Herskovitz is new PGA leader
The irony is not lost on producer Marshall Herskovitz.
The veteran Hollywood filmmaker has been elected president of the 3,000-member Producers Guild of America, where he has been a strong voice in the PGA’s fight to curb the proliferation of producer credits.
Yet, Herskovitz is one of seven producers listed on the Warner Bros. film “The Blood Diamond,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, that is currently filming, according to the Internet movie database IMDB.com. The film lists 10 producing credits overall.
“I think that [this] reflects the problem in our industry that producer credits are a matter of negotiation,” Herskovitz said Monday after news broke that he would be replacing outgoing PGA President Kathleen Kennedy.
“I can’t control what Warner Bros. negotiates when it makes a movie. That is exactly what the Producers Guild is trying to deal with.”
Herskovitz’s film credits include “Legends of the Fall,” “Traffic,” “I Am Sam” and “The Last Samurai.”
Robert W. Welkos
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