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NYPA Honors Guild’s Paul Moore and Others with Phil Dixson Award
 Pictured at the Phil Dixson Awards reception are, from left: John Johnston, NYPA Executive Director; Pat Swinney Kaufman, Executive Director of the Governor's Office for Motion Picture & Television Development; Alan Suna, CEO, SilverCup Studios; Terry Lawler, Executive Director of New York Women in Film and Television; Paul Moore, Assistant Executive Director of the Motion Picture Editors Guild and past co-chair of NYPA; Stuart Suna, President of SilverCup Studios; and NYPA co-founder/Chairman Emeritus Morty Dubin. Photo by John Clifford for MPEG |
The New York Production Alliance (NYPA) presented its 2008 Phil Dixson Award to Paul Moore, Assistant Executive Director of the Motion Picture Editors Guild and past co-chair of NYPA; Alan Suna and Stuart Suna, CEO and President, respectively of SilverCup Studios; and Terry Lawler, Executive Director of New York Women in Film and Television at a special reception at the Library Hotel in Manhattan on June 10.
Named in honor of a co-founder of NYPA, The Phil Dixson Award is given to industry professionals whose extensive service, leadership and personal integrity have brought honor to the industry through their selfless efforts and exceptional contributions to the success and growth of the New York City and State production community.
“NYPA is proud to recognize these individuals for honoring Phil Dixson’s legacy with their untiring and unselfish support of the New York production industry,” said NYPA Executive Director John Johnston. “Stuart, Alan, Paul and Terry have committed their time and talent individually and through their organizations, to work through NYPA with state and city government to help maintain New York’s competitive edge as a location for the film, television and commercial production industry.”
In his award presentation to Moore, Johnston said, “ Paul served two terms as co-chair of NYPA. He made numerous and regular trips to Albany to meet with legislators and educate them about the industry. Paul is an advocate of diversity in the industry; he served on the Mayor’s Diversity Council and champions a project for a center for film and the arts in the Bronx.
“Paul was a major force in the creation and launch of NYPA Career Day; the second of which will be held this September at our next members meeting,” Johnston continued. “He also brought to NYPA an additional credibility with Labor, which extended to NYPA’s credibility in Albany. Paul has done so much as co-chair––and many of the things he started are on our future agenda.”
In his acceptance speech, Moore mentioned bonding with Johnston as a result from the Albany campaigning for film production in New York. He also remarked how much he missed Phil Dixson and how much he enjoyed his close working association with Terry Lawler, who in turn, lauded Moore for creating employment opportunities––especially for women––by promoting production and post-production in New York.
Moore also praised Alan and Stuart Suna for their tireless support of tax credit incentives. “Stuart made a motion and got 99 percent support for the post-production tax credit at the New York Production Alliance Board meeting,” Moore related. “Alan and Stuart lent absolute labor and management cooperation to that effort. Albany responds well to labor and management cooperation,” he added.
“This year marks the 10th anniversary of the formation of the New York Production Alliance,’ Johnston concluded. “Over the past decade, we have seen a remarkable turnaround in the amount of production attracted to New York City and State. We are proud to have played a role in the process of helping make that happen.”