Jason Peterson
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Jason Kimball Peterson Santa Barbara, California, US |
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Jason Peterson is an entrepreneur and Chairman of GoDigital Media Group. He is the youngest producer to have a feature-film accepted into the Sundance Film Festival.[1] Concurrently, as an owner of Symbolic Entertainment, a boutique film production company, he has produced the award-winning music videos, "Stars" for Switchfoot in 2006, and TobyMac's "Boomin'", which won a Gospel Music Association Music Video of the Year in 2008.[2] Peterson co-founded GoDigital, a video-on-demand (VOD) distribution company in 2008, where he served as CEO. In 2010, he moved to the position of CEO for ContentBridge, a digital media supply-chain management firm, serving content-providers such as: iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, YouTube and iN DEMAND. Peterson is regularly invited to speak at industry events concerning digital-media production and distribution topics.[1]
Education
Peterson earned his bachelor's degree from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2004) and holds a J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law (2007).[1]
Career
Peterson holds the distinction of being the youngest producer in the history of the Sundance Film Festival to have a feature film in the competition, The Beat (2003).[1][3][4] Peterson is a content expert in international media-rights and digital-distribution and has given several keynote addresses on the subject.[1][5][6] He was voted one of the Top 30 entrepreneurs under 30 in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal, at age 27, in 2009.[7] Under Peterson's guidance, Content Bridge won the 2014 Digi Award for Industry Leadership from the Entertainment Merchants Association.[8]
Peterson is producer-owner of Symbolic Entertainment, an award winning boutique film production company located in Marina del Rey, California.[9] Symbolic Entertainment produces music video and commercials. [1]
Peterson is the President of GoDigital Media Group, an incubator firm for entertainment-industry related products and services.
Awards
Awards Year Contribution Title of Work – artist Category and ceremony Result 2007 Producer "Ni Freud Ni Tu Mamá" (Belinda) Video of the Year (Lo Nuestro Awards) Nominated 2008 "Boomin'" (TobyMac) Music Video of the Year (Gospel Music Association) Won 2010 “Mi Delirio” (Anahi) Mi Video favorito (Univision Premios Juventud Awards) Nominated Latin Music Video of the Year (Orgullosamente Latino Award) Nominated 2011 Music Video of the Year (Premios Quiero) Nominated
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Digital Hollywood Conference Schedule". DigitalHollywood.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ↑ Evans Price, Deborah (24 April 2008). "TobyMac Among Top Honorees At GMA Music Awards". Billboard Magazine. Archived from the original on 19 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ↑ Frilot, Shari (2003). "The Beat". Sundance Institute. Archived from the original on 19 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ↑ Seibert, Seibert (2003). "The Beat". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ↑ Rachel Abrams (10 March 2011). "Opportunity knocks for indie producers". Variety. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
It’s therefore up to producers, Peterson said, to have some framework for a marketing plan. "The producer has to coordinate the marketing efforts," he said. "If you’re in a split-rights situation, as a producer, you have to be an expert marketer."
- ↑ Schwartz, Rob (4 July 2014). "Golden Melody Awards Turn 25: Global Industry Talks 'Road to Recovery,' Jason Mraz & JJ Lin Perform in Taiwan". Billboard Magazine. Archived from the original on July 9, 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
Overall, Peterson stressed identifying and providing for under-served markets will be a real growth area.
- ↑ "Hollywood Hook-Up". Los Angeles Business Journal. 27 April 2009.
Jason Peterson always knew he wanted to do something in the movie business. Today, at 27, the self-proclaimed entrepreneur at heart already has two companies in the entertainment field under his belt.
- ↑ Latchem, John (9 October 2014). "'Breaking Bad,' Amazon, Content Bridge, Disney Among EMA Digital Honorees". Home Media Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
The Entertainment Merchants Association Oct. 8 presented its “Digi” Awards for outstanding achievement in digital entertainment content, retailing, leadership and innovation to Sony Pictures' “Breaking Bad,” Amazon, Content Bridge and Disney. The awards were presented at EMA’s Digital Media Pipeline at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.
- ↑ "Jason Peterson: Producer". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.