Entertainment Lawyer Jay Cooper Receives SESAC Visionary Award
New York, NY – June 1, 2017 SESAC, the nation’s only Music Rights Organization, hosted its annual Film & Television Composers’ Awards at the Casa del Mar in Santa Monica, Calif., last night, May 31. The invitation-only event was attended by some of the industry’s top leaders, composers and publishers.
The annual awards dinner honored music composers in the categories of film, network television, local television, cable television, advertising and streaming media.
Standing out among film composers was Christophe Beck for his music composition of Trolls. In other categories, more than 60 television composers, including Danny Lux and Jon Ehrlich, took home awards, recognizing the compositions to some of the industry’s most highly-rated shows to include Grey’s Anatomy, The Late, Late Show with James Corden, Running Wild with Bear Grylls, Golf on CBS, How I Met Your Mother, and 2 Broke Girls to name only a few.
In addition to celebrating SESAC’s film and television affiliates, the organization honored entertainment lawyer Jay Cooper with the SESAC Visionary Award. Cooper, a strong advocate for creative rights, recognizes the importance of intellectual property of the creative community and, for many years, has made immeasurable contributions to the creative arts.
Below is a full list of honorees:
FILM
Christophe Beck: Trolls
STREAMING MEDIA
Danny Lux
Jason Derlatka
John Swihart
Jon Ehrlich
Matt Mariano
ADVERTISING
Andrew Sherman
Andy Hong
Brian Yessian
Dražen Bošnjak
Maggie McDermott
Michael Yessian
CABLE Television
Andrew Kaiser
Christophe Beck
Christopher Tyng
Craig Sharmat
Danny Lux
Dennis C. Brown
Devin Powers
Fred Rapoport
Jason Derlatka
Jeff Garber
John Swihart
Jon Ehrlich
Matt Mariano
Paul Buckley
Paul Rhim
Rick Butler
NETWORK Television
Cheche Alara: To Tell the Truth
Daniel McIntyre: Golf on CBS
Danny Lux: Grey’s Anatomy, Mistresses, Telenovela
David Dachinger: Golf on CBS
Devin Powers/Living Day: Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Evan Frankfort: Calling Dr. Pol, Dog Town, Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, Dr. Chris Pet Vet, Dream Quest, Game Changers with Kevin Frazier, Hidden Heroes, Innovation Nation, The Inspectors, Lucky Dog, Save Our Shelter
Guillermo Brown: The Late Late Show with James Corden
Hagar Ben-Ari: The Late Late Show with James Corden
Mikkel Heimburger: Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Paul Buckley: Odd Squad
Seth Jabour: Late Night with Seth Meyers
Syd Butler: Late Night with Seth Meyers
Five Hundred South Songs: Grey’s Anatomy, Mistresses
FRC Music Publishing: Odd Squad
Melywork: 48 Hours
Music Box Street: To Tell the Truth
Must See Music: Late Night with Seth Meyers
Radical Rob Tunes: Golf on CBS
Songfair Inc.: The Late Late Show with James Corden
Zoo to You Music: Calling Dr. Pol, Dog Town, Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, Dr. Chris Pet Vet, Dream Quest, Game Changers with Kevin Frazier, Hidden Heroes, Innovation Nation, The Inspectors, Lucky Dog, Save Our Shelter
LOCAL Television
Andrew Growcott: Celebrity Name Game
Bob DeMarco: The Doctors, Dr. Phil, Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, Rachel Ray
Fernando Corona: Suelta la Sopa
Danny Lux: Raising Hope
David Catalano/Jillian DVG Music: Maury
Dennis C. Brown: Two and a Half Men
Devin Powers/Living Day: Crazy Talk
Devin Powers: Paternity Court
Glenn Sherman: Maury
John Swihart: How I Met Your Mother
Larry Brown: Missing
Matt Mariano: Raising Hope
Mauricio Arriaga: Antes Muerta Que Lichita
Michael Egizi: The Doctors, Entertainment Tonight, Hot Bench, The Insider, Rachel Ray
Michael Egizi/ME6121 Publishing: Dr. Phil
Paul Buckley: 2 Broke Girls, Noticiero Telemundo
Tim Mosher: Celebrity Name Game
29 New Tunes Publishing: The Doctors
335 Maple Music: Seinfeld
Beginning to Roar Inc.: Paternity Court
Best Music Hit Publishing: Antes Muerta Que Lichita
Fox Tunes Inc: How I Met Your Mother, Raising Hope
Music Box Street: Celebrity Name Game
Musica Telemundo: Noticiero Telemundo, Suelta la Sopa
Songfair Inc.: The Doctors, Dr. Phil, Entertainment Tonight, Hot Bench, The Insider, Rachel Ray
Warner Hollywood Music LLC: 2 Broke Girls, Two and a Half Men
About SESAC Holdings, Inc:
SESAC Holdings is the only U.S.-based Music Rights Organization that administers public performance, mechanical and other rights. SESAC Holdings is unique in its ability to offer singular licenses for the works of its affiliated writers and publishers that aggregate both performance and mechanical rights in order to drive greater efficiency in licensing for music users, as well as enhanced value for music creators and publishers. Its businesses operate on a sophisticated information technology and data platform to provide timely, efficient royalty collection and distribution.
SESAC Holdings’ subsidiaries are some of the most well-known companies in music licensing and administration. SESAC Performing Rights is the second oldest and most progressive performing rights organization in the U.S. SESAC Holdings’ acquisition of the Harry Fox Agency (HFA) accelerated its transition to a “multi-rights” organization with HFA’s deep publisher relations and mechanical licensing history. Following the HFA acquisition, SESAC’s Rumblefish subsidiary was merged with HFA’s Slingshot business unit under the Rumblefish brand. Rumblefish simplifies business for digital services, publishers, labels, artists and apps. Rumblefish’s transparent composition and recording administration, data and royalty management, licensing and network monetization allow clients to focus on their core business. Rights. Simplified. Royalties. Amplified.
SESAC Holdings has offices in New York, Nashville, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Portland, San Francisco, London and Munich.
