Francis C. La Maina, the former president and chief operating officer of Dick Clark Productions, died Friday in Burbank. He was 82.
La Maina joined Dick Clark Prods. in 1966 as controller and head of accounting. He held several positions at the company, including EVP Business Affairs overseeing Dick Clark TV specials, series, movies, game and talk shows including American Bandstand, American Music Awards, Golden Globes and New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.
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He was named executive VP in 1977 and president and COO in 1986. He guided Dick Clark’s emergence as a publicly traded offering in 1987 and 2002. And in 1991, La Maina helped create Dick Clark Corporate Productions, which developed and executed non-traditional marketing communications programs, corporate events, trade shows, new product introductions and corporate and organizational film and video production. Clients included Apple Computer, AT&T, The Boeing Company, Ibm, Intel and Kodak.
“Fran was my soulmate,...
La Maina joined Dick Clark Prods. in 1966 as controller and head of accounting. He held several positions at the company, including EVP Business Affairs overseeing Dick Clark TV specials, series, movies, game and talk shows including American Bandstand, American Music Awards, Golden Globes and New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.
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He was named executive VP in 1977 and president and COO in 1986. He guided Dick Clark’s emergence as a publicly traded offering in 1987 and 2002. And in 1991, La Maina helped create Dick Clark Corporate Productions, which developed and executed non-traditional marketing communications programs, corporate events, trade shows, new product introductions and corporate and organizational film and video production. Clients included Apple Computer, AT&T, The Boeing Company, Ibm, Intel and Kodak.
“Fran was my soulmate,...
- 4/11/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
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