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The Academy’s Award

Originally published Jan. 22, 2011: We are proud to announce that the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has selected MPTF to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for service to the industry! The Academy will present the...

Jean hersholt humanitarian award.

Connecting to the Light

On December 16th, 2020, our webinar series wrapped up its first year with “Connecting to the Light—How to Cope in this Uncertain Time.” Our dedicated on-campus chaplains, Rabbi Arthur Rosenberg and Chaplain Dina Kuperstock, live on the front lines of care, offering...

“Connecting to the Light—How to Cope in this Uncertain Time.” with Rabbi Arthur Rosenberg and Chaplain Dina Kuperstock

Veterans Among Us

Orven Schanzer fought in WWII in the 9th Air Force. After three bronze stars, a victory ribbon, Good Conduct Medal and others, Orven returned to the states to begin an extensive career with 20th Century Fox. He was an editor on Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor,...

Old Photo of Soldier

A Story for the Ages

Over the Thanksgiving holiday in 2020, Courteney Bailey, MPTF’s Chief Development Officer, spoke with MPTF Board of Governors Chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg on MPTF Influencers, a weekly program on MPTF Studio’s Organized Chaos. He shared some touching and funny...

Jeffrey Katzenberg Reel Stories Real Lives

Top 100 with Billy & Hawk

When the former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who also boasts an impressive producing roster of classics, gets together to talk movies with an Oscar-nominated screenwriter with extensive credits known around the world, you know...

Top 100 with Billy & Hawk

The Goldwyns

Anna Musky-Goldwyn’s great grandfather, Samuel Goldwyn, was a motion picture legend in Hollywood’s Golden Age and a strong supporter of what was then the Motion Picture Relief Fund. Her grandfather was prolific film producer, Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., who contributed...

Anna Musky-Goldwyn & Tony Goldwyn

Love Grows

In their day, Jules Stein and his partner at MCA Universal, Lew Wasserman, set up an endowment for MPTF campus gardens.

A street with purple flowers and shrubs.

Thank You, Paramount

As a charitable organization that relies upon the generosity of others, MPTF is honored by the benevolence of Paramount Pictures. That giving spirit begins with the CEO and Chairman, Jim Gianopulos’ participation on MPTF’s Board of Directors, and carries across the...

Thank You, Paramount MPTF Billboard

Living the Dream

The Academy Award-winning duo Brian Grazer and Ron Howard recently joined Hawk Koch’s Inside Hollywood on MPTF Studios’ Creative Chaos to discuss moviemaking, their fruitful relationship, and their film Hillbilly Elegy showcasing Amy Adams and Glenn Close. Friends...

Brian Grazer and Ron Howard recently joined Hawk Koch’s Inside Hollywood