Progress, Potential, and Possibilities Podcast / Show Bob Beitcher - President & CEO, Motion Picture and Television Fund - Support For Living & Aging Well
Bob Beitcher is the President and CEO, Motion Picture and Television Fund ( MPTF - https://mptf.com ) a charitable organization that offers assistance and care to those in the motion picture and television industries and their families with limited or no resources, including services such as temporary financial assistance, case management, and residential living. Mr. Beitcher has been the chief executive officer and president at MPTF since July 2011 and serves on the organization’s Board of Directors. Previously, Mr. Beitcher was president and chief executive officer of Panavision and vice-chairman of the MacAndrews and Forbes Media Group. He joined Consolidated Film Industries in 1997 as president and chief executive and served in that position until 2000 when the company was acquired by Technicolor. At Technicolor, he created the Creative Services group, which remains an industry leader in visual effects. Earlier in this career, Mr. Beitcher worked closely with George Lucas, Jim Henson, and Francis Coppola and their respective production companies. He has been a director of MPTF since 2007. He is on the board of directors of Vino Vault and Exokinetics, and serves on the advisory board of the Institute for Human Caring, the ARRI Rental Group, ProdPro, and the Jewish Graduate Student Initiative. In 2021, he accepted an Oscar statuette from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on behalf of MPTF.