Regal Entertainment Group's Ted Hatfield knows motion picture marketing inside out.
A Paramount Theater usher at 11, Hatfield grew to excel at theater management. During a long and energetic career, he was vice president of exhibitor relations at both MGM and Sony in Culver City.
Now Regal's director of film marketing, Hatfield says receiving the Marvin Levy Career Achievement in Film Marketing Award is like winning an Oscar.
"Marvin is a dear friend and an icon," Hatfield says, "so to be the second person to get this award named after him is just phenomenal."
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