Center for Entertainment, Media and Culture

Events Calendar

Spring 2013

Date	Time	Event
Thursday, March 7th in Elkins Auditorium	7-9:00 p.m.	FREE SCREENING, "Watershed" narrated by Robert Redford Discussion following film's screening with filmmaker, James Redford and other distinguished guests including: Bill Hasencamp, Colorado River Program Manager at the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) Barry Nelson, Senior Policy Analyst, Water Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Skylar Peak, Malibu City Council Moderated by Craig Detweiler, filmmaker and Pepperdine Professor. Register http://www.pepperdinewatershed.eventbrite.com/

STATE OF THE INDUSTRY CONVERSATION
Chris Aronson
President of Fox Distribution

Sponsored by the Brenden Mann Foundation

November 14th, 2012

  

What is the future of the film business? 
How is technology changing the movies?
Join us for an evening to network with your colleagues and Pepperdine alums at the beautiful W Hotel in Westwood. Sponsored by Johnny Brenden, President of the Brenden Mann Foundation, we will be hearing from Chris Aronson, President of Fox Distribution in conversation with Craig Detweiler, Director of Pepperdine's Center for Entertainment, Media & Culture.

Christopher Aronson has served as President, Domestic Distribution for Twentieth Century Fox since 2012, overseeing all domestic theatrical distribution and sales for the United States and Canada.

Aronson was Executive Vice President and General Sales Manager for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distribution Company, where he was responsible for all of MGM's theatrical distribution activities in North America.  Previously, he served as Senior VP for Rentrak Corporation and started their theatrical division, which provides comprehensive box office data collection, analysis, and reporting for the film industry.  He was head of distribution at Destination Films and also held senior positions at Signature Theatres, Columbia Pictures, Vestron Pictures and New World Pictures.  Aronson started his career at Universal Pictures in his hometown of San Francisco.

Chris currently serves as First Vice President of the Will Rogers Motion Pictures Pioneer Foundation and previously served as Vice President of United States Variety and was past president and chairman of Variety Club of Southern California.  Prior to relocating to Los Angeles in 1999, he served as president of Variety Club of Northern California.

He is the proud father of three: Christopher Jr., Lyndsay, and Payne.  Chris is a graduate of the University of California.