549/fullcredits|publisher=IMDB.com|title=Last Life in the Universe full credits|accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref> In 1997, Fran began working with Trey Parker and Matt Stone and produced their film "Orgazmo". Kaz and Fran then localized and distributed Trey and Matt's TV series "South Park" in Japan. Kuzui Enterprises was among the financiers for ''[[Orgazmo]]'' and ''[[Telling Lies in America]]''.