Robert beitcher biography

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MPTF Makes It Official: Bob Beitcher Named President and CEO

He's been in the post for over a year, but the Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF) announced Tuesday that Bob Beitcher has officially been named its president and chief executive officer.

Beitcher has been serving as the interim CEO for the organization since February 2010, shepherding the non-profit through one of the most tumultuous periods in its history.

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The former Panavision CEO took over after his predecessor Dr. David Tillman resigned over criticism about his $600,000 a year salary and push to close the Hollywood home for the aged's hospital and long-term care facility. That plan resulted in a standoff between residents' families and the MPTF administrators over whether the facility should be shuttered in the wake of budget shortfalls. 

Beitcher has been credited with helping to cool the tensions between the groups. He has also helped shape a plan that would see the MPTF turn over its longterm care facility to Providence Health & Services, allowing the facility to stay open. A deal isn't in place yet, but Beitcher has told staff that Providence could take over operations by the end of the year.

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Bob Beitcher

Bob Beitcher has been the chief executive officer and president at MPTF since July 2011. Previously, Bob was president and chief executive officer of Panavision and vice-chairman of the MacAndrews and Forbes Media Group. He joined Consolidated Film Industries in 1997 as president and chief executive and served in that position until 2000 when the company was acquired by Technicolor. At Technicolor, he created the Creative Services group, which remains an industry leader in post-production and media distribution services.

Earlier in this career, Bob was vice president, Business Affairs at Lucasfilm Ltd and managing director of Jim Henson Productions. He has been a director of MPTF since 2007. He is on the board of directors of start-up SynOnSet, and serves on the advisory board of the Arri Rental group, the Finance Committee and Investment Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the advisory board of the Jewish Graduate Student Initiative, and SpringBoard Health Initiative.