University of Denver alum Danny Simon (BA '71, MA '74) will visit DU as part of the Distinguished Alumni Series Nov. 8-9, 2011. The series features distinguished professional alums from the Media, Film & Journalism Studies department and brings them to campus to provide current students with industry-based knowledge and perspective. Students get a first-hand look at how their degree can work for them in future employment and also see how past alums have shaped their career.
Simon, who has more than 30 years experience in entertainment licensing, will visit several MFJS classes including Media Law and Introduction to Media and Culture. In addition, he'll meet with faculty to talk about current trends within the entertainment licensing industry and discuss ways DU can interact with other alumni. The department will host two open meeting times for students and the general community to meet and talk with Simon. Open meeting times will be on Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 1:00 p.m. and Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 10 a.m. in the Mass Communications Building, Room 121. Students, faculty and staff from other departments including the Daniels College of Business and the Sturm College of Law are also encouraged to attend.
For more information, please contact Chris Henning at 303-871-3976 or email at christopher.henning@du.edu.
About Danny Simon
With thirty years of experience in licensing, Danny Simon has been responsible for numerous innovations in the licensing industry, heading up licensing departments at, Lorimar Studios, 20th Century Fox, and Carolco Pictures. Since 1992, he has operated his own independent licensing agency, The Licensing Group Ltd, representing on a global basis, such properties as: Rambo 4, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The United States Secret Service, Bluewater Productions, BayWatch and the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). In addition to the licensing representation of a variety of films, television shows, and lifestyle properties, Danny has handled the licensing of such celebrities as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stalone, and David Hasselhoff.
The Licensing Group Ltd also represents a number of manufactures assisting these companies with the selection and acquisition of licenses. The company has been instrumental in negotiating various licensing rights for properties including Star Wars, Marvel Entertainment, Aliens, US Army, DC Comics and US Marines Corps.
In addition to licensing, Danny also works in the area of entertainment development, having successful produced the film Mortal Kombat. He is a partner in Wet Works, LLC, a development company, which has the feature film Matt Helm in development at Paramount Studios, and other projects in various stages of development for both film and television.
An active participant in international licensing, Danny has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Australia, South America, and the Asian markets. He has participated in a considerable number of domestic and international conferences on the subject of licensing, and for the past eight years, he has been a consultant to the Hong Kong Trade Development Council regarding many aspects of the Hong Kong Licensing Show. Since 1991, Danny has been teaching a course on the subject of entertainment licensing at UCLA, in addition to serving as Co-Dean of the LIMA Certificate of Licensing Studies Program. He is a founding member and past Vice President, West Coast, and past President of the licensing industry's international trade association, LIMA.
