Entertainment Studios Adds Ira Goldklang As SVP

Entertainment Studios today appointed Ira Goldklang SVP of business and legal affairs, effective immediately.  Goldklang will work out of the Entertainment Studios headquarters in Los Angeles.

In his new position, Goldklang will be involved in all facets of the company’s business and legal affairs, including: theatrical motion picture co-productions and global distribution, broadcast television syndication, advertising sales, all seven 24-hour cable television networks, as well as the company’s recently-acquired theatrical and digital film distributors Freestyle Releasing and Freestyle Digital Media.

He reports directly to Entertainment Studios’ EVP/General Counsel Mark DeVitre.

Goldklang comes to Entertainment Studios after nearly 12 years with Sony Pictures Entertainment. Goldklang was VP of legal affairs at Sony Pictures Animation, and prior to that he was VP of legal affairs at Columbia Pictures.

His resume also includes a stint as VP of business and legal affairs for Morgan Creek Productions.

Goldklang received his law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School, and he also earned an M.B.A. from Yale University School of Management.