MPAA pitches indies on new liaison

January 23, 2007 MPAA chairman and CEO Dan Glickman reached out Monday to independent filmmakers gathered at the Sundance Film Festival as he announced the appointment of a filmmaker liaison, whose job it will be to guide distributors, producers and directors through the ratings system. Many indie filmmakers consider the Classification and Rating Administration -- operated by the MPAA and the National Association of Theatre Owners -- the enemy, forcing them to make unwanted cuts in their films. [...] Glickman told a gathering of indie power brokers that they have a new friend in filmmaker liaison Scott Young, a 19-year MPAA veteran who has been serving as a senior rater.

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