Charles Coker

Advisor, Southern California at Asia Society

Charles Coker is Managing Director of Dasym Media, an entertainment company focused on launching and optimizing brand franchises on a global scale. He also advises Dasym Investment Strategies on media-related investments and activities in China. Coker served as producer on the Sino-foreign co-production Skiptrace (2016), a buddy comedy starring Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville and Fan Bingbing. The film grossed over $135 million at the Chinese box office. He is currently working on a number of co-production film and TV projects, including a miniseries about the legendary World War II fighter-pilot unit known as the Flying Tigers. Before joining Dasym, Coker practiced law in Shanghai and Los Angeles with leading international law firms, where he advised entertainment and media companies, as well as independent producers, on their China strategy and operations, including Sino-foreign co-productions.