Michelle Pizzimenti Email & Phone Number

Results oriented, disciplined, and forward thinking professional working in Production for 18+ years. An achiever by nature, driven by setting goals to grow the organization as well as individually.HBO tenure 10 years. Prior to HBO, eight years as a freelance Assistant Production Accountant working in New York and briefly Los Angeles, New Orleans & Puerto Rico.Team player, direct communicator and values community. Managing and mentoring others is important to me. Served three years on the Board of Directors for NOVAC Video, a non-profit organization empowering storytellers & communities in Louisiana.Completed a certificate program in Historic Preservation at New York University in 2021 & joined the Board of Directors for Cherokee Owners Corp- a New York City landmark in 2022. Recently joined the Board of Directors for Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts in 2024.

Listed skills include Entertainment, Film, Film Production, Social Media, and 19 others.

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  Senior Manager, Hbo Production Planning Incentives

  Warner Bros. Discovery

  May 2023 - Present - New York, New York, United States

  Research and develop a deep understanding of all domestic and international production incentives.Help provide production units across HBO + MAX information regarding opportunities to access government supported film and television incentives.Day-to-day strategic and operational planning, advice and pre-production support for HBO + MAX production teams.Develop business initiatives to help support accessing government incentives.Independently liaise with Legal, Finance and Corporate Tax to maximize the value of production incentives.Monitor and advise production and finance units of potential changes to existing or opening legislation.Maintain domestic and international production tax incentive database.Independently build and maintain stellar relationships with film commissioners, brokers and studio counterparts.Maintain incentive deliverables across all HBO + MAX projects.Manage execution of state and international reports and conduct economic development studies.Work closely with production executives and Warner Bros Discovery business units to develop and promote marketing opportunities for various jurisdictions.