IFTA taps Hertzberg as chairman

The Independent Film & Television Alliance has attracted on Paul Hertzberg, Leader and Boss of CineTel Films, as chairman for just about any two-year term, altering Troma topper Lloyd Kaufman. The election happened Thursday incorporated in IFTA's Annual People Meeting within the Beverly Slopes Hotel and simultaneously within the British Screen Advisory Council london. Kaufman walked lower after two terms. Hertzberg went unopposed. IFTA membership also re-selected Pierre David, chairman and Boss of Imagination Worldwide, to vice chairperson and Summit professional V . p . Kaira Kembel to vice chairperson/secretary. Hertzberg, David and Kembel will also be named for the executive committee. People ongoing their two-year terms are Elisabeth Costa p Beauregard Rose of Lakeshore as Chairperson in the Export Alliance Richard Protector of Protector Entertainment as Vice Chairperson Nu Image topper Avi Lerner as Vice Chairperson/Finance and Mark Lindsay as Vice Chairperson. Selected to two-year terms round the board of company company directors are Kaufman, Shaked Berenson of Epic Pictures Group, Carl Clifton of K5 Media Group, Roger Corman of latest Horizons Picture Corp., Myriad Pictures topper Kirk D'Amico, Albert Lee of Emperor Movies, Bobby Meyers of Meyers Film Entertainment, Kathy Morgan of Kathy Morgan Worldwide, Erection dysfunction Noeltner of Cinema Management Group and Lise Romanoff of Vision Films. Ongoing round the board are Steve Bickel of Orpheum Communications, Nicolas Chartier of Current Pictures, Mark Damon of expertise Unlimited, Clay Epstein in the Little Film Company, Tatyana Joffe of IM Global, Tony Kandah of Hollywood Wizard, John O'Shea in the Exchange, Wendy Reeds of Tiger Gate, Mimi Steinbauer of Hyde Park Worldwide and Lisa Wilson of GK Films. Jack Campbell of Maya Entertainment and Peter Kujawski of Focus assists as alternates. IFTA reps greater than 150 member companies from 23 nations. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com