Bonnie Stylides
Senior Vice President, Business Affairs
Bonnie Stylides has joined Participant Media as Senior Vice President, Business Affairs, it was announced today by Jeff Ivers, COO, Participant Media. Stylides, who will report to Ivers, is responsible for handling the business affairs for Participant's development and production activities, as well as providing legal support for the Company's social action activities.
Ivers said, “Bonnie’s excellent reputation and considerable experience in handling business and legal affairs for both major motion picture companies as well as independent producers, filmmakers and other talent make her a most welcome addition to the Participant team. “
Stylides, a Stanford Law School graduate, most recently served as Outside Counsel to Summit Entertainment and Business Affairs Consultant to Phoenix Pictures, while representing other legal clients such as independent feature film producers, documentary filmmakers, book authors, visual artists and various pro-bono clients. From 1997 to 2005, she served as Senior Counsel in the Motion Picture division of Paramount Pictures, where she negotiated and drafted agreements involving rights, talent, co-financing, acquisitions and various aspects of film production. Prior to that, Bonnie was an associate in the entertainment departments of Katten Muchin and Kaye Scholer.
Her extensive volunteer efforts have benefited causes ranging from abused children to arts education to illiteracy to public radio, and her pro-bono legal clients include non-profits raising money for breast cancer research, seeking reparations for Holocaust survivors and protecting voters rights.
Before attending law school, Stylides worked in television and commercial production and book publishing in New York City.
Participant Media is a Los Angeles-based entertainment company that focuses on socially relevant, commercially viable feature films, documentaries and television, as well as publishing and digital media. Participant Media is headed by CEO Jim Berk and was founded in 2004 by philanthropist Jeff Skoll, who serves as Chairman. Ricky Strauss is President.
Participant exists to tell compelling, entertaining stories that bring to the forefront real issues that shape our lives. For each of its projects, Participant creates extensive social action and advocacy programs which provide ideas and tools to transform the impact of the media experience into individual and community action. Participant’s films include The Kite Runner, Charlie Wilson’s War, Darfur Now, An Inconvenient Truth, Good Night and Good Luck., Syriana, Standard Operating Procedure, The Visitor, The Soloist, Food, Inc. and The Informant!