Michael Bellavia
Michael Bellavia is a producer with more than 30 production credits[1] and a digital marketing executive. He is also an owner of HelpGood, an advertising agency in Brooklyn and Los Angeles that works with nonprofits and organizations focused on making a social impact including Nobias, National Forest Foundation, and the Ad Council on the Smokey Bear campaign for which the company was the recipient of the Gold Smokey Bear Award.[2] In October 2012, he co-founded the Million Puppet March that marched on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.[3]
He was the COO of Animax Entertainment, an animation, game, and interactive content production company. While at Animax, in 2006, Bellavia won one of the first broadband Emmy Awards[4] for a series of animated shorts that were produced for ESPN.[5] Animax was nominated for another Emmy in 2007.[6]
Bellavia 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,[7] a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and a former mentor at the American Film Institute's Digital Content Lab.[8]
Bellavia is also an improviser at IO West (the Los Angeles outpost of IO Chicago),[9] 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, Emogenius, Boom!, Lingo, The Great Escape, and On the Cover.
References
- ^ "Michael Bellavia on IMDb". IMDb. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ Smokey Bear Award Winners
- ^ Judkis, Maura (3 November 2012). "The Million Puppet March: Fighting for public broadcasting, with felt and fur". Washington Post. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ Mike & Mike: 'Off-Mikes' Wins Emmy Award | ESPN.com
- ^ ESPN to Launch Second Season of 'Off-Mikes' | AdRants
- ^ Animax Entertainment Nabs Second Emmy Nomination for ESPN Web Series - Press release
- ^ 2014 PGA Oscars Recruitment
- ^ Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo - October 10-11, 2007 - San Jose Convention Center Archived November 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ iO West - players Archived December 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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