Mr. Andrews is one of the most storied executives in the history of the film and television industry having served as Vice President of Prime Time Programming at NBC, Senior Vice President of Columbia Pictures and Executive Vice President of MGM Studios.
Mr. Andrews' career began with Harry Belafonte Enterprises as a writer/producer. He was later hired by NBC and became the Vice President of NBC Entertainment. During his seven year tenure, he developed programming that resulted in numerous Emmy Awards winning hits and some of the network's most memorable shows including “Little House on the Prairie”, “Colombo”, “Quincy”, “Chips”, “Police Woman” and “Emergency”.
His success continued during his tenures at Columbia Pictures and MGM, where he was responsible for overseeing all network television production and distribution. Mr. Andrews, also, served as Production Consultant on the Civil War Epic, “Glory”, starring Denzel Washington, Matthew Broderick and Morgan Freeman.
Mr. Andrews is the founder and former director of the Warner Brothers Women and Minority
Writers Workshop, the longest running and most successful workshop for writers in Hollywood
history. He has been an Adjunct Professor of Drama at Yale University and the University of
Southern California and has been a Guest Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania,
Harvard University and the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. He was educated at
the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business and Yale Drama school.
Mr. Andrews has over 40 years of experience in the theater, television and motion picture
industries. He has represented several major clients in finance, distribution, marketing and
packaging content for global exploitation in all markets and media. Mr. Andrews'
outstanding managerial skills and creative vision have been demonstrated in many areas
of performing and cultural arts presentation.
Currently, Mr. Andrews is CEO of PACO GLOBAL, based in Las Vegas with an office in Santa Monica, specializing in Indie Film and Dramatic TV Series, Animation and launching an innovative Sports Streaming Network. He is affiliated with Phillips Exeter Academy, Wharton and Yale Drama Alumni.
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