Chief Executive
IMAX
Gelfond is chief executive of IMAX Corp., one of the world’s leading entertainment technology companies. Under Gelfond’s leadership, IMAX, which has its local offices in Playa Vista, has evolved from a niche purveyor of nature and science documentaries to a Hollywood movie force — both as a high-tech exhibitor and a creative partner in the movie-making process. IMAX has more than 1,700 theatres in over 80 countries, which showcase Hollywood blockbusters and local-language content to fans around the world. Gelfond joined the company in 1994, after his firm Cheviot Capital Advisors bought the company. That same year IMAX went public. Gelfond is a member of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts & Science.
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