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Cinematheque</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data note">1984</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data">Gary Essert<br />Gary Abrahams<br /><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Pollack" title="Sydney Pollack">Sydney Pollack</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">independent<br /><a href="/wiki/Non-profit" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-profit">non-profit</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a>, United States</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://americancinematheque.com">americancinematheque<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>American Cinematheque</b> is an independent, <a href="/wiki/Non-profit" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-profit">non-profit</a> cultural organization in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a>, United States that represents the public presentation of the <a href="/wiki/Film" title="Film">moving image</a> in all its forms. </p><p>It presents festivals and retrospectives that screen the best of worldwide cinema, video, and television from the past and present, ranging from the classics to the outer frontiers of the art form. Cinematheque also provides a forum where film lovers and students can learn from established filmmakers, actors, writers, editors, cinematographers, and others about their craft.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Cinematheque&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1981, <a href="/wiki/Filmex" title="Filmex">Filmex</a>, the Los Angeles International Film Exposition organized by Gary Essert and Gary Abrahams, awarded <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor" title="Elizabeth Taylor">Elizabeth Taylor</a> the Filmex Trustees Award and raised $90,000 for the creation of a cinematheque with the declared aim that it would eventually build on the work of Filmex and provide year-round film programming of classic and new films from around the world at a proposed Los Angeles Film Center.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Essert was forced to resign from Filmex in 1983, the Cinematheque was created by Essert, Abrahams and <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Pollack" title="Sydney Pollack">Sydney Pollack</a> in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-weintraub_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weintraub-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lawyer and <a href="/wiki/United_Artists" title="United Artists">United Artists</a> employee Kenneth Kleinberg became co-chairman of the board with Pollack.<sup id="cite_ref-weintraub_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weintraub-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Cinematheque was modeled on the <a href="/wiki/Cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que_fran%C3%A7aise" title="Cinémathèque française">Cinémathèque française</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_Film_Institute" title="British Film Institute">British Film Institute</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-weintraub_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weintraub-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1985, Essert had raised over $1 million for the Cinematheque towards a $10 million goal to enable the Cinematheque to have a permanent home at a redeveloped <a href="/wiki/Pan-Pacific_Auditorium" title="Pan-Pacific Auditorium">Pan-Pacific Center</a> that was proposed at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-weintraub_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weintraub-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same year, the Cinematheque started screening films, starting with a three month Special Showcase honoring the <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Modern_Art" title="Museum of Modern Art">Museum of Modern Art</a> starting November 1 at the <a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Montalb%C3%A1n_Theatre" title="Ricardo Montalbán Theatre">Doolittle Theatre</a> with a restored version of <a href="/wiki/D._W._Griffith" title="D. W. Griffith">D. W. Griffith</a>'s 1920 film <i><a href="/wiki/Way_Down_East" title="Way Down East">Way Down East</a></i> with a live orchestra.<sup id="cite_ref-about_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Early board members and trustees included <a href="/wiki/Barry_Diller" title="Barry Diller">Barry Diller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Fitzpatrick_(art_executive)" title="Robert Fitzpatrick (art executive)">Robert Fitzpatrick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wallis_Annenberg" title="Wallis Annenberg">Wallis Annenberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Candice_Bergen" title="Candice Bergen">Candice Bergen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Allan_Carr" title="Allan Carr">Allan Carr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Francis_Coppola" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis Coppola">Francis Coppola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jane_Fonda" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goldie_Hawn" title="Goldie Hawn">Goldie Hawn</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Hockney" title="David Hockney">David Hockney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Malle" title="Louis Malle">Louis Malle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Manilow" title="Barry Manilow">Barry Manilow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diana_Muldaur" title="Diana Muldaur">Diana Muldaur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Nichols" title="Mike Nichols">Mike Nichols</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Schrader" title="Paul Schrader">Paul Schrader</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wise" title="Robert Wise">Robert Wise</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-weintraub_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weintraub-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1986, the board of trustees of Filmex voted to merge with the Cinematheque however the Cinematheque board would not approve it unless Filmex's debts were cleared.<sup id="cite_ref-weintraub_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weintraub-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Theaters">Theaters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Cinematheque&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Theaters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Between 1987 and 1998, the Cinematheque presented its programs at a variety of venues, including the <a href="/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America" title="Directors Guild of America">Directors Guild of America</a> theater and the Raleigh Studios complex in Hollywood. In December 1998, it opened its own permanent home at <a href="/wiki/Grauman%27s_Egyptian_Theatre" title="Grauman's Egyptian Theatre">Grauman's Egyptian Theatre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood</a>, and in 2004 added a second theater, the <a href="/wiki/Aero_Theatre" title="Aero Theatre">Aero Theatre</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Monica">Santa Monica</a>. It now presents festivals, retrospectives, and assorted programs at these two theaters and the <a href="/wiki/Los_Feliz" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Feliz">Los Feliz</a> 3 Theatre.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1998, the American Cinematheque completed a major $12.8 million renovation of the Egyptian Theatre that restored the theater's exterior, and added new film, video, and audio technology.<sup id="cite_ref-Deadline_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deadline-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2020, the theater was sold to <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programming">Programming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Cinematheque&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_Festivals">Film Festivals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Cinematheque&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Film Festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The American Cinematheque is home to a number of annual film festivals, which cover diverse topics, genres, and international cinemas. Its annual <a href="/wiki/Beyond_Fest" title="Beyond Fest">Beyond Fest</a> is the highest attended genre film festival in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the last 22 years, the Cinematheque has partnered with the Film Noir Foundation on its longest running festival, Noir City: Hollywood, that celebrates the history of film noir.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nitrate Nights, one of The American Cinematheque's newer film festivals, offers rare chances to see films on 35mm <a href="/wiki/Nitrate_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Nitrate film">nitrate film</a> base, a format abandoned in the early 1950s due to its highly flammable quality. After being retrofitted to project nitrate safely in 2016, the Cinematheque has since partnered with such film archives as the <a href="/wiki/George_Eastman_Museum" title="George Eastman Museum">George Eastman Museum</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Film_Archive" title="Academy Film Archive">Academy Film Archive</a> and the <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Film_and_Television_Archive" title="UCLA Film and Television Archive">UCLA Film and Television Archive</a> to bring rare archival prints to the screen for the public.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Cinematheque also partners annually with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to present the Golden Globe Foreign-Language Nominees Series, which includes screenings of the year's nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Every year, the series has culminated in a panel discussion symposium with the directors of the five nominated films.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_Notable_Film_Festivals">Other Notable Film Festivals</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Cinematheque&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other Notable Film Festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The All Night Horrorthon at the Aero<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Recent Spanish Cinema<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Cinema Italian Style<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>German Currents<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Canada Now<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Starring Europe: New Films from the EU<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Screwball Comedy Festival<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etheria_Film_Night" title="Etheria Film Night">Etheria Film Night</a> Annual Showcase <sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Past_Film_Festivals">Past Film Festivals</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Cinematheque&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Past Film Festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>EW's CapeTown Film Festival<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Festival of Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Brutal Youth Festival with Entertainment Weekly<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>It has also presented <a href="/wiki/Mods_%26_Rockers_Film_Festival" title="Mods & Rockers Film Festival">Mods & Rockers Festival</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a festival of rock-culture films first presented in 1999. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_Regular_Film_Series">Other Regular Film Series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Cinematheque&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other Regular Film Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Cinematheque also hosts a number of regular screening series year-round including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinematic_Void" title="Cinematic Void">Cinematic Void</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Art Directors Guild Film Society<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Greg Proops Film Club<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Etheria Monthly Screening Series<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retrospectives">Retrospectives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Cinematheque&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Retrospectives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2024, American Cinematheque, with the help of community partners including <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Film_Society" title="Armenian Film Society">Armenian Film Society</a> and <a href="/wiki/GALAS_LGBTQ%2B_Armenian_Society" title="GALAS LGBTQ+ Armenian Society">GALAS LGBTQ+ Armenian Society</a>, hosted "Three Homelands: A <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Parajanov" title="Sergei Parajanov">Sergei Parajanov</a> <a href="/wiki/Retrospective" title="Retrospective">Retrospective</a>", focusing on the director's films about his three homelands: <i><a href="/wiki/Shadows_of_Forgotten_Ancestors" title="Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors">Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic">Ukraine</a>), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Color_of_Pomegranates" title="The Color of Pomegranates">The Color of Pomegranates</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic">Armenia</a>), and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Suram_Fortress" title="The Legend of Suram Fortress">The Legend of Suram Fortress</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Ashik_Kerib" title="Ashik Kerib">Ashik Kerib</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic">Georgia</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Award_program">Award program</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Cinematheque&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Award program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to its year-round programs, the organization presents the prestigious <a href="/wiki/American_Cinematheque_Award" title="American Cinematheque Award">American Cinematheque Award</a> annually to a filmmaker in recognition of contributions to the art form. In the 20 years since the award's inception, many major filmmakers have been honored, including directors such as <a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Howard" title="Ron Howard">Ron Howard</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rob_Reiner" title="Rob Reiner">Rob Reiner</a>, producer <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Bruckheimer" title="Jerry Bruckheimer">Jerry Bruckheimer</a>, and actors including <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bette_Midler" title="Bette Midler">Bette Midler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mel_Gibson" title="Mel Gibson">Mel Gibson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Willis" title="Bruce Willis">Bruce Willis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Jackson" title="Samuel L. Jackson">Samuel L. Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denzel_Washington" title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jodie_Foster" title="Jodie Foster">Jodie Foster</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_Distribution">Former Distribution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Cinematheque&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Former Distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>American Cinematheque's distribution arm was set up in 1999 as Vitagraph Films.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Participation_by_industry_leaders">Participation by industry leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Cinematheque&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Participation by industry leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The organization is governed by a board of directors and a board of trustees. Each board has included prominent leaders in the entertainment industry, including directors and producers such as Sydney Pollack, Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols, Francis Coppola, <a href="/wiki/William_Friedkin" title="William Friedkin">William Friedkin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melvin_Van_Peebles" title="Melvin Van Peebles">Melvin Van Peebles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Grazer" title="Brian Grazer">Brian Grazer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dante" title="Joe Dante">Joe Dante</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paula_Wagner" title="Paula Wagner">Paula Wagner</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Tisch" title="Steve Tisch">Steve Tisch</a>. Other prominent board members include actors Candice Bergen and Goldie Hawn. </p><p>The current board of directors is chaired by talent agent <a href="/wiki/Rick_Nicita" title="Rick Nicita">Rick Nicita</a> (former co-chairman of <a href="/wiki/Creative_Artists_Agency" title="Creative Artists Agency">Creative Artists Agency</a>). It also contains journalist <a href="/wiki/Peter_Bart" title="Peter Bart">Peter Bart</a> (former editor in chief of <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i>); film producer <a href="/wiki/Jason_Blum" title="Jason Blum">Jason Blum</a>; film executive <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Leonard" title="Franklin Leonard">Franklin Leonard</a>; film director <a href="/wiki/Michael_Mann" title="Michael Mann">Michael Mann</a>; former studio chief <a href="/wiki/Mike_Medavoy" title="Mike Medavoy">Mike Medavoy</a>; film producer <a href="/wiki/Paula_Wagner" title="Paula Wagner">Paula Wagner</a>; and <a href="/wiki/David_Zaslav" title="David Zaslav">David Zaslav</a>, current CEO and president of <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Discovery" title="Warner Bros. Discovery">Warner Bros. 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