Asylum Executive Paul Bales Called Chair of IFTA

Paul Bales of category production group The Asylum ( Sharknado, Blind Waters) has actually been chosen the brand-new chair of the Independent Movie & & Tv Alliance (IFTA). He is successful outbound chair Clay Epstein of Movie Mode Home entertainment, who served 2 successive two-year terms.

Bales has actually been a partner and chief running officer at The Asylum given that 2006. The Burbank-based producer/distributor is popular for its Sharknado franchise and B-movie mockbusters such as Bullet Train Down, Jurassic Supremacy and Leading Gunner

Before signing up with The Asylum, Bales acted as National Director of SAGIndie, the Screen Casts Guild outreach program for independent manufacturers. Bales has actually served numerous terms on the IFTA Board given that 2015.

” I’m happy to function as Chairperson and to continue IFTA’s essential deal with behalf of the Independents,” stated Bales in a declaration. “These are tough times for the market, and I’m particularly delighted to serve along with such a skilled and thoughtful group of Directors, each having fantastic impulses, understanding, and the capability to stand firm. Our members are the bedrock of an imaginative and ingenious market and IFTA is devoted to supporting their efforts to get independent movies made and to reach audiences worldwide.”

” Paul’s deep understanding of our service and unwavering dedication to IFTA will make him an exceptional Chairperson,” stated IFTA President and CEO Jean Prewitt, who is leaving her post at the end of this year. “His management, together with our recently selected Board, will be vital as we browse both the continuous obstacles and brand-new chances ahead. Their durability continues to specify what it implies to be independent.”.

IFTA on Thursday revealed the outcomes of board elections. 7 IFTA member executives were called to the board of directors: TPC handling director Scott Bedno, Home Entertainment Team CEO Shaked Berenson, Artist View Home Entertainment President and CEO Scott Jones, Studiocanal head of global sales Chloé Marquet, Highland Movie Group COO Delphine Perrier, Vision Movies director and CEO Lise Romanoff, and director of Gleneagles Films Michael Ryan. This marks the very first term on the IFTA Board for both Jones and Perrier.

Likewise on the IFTA board of directors, presently serving the 2nd year of their two-year term are: Arclight Films CFO Brian Beckmann, Movie Seekers handling director Caroline Couret-Delegue, Michael Dwyer, EVP, around the world sales and circulation at Renewal Media Group, Odin Eye Home Entertainment CEO Michael Favelle, AGC Studios SVP of around the world sales and circulation Diane Ferrandez, Lead Character Pictures CCO George Hamilton, and Alice Laffille, VP of global sales at FilmNation Home entertainment.

IFTA represents global movie and television business– manufacturers, investors, suppliers and sales groups– around the world and runs the yearly American Movie Market, the current edition of which runs Nov. 11-16 in Los Angeles.