Tamara Y. Woolfork

Summary of Qualifications:

Experienced film and television business affairs executive, adept at resolving daily operational and production issues, as well as formulating and implementing global strategic initiatives.

Professional Experience:

Chief Executive Officer, MetroVisa Entertainment – August 2003 – Present

Serving as the main operational and strategic executive for a start up media company seeking to produce high quality, animated home entertainment for the African American and Latino audience.

Co-wrote a formal business plan for the company
Initiated discussions with venture capital firms
Solicited and evaluated projects for the development slate of the company
Recruited experienced senior executives for the management team of the company           

Vice President, Business Affairs: Sony Pictures Television Inc.-1999- August 2003

Serving as business affairs executive for the Sony Pictures Television division that produces network, cable, and syndicated programming.

Handled business affairs for the CBS primetime pilot, “Joan of Arcadia and the CBS movie for television, “A Matter of Family”.
Negotiated and drafted network television license agreements for mixed media children’s television series.
Finalized international co-production agreements with Canadian and Asian production entities.
Provided business affairs oversight of the negotiation and preparation of promotional licensing agreements for such television series as “King of Queens”, “Dragon Tales” and “Jackie Chan Adventures”.

Director, Business and Legal Affairs, Warner Bros. Feature Animation: 1996-1999. Responsible for the business and legal affairs oversight of theatrical animation projects and the establishment and administration of Warner Bros. business policies with respect to the growth of a new feature animation division.

      Negotiated and drafted writing, voice-over and animator services agreements for the feature-length animated films “Quest for Camelot” and “Iron Giant”.

      Served as legal liaison to a multi-departmental group charged with the legal, financial and labor relations oversight of recruitment and staffing for the feature animation division.

      Provided legal support to the technology group with respect to multi-user hardware systems and animation and computer graphic imaging software license and purchase agreements.

Production Counsel: Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, 1993-1996

Responsible for the legal affairs of several motion picture productions per year.

      Negotiated and drafted talent agreements for a $70 million action-adventure film produced by Simpson/Bruckheimer Productions, Inc. and starring an Academy Award Winner for Best Actor and an Academy Award Nominee for Best Supporting Actor.

      Co-ordinated interaction between the production company and the physical production, post-production, credit, insurance, accounting, merchandising, and consumer products divisions of the studio during the principal photography of such films as “Crimson Tide” and “The Rock”. 

Litigation Associate: Morrison & Foerster, 1991-1993

Conducted litigation of complex, international corporate lawsuits encompassing all phases of discovery and depositions, motion practice, trials and appeals, including the preparation of a successful summary judgment motion on key trial issues in an international breach of contract dispute resulting in a $5 million jury verdict for the client.

Education:

Duke University School of Law, Juris Doctorate

Honors: Finalist, Hardt Cup Moot Court Competition

Moot Court Board Member          

Harvard College, Bachelor of Arts

Honors: Graduated Cum Laude
 

Professional Licensure and Affiliations:

Bar Admissions: Admitted to the California Bar, 1991

Admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeal and District Court of California