2009 FORUM SPEAKERS
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Richard Abramowitz, President,
Abramorama Entertainment Claire Aguilar, President, ITVS Mark Ankner, WME Ami Armstrong, producer, Mr. Nice John August, writer/director, The Nines Sara Bernstein, Vice President, HBO Documentary Films Peter Broderick, President, Paradigm Consulting Seth Caplan, producer, In Search of a Midnight Kiss Nicolas Chartier, President, Voltage Pictures Michael Cieply, contributor, The New York Times Dave Cole, Dave Cole, colorist, Pride and Glory, Zack and Miri Make a Porno Arin Crumley, director, Four Eyed Monsters Morgan Dews, director/producer, Must Read after My Death Joe Drake, Co-COO/President, Lionsgate Michael Farah, producer, Funny or Die Laura Gabbert, director, No Impact Man Lizzie Gillett, producer, Age of Stupid Liane Halfon, producer, Mr. Mudd Pictures David Hays, producer, EFILM® Hollywood Alex Holdridge, director, In Search of a Midnight Kiss Steak House, producer, Weather Girl Jay Van Hoy, producer, Treeless Mountain Kevin Iwashina, Partner, IP Advisors/Hunting Lane Films Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, CAA Scott Kennedy, director, The Garden Laura Kim, Publicity, Inside Job David Klein, cinematographer, Clerks 1 and 2, Zak and Miri Make a Porno Richard Klubeck, UTA Ted Kroeber, producer, American Gun Gina Kwon, producer, Me You and Everyone We Know Sydney Levine, blogger, "Sydney's Buzz" Linda Lichter, attorney, Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler & Feldman, Inc. |
John Lightfoot, Programs Manager, California Council for the Humanities Michael London, CEO, Groundswell Productions Julie Lynn, producer, Mother and Child Luis Ortiz, Managing Director, Latino Public Broadcasting Tina Mabry, writer/director, Mississippi Damned Brian O'Shea, Executive V.P of Worldwide Distribution, Odd Lot Entertainment Heather Rae, producer Frozen River Jon Reiss, director/producer, Bomb It Danielle Renfrew, producer, Waitress Rena Ronson, previously of WMI Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard Rose, SVP of International Sales, Lakeshore Ent. Chris J. Russo, Independent Features Rep, Kodak Scott Sanders, director, Black Dynamite Steven Schardt, producer, Humpday AJ Schnack, director/producer, Convention Cathy Schulman, producer, Darfur Now Jon Stern, producer, Centrifugal Films Morgan Stiff, producer/editor, Mississippi Damned Mary Sweeney, producer, Mulholland Drive Johnny Symons, director/producer, Daddy & Papa, Ask Not Ondi Timoner, director, We Live in Public Matt Tyrnauer, director, Valentino: The Last Emperor Sharon Waxman, journalist/author, The Wrap Blayne Weaver, director, Weather Girl Jason Weiss, producer, Humboldt County Steve Williams, Director of Sound Operation, NBC Universal Laurie Woodrow, President, Trans-Pacific Media David Brooks Worthen, SVP, Fox Digital Ron Yerxa, Partner, Bona Fide Productions |
PREVIOUS FORUM SPEAKERS
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Terra Abroms, post-production supervisor, Elegy Mike Akel, producer/director, Chalk Stephanie Allain, producer, Hustle & Flow Sasha Alpert, Bunim/Murray Productions John Anderson, co-author, I Wake Up Screening Don Argott, producer/director, Rock School Yareli Arizmendi, writer/actress, A Day Without A Mexican Miguel Arteta, director, The Good Girl Aric Avelino, co-writer/director, American Gun Fenton Bailey, producer/director, Party Monster Robert Bahar, producer, Made in LA Amy Beecroft, GreenStreet Films International Ram Bergman, producer, Brick Bob Berney, president, Picturehouse Josh Braun, Submarine Entertainment Peter Broderick, Paradigm Consulting Effie T. Brown, producer, Rocket Science Jim Brown, producer, Argot Pictures Keith Calder, producer, The Wackness Lisa Callif, Law Offices of Donaldson & Hart Almudena Carracedo, producer/director, Made in LA Howard Cohen, Roadside Attractions Drea Clark, Slamdance Anne Clements, producer, Quinceanera Aisha Coley, casting director, Akeelah and the Bee Jeremy Coon, producer, Napoleon Dynamite Liesel Copland, Red Envelope Lindsay Crain, Picturehouse Patrick Creadon, director, Wordplay Eric d'Arbeloff, Roadside Attractions David D'Arcy, Journalist & Critic Mark Damon, Foresight Unlimited Joseph De Marco, Fox Searchlight Neill Dela Llana, co-director/co-writer/producer, Cavite Audrey Delaney, Media 8 Entertainment Kirby Dick, director, This Film Is Not Yet Rated Arthur Dong, producer/director, Hollywood Chinese Lindsay Doran, producer, Stranger Than Fiction Jeff Dowd, Jeff Dowd & Associates Daniel Dubiecki, co-producer, Thank You For Smoking Mark Duplass, producer/writer, The Puffy Chair Jay Duplass, producer/director, Baghead Chris Eska, writer/director, August Evening Avy Echenasy, Focus Features Cassian Elwes, William Morris Independent Keith Fleer, Loeb & Loeb Mesh Flinders, co-creator, lonelygirl15 Sean Furst, Overture Films Ian Gamazon, co-director/co-writer/producer/actor, Cavite David Garber, Lantern Lane Entertainment Sacha Gervasi, director, Anvil! The Story of Anvil Geoffrey Gilmore, director, Sundance Film Festival Richard Gladstein, producer, The Cider House Rules Jackie Glover, HBO Documentary Films Callum Greene, co-producer, Marie Antoinette Matthew Greenfield, Fox Searchlight Robert Greenwald, producer/director, Iraq For Sale Clark Gregg, director, Choke Davis Guggenheim, producer/director, An Inconvenient Truth Paul Hall, producer, Pride Catherine Hardwicke, director, Thirteen Greg Harrison, director, November Isabel Henderson, post-production supervisor, We Own the Night Eugene Hernandez, Indiewire Preston Holmes, producer, Waist Deep Lynette Howell, Silverwood Films Dawn Hudson, Film Independent Kevin Iwashina, CAA Azazel Jacobs, director, Momma's Man Wendy Japhet, Endgame Entertainment Alex Johnson, digital strategist Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, CAA Sam Kitt, executive producer, Sucker Free City Jeff Kleeman, United Artists Richard Klubeck, United Talent Agency Charlotte Koh, Future Films Rosanne Korenberg, producer, Half Nelson Micki Krimmel, web consultant, Mickipedia Ted Kroeber, producer, American Gun Gina Kwon, producer, Me and You and Everyone We Know |
Micki Krimmel, web consultant, Mickipedia Ted Kroeber, producer, American Gun Gina Kwon, producer, Me and You and Everyone We Know Charlotte Koh, Future Films Rosanne Korenberg, producer, Half Nelson Micki Krimmel, web consultant, Mickipedia Ted Kroeber, producer, American Gun Gina Kwon, producer, Me and You and Everyone We Know Julie Lynn, producer, Passengers David Magdael, David Magdael & Associates Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, producer, Thirteen Linda Lichter, partner, Lichter, Grossman, Nichols & Adler Michael London, producer, Sideways Irwin M. Rappaport, P.C., Attorney-at-Law Scott Macaulay, producer, Raising Victor Vargas; editor, Filmmaker Magazine David Magdael, David Magdael & Associates Rob McEntegart, Mandate Pictures Sean McKittrick, Darko Entertainment Cara Mertes, Sundance Institute Randall Miller, producer/director, Bottle Shock Linda Moran, producer, Transamerica Kendall Morgan Rhodes, producer, Southland Tales Lisa Muskat, producer, Snow Angels Gail Mutrux, producer, Kinsey Dan Myrick, director, The Blair Witch Project Mark Neale, director, Faster Joe Neurauter, Occupant Films Michael Nozik, producer, Syriana Christine O'Malley, producer, Wordplay Alex Orlovsky, producer, Momma's Man Mark Pogachefsky, mPRm Mark Polish, actor/writer, The Astronaut Farmer Michael Polish, writer/director, The Astronaut Farmer Stu Pollard, associate producer, Ira & Abby Rich Raddon, director, Los Angeles Film Festival Peggy Rajski, executive producer, Bee Season Irwin Rappaport, P.C., Attorney at Law Celine Rattray, Plum Pictures Ben Rekhi, producer/writer/director, Waterborne Danielle Renfrew, producer, American Son Michael Roiff, producer, American Son Rena Ronson, WMA Independent Rachel Rosen, Los Angeles Film Festival Danny Rosett, Overture Films Eli Roth, writer/director, Hostel Richard Saiz, ITVS Midge Sanford, Sanford/Pillsbury Productions Ted Sarandos, chief content officer, Netflix Jody Savin, writer/producer, Bottle Shock Eddie Schmidt, Executive Director, IDA Ali Selim, producer/director, Sweet Land Courtney Sexton, Participant Productions Michael Shamberg, producer, World Trade Center John Sloss, Cinetic Media Brett Spackman, producer, Coyote James Stern, Endgame Entertainment Nancy Utley, COO, Fox Searchlight Cameron Watson, writer/director, Our Very Own Eric Watson, producer, The Fountain Lance Weiler, filmmaker/founder, The Workbook Project Dara Weintraub, UPM, Superbad Jason Weiss, producer, Humboldt County Brooke Wentz, music supervisor, The Rights Workshop Mirjam Wertheim, Orange Entertainment Wash Westmoreland, co-writer/co-Director, Quinceanera Greg Whiteley, director, New York Doll Dwight Williams, UPM, Waist Deep Richard Wong, director/producer, Colma: The Musical Susan Wrubel, The Salt Co. Rebecca Yeldham, producer, The Kite Runner Ron Yerxa, BonaFide Productions Caveh Zahedi, writer/director, I Am A Sex Addict David Zeiger, director, Sir! No Sir! Marina Zenovich, producer/director, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired Brad Zions, producer, Ira & Abby Donald Zuckerman, producer, Green Street Hooligans |
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