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Nicholas Paleologos is a cum laude graduate of Tufts University. He received his Masters Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University. In 2007 he was the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from the Boston Conservatory.

A two-time Tony Award winning producer, whose credits include both the London and Broadway productions of CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, Paleologos was also the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the HBO film IN THE GLOAMING--which marked the directorial debut of the late Christopher Reeve. His other film for HBO was the Emmy nominated LANSKY, starring Richard Dreyfus. Feature films include, HURLYBURLY and GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI. Paleologos’ most recent film was the PBS documentary, LOUIS BRANDEIS, THE PEOPLE’S ATTORNEY.

 

Prior to his career as a theater and film producer, Paleologos served for 14 years as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where his primary focus was education and the arts. He was House Chairman of the Education, Arts and Humanities Committee from 1985 to 1990. During that period, he was the author of several major initiatives including the Performing Arts Student Series (PASS Program), the 1988 Boston/Moscow Cultural Exchange program, the Student Freedom of Expression law, and the College Opportunity Bond law.

After leaving the Legislature in 1990, Paleologos helped spearhead the drive to create the Boston Renaissance Charter Public School---the largest of its kind in the country. He then served for over a decade as one of its Founding Trustees.

He was honored by the Massachusetts Association of School Committees in 2007 for his Lifetime Service To Public Education.

 

Paleologos also founded Boston’s Stuart Street Playhouse in September of 2000. Since 2007, he has served as Executive Director of the Massachusetts Film Office. Under his leadership, the Film Office has attracted more than a billion dollars in new direct spending on film and television production to the Commonwealth.