SEGA GAMEWORKS, a location-based entertainment venture formed by Steven
Spielberg and DreamWorks SKG, Universal Studios and Sega Enterprises, has
named leisure entertainment industry veteran, RON BENSION, as president and
CEO. As Chairman and CEO of MCA/Universal Studios Recreation Group from
1992 to 1996, Bension was responsible for running all aspects of Universal
Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Florida in addition to developing
international theme park joint ventures in the United Kingdom and Japan.

North Hollywood-based Film Roman's Board of Directors has decided that
DAVID PRITCHARD will no longer be president and CEO of FILM ROMAN. The
company is not yet ready to provide details on the circumstances of
Pritchard's leaving. Chief operating officer BILL SHPALL and senior vice
president JON VEIN will take over Pritchard's responsibilities until a new
president is named. David Pritchard was named President and CEO of Film
Roman in August 1997. Pritchard had been CEO and partner of

Hollywood, California-based SILICON GRAIL, developer of the 2D compositing
software Chalice, has hired CRAIG ZEROUNI as product manager. Zerouni grew
up in California, but began his career in London where he co-founded CFX &
Associates, a visual effects house. In 1997, he returned to the US and
joined Hollywood-based Side Effects as product manager for its Prism
software.

Chicago, Illinois-based commercial production house TRICKY
PICTURES has hired New York-based rep firm BLAH BLAH BLAH to represent the
company with East coast clients. Blah, Blah, Blah's ANDY ARKIN and MIKE
EASTWOOD will serve as Tricky Pictures' sales and marketing representatives.

Toronto-based NELVANA LIMITED has appointed IRENE WEIBEL and JILL NEWHOUSE
CALCATERRA as marketing vice presidents of the company's newly-formed
corporate sponsorship division. They will be responsible for the creation
of national corporate advertising opportunities for Nelvana's animated TV
programs. Weible was previously vice president of national sponsorship for
WGBH-TV, the Boston PBS affiliate. Calcaterra was previously vice president
of marketing, licensing and public relations for Santa Monica,

STUART OKEN has been promoted to the position of senior vice president of
creative affairs for WALT DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS. Oken joined Walt
Disney Theatrical Productions in 1995, and has been closely involved with
the Tony Award-winning stage show, THE LION KING, and Elton John and Tim
Rice's new musical, AIDA, set to premiere in Chicago in December 1999. . .
TOM WILLIAMS, a 29-year company veteran and former president and chief
executive officer of Universal Studios Escape in Orlando, Florida, has been

San Francisco, California-based WILD BRAIN, INC. has added GEORGE EVELYN to
their directorial staff. Evelyn joins Wild Brain after 17 years at Colossal
Pictures where he worked with the Trix Rabbit, Betty Boop, and Gary
Larson's Cavemen.

Vancouver-based BARDEL ANIMATION has added executive producer CAROLE
DUCHARME and business affairs executive DEBORAH REES-LEE to its business
affairs department. DUCHARME began her career in the film industry as a
lawyer specializing in film financing and as a legal advisor for
organizations such as the Quebec Film Classification Board. She moved into
the role of producer with the Paris, France-based company Les Production
Lazennec, negotiating and drafting agreements for international

Los Angeles-based CHEQUEMATE INTERNATIONAL INC., doing business as C-3D
Digital Inc., a 3D media company that provides broadcasting and
entertainment companies with the technology to deliver 3D entertainment to
any standard television 24 hours a day, has appointed media marketing
expert DANIEL R. THOMPSON to the C-3D Digital Board. Thompson is the
founder and head of Hollywood entertainment agency A Creative Group (ACG)
which specializes in product placement, promotional advertising, program
sponsorships, and distribution.

SANFORD M. (SANDY) LITVACK has been named vice chairman of the board of THE
WALT DISNEY COMPANY. Litvack joined Disney in April, 1991, as senior vice
president and general counsel, and was promoted to executive vice president
the following December. In May, 1992, he assumed the additional duties of
executive in charge of human resources. Before joining The Walt Disney
Company, Litvack was a member of the executive committee and chairman of
the litigation department of the international law firm Dewey Ballantine.