Matthew Antonucci, Who Helped Restart Production After Covid-19 Lockdown, Promoted To Senior VP Of Safety At Contract Services

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Matthew Antonucci, who played an instrumental role in restarting film and TV production after the early days of Hollywood’s Covid-19 lockdown, has been promoted from vice president to senior vice president of Production Affairs & Safety at Contract Services.

Contract Services is the entertainment industry trust fund that administers the safety, training and roster provisions of the collective bargaining agreements between the AMPTP and IATSE’s West Coast studio locals, Teamsters Local 399 and the Basic Crafts.

Antonucci, who also serves as management’s co-chair of the Industry-Wide Labor-Management Safety Committee, oversaw its special Task Force in the drafting the White Paper that got the industry back to work in early June of 2020.

Presented to government and public health agencies across the country, the White Paper enabled the industry to secure approval to return to work and paved the way for the companies and the industries’ guilds and unions to negotiate their Return-to-Work Agreement. “Matt was exactly the right person to lead that unprecedented effort in an unprecedented time,” said Contract Services’ CEO David Gross. “He’s a thoughtful consensus-builder, even under the intense pressure of an industry shutdown.