Conrad Denke, CEO and owner of the Victory Studios and American Motion Pictures has been in the film and video business for over 30 years. Denke has a degree in Radio/Television Communications and Psychology from the University of Washington. He served four years in the Air Force as a cameraman/director for the 5th Air Force Pacific Command and made films in Korea, Japan, The Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Viet Nam. In 1973 Denke was a cameraman for Operation Homecoming, documenting the POW releases from Hanoi, North Viet Nam. In 1978, he and his wife Laura started American Production Services.

As a producer, Denke has worked in several arenas including documentaries, corporate, children's programming, TV talk shows, and feature length television movies.

He recently completed five years as co-executive producer on a series of public affairs documentaries for PBS entitled "National Desk." His most recent program: "Education in America: A Public Right Gone Wrong" was aired in January 2000 and is now available on video cassette through Laissez Faire Books. He has formed a new company "E Pluribus Unum Films" to produce documentary and dramatic programming for television.

Denke has won numerous national awards for filmmaking including several Cine Golden Eagle awards, top awards from The New York International Film and TV Festival, US International Film Festival, The International Television Association, The Houston International Film Festival, IFPA, Telly awards, a Chris award from the Columbus film festival, numerous Emerald City awards and an award for directing from the Western Heritage Center and National Cowboy Hall of Fame.

Denke has served as the President of the International Television Association - Seattle Chapter, President of the Association of Independent Commercial Producers, on the board of the Washington Film and Video Association, and founder/president of The Washington Motion Picture Council. He is currently the chairman of the HDTV Consortium for NATPE, and Vice President of the American Cinema Foundation, a Los Angeles based non-partisan group dedicated to recognizing films and television programs that exemplify positive social values such as tolerance, respect for others, and freedom of thought. Denke is active in community affairs and his church where he serves in the stake presidency of The Seattle Shoreline Stake. He is listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World, America, the West and Entertainment.