Earl Lestz

Earl Lestz is the Master Planning Director of Plymouth Rock Studios, a new film and television studio being developed in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Earl was formerly President of the Studio Group at Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles from 1985 to 2005. [ [http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2008/07/13/divergent_developments_in_plymouth/?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed7 Boston Globe - Divergent Developments in Plymouth ] ] At Paramount, Earl transformed the studio operations from a several million dollar per year loss leader into a $50 million per year profit center by developing over 500,000 square feet of new facilities on the lot. This development included updating the studio's sound stages to attract television productions such as Entertainment Tonight and Dr. Phil and expanding the post production capacity of the studio five-fold. [ [http://www.pacificaventures.com/earllestz.htm Pacifica Ventures - Earl Lestz Bio ] ] Earl was also instrumental in developing Paramount's child care center, a first for a studio. Earl also serves as vice chair on the Executive Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. In 2004, Earl was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [ [http://www.hollywoodchamber.net/chamber/board.asp Hollywood Chamber of Commerce - Board of Directors ] ]

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* [http://www.variety.com/vstory/VR1117491068.html?categoryid=38&cs=1 "Variety" - Hollywood fetes Paramount's Lestz]