Forum Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Len Amato
President, HBO Films, Miniseries and Cinemax
Nisha Ganatra
Director; Late Night, Transparent
Panelists
Claire Aguilar
Director of Programming and Policy, IDA
Jake Avnet
COO, Indigenous Media
Minhal Baig
Writer/Director, Hala
Eli Barraza
Creator, The Far Meridian
Ben Berman
Director; Untitled Amazing Johnathan Documentary
Duncan Birmingham
Writer/Director; Maron, Blunt Talk
Emily Kai Bock
Director; A Funeral for Lightning, Lorde: Yellow Flicker Beat
Skye Borgman
Director; Abducted in Plain Sight
Effie T. Brown
Producer; Dear White People, Real Women Have Curves
Wendy Calhoun
Co-Executive Producer, Empire
Lisa Callif
Partner, Donaldson & Callif
Seth Caplan
Producer, First Girl I Loved
Erin Cardillo
Partner, In Good Company
Aneesh Chaganty
Director; Searching, Run (2020)
Bikram Chatterji
Managing Director, Maximum Fun
Drea Clark
Producer/Programmer
Charlene deGuzman
Writer/Actor, Unlovable
Antonio D'Intonio
Literary Manager, Circle of Confusion
Jim Frohna
Executive Producer, It's Not About Jimmy Keene
Melissa Haizlip
Director/Producer, Mr. Soul!
Lisa Hasko
Manager of Documentary Programs and Fiscal Sponsorship, Film Independent
Danielle Hinde
Owner/EP, Doomsday Entertainment
Jordan Horowitz
Producer; Fast Color, La La Land
Caleb Jaffe
Creator/Actor, It's Not About Jimmy Keene
Samantha Jayne
Creator/Actor, Quarter Life Poetry
Richard Keith
Partner, In Good Company
Max Knies
Producer, City Beats with Santigold
Diana Kunce
Executive Producer, It's Not About Jimmy Keene
Daniel Kwan
Co-Writer/Co-Director; Swiss Army Man, DJ Snake & Lil Jon: Turn Down for What
Missy Laney
Director of Development, Adult Swim
Folayo Lasaki
VP, Head of Marketing, SoulPancake
Ali LeRoi
Writer/Director/Executive Producer; Everybody Hates Chris, Are We There Yet?, Survivor’s Remorse
Bing Liu
Director/Producer, Minding the Gap
Liza Mandelup
Director, Jawline
Sal Masakela
Host; ESPN X Games, VICE World of Sport
Robert McFalls
Producer, The Advocates
Rich Mento
Casting Director; Ashes in the Snow, Warm Bodies
Hiro Murai
Director; Atlanta, Childish Gambino: "This Is America"
Tom Nunan
Executive Producer, Crash; Co-Founder, The Writing Intensive
Sev Ohanian
Writer/Producer, Searching; Producer, Fruitvale Station
Luis Ortiz
Managing Director, Latino Public Broadcasting
Brian O'Shea
CEO, The Exchange
Arturo Perez Jr.
Writer/Director, Quarter Life Poetry
Natalie Qasabian
Producer; Searching, All About Nina
Heather Rae
Producer; Tallulah, Frozen River
Peggy Rajski
Dean, School of Film & Television, LMU
Richard Ruiz
Director of Production, Fox Searchlight
Paula Manzanedo Schmit
Senior Vice President, Film Finances, Inc.
AJ Schnack
Director; Speaking Is Difficult, Nomination
Colleen Scriven
Creator/Actor, Lesser Gods
Lauren Shippen
Creator, The Bright Sessions
Mischa Stanton
The Whisperforge
Rahdi Taylor
Head of Artists in Residence, Concordia
Delbert Whetter
Producer, Flash Before the Bang
David Wilson
Festival Director, True/False Film Fest