SPEAKING FACULTY

This year, we celebrate nine years of hosting our Los Angeles forum! We began producing this flagship event after the market crashed in 2008 with the hopes of bringing investors back to the film business. Since then we have seen billions of dollars invested back into the movie business and its ancillary markets. Through the years, we have presented great industry leaders as speakers. This year’s speaking faculty will include:

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION BY

Don Hahn, Executive Producer of the new Beauty and the Beast will address where The State of Animation is and where there are opportunities for growth and investments.

HOPE AWARD RECIPIENT…

Ted Hope, Head of Motion Picture Production at Amazon Studios will receive the Hope Award, honoring his ability to inspire visionaries in film, television and technological development. Amazon Studios recently made history with Manchester by the Sea, becoming the first streamer to win a Golden Globe in a major film category.

FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Jean-Julien Baronnet
Marla Studios

Roy Salter
FTI Consulting

Dr. Stacy Smith
USC Annenberg

ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

David Alpert
Skybound Entertainment

Anthony Beaudoin
MUFG Union Bank

Joshua Blum
Washington Square Films

John Burke
Akin Gump

Nicolas Chartier
Voltage Pictures

Rong Chen
Perfect World Pictures

Joseph Chianese
Entertainment Partners

Penney Finkelman Cox
Original Force

Peter Csathy
CREATV Media

Jeff Geoffray
VX119 Media Capital

Peter Graham
120dB Films

Douglas Hansen
Hansian Media Capital

Paul Hanson
Covert Media

Jen Hollingsworth
Lionsgate

Laura Kennedy
Lionsgate

Dallas King
Loyola Marymount University
Red Rabbit Pictures

David U. Lee
Leeding Media

Russell Levine
Route One Entertainment

Monica Levinson
ShivHans Pictures

Jon Levy
United Talent Agency | UTA

Richard Lui
MSNBC

Chris Lytton
The Jim Henson Company

Matthew Malek
Foxtail Entertainment

Courtney Lauren Penn
Boundless Pictures

Marisa Polvino
Straight Up Films

Bennett Pozil
East West Bank

Stacey L. Rosenberg
Hogan Lovells US LLP

Patrick Russo
Shamrock Capital Advisors

Cathy Schulman
Welle Entertainment / Women in Film

Rachel Shane
OddLot Entertainment

James Shani
Madison + Vine

Brad Sharp
FTI Consulting

Steve Soffer
Media Funding Partners

Mimi Steinbauer
Radiant Films International

Rebecca Sun
The Hollywood Reporter

Jennie Yamaki
Lionsgate

Michael Yang
Comcast Ventures