Entertainment Industry Leaders and Environmental Experts Meet to Discuss Best Practices for ''Green Productions''

Published 01-25-05

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UCLA Anderson School of Management, in conjunction with UCLA Institute of the Environment, UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television and the California/EPA Integrated Waste Management Board, will host a Motion Picture Industry Sustainability Forum, entitled, "From the Red Carpet to Green Productions." UCLA Anderson School Professor Charles Corbett is the organizer of this event.

Leaders from the motion picture and television industry and experts from the environmental community will showcase existing environmental best practices within the motion picture industry and introduce existing "green" resources to industry participants. Conference participants will have the opportunity to network with other environmental leaders in the industry.

Speakers from the motion picture industry include:

Ed Begley, Jr., actor and environmentalist

Jim Economos, director of environmental and safety affairs, DreamWorks

Gretchen Lewotsky, vice president of public affairs and environmental operations, Fox Entertainment

Mike Fantasia, location manager (Dante's Peak, The Terminal, Seabiscuit, Catch Me If You Can)

Speakers from the environmental community and state government include:

Rosario Marin, board chair, California Integrated Waste Management Board, (appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger to represent the public)

Kathy McCurdy, vice president and director of features, Film Liaisons in California, Statewide (FLICS)

Ted Reiff, president, The Reuse People (dismantled the sets for The Matrix 2 & 3)

Jason McLennan, founder and director of Elements (the sustainable design consulting division of BNIM Architects)

Sarah Diefendorf, executive director, Environmental Finance Center Region 9 (examining environmentally beneficial behavior placement in television)

BACKGROUND: This event is supported by actor Ed Begley Jr., California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, director Roland Emmerich (The Day After Tomorrow, The Patriot, Godzilla, Independence Day), and producer Gale Anne Hurd (Terminator 1, 2 and 3, Hulk, Armageddon, Dante's Peak, Aliens). Please read their letters of support at the following Web site: www.anderson.ucla.edu/x7600.xml

CONTACT: Philip Little, Director of Media Relations, Korn Convocation Hall, UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095310-825-9983, philip.little@anderson.ucla.edu. Please register for the event by Monday, Jan. 31, at the following Web site: www.anderson.ucla.edu/x7544.xml

Entertainment Industry Leaders and Environmental Experts Meet to Discuss Best Practices for ''Green Productions''

Entertainment Industry Leaders and Environmental Experts Meet to Discuss Best Practices for ''Green Productions''

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