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Peter Guber is a thirty-year veteran of the entertainment industry. His positions previously held include: Former Studio Chief Columbia Pictures; Founder of Casablanca Record and Filmworks; Founder and Former Chairman/CEO PolyGram Filmed Entertainment; Founder and Former Co-owner Guber-Peters Entertainment Company; Former Chairman and CEO Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). Films directly produced and executive produced by Guber have received more than 50 Academy Award nominations including four times for Best Picture. During Guber's tenure at SPE the Motion Picture Group achieved over four years an industry-best domestic box office market share averaging 17%. During the same period Sony Pictures led all competitors with a remarkable total of 120 Academy Award nominations the highest four-year total ever for a single company. After leaving Sony in 1995 Guber formed Mandalay as a multimedia entertainment vehicle in motion pictures television sports entertainment and new media. Guber is a full professor at the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television and has been a member of the faculty for over 30 years. He also can be seen every Sunday morning on the American Movie Channel (AMC) as the co-host of the critically acclaimed show Sunday Morning Shootout. | 