Michael Goldman, a prominent international film sales executive in the 1980s and two-time chairman of the American Film Marketing Association, has died
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He was AFMA's first CFO and served as its chairman from 1984-85 and 1991-93. He remained active in the organization throughout its first 25 years, also serving as vice chairman-secretary from 1999-2001. Born in 1939 in the Philippines, Goldman lived in Manila until 1942 and again from 1945-50. He and his family moved to Tokyo and then, in 1953, to Beverly Hills, where he graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1957.
Under his leadership, Manson handled foreign sales on more than 350 titles over the years. Goldman took full advantage of the changes VHS and video brought to the industry and personally supervised the marketing of 60 indies in the U.S.
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