Spencer Stephens Logs into Sony

Sony Pictures has tapped former Warner Bros. exec Spencer Stephens as senior VP of technical services. He will report to Chris Cookson, prexy of Sony Pictures Entertainment Technologies.

A network-computing expert, Stephens will work on a range of projects, especially 3-D, digital distribution and the creation of a completely file-based production pipeline for the studio.

Cookson told Daily Variety, "His background in computer science, coupled with the work he's done at Disney and Warner, makes him one of the people" who's actually worked on building a digital workflow for a major.

By David S. Cohen, Variety