Lionsgate CEO Named MIPCOM Personality of the Year

PARIS/SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: Reed MIDEM has selected Jon Feltheimer, the co-chairman and CEO of Lionsgate, as the MIPCOM 2010 Personality of the Year.

Feltheimer is being recognized for his leadership at Lionsgate and for driving creative productions and developing award-winning TV programs, including the smash hit Mad Men. Feltheimer will be honored on October 5 during the annual MIPCOM Gala Dinner. Earlier that day, Feltheimer will share his vision of the future of the entertainment industry during a keynote address as part of MIPCOM’s Media Mastermind series of presentations.

"MIPCOM is saluting Jon Feltheimer’s distinguished 25-year career of leadership at independent studios Lionsgate and New World, as well as major studio Sony Pictures," commented Reed MIDEM’s CEO, Paul Zilk. "We are presenting the 2010 Personality of the Year Award to Mr. Feltheimer for his achievements at Lionsgate in creating global hit TV programming, including Mad Men, which appeals to audiences worldwide." Zilk continued: "Throughout his career, Jon Feltheimer has been a leading visionary and architect of the TV and film industry, and MIPCOM is delighted to honour him this year.”

“I am honored to receive this award from MIPCOM and to be recognised in the company of so many of the pillars of the global entertainment community,” said Feltheimer. “We at Lionsgate remain committed to joining the rest of our community in harnessing new business models, new technologies and new markets to bring the work of our creative visionaries to a global audience.”