Curt Marvis

Executive experience

Prior to his role at The QYOU, Marvis was President of Digital Media at Lionsgate,[1] where he oversaw its digital business portfolio.[2]

Before joining Lionsgate, Marvis was the co-founder and CEO of CinemaNow, for which Lionsgate was a lead investor since CinemaNow's founding in 1999[3]

CinemaNow was acquired by Sonic Solutions in November 2008 for $9 million after having raised more than $40 million in venture capital over its lifetime[4]

He served one year on the IBM Multimedia Task Force creating strategic plans for IBM in their development of interactive software.[5] After that, he served as a Non-Executive Director of JumpTV Inc. from September 36, 2006, to October 20, 2008.[6]

Music video production

From 1984 to 1994 he co-founded and served as CEO of The company, a production company in Los Angeles. He launched productions for artists including Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Janet Jackson, and Bon Jovi. His productions numbered amongst MTV's most popular rock videos, for which he was honored during the Grammy Awards, American Video Awards, Billboard Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, and international competitions.[7] In 1991, he and directing partner Wayne Isham were awarded the MTV Video Vanguard Award honoring lifetime achievement for their work.[8]

Early career

Marvis spent three years with documentary and family programming production house Bill Burrud Productions and five years producing for a number of projects including the comedy program Channel Zero as well as a diverse mix of reality and dramatic productions for United Artists, New World and Sunn Classics. At the age of 17, he filmed and produced a television documentary on California that was sold during Marche International Des Producteurs (MIP) in Cannes, where he was the youngest producer to participate in the selling of his own program. [9]

Education

Marvis graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a BFA in Motion Picture and Television Production in 1980. [10]

References
  1. Article in Paidcontent
  2. Article in Digital Hollywood Archived 2010-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Article in NATPE
  4. Article in Variety
  5. Article in Digital Hollywood Archived 2010-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Article in Bloomberg
  7. Article in Digital Hollywood Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Article in Venture Beat
  9. Article in Digital Hollywood Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
  10. Article in Digital Hollywood Archived 2010-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
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