Gray Ainsworth
EVP Technical Operations & Delivery, Lionsgate Entertainment
About Speaker
Mr. Ainsworth leads the technical distribution activities for Lionsgate including delivery & fulfillment, localization, asset management & restoration, mastering, restoration, screening operations and both domestic & international theatrical servicing. Prior to Lionsgate, Mr. Ainsworth held various position with Deluxe Entertainment Services including EVP & GM Digital Media, EVP Corporate Development and Strategy and oversaw Sales and Account Management. He oversaw operations for all media services, television post production overseeing Encore Video. He also oversaw strategy and execution for all corporate development initiatives across the media group worldwide. This includes all acquisitions, partnerships, new products and services as well as involvement in operational activities associated with them. Prior to joining Deluxe, Mr. Ainsworth spent 16 years at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios where he was most recently Senior Vice President Technical Services. He was responsible for all worldwide technical distribution in all media. This includes video transfer, foreign language dubbing, film restoration, TV and airline editing, DVD compression & authoring, theatrical distribution, airline delivery, satellite delivery, audio, foreign theatrical distribution and advertising/publicity stills archiving & distribution as well as other traditional methods. Mr. Ainsworth, a graduate of The University of California at Los Angeles, has testified before the Library of Congress in hearings on film preservation. He is a past board member of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and a regular guest lecturer for UCLA Extension’s class on post production and distribution. He has been a speaker and panelist at numerous conferences.