Michael Bellavia

Current

• President at Animax Entertainment

Education

• Columbia University - Columbia Business School
• University of Michigan

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• My RSS feed

Michael Bellavia’s Summary

* 2007-2011: Board of Delegates - Producers Guild of America (PGA) New Media Council
* 2006: Nominated Broadband Sports Emmy Award, Executive Producer
* 2005: Winner of first Broadband Sports Emmy Award, Executive Producer
* Member - National Academy of Media Arts & Sciences and the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
* Deep experience with interactive and entertainment
* Background in marketing and strategy consulting
* Produced Flash animation for TV, DVDs, commercials, film and online
* Mentored multiple teams at AFI Digital Content Lab
* Speaker at KidScreen, Virtual Worlds Expo, e-com Law, NAB, OMMA, Ad-Tech and LA Roadshow
* Judge for Ad-Tech and Summit Creative Awards

Michael Bellavia’s Specialties:

animation, flash animation, online games, storytelling, broadband, digital media, interactive, virtual worlds, MMO, e-learning, kids, play

Additional Information

Michael Bellavia’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• My RSS feed

Michael Bellavia’s Groups:

Producers Guild of America (PGA) New Media Council, Boys Scouts, AFI Digital Content Lab, IO West, Virtual Worlds, Cold Hard Flash, IO West!, Hollywood Shorts, LA Flash User Group, Kidscreen, GDC, Ad-Tech, Worldwide Partners, Digital Hollywood

•    International Game Developers Association
•    Starlight Children's Foundation
•    Producers Guild of America New Media Council
•    Association of Virtual Worlds
•    thinkLA
•    Adobe Flex Developers
•    Adobe AIR Developers
•    Toy Industry Global
•    Free to play MMO
•    Video Gaming Industry Executives
•    MMOGs
•    Flash Game Developers
•    Kids Marketing Professionals Group
•    Ypulse Networking For Youth Media & Marketing Professionals
•    Animax Entertainment
•    VirtualWorlds
•    Virtual Worlds Roadmap
•    Valley Flash User Group

Michael Bellavia’s Honors:

2007 Emmy Nomination - Outstanding Broadband - General Interest
2006 Emmy Award - Outstanding Achievement in Content for a Non-Traditional Delivery Platform - first "broadband" Emmy ever given.