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Nancy Abraham Nancy is Executive Vice President, Documentary Programming, for Home Box Office. She is responsible for the development and production of HBO Documentary Films which have garnered prestigious industry awards including Primetime Emmy庐 Awards, News and Documentary Emmy庐 Awards, George Foster Peabody Awards, Alfred I. DuPont Awards and Academy Awards庐. She was named to this position in 2018. Read more… Prior to joining HBO鈥檚 documentary division in 1995, and promoted to vice president, HBO Documentary Programming, in 1998, Abraham was director, Film Acquisition, acquiring feature films and other programs for HBO鈥檚 international channels. She also spent three years in Budapest as director, Programming, for HBO Hungary.

Anthony Bregman Anthony is president and CEO of the indie film company, Likely Story. His movies have won numerous awards at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, Gothams, Indie Spirits, and Cannes, Berlin and Sundance Film Festivals, among others. In 2010 Roger Ebert named 鈥淪ynecdoche, New York鈥� the Best Film of the Decade.

Jeb Brody Jeb is Co-President of Production of Amblin Partners. Jeb began his career making indie film as a founding partner at Big Beach, has producer or exec producer credit on films like Little Miss Sunshine, Sherrybaby, and Chop Shop. Brody has worked at Alex Kurtzman鈥檚 production company Secret Hideout, where he executive produced 鈥淭he Mummy,鈥� a reimagining of the classic horror film starring Tom Cruise that stumbled at the box office. Read more… He was previously the president of production at Focus Features, where he scored with the adaptation of E.L. James鈥� best-seller 鈥淔ifty Shades of Grey鈥� and helped acquire and produced 鈥淜ill the Messenger,鈥� 鈥淭he Place Beyond the Pines,鈥� and 鈥淒allas Buyers Club,鈥� which won Oscars for Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto.

Gerry Byrne Gerry is PMC鈥檚 Vice Chairman, guiding business initiatives across PMC鈥檚 entire portfolio of media brands. Gerry鈥檚 decades of accomplishments as a media executive, entrepreneur and 51萝莉 leader are highlighted by his longtime run as publisher of Variety, where he dramatically transformed that business into a powerful, diversified, global media brand. Read more… He was also the launch publisher of Crain鈥檚 New York Business, a senior executive at Norman Lear鈥檚 ACT III Communications and the Creator/Chairman of the NBC Quill Awards before he led a division of Nielsen that included The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, and AdWeek.

Jason CassidyJason Cassidy was named Vice Chairman of Focus Features in November 2019 after joining the studio as President of Marketing in 2016. As Vice Chairman, Cassidy oversees Focus鈥� theatrical marketing operations and digital initiatives, and leads the releasing side of the business, working closely with the distribution and strategic planning departments on all global film releases. Read more… During his tenure, Focus has released some of the most successful films of the last decade, including Wes Anderson鈥檚聽Asteroid City, The Northman聽from visionary filmmaker Robert Eggers, as well as Academy Award庐聽winning films like聽Belfast聽from Kenneth Branagh, Emerald Fennell鈥檚聽Promising Young Woman, Spike Lee鈥檚聽BlacKkKlansman,聽Phantom Thread聽from Paul Thomas Anderson and Joe Wright鈥檚聽Darkest Hour, and聽Downton Abbey, which went on to become the highest-grossing Focus film of all time. Over the last five years, Focus has had the No. 1 market share at the domestic specialty box office and was voted the No. 1 brand in the specialty space for high quality films by consumers. Additionally, Focus鈥� direct-to-consumer platform, 鈥淔ocus Insiders,鈥� has grown to more than 1.5 million subscribers to-date. The studio was also named International Distributor of the Year by The Hollywood Reporter in 2018 and one of Fast Company鈥檚 Most Innovative Companies for two consecutive years. In 2022, Cassidy and Focus Chairman Peter Kujawski were given the Industry Tribute by the Gotham Awards for their contributions to independent film. Cassidy has over 25 years of experience marketing films, including at Open Road Films where he served as Chief Marketing Officer and led the campaign for聽Spotlight聽(2015), which won the Academy Award庐聽for Best Picture.聽 Over the course of his career, he has led more than 175 marketing campaigns resulting in nearly $3 billion at the domestic box office including multiple #1 openings.聽 Prior to Open Road, he ran the marketing department at Miramax Films. In addition to聽Spotlight, Cassidy spearheaded campaigns for two more Best Picture Academy Award庐聽winners,聽Chicago聽(2002) and聽No Country for Old Men聽(2007). The latter movie also garnered Cassidy and his department the Key Art Award for Best Campaign of the Year. Cassidy is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and a multiple Key Art Award winner and was on The Hollywood Reporter鈥檚 鈥淣ext Gen鈥� executives list.聽 He has been a guest lecturer at New York University, Columbia Business School, and USC.

Alina Cho is an Emmy Award-winning contributor to CBS Sunday Morning, producer of the upcoming Netflix documentary on Martha Stewart and host of The Atelier with Alina Cho at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Previously, for nearly a decade, Ms. Cho was a National Correspondent for CNN. She also hosted the network specials, Fashion: Backstage Pass and Big Stars, Big Giving. Prior to her work at CNN, Ms. Cho held various posts at ABC and CNBC. She earned an M.S. from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and a B.A. from Boston College. She also holds an honorary doctorate from Old Dominion University for her contributions to journalism.

Dan Crown Dan is the founder of Red Crown Productions, a privately financed New York-based production company. He currently serves on the Board of Lenox Hill Hospital, Hamptons International Film Festival, Connecticut Public Broadcasting, The Jerusalem Foundation, The Crohn鈥檚 and Colitis Foundation, The Lollipop Theater Network, and Independent Filmmaker Project. A native of Chicago, Dan resides in New York City where he and his wife, Ellen, are the proud parents of four children.

Colman Domingo Colman Domingo is a 2024 Bafta, Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globe, Critics Choice, Astra and Satellite Award nominee for his starring role as Bayard Rustin in the Netflix and Higher Ground film Rustin. Colman received the 2024 鈥淪potlight Actor鈥� award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama, a Hollywood Critics Association Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series/Anthology, and an Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for his role as Ali in the HBO series Euphoria. Read more… Recently, Colman starred as Mister in the Warner Brothers, Oprah Winfrey, and Steven Spielberg produced The Color Purple, which he received a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture as well as a Critics Choice Association Ensemble Award for. He will next be seen in Focus Features鈥� Drive Aways Dolls, and A24鈥檚 Sing Sing directed by Greg Kwedar which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 鈥� where he received the prestigious TIFF Tribute Award for Distinguished Career Achievement. Later this year, he stars in the Netflix limited series The Madness. In 2023, Domingo was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Production of a Play for the Pulitzer Prize winning play Fat Ham on Broadway. A two time Film Independent Spirit, Gotham, SAG, Critics Choice, NAACP Image, Tony庐, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Drama Desk, Drama League and NAACP Theatre Award nominee for his work on stage and screen, Colman is an OBIE and Lucille Lortel Award winning actor, playwright, director and producer. Colman has starred in some of the most profound films in recent years such as Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk, Steven Spielbergs’ Lincoln, Lee Daniels鈥� The Butler, Ava DuVernay’s Selma, Nia DaCosta’s Candyman and Janicza Bravo’s Zola. As a writer, his plays and musicals include DOT(Samuel French), Wild With Happy (Dramatist Play Service) and A Boy and his Soul (Oberon Books), the Tony Award nominated Broadway musical Summer: The Donna Summer Musical and Geffen Playhouse鈥檚 groundbreaking musical Lights Out: Nat 鈥淜ing鈥� Cole. His plays have been produced by The Public Theater, Vineyard, La Jolla Playhouse, Humana Festival of New American Plays, New York Stage and Film, A.C.T, The Tricycle Theater in London, Brisbane Powerhouse in Australia, among others.聽 Domingo received his Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Ursinus College. He is on the faculty of University of Southern California, School of Dramatic Arts as a Professor of acting, after having served as a Juilliard School Creative Associate and a faculty member of the Yale School of Drama. He has been honored with the inaugural Denver Film Cinema Q-LaBahn Ikon Film Award, the National Hispanic Media Coalition Impact Award, the Creative Coalition Television Humanitarian Award and the Atlanta鈥檚 Out On Film Icon Award. Through his award-winning production company, Edith Productions, Colman develops television, film, theater and animation projects.

Amy Emmerich Amy Emmerich is a visionary media executive with a track record of innovation, leadership and Emmy-winning original content across multiple platforms. She was most recently the Global President & Chief Content Officer at Refinery29, the leading digital lifestyle media company for women. She crafted a powerful vision for the brand; then diversified it across multiple new business lines resulting in a successful acquisition for the company by Vice Media. Over her 25-year career, she鈥檚 been a champion for underrepresented voices, including spearheading Refinery29鈥檚 Shatterbox short-film series for women filmmakers. She has experience developing content and programming for brands including HBO, MTV Networks, Travel Channel, and Vice Media. An award-winning producer with exceptional business acumen who is proven to build, grow and lead.

James Janowitz Partner James Janowitz is among the country鈥檚 most respected entertainment and media lawyers. As chair of Pryor Cashman鈥檚 Media + Entertainment group and a senior partner in the Litigation Group, Jim has helped the firm build one of the most comprehensive entertainment practices in the country. He represents some of the industry鈥檚 most celebrated artists and performers as well as influential producers, film studios, television studios, networks and investors. Read more… Jim is also co-chair of the firm鈥檚 Art Law practice. Jim belongs to a select group of attorneys in the U.S. who deliver a combination of transactional and complex litigation representation. His cross-disciplinary strength includes litigations such as the landmark copyright infringement action against George Harrison over 鈥淢y Sweet Lord鈥� as well as numerous complex financings in the film and television area. He counsels film, television, theater, music and digital media producers as well as banks and other lenders investing in entertainment endeavors. As co-chair of the Art Law practice, Jim successfully tried a highly publicized case involving claims of Nazi theft of an Egon Schiele work and is currently representing a plaintiff asserting claims against the Knoedler Gallery as a result of an historic fraud involving the sale of millions of dollars of fake modern masters. Jim also advises clients in connection with the sale, purchase and lending of art works.

Riley KeoughEmmy, Golden Globe, and Independent Spirit Award nominee Riley Keough is one of Hollywood鈥檚 most sought-after actresses, known for her chameleon-like versatility that spans blockbuster hits to independent films. The actress can most recently be seen in Amazon鈥檚 highly anticipated original series聽Daisy Jones and the Six, based on Taylor Jenkins Reid鈥檚 best selling novel. Keough stunned critics and audiences alike with her Emmy-nominated portrayal of Daisy and within hours of their respective releases, the series hit No. 1 on Amazon Prime Video鈥檚 Top 10 list in the U.S., and the show鈥檚 coinciding debut album Aurora made it to No. 1 in the U.S. on iTunes. Read more… Keough鈥檚 performance in A24鈥檚聽Zola聽in 2021 earned her rave reviews following the film鈥檚 Sundance premiere in 2019, She then made her big-screen debut as Marie Currie in聽The Runaways聽starring opposite Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. In 2016, her role in Steven Soderbergh鈥檚 original 13-part series聽The Girlfriend Experience, earned her a Golden Globe Award Nomination in the category of 鈥淏est Actress in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.鈥� Later that year, Keough was also seen in Andrea Arnold鈥檚聽American Honey, which earned her a 2017 Film Independent Spirit Award nomination in the category of 鈥淏est Supporting Female鈥� and which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016. Previous credits also include Amazon鈥檚聽The Terminal List, Bradley Rust Gray鈥檚聽Jack & Diane, Steven Soderbergh鈥檚聽Magic Mike, Nick Cassavetes鈥櫬燳ellow, Xan Cassavetes鈥櫬燢iss of the Damned. Wash Westmoreland鈥檚聽Earthquake Bird, Antonio Campos鈥櫬燭he Devil All the Time,聽The Lodge,聽Under the Silver Lake,聽The House That Jack Built,聽and聽Hold the Dark, in addition to聽Mad Max: Fury Road,聽The Discovery,聽It Comes at Night, and聽Logan Lucky. In 2017, Keough and producing partner Gina Gammell co-founded the production company Felix Culpa. Their ethos is simply: Art First. Felix Culpa is dedicated to telling bold, boundary-pushing, and emotionally rich stories that challenge audiences to see the world differently while giving a voice to talent and stories that need to be heard. Felix Culpa Films has developed a slate of over 30 projects, including Keough鈥檚 directorial debut,聽War Pony.聽War Pony聽competed in the 2022 Festival De Cannes, which resulted in an astounding win of the Camera D鈥橭r award as well as the honorable mention at the 2022 Munich Film Festival. Following its US release in 2023, the film was selected as a NYT Critics Pick and became certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Felix Culpa recently produced聽Manodrome, which follows a New York Uber driver named Ralphie, played by Jesse Eisenberg, and is currently in production for聽Under the Bridge, Hulu鈥檚 limited series based on Rebecca Godfrey鈥檚 book.

Franklin Leonard is a film and television producer, cultural commentator, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of the Black List, the company that celebrates and supports great screenwriting and the writers who do it via film production, its annual survey of best unproduced screenplays, online marketplace, live staged script readings, screenwriter labs, and film culture publications. Read more… More than 400 scripts from the annual Black List survey have been produced as feature films earning 250 Academy Award nominations and 50 wins including four of the last thirteen Best Pictures and eleven of the last twenty-four screenwriting Oscars. Franklin has worked in feature film development at Universal Pictures and the production companies of Will Smith, Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella, and Leonardo DiCaprio. He has been a juror at the Sundance, Toronto, and Mumbai Film Festivals. He鈥檚 been one of Black Enterprise magazine鈥檚 “40 Emerging Leaders for Our Future,” The Root 100, and Fast Company鈥檚 “100 Most Creative People in Business.” He was the recipient of the 2019 Writers Guild of America, East (WGAe) Evelyn Burkey award for elevating the honor and dignity of screenwriters. He is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). His TED talk has been viewed more than 1.6 million times.

Stephanie March Stephanie March is an actor best known for her role as ADA Alex Cabot on TV’s hit series, 鈥淟aw & Order SVU.鈥� She most recently played Lady Akira in Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship’s DC drama 鈥淣aomi.鈥� In 2021, March starred in Lifetime’s ‘Ripped from the Headlines’ original film A HOUSE ON FIRE. Read more… Stephanie March is an actor best known for her role as ADA Alex Cabot on TV’s hit series, 鈥淟aw & Order SVU.鈥� She most recently played Lady Akira in Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship’s DC drama 鈥淣aomi.鈥� In 2021, March starred in Lifetime’s ‘Ripped from the Headlines’ original film A HOUSE ON FIRE. Ms. March has also appeared in Comedy Central’s 鈥淎 President Show鈥� Documentary, Adult Swim’s 鈥淣eon Joe,鈥� 鈥�30 Rock,鈥� 鈥淗appy Endings,鈥� 鈥淩escue Me,鈥� 鈥淕rey’s Anatomy,鈥� MR. & MRS. SMITH, THE TREATMENT, PREDISPOSED, and INNOCENCE and has been seen onstage in the critically acclaimed revivals of 鈥淒eath of a Salesman,鈥� 鈥淭alk Radio,鈥� and 鈥淏oys’ Life.鈥� In 2019, March made her debut as executive producer – as well as cast member 鈥� in the social media mockumentary, THE SOCIAL ONES, which premiered at Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival in Silicon Valley and the Los Angeles Film Festival. The film went on to win Cinequest’s Award for Best Comedy Feature and was released wide on March 3, 2020. March also devotes a considerable amount of time to her philanthropic and entrepreneurial endeavors. She is the co-founder of bespoke beauty brand, SHESPOKE. In addition to running her business, Ms. March is an investor in the restaurant SONA and legendary NYC watering hole, Temple Bar. She spends a significant amount of time traveling globally in her capacity as an activist for causes benefiting women and education. March serves on the boards of OneKid OneWorld and the National Advisory Council for the School of Communication at Northwestern University, and is a long-time advocate for Planned Parenthood Global. Ms. March is also on the board of World of Children and the recipient of WOCA’s 2016 Board of Governors’ Award. She is a graduate of Northwestern University and resides in NYC with her husband, Dan Benton, and her Maine Coon, Taco Cat.

Soledad O鈥橞rien Soledad is an award-winning journalist, speaker, author and philanthropist. She is the CEO of Starfish Media Group, a multi-platform media production company dedicated to telling empowering and authentic stories on range of social issues. Read more… O鈥橞rien anchors and produces the Hearst Television political magazine program 鈥淢atter of Fact with Soledad O鈥橞rien.鈥� She also reports regularly for HBO鈥檚 鈥淩eal Sports with Bryant Gumbel鈥� and PBS NewsHour. O鈥橞rien, who was anchor of two CNN morning news programs and their documentary unit, created the 鈥淚n America鈥� documentary series. 鈥淏lack in America鈥� and 鈥淟atino in America鈥� which continue to be produced under SMG and are subjects of an annual speaking tour. She also speaks on a variety of social issues at college campuses and corporate events. She is also the author of two books, her critically acclaimed memoir 鈥淭he Next Big Story鈥� and 鈥淟atino in America.鈥� O鈥橞rien was named journalist of the year by the National Association of Black Journalists and one of Newsweek magazine鈥檚 鈥�10 People who Make America Great.鈥� In 2013, O鈥橞rien taught at Harvard University as a Distinguished Fellow and was appointed to the board of directors of the Foundation for the National Archives. In 2015, O鈥橞rien joined the RAND Corporation鈥檚 Board of Trustees.

Dee Poku Dee Poku-Spalding is an entrepreneur and women’s advocate born in the UK and raised between London and Accra. She is the founder and CEO of The WIE Suite, a private membership 51萝莉 and peer learning platform for women leaders, creators and innovators. Read more… Dee Poku-Spalding is an entrepreneur and women’s advocate born in the UK and raised between London and Accra. She is the founder and CEO of The WIE Suite, a private membership 51萝莉 and peer learning platform for women leaders, creators and innovators. Its mission is to redefine the way women achieve success for themselves and for their companies by providing the 51萝莉 and tools for them to excel at the highest levels. The WIE Suite also works with companies to accelerate growth by helping them attract, retain and grow diverse talent. Back in 2010 Dee also co-founded The WIE Network, pioneering one of the early modern women’s conferences, in response to the lack of diversity at traditional business forums. And her initiative Black Women Raise works to accelerate the ability of leading black female founders to raise growth capital, scale up and create pathways for the women behind them. An innate 51萝莉 builder, Dee has attracted numerous business and cultural leaders to her platform over the years, from Queen Rania and Nancy Pelosi to Aurora James and Julie Wainwright (The Real Real). Dee’s background includes senior marketing roles at Paramount Pictures (Head of International Marketing, Vantage) and Focus Features (Head of International Publicity). She began her career in brand marketing and communications and over the years has worked with renowned brands such as Coca Cola, Absolut Vodka, Cr猫me de la Mer and London Fashion Week. Dee serves on the BAFTA Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group and is on the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy. She was previously on the Credit Suisse New Markets Women’s Advisory Board and BAFTA NY’s Board of Directors. She is also an advisor to Girl Gaze, Paint Box, The Female Founders Collective and The Wonder and serves as a contributor to Forbes. Dee holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Math. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son.

Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar Ph.D, Ed.D., Chief of Staff & Secretary to the Board, Colgate University. As Chief of Staff to President Brian W. Casey and Secretary to the Board, Dr. Rodrigeuz-Farrar works with faculty, administrators, and the trustees, supporting the president in the planning and development of strategic initiatives across the University. Read more… Prior to Colgate, she had numerous senior administrative roles at Dominican University of California. She joined Dominican January 2013, and during her time she Dominican鈥檚 planning process, and directed its strategic initiatives. During her tenure, she oversaw a wide range of university offices, including Student Life, Athletics, Information Technology Services, Institutional Research, Marketing, Communications, Government Relations, and External Relations. Previously, she was Assistant to President at Brown University, working closely with President Ruth Simmons and serving on her Cabinet. As a Research Associate at Harvard Business School, she co-authored a number of business school case studies. She has also worked as a researcher at Harvard Business School, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and the National Bureau of Economic Research. Finally, she served as President of the Brown Alumni Association from 2005 to 2007 and on Brown鈥檚 Board of Trustees from 2005-2009. Dr. Rodriguez-Farrar is a graduate of Brown University where she also received a master鈥檚 degree and Ph.D. in the History of Art and Architecture. Additionally, she earned an Ed.M. and Ed.D. from Harvard University Graduate School of Education.

John Schmidt John Schmidt is a Founding Partner of October Films. Mr. Schmidt co-founded Content Media Corporation plc (alternative name Content Media Corporation Limited and Contentfilm Plc) in July 2001 and has been its Chief Executive Officer since 2001. Content bought 50% stake of Alex Gibney鈥檚 Jigsaw Productions. He has over 30 years of experience building, acquiring and developing successful businesses in the media marketplace. Read more… He managed CMC through its initial stage of film production, acquired the Fireworks library and built its television and digital businesses. He also identified and led the start-up or acquisition of the company鈥檚 five production companies.

Lisa Taback Lisa Taback is a renowned entertainment strategic marketing and PR executive, best known for Oscar campaigns that include THE POWER OF THE DOG, DON’T LOOK UP, ROMA, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, MARRIAGE STORY, LA LA LAND, MOONLIGHT, SPOTLIGHT, THE KING’S SPEECH, LADY BIRD, CHICAGO and SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, among many others. Read more… Lisa Taback is a renowned entertainment strategic marketing and PR executive, best known for Oscar campaigns that include THE POWER OF THE DOG, DON’T LOOK UP, ROMA, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, MARRIAGE STORY, LA LA LAND, MOONLIGHT, SPOTLIGHT, THE KING’S SPEECH, LADY BIRD, CHICAGO and SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, among many others. She has also led numerous documentary film campaigns including the Academy庐 Award winning features MY OCTOPUS TEACHER, AMERICAN FACTORY, ICARUS, AMY, 20 FEET FROM STARDOM, FAHRENHEIT 9/11 and WHITE HELMETS. In addition, she has also led successful Emmy campaigns for 鈥淭he Crown,鈥� “Squid Game,” 鈥淥zark,鈥� 鈥淪tranger Things鈥� and 鈥淭his is Us.鈥� Taback got her start at the legendary Miramax Films crafting campaigns for such iconic films as Pulp Fiction and Life is Beautiful. After more than a decade owning her own company, she was hired by Netflix in 2018. Taback also produced PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE, which won Best Documentary Short Subject at the 2019 Academy庐 Awards, along with her daughter, Claire Sliney. She is a member of AMPAS, BAFTA and ATAS as well.

Teddy Schwarzman is the President & CEO of Black Bear Pictures, one of the most prolific producers operating in the space today. Since launching in 2011, the company has grossed over $350 million worldwide, been nominated for thirteen Academy Awards庐, ten Golden Globes庐, and ten BAFTAs庐, and launched its newly minted independent television arm, Black Bear Television, last year. Read more… Upcoming projects include Academy Award庐 winning duo Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin鈥檚 narrative directorial debut, Nyad, starring Jodie Foster and Annette Bening for Netflix and the Amazon TV series 鈥滶xciting Times,鈥� based on Naoise Dolan鈥檚 debut novel, starring Phoebe Dynevor. He鈥檚 currently in post-production on Dave Franco鈥檚 Somebody I Used to Know at Amazon, Neil Burger鈥檚 The Marsh King鈥檚 Daughter starring Daisy Ridley and Ben Mendelsohn for STX Films, and Martin Campbell鈥檚 Memory, starring Liam Neeson and Guy Pearce, which Briarcliff Entertainment & Open Road will release 29 April 2022. Schwarzman financed, produced and released five films in 2020/2021 including: J Blakeson鈥檚 I Care A Lot starring Rosamund Pike which sold to Netflix for 8 figures and was the most watched movie on the service after it debuted on February 19 and earned Pike the Golden Globe for Best Actress, Musical or Comedy; Heidi Ewing鈥檚 I Carry You With Me, which won the Next Section Audience Award and Innovator Award at the Sundance Film Festival and was released by Sony Pictures Classics; Dave Franco鈥檚 The Rental, which hit No. 1 at the BO/Digital for multiple weeks; Gabriela Cowperthwaite鈥檚 Our Friend starring Jason Segel, Dakota Johnson and Casey Affleck which was jointly released by Universal and Gravitas; and Chad Hartigan鈥檚 Little Fish starring Olivia Cooke and Jack O鈥機onnell. Previous credits includes: Academy Award winner The Imitation Game; J.C. Chandor鈥檚 All is Lost; George Clooney鈥檚 Suburbicon; Peter Hedges鈥� Ben Is Back; and served as Executive Producer of Dee Rees鈥� Academy Award nominated Mudbound. In addition, Black Bear owns Elevation Pictures Corp, the leading independent film and TV distribution company in Canada, and has a strategic distribution partnership with STX Entertainment and Elevation Pictures, creating an exclusive output deal for STXinternational to sell and distribute all Black Bear productions internationally, with Elevation Pictures distributing all STX productions in Canada. Schwarzman earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Duke University School of Law, where he also sits on the Board of Visitors. He’s also on the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors.

Drew Wilson Drew was appointed as the CFO of First Look Media in 2018. Prior, he was the CFO of AwesomenessTV, which is majority owned by Comcast-NBCU and minority investors Verizon and Hearst Corporation. Earlier in his career, he was CFO of RLJ Entertainment. Read more… He also spent over a decade at Discovery Communications, as a divisional CFO, responsible for digital businesses, distribution to OTT (over-the-top) providers, social media, licensing, retail, and direct-to-consumer. He also held previous financial roles at Host Marriott Corporation, Crown Books and Price Waterhouse Cooper LLP.

Celia Winchester President and Co-Founder of SWG Accounting, a managerial accounting firm offering general bookkeeping, payroll, CFO services and everything in between. Read more… Celia has been an accountant and CFO in the entertainment production industry since 2007 and brings a wealth of experience including clients with upwards of $60 million in annual revenue. As a former producer with an accounting background, Celia brings a unique understanding to the accounting industry. Networks and other buyers have specific requirements and Celia is a master at meeting the needs of each. She specializes in forecasting, cash management, cost reporting, staffing and margin calculations. Celia has a unique ability to bring a fresh approach and perspective to project-based accounting. Her personal understanding of onsite project management and in-depth experience with a multitude of buyers, makes processes and standards workable and manageable.

Honorary Directors

Mark D鈥橝rcy, Director Emeritus After a decade-long run, Mark D鈥橝rcy has exited as chief creative officer and global head of business marketing at Facebook 鈥� now called Meta. D鈥橝rcy joined the social media giant in 2011, and alongside his team, produced several thousand projects across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Oculus for a diverse client base including 80% of the world鈥檚 top 100 advertisers. Read more… D鈥橝rcy helped establish the Facebook Awards to celebrate the best creative work on the platform and in 2012, founded the Facebook Global Creative Council. Prior to joining Facebook, D鈥橝rcy served as president and chief creative officer of Time Warner鈥檚 Global Media Group. He is proud to serve on the Board of Directors at ADCOLOR and at 51萝莉.

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