Frank C. Kostenko Jr.
Captain, USN (Ret./Reserve) · DGA Producer/Director · CEO, Pacific Rim Media
Frank Kostenko Jr. is a DGA-accredited film producer and director with over 70 feature film credits spanning three decades. His career bridges the worlds of major Hollywood production and the United States Naval Reserve Special Operations community in a way that is simply without peer in the industry.
Beginning on Modern Girls (1986), Frank ascended through every rank of the DGA — earning his stripes across hundreds of days as 2nd AD, 1st AD, and UPM — before becoming a recognized international film executive. He served as Executive Vice President of Production at Landmark Entertainment Group, managing over billion in entertainment IP across 35+ countries, including the Jurassic Park: The Ride (Spielberg), Terminator 2:3D (Cameron), and T2: Battle Across Time attractions.
In uniform, Frank served as SOCPAC Chief of Staff under RDML Jeromy B. Williams (now USSOCOM J3 Director of Operations), leading Joint Special Operations Command teams across more than 55% of the Earth's surface — from the Philippines and South Korea to the Horn of Africa and the broader Indo-Pacific theatre. As JTF-510 component, he coordinated multinational special operations, partner-nation security capacity building, and crisis response across more than 20 Pacific nations.
As Commanding Officer of DTSA/RAID within the Office of Naval Intelligence under the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Frank led a classified program protecting sensitive U.S. technologies at the intersection of global trade and advanced innovation. His portfolio covered arms technology control, AI and cloud platform security, and vetting of foreign access to critical U.S. technologies — balancing deterrence, innovation, and allied security frameworks. Earlier at ONI, he served as an Indications and Warning Officer, managing military collections and leading intelligence training for senior DoD leaders. He deployed to Afghanistan (OIF) April 2011 – June 2012.
Today Frank operates Pacific Rim Media, Inc., Pacific Rim Labs LLC, and PacRim Media Ltd. (Canada, BC1582277) — three interlocking entities certified as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Enterprise (NaVOBA SDVBE Cert #202500282D). He develops, produces, and finances feature films with military precision, sovereign advisory strategy, and tax-advantaged investor structures built for institutional capital.