“We want to be able to have the best conditions here in California to maintain our competitiveness and have people filming and producing here in our state,” declares California Film Commission dire…
peppered with pics of Nancy Pelosi and other pols that also veers more Kardashian than Film Commission at times, Bell started her career in television after marrying Bradley Bell, the son of the Emmy-winning creators ofRising to special projects director and a producer on the family run latter daytime soap over the years, Bell has been a significant donor to various causes and Democratic candidates, including being a major bundler for Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign.
Overlooking preparations for another movie premiere at the famed Chinese Theatre, a well prepped Bell sat down with me this week to discuss her new role running the CFC, the demands on the program and her aims to take it forward. The former ambassador also addressed her political affiliations, concerns about conflict of interest, advantages of her TV and government background and that urgency taking on more lucrative jurisdictions to keep production in Cali.
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