Community Highlights: Meet Fabienne DeMars of Silver Comet Productions

Today we’d like to introduce you to Fabienne DeMars.

Hi Fabienne, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
I was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley in California alongside my older sister, my best friend across all time and space. My father, an architect and Polio survivor, modeled quiet resilience and determination. My mother, a teacher and writer, nurtured imagination and confidence. From the beginning, I was raised with one unwavering belief: there was nothing I couldn’t accomplish.

As a young girl, I gravitated toward discipline and challenge. Equestrian life shaped me early. Horsemanship requires patience, partnership, strength, and humility. After high school, I pursued a degree in Makeup Artistry for TV and Film. I thought I had my future mapped out.

I began booking paid work quickly, but once I was on set, I realized something unexpected. I did not thrive in stillness. I craved urgency. Movement. Purpose.

After 9/11, I felt called toward service. I returned to school for Fire Science and Technology, working full time as a nanny by day and attending classes at night. I graduated at the top of my EMT program and completed the Fire Academy. It was one of the most physically and mentally demanding seasons of my life.

At the time, however, fire departments across Los Angeles and surrounding counties were under a hiring freeze. Despite preparation and performance, opportunity simply was not available. That chapter taught me something invaluable. Excellence matters, but timing does too. Rather than wait indefinitely, I pivoted.

I returned to domestic work, but I returned transformed. I brought emergency-level composure, operational discipline, and leadership into high-level households. I quickly ranked in the top one percent of nannies in Los Angeles and interviewed with prominent families.

Ultimately, I chose to work with ultra-high-net-worth individuals not for proximity to wealth, but for proximity to impact.

I believed, and still believe, that if I supported visionary and philanthropic families in all the right ways, they would go into the world and do extraordinary things with their resources. I intentionally aligned myself with individuals who had giving hearts and a clear sense of purpose. Supporting them was about more than managing households. It was about enabling meaningful impact at scale.

Over nearly a decade, I rose through the ranks of an estate, managing complex logistics, staff, finances, and operations with complete discretion and trust. I discovered my true strength. I build systems that free people to focus on their genius.

Then my sister moved to Atlanta.

The duo had to continue.

Leaving security in Los Angeles was one of the biggest leaps of my life. But my husband Anthony believed what I believed. You build your life around your people. So we chose the unknown and moved.

What was meant to be temporary became transformative. I joined the visual effects studio Crafty Apes in an entry-level operations role. That temporary position grew into four years of helping scale the Atlanta office during a period of significant growth. I built internal systems, supported creative teams, and bridged vision with execution.

At the same time, I began building my own family, welcoming three boys in quick succession: Sebastian, Leonardo, and Devereaux. I also launched a remote business management practice, supporting CEOs and fractional CFOs with operational strategy and infrastructure.

Eventually, I returned once more to estate management for ultra-high-net-worth families, this time bringing with me film-industry scale, financial fluency, and executive-level oversight.

And then film and technology came calling again.

Today, I support operations at Redmond 3D, helping bring advanced 3D conversion technology to film and television. I collaborate closely with Luma Logic, which is pioneering AI-driven previsualization in storytelling. One of my most meaningful roles is supporting my sister, Genevieve LeDoux, in building Star Forest, a children’s universe that blends imagination, education, gaming, environmental awareness, and technology. Star Forest is expanding into immersive family experiences designed to bring its magical world into real-life environments where children and parents can explore, create, and learn together.

Across every chapter, from equestrian arenas to emergency response, from estates to studios to emerging tech, the throughline has remained the same. I build structure around vision. I create calm in complexity. I help powerful ideas become sustainable realities.

My path may look nonlinear from the outside, but in hindsight, every step prepared me for the next.

Through it all, my greatest role has been being Mom to my three boys. Motherhood has sharpened my leadership, deepened my empathy, and anchored my ambition in purpose.

None of this would have been possible without the unwavering belief of my parents, who instilled in me the confidence to try anything. Or without my sister, my creative counterpart and constant, and her husband, who welcomed me into this Atlanta chapter. And especially not without my husband Anthony, who has supported every leap into the unknown.

If there is one theme to my story, it is this:

I have always chosen service.

Because when you build strong foundations for the right people, the ripple effects can be extraordinary.

And in many ways, I have come full circle. Back to storytelling. Back to imagination. Back to building worlds. Only now I do it by building the systems that make those worlds possible.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
No.

I’ve navigated career pivots, cross-country moves, and seasons where I had to start over. Professionally, I’ve learned that if something isn’t working, you adjust. You refine. You keep moving forward.

But motherhood has been the greater challenge.

Work can be systemized. Children cannot. What works today may not work tomorrow. Every age and stage requires a different version of you. There is no clean framework for shaping human beings.

I’ve built systems for estates and studios. Raising three boys has humbled me more than any professional obstacle ever could.

It hasn’t been easy. But it has made me stronger in the ways that matter most.

As you know, we’re big fans of Silver Comet Productions . For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about the brand?
Silver Comet Productions is the creative and operational engine behind Star Forest, a children’s universe that blends storytelling, technology, education, gaming, and imagination into one cohesive world.

But at the heart of Star Forest is the music.

We are creating high-quality, original music for kids and their parents. Music that feels modern, layered, and emotionally resonant. Too old for Cocomelon and too young for Cardi B. It’s the soundtrack for families who want something smarter, cooler, and more connected.

Star Forest is built as a full ecosystem. Original songs. Animated content. Gaming integrations. And now immersive family experiences designed to bring the world of Star Forest into real-life spaces where children and parents can explore, create, and engage together.

What sets Silver Comet apart is that we are not just creating content. We are building infrastructure around it. My background in estate management, film operations, and team leadership allows us to grow intentionally and sustainably. We focus on strong teams, scalable systems, and long-term vision.

Alongside leading Silver Comet Productions with my Sister, I collaborate closely with companies shaping the future of visual storytelling. I support operations at Redmond 3D, advancing 3D conversion technology for film and television, and work with Luma Logic, which is pioneering AI-driven pre-visualization tools. Staying immersed in emerging film and technology informs how we build Star Forest for the next generation.

At the center of everything I do is this belief: when you combine strong systems, strong teams, and meaningful creative vision, you can build something that lasts.

Silver Comet Productions exists to do exactly that.

Are there any apps, books, podcasts, blogs or other resources you think our readers should check out?
I’m naturally drawn to tools that help me build and think clearly.

I live inside Google Workspace and use Notion to structure ideas and manage projects. Canva is my rapid design lab. Gamma and Mermaid help me translate strategy into visual frameworks. Runway keeps me experimenting at the edge of AI and visual storytelling. And ChatGPT has become a daily collaborator for refining ideas and accelerating execution.

When I’m developing my own creative concepts or shaping scripts, I’m usually inside Final Draft. Seeing a story take shape in screenplay format makes it tangible and real.

Music is essential to how I work. I often have Star Forest Flo-fi playing on YouTube in the background. It’s synth-driven, rhythmic, easy listening designed to help you drop into a flow state. It’s creative without being distracting and modern without feeling chaotic.

Outside of tech, one of my biggest creative influences is my husband’s world at Mondo Video!. He has worked in animation on the television series South Park for over 20 years and is preparing to launch a new podcast. His deep love of physical media, VHS culture, and film history reminds me daily that while platforms evolve, great storytelling endures.

I often wander through the video store, studying old cover art and box designs. It has quietly become a creative hangout for brainstorming sessions, idea shaping, and inspiration. There’s something grounding about holding physical media while building in digital worlds.

I try to stay curious, experiment often, and blend emerging technology with timeless creative sensibility.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.starforest.rocks, https://www.lumalogic.com, https://www.redmond3d.com
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwsW3EqkQCSGU-ceVVDyP6g, https://www.youtube.com/@mondovideostore