Selection the Kids’s Charity of Southern California has tapped veteran Hollywood studio distribution chief Chris Aronson to obtain the org’s inaugural Profession Achievement Award. The tribute acknowledges his work in supporting and championing kids, youth, adults and households in want.
Aronson presently serves as president of home distribution for Paramount Footage. He did an extended stint at twentieth Century Fox earlier than it was taken over by Disney in 2019.
After starting his profession in exhibition, he determined to transition to Hollywood. He labored at MGM, and in addition began the theatrical division for Rentrak, which supplied complete field workplace information assortment, evaluation, and reporting for the movie business (Rentrak finally turned Comscore).
“Chris is an admired and extremely esteemed member within the movement image business whose steadfast management, dedication to the business, service to the group, and dedication to philanthropy are unparalleled. We’re honored to acknowledge Chris for all that he does to present again to others” says Steve Bunnell, president of Selection the Kids’s Charity. (The charity has nothing to do with Selection the commerce publication).
At Paramount, Aronson oversees home theatrical distribution and gross sales for america and Canada.
“Chris is synonymous with leisure and goodwill acknowledged throughout the nation and around the globe for his ardour and dedication to the movement image group and unwavering devotion to non-profits serving in key management roles for many years” stated Mike Polydoros, CEO, Paper Airplane Media and chairman, Selection the Kids’s Charity.
Aronson is the previous chairman and president of the Will Rogers Movement Footage Pioneer Basis, the Lollipop Theater and a key member of Selection’s President’s Council.