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Porchlight Names New CFO, Senior VP

PorchLight Ent. has appointed Courtney Colman to the company post of CFO and Don Mirisch as SVP.

As the chief financial officer, Colman will be responsible for overseeing PorchLight's finance, accounting, human resources and IT departments. Prior to joining PorchLight, Colman was exec VP of finance at First Look Studios, where she oversaw the finance, accounting and participation departments. Before First Look Studios, Colman held the position of CFO of Lieberman Research Worldwide, a market research company specializing in the entertainment sector.

Colman's experience in the entertainment industry includes serving as VP of participations at Sony Pictures Ent.; VP at Universal Music's Interscope label; vice president of film finance at PolyGram Filmed Ent., and SVP at Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group. Her tenure at PolyGram extended over six years in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K.

Colman received her Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Toronto, and is a Chartered Accountant (CA) in Canada and the U.K.

Mirisch, as PorchLight's new SVP, will oversee the company's business and legal affairs.

Most recently, Mirisch founded and served as executive vice president and general manager of MGM Animation, which produced and distributed theatrical and direct-to-video features and television series notably including ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN 2, THE PEBBLE AND THE PENGUIN, THE PINK PANTHER and BABES IN TOYLAND.

Previously, he was SVP of MGM's Entertainment Business Group, with responsibility for corporate business affairs, including feature and television production, acquisition and distribution, music, merchandising and licensing.

Earlier, Mirisch headed business affairs for such companies as Hanna-Barbera, Embassy Home Ent. and PolyGram Pictures. His varied career includes stints at Twentieth Century Fox and Universal.

He is a cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brandeis University, a cum laude graduate of the Harvard Law School, and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the State Bar of California.

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