Johnny Katovsich
Johnny Katovsich currently holds the position of VP of Sync at Seeker Music seeking media opportunities for a wide range of music such as Run The Jewels, Christopher Cross, Outtasight, Mondo Cozmo, Sofia Valdes, tiLLie and the rest of Seekers 11,000 plus copyrights.
He previously headed up the music department at Endemol Shine North America,overseeing all audio efforts for the studio’s unscripted and scripted TV series including hits like MasterChef, The Biggest Loser, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Lego Masters and more.
Johnny has crafted a career in music supervision at a variety of top media companies over the years including Fox Cable Networks, Viacom and Lionsgate Films. He oversaw music supervision for reality television series, promotion and marketing for MTV while at Viacom. Johnny also ran the music department for the action sports TV channel FUEL TV (part of Fox Cable Networks), showcasing music in various ways including music docu-series “Check 1, 2,” live performances on The Daily Habit and much more. Johnny began his music supervision career working for Tri-Tone music on films such as Jackie Brown, Never Been Kissed, Clay Pigeons, Forces of Nature and more.
Philanthropy and community are also a focus for Johnny, who leads non-profit organization, Social Service, which raises awareness and funding for various charities. He’s featured dozens of artists such as Haim, Spoon, Wilco, Kamasi Washington, Cold War Kids, Gabriels, Warpaint, Broken Social Scene, Lord Huron, Aloe Blacc, Badbadnotgood and has raised money for charities like Planned Parenthood, the American Red Cross, Everytown, to name a few. This event has become a staple in the music supervision world and will only continue.
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