Dan Glickman

Dan Glickman

Chairman & CEO, Motion Picture Assoc. of America

Dan Glickman served as the 26th United States Secretary of Agriculture, a post he held from 1995 until 2001. Previously he was a Democratic representative for Kansas in Congress for 18 years. Currently he is the president of the Motion Picture Association of America, which is comprised of the "big six" Hollywood studios. Glickman was born in Kansas in 1944 and began his career as a lawyer. He was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1986 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Harry E. Claiborne, a Nevada judge. Glickman has more recently served as director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University

1mins
Glickman contends that many of the problems of the developing world need to be addressed at the fundamental level of agriculture, specifically creating a self-sustaining agricultural infrastructure.
3mins
Politicians are too scared of getting decapitated.
No one would buy most user-generated content, Glickman says.
1mins
American identity was forged in the darkness of a movie theater.
Clint Eastwood is Hollywood’s King Midas.
“The Godfather” and “Chariots of Fire.”
4mins
People see what we’re like through our movies.
1mins
You can find almost anything that has ever been produced by the human race on China’s streets — illegally.
1mins
I’d like to say that America is gonna dominate the world in the next 100 years, but I don’t think so.
2mins
We haven’t reached perfection, but we have become more tolerant.
1mins
We’re headed for a more educated world.
1mins
The impact of sitting in a dark theater with a diverse crowd can’t be underestimated.
1mins
Treat everyone as if they’re important.
2mins
“The Godfather” and Clint Eastwood.
3mins
The world continues to love our movies, even if they hate our foreign policy.
1mins
A Kansan with a political future.