John Naveira Promoted to Executive Vice President, Post Production for Sony Pictures
Entertainment December
20, 2011
Source: Sony Picture Entertainment John
Naveira, a 21-year veteran of Sony Pictures Entertainment, has been promoted to
executive vice president, Post Production at the studio, it was announced by Gary
Martin, president of Production Administration. In
his new role, Naveira will oversee a staff of ten as they implement all aspects
of post production, from budgeting to digital delivery/answer print, on all titles
at the studio. He will assume the position vacated by James Honore, who retires
this month after 26 years working at the studio. Commenting
on the announcement, Martin said, “ John is widely regarded as one of the
most skilled and experienced post production executives in the industry. When
production wraps, our filmmakers will know their films are in good hands. John
is detail oriented and methodical, and he has exceptional relationships with the
best post production craftspeople in the business. There is no one better to oversee
the many aspects of finishing our films and we are thrilled to recognize his hard
work with this well deserved promotion.” Naveira
joined the studio in 1990 as a post-production supervisor and rose through the
ranks, to director, executive director, and, most recently, vice president of
post production, a role to which he was named in 2009. He has personally supervised
over 80 films, including the Spider-Man franchise, Jerry Maguire, Battle: Los
Angeles,Bad Teacher, and Moneyball. He is currently overseeing The Amazing Spider-Manand
Here Comes the Boom as well as overseeing the work of his team as he heads the
department.
Naveira’s career began in 1979 at Hanna-Barbera, where
he worked in the animation department. He joined Orion Pictures in 1982, where,
working in post production, he completed such films as Amadeus, Silence of the
Lambs, and Hoosiers. He followed this with a stint at the De Laurentiis Entertainment
Group as director of Post Production before joining Columbia.
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