Coolwaters Productions is a fully licensed company which manages over 140 clients that include Academy Award-Winning actors, directors and behind the scenes talent with over half booked exclusively to Coolwaters for their appearances, signings, seminars and red carpet events. They have a staff of seven part-time employees and a home office in Los Angeles, CA as well as official company reps in Mex
ico and Europe. The goal is to bring celebrities face to face with the reason for their careers...the fans! Coolwaters Productions LLC's President, Derek Maki, worked for Icons Authentic Replicas (a company mainly known for creating prop replicas from various films ) heading up their celebrity representation division from 1997-2000. The MEN BEHIND THE MASKS was the ORIGINAL & fully licensed actor appearance and autograph division of ICONS. to provide authentic images from the archives to be autographed by actors from the films! ICONS worked with 6 actors to start; Dave Prowse (Darth Vader), Kenny Baker (R2-D2), Warwick Davis (Wicket), Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett), the late Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) and Anthony Daniels (C-3PO). Derek then went on to obtain Billy Dee Williams and Mark Hamill for the roster as well! The company dissolved in 2000. Two of its former clients, Billy Dee Williams and Warwick Davis, contacted Mr. Maki and asked him to exclusively represent them for appearances and signings for various conventions, including third party autograph deals. With the vast knowledge he had acquired and his two clients, not to mention several convention promoters constantly calling him looking for more actors to book, Mr. Maki created a fully licensed Management & PR firm, Coolwaters Productions LLC. Coolwaters currently holds two licenses in the state of California and is also part of the official managers roster in Hollywood and is also listed on IMDB. Coolwaters Productions LLC now organizes personal worldwide appearances for its clients. They also seek out and solicit other jobs for its clients, including product endorsements, seminars and autograph deals for large companies, such as TOPPS and DONRUSS trading cards. Other companies who have utilized Coolwaters services include Master Replicas, Disney, Toynami's Cinematheque, FanSets and many more. In the wake of COVID-19, Coolwaters launched their own virtual convention, InHouse-Con, to bring their clients to fans in the comfort of their own home while staying safe!
