Mitchell Block
Expert in documentary, live action, and animated short films
Adjunct Professor, Peter Stark Producing Program, USC School of Cinematic Arts
Contact at: (310) 636-8200, (310) 454-3896 (home) or mwblock@aol.com
Expertise:
- film distribution and production
- documentaries and documentary shorts
- animated shorts
- live-action films
- the film and TV industry
- the economics of filmmaking
- independent filmmaking
- festivals
- theatrical production and distribution
- film and television education
- President, Direct Cinema Limited
- Distributor of films that have earned 71 Academy Award nominations and 25 wins
- Author, Block's Guide to Documentary Film Distribution
- Adviser to U.S. State Department film program
- Founding Member: British Academy Film Television Arts L.A., IDA, AIVF, IFP
- Elected Member: British Academy Film Television Arts London
- Life Member: International Documentary Association, University Film and Video Association
- Member: Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Short Films and Animation Feature Branch; Executive Committee, Short Films Branch; Scholarship and Grants Committee, Academy Foundation; Documentary Awards Nomination Committee; Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Nonfiction Branch
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For more information, go to:
http://directcinemalimited.com/
http://docunomics.blogspot.com/
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