The Caucus For Producers, Writers & Directors
Fries has been the Chairman, having served for five terms, of the Steering Committee of the Caucus for Producers, Writers and Directors, an Alliance of Television and New Media Content Creators, a group with a membership of over 150 distinguished artists. At the Caucus he conceived the Annual Awards Dinner and the Annual Entertainment Night, the proceeds from which support the organization and provide grant funds for the Caucus Foundation. He has been the Chair and / or Co-Chair of these events since their inception over twenty-eight years ago. And because of his long term service to the organization, he has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Chair’s Award. Furthermore, Fries was instrumental in co-founding the Caucus Foundation, where he serves as President, which bestows Film Completion Grants on student filmmakers to create diversity behind the camera and helps place selected student in educational and rewarding internships. By the year 2012, the Caucus Foundation has presented 107 student film grants of over 1.0 million dollars in grants and in kind awards.
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