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Michael Harbert is the Managing Director/West Coast for the Core Strategy Group. He is also the Managing Member and CEO of Entertainment Development Partners, LLC (www.entertainmentdp.com).
Previously, as the CEO of The New Mexico Film Studios, LLC, he supervised the design and construction of the I-25 film and television production
facilities in Albuquerque.
As a writer/producer of primetime episodic dramas and feature films, Mr. Harbert was under contract at Warner Bros. Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and NBC Studios.
Prior to moving to Los Angeles, he was an Producer at both CBS News and ABC News, and was Executive-In-Charge of North America at Worldwide Television News (a subsidiary of ABC News).
As a politically appointed management executive, Mr. Harbert was also the Deputy Executive Director of the Tri-State Federal Regional Planning Commission, at which he guided the review and approval of economic development projects totaling over $25 billion USD.
He is currently a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the Writer’s Guild of America, and is a past member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He holds a B.A. in Public Policy Analysis from New York University.
