University of California, Santa Barbara

Thousand Oaks High School

New Trier High School

Senior Vice President, Distribution and Acquisitions at Myriad Pictures

Los Angeles, California, United States

Myriad Pictures

Senior Vice President, Distribution and Acquisitions

Working for one of the leading production and sales companies in the international space, my responsibilities include securing all rights deals for company's theatrical product, generate revenue in all territories from company's 175+ title library, focusing on emerging digital platforms, DTT channels, and pay and free TV broadcasters, and work directly with company's acquisition, marketing, and finance departments.

Voltage Pictures

Vice President International Sales

Responsible for the licensing of company's filmed product to exhibitors, distributors, and broadcasters worldwide.  I attend all major film and television conventions including the Cannes Film Festival, American Film Market, and Berlin Film Festival/European Film Market.I am involved in all aspects of the film sales process-- I negotiate the deals, write the contracts, and collect outstanding license fees.  I work with our marketing department to develop marketing materials including the creation of key art and sales trailers.  I provide sales estimates to producers based on my knowledge of the international market and historical sales in each territory.From beginning to end, my job is to guide the producers we represent through the international sales process and maximize the return of investment on their films.

Spotlight Pictures

President, International

Responsible for international sales of children's programming, including the live-action series "Flight 29 Down" (26x30') which aired on NBC and Discovery Kids in the States and over 60 countries worldwide, and the live-action series, "The Wannabes," (26x30') licensed to Super RTL Germany, Starz Family, and HBO Latin America, among others.

Showcase for Kids

Head of International Sales

Solely responsible for the international sales and licensing of new and library feature film titles for company.  Licensed film product to leading theatrical, home video, digital and television broadcasters worldwide, including HBO (Latin America/Asia), Antena 3 (Spain), RTL (Germany), M6 (France), among many others.  Provided marketing direction for outsourced marketing team in the creation of film key art and trailers.

Scott Bedno