Eric Poticha

As founder of Zaydie Films, Eric Poticha develops film, television and web-based programming. He recently produced Love You, Hate You, Never Met as a pilot for Comedy Central and has since developed and sold it as a live stage show for major U.S. markets. He also completed production on a documentary film about the renaissance of comedy in the Catskills during the ’40s and ’50s starring legendary Jewish comedians Jerry Lewis and Sid Caesar. Previously, as the senior vice president of television for the Jim Henson Company, Poticha led the expansion of this top family entertainment brand into adult primetime television. Prior to Henson, Poticha served as vice president of Fox Television Studios, where he helped build its movie-of-the-week division into one of the most active long-form television suppliers. He has sold and produced programs for ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and Discovery Channel, among other networks, and made movies in Hawaii, South Africa and other locations. Among career highlights are developing and producing The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz for Disney; developing and supervising 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout, FX's highest-rated original movie in its history; creating the Fox special Girl Next Door: The Search for the Next Playboy Playmate; and producing UPN’s two highest-rated movies, Primal Force and Beyond The Bermuda Triangle. Poticha has served on boards of the Anti Defamation League, and the Jewish Federation. The Johns Hopkins University graduate is a frequent guest lecturer at UCLA.