Bryan Unger is elected FilmL.A. chairman

By Richard Verrier

Feb. 17, 2007 12 AM PT

FilmL.A. Inc., the nonprofit group that coordinates film permits for the Los Angeles region, has elected labor relations veteran Bryan Unger as chairman of its board of directors.

Unger, who serves as Western executive director of the Directors Guild of America, replaces outgoing Chairwoman Jean Prewitt, chief executive of the Independent Film & Television Alliance.

Unger, who joined FilmL.A.’s board in 2003, will lead a group of 24 members who represent production companies, neighborhoods, unions and vendors. Board chairs serve one-year terms.

-- Richard Verrier

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Richard Verrier

Richard Verrier is investigations editor for Arts and Entertainment at the Los Angeles Times. He has been with The Times since 2001 and has run our Company Town since 2016. After stints at the St. Petersburg Times and the Orlando Sentinel in Florida, Verrier joined the paper as a reporter, and for many years covered all aspects of the entertainment industry before turning to editing. He oversees the Company Town coverage while working to guide and edit investigative and enterprise reporting across the entertainment team, collaborating with writers and editors from all departments. He is a native of Montreal and a graduate from the University of Toronto and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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