Eric Poticha
As co-founder of Frank-Poticha Productions, Eric Poticha develops film, television and web-based programming.
He recently completed a documentary film about the rapidly growing pro-biotic industry and the “Live Food Movement”
surrounding it. He is also the Executive Producer of "Love You, Hate You, Never Met", which is in development at The Game
Show Network.
Previously, as the Senior Vice President for The Jim Henson Company, Poticha led the expansion of this
top family entertainment brand into adult primetime television. Prior to Henson, Poticha served as Vice President of Fox Television
Studios, where he helped build its movie-of-the-week division into one of the most active long-form television suppliers.
He has sold and produced programs for ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and Discovery Channel, among other networks, and made movies in
Hawaii, South Africa and other locations.
Among his career highlights are developing and producing "The Muppets' Wizard
of Oz" for Disney; developing and supervising "44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout", FX's highest-rated original movie
in its history; creating the Fox special "Girl Next Door: The Search for the Next Playboy Playmate"; and producing Paramount's
two highest-rated movies, "Primal Force" and "Beyond The Bermuda Triangle". Poticha has served on boards of the Anti Defamation
League, and the Jewish Federation. The Johns Hopkins University graduate is a frequent guest lecturer at UCLA. He is also
an active member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences where after serving on their Board of Governors and Executive
Committee, he now acts as a member of their Show Committee which governs the production of their annual Emmy Awards telecast.
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