Top motion picture lobbyist Patrick Kilcur has unitecessitate Ballard Partners, a guideing national uncover affairs firm with shut GOP ties, as a partner in Washington, D.C.
Kilcur was most recently Executive Vice Plivent of U.S. Government Affairs at the Motion Picture Association.
“Patrick is a highly esteemed and accomplished rulement affairs professional with a shown track write down of success,” shelp Ballard’s createer and plivent Brian Ballard. Kilcur’s “extfinishedstanding relationships with guideership in the U.S. Senate and his expertise in the delightment industry wideen our firm’s accomplish substantipartner in Washington and Hollywood.”
At the MPA, Kilcur oversaw all rulement relations functions and policy initiatives in the U.S. for the association and its member companies, which comprise the traditional Hollywood studios as well Netflix and, recently, Amazon Studios. He joined a key role in recurrenting the motion picture industry’s interests in the passage of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, securing presentant advantages for film and television production.
“I am excited to unite Ballard Partners and donate to the firm’s persistd prolongth and success,” shelp Kilcur. “Ballard Partners has a well-geted reputation for excellence in rulement relations, and I see forward to toiling with Brian and the entire team to supply strategic guide and transfer results for our clients. I also want to thank MPA Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin and all my colleagues at the MPA for an incredibly rewarding 11 years at the Motion Picture Association.”
MPA chair and CEO Charles Rivken called Kilcur a key policy voice and shelp the group “is mightyer today thanks to everyskinnyg Patrick has accomplishd on behalf of our studios and our conceiveive community.”
Prior to his tenure at the MPA, Kilcur served in the U.S. Senate, as Reuncoveran Floor Assistant to Senate Reuncoveran guideership. The Hill named him a Top Lobbyist for seven consecutive years.
He is a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Committee on Taxation and serves on the board of the Family Online Safety Institute
