Dick Clark Productions Taps Richard A. Pizante As New SVP Production
deadline.comDick Clark Productions said Thursday that it has hired Richard A. Pizante as its new SVP Production. The veteran producer, whose credits include co-executive producing on the first season of NBC’s The Voice and working on the Primetime Emmys, the BET Honors and the 2019 TV special Dolly Parton: 50 Years at the Opry, will be based out of Los Angeles and begin immediately.
In the new role, Pizante will run DCP’s production department, overseeing physical production and protocols as well as budgeting of the company’s live events and other entertainment programming.
He will report to DCP COO and general counsel Michael Kohn. The hire marks the latest move by longtime Golden Globes and Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve producer DCP since it was acquired in January by Penske Media Eldridge, a Penske Media Corp subsidiary and joint venture between PMC and Eldridge.
In June, DCP and Eldridge acquired the Golden Globes from the HFPA, and set a January 7, 2024 date for the 81st annual ceremony.
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