LINDA LICHTER:

Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler, and Goodman

Linda Lichter received her degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1973 and her law degree from Boalt Hall, The University of California in 1976. She started her career at the law firm of Kaplan, Livingston, Goodwin, Berkowitz and Selvin, and she was a founding partner of Weissmann, Wolff, Bergman, Coleman & Silverman. In 1992 she formed Lichter, Grossman & Nichols, Inc. Clients of the firm include actors such as Ralph Fiennes, David Spade, Jean Reno, and Kiefer Sutherland; directors such as Steven Soderbergh, Peter and Bobby Farrelly, the Wachowski Brothers, Luc Besson, Marc Forster, Deepa Mehta, Susanne Biers, Jonathan Demme, Niki Caro and Miguel Arteta; writers such as Marc Norman, David Franzoni, Chuck Levitt, Robert King, Dan Clowes, Patrick Sheane Duncan, Andrew Marlowe, Linda Woolverton, Ted Elliot & Terry Rossio, and David Franzoni; and producers and financiers such as Gaumont, Jon Peters, and Ron Yerxa & Albert Berger (Bona Fide Productions). Ms. Lichter has been involved in the legal and business aspects of production and distribution of many studio and independent features. In the last year, she has been involved in Stranger Than Fiction, Babel, Little Children, and Little Miss Sunshine. She is married to Nick Marck, a director, and they have three children, ages 17, 20 and 24.

Panelists:

The current list of 2006 Filmmaker Forum speakers:

• Stephanie Allain (producer, Hustle & Flow)
• Aric Avelino (director, American Gun)
• Peter Broderick (Paradigm Consulting)
• Effie T. Brown (producer, Real Women Have Curves)
• Caldecott Chubb (ChubbCo) [Indie Community Lunch Hour host]
• Howard Cohen (Roadside Attractions)
• Patrick Creadon (director, Wordplay)
• Eric d'Arbeloff (Roadside Attractions)
• Mark Damon (Foresight Unlimited)
• Neill dela Llana (co-writer/co-director, Cavite)
• Kirby Dick (director, This Film is Not Yet Rated)
• Michael Donaldson (lawyer and author, Negotiating for Dummies) [Indie Community Lunch Hour host]
• Lindsay Doran (producer, Stranger Than Fiction)
• Dan Dubiecki (director, Thank You For Smoking)
• Udy Epstein (Seventh Art Releasing) [Indie Community Lunch Hour host]
• Mesh Flinders (lonelygirl15)
  
• Ian Gamazon (co-writer/co-Director, Cavite)
• Richard Gladstein (FilmColony)
• Micah Green (CAA)
• Rebecca Green (Linda Obst Productions) [Indie Community Lunch Hour host]
• Callum Greene (co-producer, Marie Antoinette)
• Matthew Greenfield (Fox Searchlight)
• Robert Greenwald (Director, Iraq for Sale )
• Greg Harrison (director, November) [Indie Community Lunch Hour host]
• Preston Holmes (producer, Waist Deep)
• Craig Kestel (William Morris Agency) [Indie Community Lunch Hour host]
• Sam Kitt (executive producer, Sucker Free City)
• Richard Klubeck (UTA)
  
• Ted Kroeber (producer, American Gun)
• Linda Lichter (Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler, and Goodman)
• David Magdael (TC:DM & Associates)
• Gail Mutrux (producer, Kinsey)
• Christine O'Malley (producer, Wordplay)
• Joe Pichirallo (Overbrook Entertainment) [Indie Community Lunch Hour host]
• John Pierson (keynote speaker)
• Mark and Michael Polish (The Astronaut Farmer)
• Rich Raddon (director, Los Angeles Film Festival)
• Peggy Rajski (executive producer, Bee Season)
• Ben Rekhi (producer/director, Waterborne)
• Danielle Renfrew (producer, November)
• Kendall Morgan Rhodes (producer, Southland Tales)
• Rena Ronson (William Morris Independent)
• Ted Sarandos (Netflix)
• Jeff Schenck (Regent Studios)
• John Sloss (Cinetic Media)
• Victoria Thomas (casting director)
• Nancy Utley (Fox Searchlight)
• Cameron Watson (writer/director, Our Very Own)
• Eric Watson (producer, The Fountain)
• Lance Weiler (producer/writer/director, Head Trauma)
• Wash Westmoreland (co-writer/co-director, Quinceañera)
• Greg Whiteley (New York Doll)
• Caveh Zahedi (director, I Am a Sex Addict)
• Amotz Zakai (Echo Lake Entertainment) [Indie Community Lunch Hour host]
• David Zeiger (producer/director, Sir! No Sir!)