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,...
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...
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...
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...
In their day, Jules Stein and his partner at MCA Universal, Lew Wasserman, set up an endowment for MPTF campus gardens.
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...
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...
In July of 2020, MPTF teamed up with the Milken Institute to host the Social Isolation Impact Summit. MPTF has been at the forefront of exploring innovative solutions to social isolation and we are grateful to partner with the Milken Institute and their mission to...
MPTF’s Professional Advisory Network (PAN) gathered on October 1, 2020 for a fascinating conversation focused on sports during the era of COVID. Speakers Renata Simril, President and CEO of LA84 Foundation, and Sean Farnham, Emmy award-winning game and studio...
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