Carter Pilcher
| Carter Pilcher | |
|---|---|
| Born | Petersburg, Virginia, USA |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | United States Air Force Academy
Georgetown University London Business School |
| 💼 Occupation | Founder and CEO of Shorts International and ShortsTV |
| 👔 Employer | ShortsTV |
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Carter Pilcher is the founder and CEO of ShortsTV, the world's leading short film entertainment company that is home to the world's largest catalogue of short movies.[1] He is an entrepreneur and film producer who comes from a background in investment banking, law and astronautical engineering.[2]
Under Pilcher's leadership, ShortsTV, working with Magnolia Pictures, established the Oscar Nominated Short Films theatrical releases in 2006, and has been the only presenter since 2009.[3]
Early Life and Education[edit]
Carter was born in Virginia and grew up in Indiana. He received a B.S. from the U.S. Air Force Academy, a J.D. from Georgetown University, was admitted to the New York Bar and attended the London Business School Corporate Finance Evening Program.[4]
Career[edit]
Carter started his career as an astronautical engineer before working as a legislative director in the U.S. Senate. It was at the Senate where he was commended by former Senators John Kerry and Hank Brown for his work investigating "The BCCI Affair."[5] In 1996, the Polish defense minister awarded Pilcher that nation’s highest military honor — the Gold Commendation Medal — for his work on the NATO Participation Act which established a program to assist Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and other countries of Central and Eastern Europe in transitioning to full NATO membership.[6]
Pilcher moved to London in the 90s and began working at Bankers Trust where he was responsible for handling banking and telecom deals. After the bank was sold to Deutsche Bank in 1999, Pilcher used his proceeds to invest in a short film venture and launched his own business.[7]
Carter has worked for over two decades to build up ShortsTV's catalogue that consists of more than 13,000 titles from around the world. The library includes award-winning, innovative films on the channel, including short films from film festivals and award franchises.[8]
Working alongside Magnolia Pictures, ShortsTV first premiered the annual release of the Oscar Nominated Short Films in theaters internationally in 2006.[9] The program has three separate packages that include the Best Animated Short, Best Live Action Short and Best Documentary Short nominees, and each category includes five films.[10]
Also under Pilcher's leadership, ShortsTV debuted TVCortos in 2018, which is a Spanish language sister channel that features short films and series.[11] TVCortos is distributed in Latin American and Spain.[11]
Also led by Pilcher, in 2019, ShortsTV launched in India under the brand name “Tata Sky ShortsTV.”[12] To appeal to the Indian market, ShortsTV added more than 500 shorts from local creators, on top of its existing library of short films.[12] The goal of collaboration was to bring ShortsTV’s international content together with local Indian films and create a platform that appeals to Indian viewers in an inexpensive way.[13]
Boards & Memberships[edit]
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts[2]
- The Short Film and Feature Animation Branch of The US Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ Lee, Janet W.; Lee, Janet W. (November 23, 2020). "ShortsTV Acquires Distribution Rights to Women-Centered Documentary Film Collection From Mastercard (EXCLUSIVE)".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Carter Pilcher, Chief Executive of Shorts International | Film School Radio hosted by Mike Kaspar".
- ↑ Brueggemann, Tom; Brueggemann, Tom (2021-03-25). "Popular Oscar-Nominated Shorts Program Broadens to Virtual Cinemas This Year". IndieWire. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ↑ Randall, Garrett. "Smart Content Summit 2020".
- ↑ "BCCI Investigation | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ↑ Tribune-Star, Mark BennettThe. "Adding stature to shorts". Terre Haute Tribune-Star. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ↑ "Speaker Details: 2020 Fall TV". www.falltvevents.com. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ↑ Grobar, Matt; Grobar, Matt (March 24, 2021). "ShortsTV Sets Theatrical & Virtual Release Dates For 2021's Oscar-Nominated Short Films".
- ↑ Grobar, Matt; Grobar, Matt (2021-03-24). "ShortsTV Sets Theatrical & Virtual Release Dates For 2021's Oscar-Nominated Short Films". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ↑ Brueggemann, Tom; Brueggemann, Tom (2021-03-25). "Popular Oscar-Nominated Shorts Program Broadens to Virtual Cinemas This Year". IndieWire. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Hayes, Dade; Hayes, Dade (2020-01-21). "ShortsTV Expands To Mexico Via Deal With Megacable". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Bloom, David. "ShortsTV Joins Gold Rush Into India Entertainment Sector With Tata Sky". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
- ↑ Jha, Lata (2018-11-27). "Tata Sky launches short format content with London's Shorts TV". mint. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
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