Vance VAN PETTEN
Adjunct Professor, DODGE FILM SCHOOL, CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
Vance is Adj. Prof. at Dodge Film School, Chapman University.
From 2000 until 2021, Vance served as the National Executive Director/COO of the Producers Guild of America. Under the auspices of the PGA's Board of Directors, he oversaw the Guild's strategic initiatives on behalf of producers, including its institution of the "Producers Mark" certification process for theatrical motion pictures, as well as directing the PGA's member services and acting as principal executive liaison to studios, networks, guilds and other entertainment industry organizations. Under his stewardship, the Guild's membership grew from 350 to 8500 members.
Prior to the PGA, Vance was in charge of the business and legal affairs departments at Universal Television (1997-1999), Twentieth Television (1992-1997, launching the FX Cable Channel in 1994), and at Paramount Television (1983-1992). And before he worked at the studios, Vance was an associate at an entertainment law firm representing producers, writers and specializing in comics & comedy groups such as The Groundlings and Second City. In 1978, he received his J.D. and M.P.A. from the University of Southern California, and in 1975 he received his B.A. from UCLA.
