Benjamin Rogers

Experience

• 

  Near and Far Productions

  Sept 2008 - Dec 2008

  Director / Producer / Editor -- Downfall (2009)

  • Directed / Produced / Edited short film, "Downfall."• Won NATAS Student Production Emmy, 2009. • Won Best Drama, Best Editing, Audience Choice, Highbridge Film Festival, 2009.• Screened at Louisville International Festival of Film, 2009.

• 

  Freelance

  May 2009 - now

  Live-Action Storyboard Artist

  Portfolio: https://benjaminrogers.carbonmade.com/Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user495431

• 

  Village Roadshow Pictures

  Jan 2010 - May 2010

  Development Intern

  • Wrote extensive coverage on available screenplays and existing studio projects.• Participated in Weekend Read meetings with Vice President of Production, Matt Skiena. • Covered reception and assistant desks, greeted guests, and distributed incoming packages.

• 

  Warner Bros. Entertainment Group of Companies

  Aug 2011 - Oct 2011

  Set Production Assistant -- The Dark Knight Rises (2011)

  • Locked down key locations for intense chase sequences involving Batpod and precision drivers.• Assisted Staff PA’s with background talent, including Bane's mercenaries.

• 

  ZEFR

  Sept 2012 - Nov 2017

  • Analyzed and managed rights for multiple major motion picture studios on the YouTube platform, including Warner Bros., MGM, Lionsgate, Fox, Paramount, Sony, Universal & Miramax.• Coordinated with studio clients regularly to evaluate and protect rights on title-per-title basis.• Trained other IP Specialists to build out a complete team over the last three years.• Promoted three times from content and rights management to current position (see below). • Organized and spearheaded ZEFR’s territory management system, creating a comprehensive digital rights library while working with IT, Operations and Account Managers to streamline efficiency. • Updated database daily, accurately entering rights information on title-per-title basis for clients.• Fostered working relationships with both studio clients and third parties, occasionally putting two or more parties in contact with each other if the need arose. • Managed YouTube assets by categorizing and identifying properties for major studio clients. • Performed various audits of properties on YouTube, both for ZEFR and the Movieclips LLC.• Refined and organized metadata on thousands of database assets for fast, reliable identification.

  • Senior IP Specialist

    Jul 2014 - Nov 2017

  • Database and Rights Management Specialist

    Aug 2013 - Jul 2014

  • Rights Management Assistant

    Sept 2012 - Aug 2013
• 

  Lionsgate

  Nov 2017 - now

  • Enter acquisition contracts for Latin America and Caribbean, including terms, recoupment clauses, options, derivative rights, linear and non-linear rights, territories, holdbacks and other license restrictions.• Clear, track and enter sales contracts as well as output agreements in Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada for rights sold to various local and global distributors.• Collision-check sales and output agreements against one another, ensuring accurate data and proper windowing of license periods in various languages, territories and exclusivity for 1st Run Films, library titles and television shows.• Maintain and update terms on acquisitions and sales contracts, reporting any upcoming expirations for licensed rights in a timely and efficient manner.• Ensure quality control of rights management system for accurate reporting and data entry. Show less

  • Senior Manager, Rights Management

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Manager, Rights Management

    Nov 2017 - May 2023