About The International Academy
Bringing Together the World’s Leading Media and Entertainment Professionals
Founded in 1969, The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a non-profit, membership organization, based in New York City, comprised of leading entertainment figures across all sectors of the television industry, from over fifty countries.
The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television programming produced outside of the United States, and it presents the International Emmy® Award to programs in twenty categories (including Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program).
The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the International Emmy® Awards held in New York, The International Emmy® Kids Awards @ Mip and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics.
Board & Members Meetings take place 3 to 4 times a year and offer Members the opportunity to network with their international peers from the world’s leading production/distribution companies and television channels.
The Board advises on International Emmy® Award rules and regulations as well as the management of the organization.
For more information on our sister organizations, please visit The Television Academy and The National Academy Television Arts and Sciences.
International Academy Executive Committee
- Bruce Paisner, President & CEO
Senior Advisor, Hearst Entertainment & Syndication - Fred Cohen, Chairman, Foundation
- Bruce Tuchman, Secretary
Tuchman Media Limited
- Kevin Beggs, Treasurer & Co-Chair, Special Awards Committee
Chairman, Lionsgate Television Group - Piv Bernth, Co-Chair, Emmy Committee
CEO, Creative and Executive Producer, Apple Tree Productions - Adriana Cisneros de Griffin
CEO, Cisneros - Armando Nuñez Jr.
Advisor, ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group
- Abbe Raven
Chairman Emeritus, A+E Networks - Rainer Siek, Co-Chair, Nominating Committee
President, MT.NY - Camille Bidermann Roizen, Executive Director
International Academy Emmy® Committee
- Piv Bernth, Co-Chair
CEO, Creative and Executive Producer, Apple Tree Productions
- Nashwa Al Ruwani
CEO & Board Member, Pyramedia Group - Steven Bawol
Managing Director, Helion Pictures - Deirdre Brennan
EVP Content Partnerships, WildBrain - Thierry Cassuto
Founder- Executive Producer, Both Worlds - Beatrice Cox
Managing Director, ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG - Joshua Mintz
Principal, Gilah Studios
- Michael Schelp
Sr. Director, Business Development, Fujisankei Communications International - Jorge Vaillant
President, Perspectives21
International Academy Nominating Committee
- Rainer Siek, Co-Chair
President, MT.NY - Adina Pitt, Co-Chair
VP, Content Acquisitions & Co-Productions, Cartoon Network & Boomerang - Leonardo Aranguibel
Head of Production Operations & Strategy, Buena Vista Original Productions / LatAm, The Walt Disney Company - Scott Borden
Head of Television, Laureus World Sports Awards
- Tom Devlin
President, International Sales and Distribution, Entertainment Studios - David Cormican
President & Co-Founder, Don Carmody Television (DCTV - Aline Marrache
SVP Original Scripted Content, Universal Music Group - Olusola Momoh
Vice-Chairman, Channels Television - Catherine Warren
Founder, FanTrust
- Jay Yogeshwar
Chief Strategy Officer, Thomson Broadcast