Wichita native Dan Glickman moved from political office to the movie industry. As president of the Motion Picture Association of America, he doesn’t plan on turning back.

“Our political system is not as dynamic and flexible as it ought to be, and I think that discourages a lot of people,” Glickman said Wednesday in a lecture at Kansas University’s Dole Institute of Politics.

Glickman served Kansas’ 4th District for nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. He also was U.S. Agriculture secretary from 1995 to 2001 before taking the director’s seat at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics. He has been the movie industry’s chief lobbyist since 2004.

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His lecture was part of the Dole Institute’s “Hollywood & Politics” series, which continues today with a lecture by Alex Graves, KU alum and Emmy-award winning executive producer and writer of “The West Wing,” set for 7:30 p.m. at the institute.

Glickman’s son, Jonathan, is a movie producer of such films as “Grosse Pointe Blank” and “Inspector Gadget.”

“This is one of the few cases where the son helped the dad get the job,” Glickman said.

Glickman said he’s particularly suited for the job because he loves movies.

He said there are several issues facing the motion picture industry, including piracy, market access around the globe, and censorship and indecency.

Despite perceptions, Glickman said, he’s found the motion picture industry to be not terribly political at all.

And as for returning to politics, Glickman said he doesn’t have any plans to run for office again.

He said politics are marked by such a frenetic race for money that it tends to paralyze the process and the difficult problems don’t get solved.