Affiliate of Technicolor Taps Markim

Technicolor Inc., a Los Angeles-based film and video services company, announced executive changes at two companies in which it has interests.

Joseph A. Fischer, a former president of MGM/UA Entertainment, resigned as chairman, president and chief executive of Los Angeles-based Four Star International. The company, a producer and distributor of television programs, is being acquired by Compact Video, a Burbank-based concern controlled by Technicolor.

Fischer was replaced by Alfred Markim, previously the chairman and chief executive of VCA/Technicolor, a Technicolor affiliate.

Arthur N. Ryan, already the chairman of both Technicolor and Compact Video, was given the additional titles of chairman and chief executive of VCA/Technicolor. Raymond A. Gaul, Technicolor’s president, was named president and chief operating officer of VCA/Technicolor.