2018 was the 40th anniversary of the formation of an association
for the giant screen industry. Mary Jane Dodge at MacGillivray Freeman
Films, as co-chair of the GSCA Member Services Committee, is helping
GSCA with a video series sharing stories about the association and the
industry. In this video Mary Jane interviews Mark Katz, Senior Vice
President, Distribution & Theater Development at Giant Screen Films
and D3D Cinema. Prior to joining Giant Screen Films/D3D Cinema, Mark
Katz was President of Distribution for National Geographic Studios,
where he successfully launched and built one of the industry’s leading
distribution companies. Prior to that, Mark was President of
Distribution for nWave Pictures, Vice President of Sales for Sony
Pictures Classics, and IMAX Corporation. Mark has released and
distributed some of the most diverse, original, and successful films in
the history of the industry over his 30-year career. They include a wide
array of highly acclaimed documentary, specialty, art and independent
films, such as Jerusalem, The Human Body, Oceanmen, Titans of the Ice Age, U23D, Rolling Stones at the Max, Titanica, and Fires of Kuwait, as well as the highly acclaimed feature films, The First Grader, Amreeka, The Last Lions, and Restrepo, which was nominated for an Academy Award®.