<PAGE>

                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

                  SARBANES-OXLEY SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF
                             CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I, Klaus Moeller, certify that:

         1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Genius
Products, Inc.

         2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

         3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as
of, and for, the periods presented in this report.

         4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

                  (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within
those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared; and

                  (b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

                  (c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's
most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case
of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

         5. I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions):

                  (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information; and

                  (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
internal control over financial reporting.

Dated:  August 10, 2004                By: /S/KLAUS MOELLER
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Klaus Moeller
                                           Chief Executive Officer and Interim
                                           Chief Financial Officer (principal
                                           executive officer)