Michael Bellavia

{{Short description|American businessman}}

Michael Bellavia is an Emmy winning producer with more than 30 production credits{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1680454/ |title=Michael Bellavia on IMDb |website=IMDb |accessdate=16 April 2016 |date=16 April 2016}} and a digital marketing executive. He is also an owner of HelpGood, an advertising agency and certified B Corp[https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/find-a-b-corp/company/help-good-llc Certified B Corp | B Corp] in New York City and Los Angeles that works with nonprofits and organizations focused on making a social impact including California Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Housing Works, and the Ad Council on the Smokey Bear campaign for which the company was the recipient of the Gold Smokey Bear Award.[https://smokeybear.com/en/awards/winners-gallery Smokey Bear Award Winners] In October 2012, he co-founded the Million Puppet March that marched on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.{{cite news|last=Judkis|first=Maura|title=The Million Puppet March: Fighting for public broadcasting, with felt and fur|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-million-puppet-march-fighting-for-public-broadcasting-with-felt-and-fur/2012/11/03/a4952fa6-25e1-11e2-8007-0994844f9afd_story.html|accessdate=23 February 2014|newspaper=Washington Post|date=3 November 2012}}

He was the CEO of Animax Entertainment, an animation, game, and interactive content production company. While at Animax, in 2006, Bellavia won one of the first broadband Emmy Awards[http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=12048058 Mike & Mike: 'Off-Mikes' Wins Emmy Award | ESPN.com] for a series of animated shorts that were produced for ESPN.[http://www.adrants.com/2005/09/espn-to-launch-second-season-of.php ESPN to Launch Second Season of 'Off-Mikes' | AdRants] Animax was nominated for another Emmy in 2007.[http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070327006009&newsLang=en Animax Entertainment Nabs Second Emmy Nomination for ESPN Web Series] - Press release At Animax he also led the company to the Inc. 500 list in 2009. {{cite news | url=https://www.inc.com/magazine/202303/ali-donaldson/need-some-help-heres-how-to-hire-a-remote-assistant.html | title=Need Some Help? Here's How to Hire a Remote Assistant | newspaper=Inc.com }}

Bellavia earned his BS in Engineering from the University of Michigan and his MBA from Columbia Business School. He is a former Chair of the Producers Guild of America New Media Council,[https://www.producersguild.org/blogpost/923036/182708/2014-PGA-Oscars-Viewing-and-Recruitment-Party 2014 PGA Oscars Recruitment] a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and a former mentor at the American Film Institute's Digital Content Lab.[http://www.virtualworlds2007.com/speakers/michaelbellavia.html Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo - October 10-11, 2007 - San Jose Convention Center] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071115155408/http://www.virtualworlds2007.com/speakers/michaelbellavia.html |date=November 15, 2007 }}

Bellavia was an improviser at IO West (the Los Angeles outpost of IO Chicago),[http://www.iowest.com/players/?alumni=1 iO West – players] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071207213530/http://www.iowest.com/players/?alumni=1 |date=December 7, 2007 }} Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, and The Second City in Los Angeles. He has been a contestant on several game shows, including Let's Make a Deal, 25 Words or Less, Wheel of Fortune, Smush, Pyramid, Emogenius, Boom!, Lingo, The Great Escape, and On the Cover.