Michael Bellavia
Michael Bellavia is the CEO of Animax Entertainment, a studio that produces and markets video and interactive content. He earned his BS in Engineering from the University of Michigan and his MBA from Columbia Business School. He is a former Chair of the Producers Guild of America New Media Council, a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, a founder of Night Light Interactive and a former mentor at the American Film Institute's Digital Content Lab.[1]
He is also an owner of HelpsGood, a social media agency in Los Angeles that works with nonprofits. In October 2012, he co-founded the Million Puppet March that marched on the National Mall in Washington, D.C..[2]
Bellavia is also an improviser at IO West (the Los Angeles outpost of IO Chicago),[3] Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, and The Second City in Los Angeles. He has been a contestant on several game shows, including Wheel of Fortune, Smush, Pyramid, Lingo, The Great Escape, and On the Cover, and has won more than $50,000 and a telescope. Bellavia is a producer with more than 30 production credits.[4]
In 2006 Bellavia won one of the first broadband Emmy Awards for a series of animated shorts that were produced for ESPN.[5] Animax was nominated for another Emmy in 2007.[6]
References
- ↑ |url=http://www.virtualworlds2007.com/speakers/michaelbellavia.html |date=20071115155408 Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo - October 10-11, 2007 - San Jose Convention Center Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Judkis, Maura (3 November 2012). "The Million Puppet March: Fighting for public broadcasting, with felt and fur". Washington Post. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ↑ iO West - players
- ↑ "Michael Bellavia on IMDB". IMDB. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ↑ Spoofing sports talk with cartoon style | Los Angeles Business Journal | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ↑ Animax Entertainment Nabs Second Emmy Nomination for ESPN Web Series - Press release