SANDRINE ORABONA Creative at Foreign Films
MERCEDES COOPER Marketing Manager of AFFRM
SHARON LAWRENCE Actress, NYPD Blue
GHEN LARAYA LONG experienced international technology and entertainment attorney and on the Board of Directors of WIF Los Angeles
Editors Roundtable
JAKE PUSHINSKY Film Editor; A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints; 10 Years
PAUL HARB Editor The Expendables, The Expendables 3
Documentary Roundtable
How to make an engaging documentary film in today’s ever cluttered distribution environment.
ADAM SCHOMER President of i2i Productions; Award winning Producer & Director
BARRY RUBINOW Former Senior Vice President of Creative Services for the Documentary Channel
KATIE WINCOR Coordinator at Rigler Creative
What Studios are Buying Right Now
PETER RUSSELL Master Story Teacher & Script Doctor; Creator of How Movies Work (HMW)
High Tech Hollywood: Production Software
presented by LIGHTSPEED eps
For too long productions have relied on the latest technology from 1995 to manage their shows. Now things and changing, and fast. See what people at the Director’s Guild, the Producer’s Guild, and Sundance Film Festival have been talking about: Lightspeed. Lightspeed has been used across the globe on over 1,000 productions. Learn how Features and Television productions are using it to:
• Import Shooting Scripts for Breakdown
• Prepare Production Schedules
• Electronically Distribute Script Pages and Sides
• Create and Publish Call Sheets and Production Reports
• Connect Crew via Mobile Devices
DON’T BE LEFT BEHIND.
MODERATOR: BRUCE SANDS LightSPEED eps
JIM FITZGERALD CEO of LightSPEED eps
Digital Distribution
CHRIS CHARALAMBOUS Head of Acquistitions at Freestyle Releasing & Freestyle Digital Media
TONY SAFFORD EVP of Worldwide Acquisitions for Twentieth Century Fox
MIKE POLYDOROS Executive Vice President at Lionsgate
HollyShorts Alumni: Where Are They Now
KAT COIRO Award winning Film Director, Writer, & Producer; A Case Of You; L!fe Happens; And While We Were Here
CAREY WILLIAMS Award winning Director, Writer, & Producer; Cherry Waves
DAVID RODRIGUEZ Award winning Director; Wrote, Produced, & Directed Last I Heard
MIKE LE HAN Award winning Director; Winner of Best Short Film at the 7th Annual HollyShorts for Mrs Peppercorn’s Magical Reading Room
Indie Producers 101: Theatrical vs. VID
SUREN M. SERON Producer, Sushi Girl, Stripped
NEAL FISCHER Producer, Sushi Girl
KERN SAXTON Director, Sushi Girl
DESTIN PFAFF Actor, Millionaire Matchmaker
KEN KOKIN Producer, Forbidden Kiss, For Tomorrow: The First Step of the Revolution
Impact Screenwriters & Directors 2013: State of the Business
Hear first hand from experienced Screenwriters and Directors about how to break into the indus- try, the state of the industry for directors and writers today, thier experiences, trials and tribula- tions, and how to go about getting work.
MODERATOR: GREGORY WEINKAUF The Huffington Post
RODO SAYAGUE'S Writer; Evil Dead 2013, Corned Beef, Panick Attack
KYLE ALVAREZ Award winning writer & director; C.O.G; Easier With Practice
JAMIE LINDEN Writer, Director, Producer; 10 Years; We Are Marshall; Dear John
L. PHILIPPE CASSEUS Writer of Lionsgate’s Film-Freelancers
SHELDON CANDIS Director, Co-Writer of LUV
Next Gen Breakthrough Producers
Independent producers continue to shape hollywood with companies financing the major hol- lywood films and the next crop of awards worthy indies. Hear the state of the industry from this group of Next Gen Breakthrough Producers and learn how to get your movie made.
MODERATOR: ELLIOT KOTEK Editor-in-Chief at Beyond Cinema Magazine and Celebs. com; Entertainment Correspondent for ABC Radio
MEGAN HUGHES Vice President of Route One Films
AMBER RASBERRY Director of Development at 34th St. Films, a subsidiary of Tyler Perry Studios
SARAH PERLMAN BREMNER Head of Development for Sunny Field Entertainment
CLAY WESTERVELT Award winning Director, Cinematographer, & Producer; Founder of Imaginaut Entertainment, Inc
ADAM LEBOVITZ Producer & Co-Creator of Quick Film Budget, Inc.
MARK STOLAROFF Independent Producer and a founding partner of Antic Pictures; Creator of No Budget Film School
MATT RATNER President of Tilted Windmill Productions; Match, Untitled Mark Jackson Sicily Project
Shooting In China
Industry experts Cliff Lo (Attorney), Adam Christian Clark (Director), and Melanie Ansley (Producer) share their experiences working in China on shorts, tv series and features across reality and drama. Hear of their highs, lows and how they handled cultural differences. With interest in China/US collaboration rapidly increasing, this is a session not to be missed.
MODERATOR: DEDDY TZUR Award Winning Composer
ADAM CHRISTIAN CLARK Award winning Writer & Director; Wrote & Directed award winning Goodbye Shanghai; Directed China’s first reality tv series
CLIFF LO Entertainment Lawyer; Kalmansohn & Andersen, LLP, Of Counsel
MELANIE ANSLEY Producer; Red Light Revolution; Shanghai Bride
