Head of New Media
International Creative Managment
George H. Ruiz is Head of New Media and Senior Vice-President of Business Affairs for International Creative Management. He represents traditional and new media talent and negotiates acting, directing, producing and literary agreements with major studios, distributors and independent production companies as well as making new media content deals with some of the top technology companies and organizations in the world including Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Netflix, Hulu, AOL, Electronic Arts and Sony. His clients include Felicia Day (The Guild, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog), Alex Albrecht (Diggnation, The Totally Rad Show, Project Lore), Xeni Jardin (BoingBoing), Veronica Belmont (Tekzilla, Qore), Dane Boedigheimer (The Annoying Orange) and has consulted on several new media projects for NASA. Mr. Ruiz was formerly a Senior Attorney for Paramount Pictures where he served as production counsel on over a dozen motion pictures, including Face/Off, Clueless, and several movies in the Star Trek franchise. While at Paramount, he also negotiated significant commercial tie-in agreements for various movies including Mission Impossible and Forrest Gump. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Southwestern Law School teaching a course in Motion Picture Production Law that garnered a 2009 nomination for Excellence in Teaching. Mr. Ruiz currently serves as the President of the Board of Directors for the UCLA School of Law Alumni Association. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the International Academy of Web Television. Mr. Ruiz is an avid martial arts practitioner and has competed in the French kickboxing sport of Savate. Mr. Ruiz received his Juris Doctor degree from the UCLA School of Law in 1992 and graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in 1989. He has been a member of the California State Bar since 1992 and began his entertainment career as a legal intern at the Walt Disney Company. Mr. Ruiz joined ICM in 1997.