THE FILM
The Team
The Team
The Team
The filmmakers, producers, and storytellers bringing the Gold Star story to the screen.
The filmmakers, producers, and storytellers bringing the Gold Star story to the screen.
VISIONARY, PRODUCER & DIRECTOR
Denny Tedesco
Denny Tedesco
Denny Tedesco
Denny Tedesco is an award winning director/producer of The Wrecking Crew Movie and director of Immediate Family film. He has won numerous festival awards and in 2025, his film The Wrecking Crew Movie was one of only 25 films placed by the Library of Congress into the National Film Archives for its significant story and cultural importance in American culture.
Denny Tedesco is an award winning director/producer of The Wrecking Crew Movie and director of Immediate Family film. He has won numerous festival awards and in 2025, his film The Wrecking Crew Movie was one of only 25 films placed by the Library of Congress into the National Film Archives for its significant story and cultural importance in American culture.
Denny along with his team see the opportunity to create a film about Gold Star Recording Studios and its owners as another important piece of LA’s music history that is significant to our culture’s love for the Rock’n’Roll genre of music and the pioneering techniques developed and used to record all forms of music at this iconic independent recording studio in Hollywood.
Denny along with his team see the opportunity to create a film about Gold Star Recording Studios and its owners as another important piece of LA’s music history that is significant to our culture’s love for the Rock’n’Roll genre of music and the pioneering techniques developed and used to record all forms of music at this iconic independent recording studio in Hollywood.
Gold Star Studios helped to create the songs that for many are ‘the soundtrack of their lives’.
Gold Star Studios helped to create the songs that for many are ‘the soundtrack of their lives’.
“Throughout my career, I have been drawn to stories that use music as a gateway to something deeper — films about family, legacy, friendship, perseverance, and the human experience. Sharing the film with audiences around the world taught me something invaluable: music may draw viewers in, but emotional connection is what stays with them. Each song in this film can act as a bookmark in someone’s life, unlocking memories that are deeply personal.”
“Throughout my career, I have been drawn to stories that use music as a gateway to something deeper — films about family, legacy, friendship, perseverance, and the human experience. Sharing the film with audiences around the world taught me something invaluable: music may draw viewers in, but emotional connection is what stays with them. Each song in this film can act as a bookmark in someone’s life, unlocking memories that are deeply personal.”
“Throughout my career, I have been drawn to stories that use music as a gateway to something deeper — films about family, legacy, friendship, perseverance, and the human experience. Sharing the film with audiences around the world taught me something invaluable: music may draw viewers in, but emotional connection is what stays with them. Each song in this film can act as a bookmark in someone’s life, unlocking memories that are deeply personal.”
— DENNY TEDESCO
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert
Placeholder bio. Herb Alpert’s full biography will go here: his career as a musician and record executive, his history with Gold Star Recording Studios, and his role as an executive producer on The Walls of Sound.
Placeholder bio. Herb Alpert’s full biography will go here: his career as a musician and record executive, his history with Gold Star Recording Studios, and his role as an executive producer on The Walls of Sound.
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EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
David Peck
David Peck
David Peck
In 1992, David Peck founded Reelin’ In The Years Productions, a footage company specializing in licensing music performance footage and interviews featuring the 20th century’s icons of Film and Television, Politics, Comedy, Literature, Art, Science, Fashion and Sports. The archive houses over 30,000 hours of music footage spanning 100 years, and 10,000 hours of interviews from legendary talk shows around the world.
In 1992, David Peck founded Reelin’ In The Years Productions, a footage company specializing in licensing music performance footage and interviews featuring the 20th century’s icons of Film and Television, Politics, Comedy, Literature, Art, Science, Fashion and Sports. The archive houses over 30,000 hours of music footage spanning 100 years, and 10,000 hours of interviews from legendary talk shows around the world.
David Peck has also directed and produced over 70 historical music documentaries and programs focused primarily on the giants of jazz, blues and rock & roll garnering many awards including a Grammy Nomination.
David Peck has also directed and produced over 70 historical music documentaries and programs focused primarily on the giants of jazz, blues and rock & roll garnering many awards including a Grammy Nomination.
Recently, David has served as an Executive Producer or Co-Executive Producer on many critically acclaimed films such as The Bee Gees, “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart” the multi-part documentary series on the famed Memphis record label, “STAX: Soulsville USA” which was nominated for an Emmy and won a Peabody award. Most recently, David just finished work on “The Makings Of Curtis Mayfield”, a film directed by Oscar and Grammy award winning artist, H.E.R. (Gabriella Wilson) and the Billy Preston documentary, “That’s The Way God Planned It”
Recently, David has served as an Executive Producer or Co-Executive Producer on many critically acclaimed films such as The Bee Gees, “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart” the multi-part documentary series on the famed Memphis record label, “STAX: Soulsville USA” which was nominated for an Emmy and won a Peabody award. Most recently, David just finished work on “The Makings Of Curtis Mayfield”, a film directed by Oscar and Grammy award winning artist, H.E.R. (Gabriella Wilson) and the Billy Preston documentary, “That’s The Way God Planned It”
David is serving as Executive Producer and consultant across all Gold Star Recording Studios projects.
David is serving as Executive Producer and consultant across all Gold Star Recording Studios projects.
THE PRODUCING TEAM
Telling a Family’s Story
Telling a Family’s Story
BRAD ROSS AND JONATHAN ROSENBERG
PRODUCER & CO-WRITER
Brad Ross
Brad Ross
Brad Ross
Brad is the son of the late Stan Ross, co-owner of Gold Star Recording Studios, in Hollywood. After the passing of his father in 2011, Brad pursued legacy projects that would tell his father’s life story. As a producer and co-writer, he spent the last 15 years researching and conducting video interviews with artists, songwriters, producers, arrangers, musicians and former employees who were involved in all aspects of Gold Star’s existence as a mecca for the music industry from 1950-1984.
Brad is the son of the late Stan Ross, co-owner of Gold Star Recording Studios, in Hollywood. After the passing of his father in 2011, Brad pursued legacy projects that would tell his father’s life story. As a producer and co-writer, he spent the last 15 years researching and conducting video interviews with artists, songwriters, producers, arrangers, musicians and former employees who were involved in all aspects of Gold Star’s existence as a mecca for the music industry from 1950-1984.
Interviews included recording icons Herb Alpert, Brian Wilson, Bill Medley, Richard Sherman, Steven Van Zandt, Darlene Love, & Marky Ramone, plus many elite L.A. studio musicians like Hal Blaine, Carol Kaye, & Don Randi who were responsible for the sounds of a generation as members of LA’s Wrecking Crew.
Interviews included recording icons Herb Alpert, Brian Wilson, Bill Medley, Richard Sherman, Steven Van Zandt, Darlene Love, & Marky Ramone, plus many elite L.A. studio musicians like Hal Blaine, Carol Kaye, & Don Randi who were responsible for the sounds of a generation as members of LA’s Wrecking Crew.
Through many of these interviews, Brad discovered that Gold Star was a place where artists of any nationality, race, and faith were welcomed to perform and record their music in a creative & nurturing environment.
Through many of these interviews, Brad discovered that Gold Star was a place where artists of any nationality, race, and faith were welcomed to perform and record their music in a creative & nurturing environment.
PRODUCER & CO-WRITER
Jonathan Rosenberg
Jonathan Rosenberg
Jonathan Rosenberg
Jonathan Rosenberg, a native of The Bronx, New York, now lives in San Diego, California. Over his career, he has been a psychologist and Special Needs teacher, an entertainment writer, a radio personality and the lead singer/songwriter for two San Diego based rock bands.
Jonathan Rosenberg, a native of The Bronx, New York, now lives in San Diego, California. Over his career, he has been a psychologist and Special Needs teacher, an entertainment writer, a radio personality and the lead singer/songwriter for two San Diego based rock bands.
In 2019, the musical “33⅓ – House of Dreams,” co-written with Brad Ross, broke the 44-year attendance record at the San Diego Repertory Theater. In 2020, his musical “Americano!” became the best-selling world premiere in Arizona history, which led to a limited run in New York City at New World Stages in 2022. In 2024, his musical “East Carson Street,” with music by Joe Grushecky (including two songs co-written by Bruce Springsteen), was a popular and critical success at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center’s Bell Theater in New Jersey.
In 2019, the musical “33⅓ – House of Dreams,” co-written with Brad Ross, broke the 44-year attendance record at the San Diego Repertory Theater. In 2020, his musical “Americano!” became the best-selling world premiere in Arizona history, which led to a limited run in New York City at New World Stages in 2022. In 2024, his musical “East Carson Street,” with music by Joe Grushecky (including two songs co-written by Bruce Springsteen), was a popular and critical success at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center’s Bell Theater in New Jersey.
Jonathan’s musical “Lucky,” a holiday entertainment set in the “Roaring Twenties,” will be opening at the Phoenix Theatre in Arizona in November 2026. Jonathan’s most recent musical, “The Mirror,” deals with the identity crisis we are presently having as individuals, a community, and country.
Jonathan’s musical “Lucky,” a holiday entertainment set in the “Roaring Twenties,” will be opening at the Phoenix Theatre in Arizona in November 2026. Jonathan’s most recent musical, “The Mirror,” deals with the identity crisis we are presently having as individuals, a community, and country.
BRAD ROSS AND JONATHAN ROSENBERG
DIRECTED BY DENNY TEDESCO · EDITED BY PAUL MATTHEW GORDON · A FILM BY ACOS, LLC — BRAD ROSS, JONATHAN ROSENBERG