Anthony Bregman is CEO of Likely Story. His 50+ films have won awards at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, Gothams, Indie Spirits, and Cannes, Berlin, Tribeca and Sundance Film Festivals. They include ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’, ‘In the Heights’, ‘Sing Street’, ‘Do Revenge’, ‘Flora and Son’, ‘Eileen’, ‘You Hurt My Feelings’, ‘Things Heard and Seen’, ‘Foxcatcher’, ‘Indignation’, ‘Begin Again’, ‘Enough Said’, ‘American Ultra’, ‘Our Idiot Brother’, ‘Synecdoche New York’, ‘Please Give’, ‘The Savage’, ‘Lovely & Amazing’, ‘Thumbsucker’, ‘Collateral Beauty’, ‘The Circle’, ‘Private Life’, ‘Topside’, ‘The Half of It’, ‘Downhill’, ‘Someone Great’, and many others. Read more… |
Jeb Brody is President of Imagine Features, overseeing the companys film development and production. Prior to joining Imagine, Brody served as President of Amblin Partners, where he developed and produced a slate of films for Steven Spielbergs company that included the Sam Mendes-directed ‘1917’. Read more… |
Gerry Byrne is PMCs Vice Chairman, guiding business initiatives across PMCs entire portfolio of media brands. Gerrys decades of accomplishments as a media executive, entrepreneur and 51蹤獲 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… |
Jason Cassidywas 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 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… |
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 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 Crohns 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 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 Spotlight Actor 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… |
James Janowitz is among the countrys most respected entertainment and media lawyers. As chair of Pryor Cashmans 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 industrys most celebrated artists and performers as well as influential producers, film studios, television studios, networks and investors. Read more… |
Riley KeoughEmmy, Golden Globe, and Independent Spirit Award nominee Riley Keough is one of Hollywoods 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 Amazons highly anticipated original seriesDaisy Jones and the Six, based on Taylor Jenkins Reids 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 Videos Top 10 list in the U.S., and the shows coinciding debut album Aurora made it to No. 1 in the U.S. on iTunes. Read more… |
Franklin Leonard is a film and television producer, cultural commentator, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of the Black List, a company dedicated to identifying and supporting remarkable screenwriting and fiction through its annual survey of Hollywood’s most liked screenplays and its online marketplace for screenplays, television pilots, theatrical plays, and novels. To date, more than 400 scripts from the Black List’s annual survey have been produced as feature films, resulting in more than $30B in global box office and 300 Academy Award nominations and 50 wins, including four Best Pictures and nearly half of the screenwriting Oscars awarded since 2007. Read more… |
Stephanie March is a philanthropist, actress, and producer best known for her role as ADA Alexandra Cabot on NBCs long-running crime series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Most recently, Ms. March has played Blinky in Ava DuVernays film, Origin (2023), and starred in the action thriller from Harlan Coben, Shelter (2023). Read more… |
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蹤獲 and peer learning platform for women leaders, creators and innovators. Read more… |
Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar is the Vice President for Community Engagement at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), where she leads initiatives that foster RPI’s role in economic, social, cultural, and technological growth in the Capital Region. Read more… |
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 Gibneys Jigsaw Productions. He has over 30 years of experience building, acquiring and developing successful businesses in the media marketplace. 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. Read more… |
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簧, ten Golden Globes簧, and ten BAFTAs簧, and launched its newly minted independent television arm, Black Bear Television, last year. Read more… |
Drew Wilson has more than 20+ years of executive leadership experience at entertainment, media and music companies. Recently Drew was Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Souncloud a music platform where he led the company to its first profitable year in its 16-year history. Read more… |
Celia Winchester is the founder of Winchester Consulting, a managerial accounting firm offering general bookkeeping, payroll, CFO services and everything in between. Read more… |
Honorary Directors
Nancy Abraham, Director Emeritus is Executive Vice President, Documentary Programming, for HBO. She is responsible for the development and production of HBO Documentary Films and documentary series which have garnered prestigious industry awards including Primetime Emmys簧, News and Documentary Emmys簧, George Foster Peabody Awards, Alfred I. DuPont Awards and Academy Awards簧. She was named to this position in 2018. Read more… |
Mark DArcy, Director Emeritus After a decade-long run, Mark DArcy has exited as chief creative officer and global head of business marketing at Facebook now called Meta. DArcy 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 worlds top 100 advertisers. Read more… |
Soledad OBrien, Director Emeritus is an award-winning documentarian, journalist, speaker, author, philanthropist, and founder of Soledad OBrien Productions, a media production company dedicated to telling empowering and authentic stories on a range of social issues. She anchors and produces “Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien,” a Hearst political magazine program seen in 95% of the country. She was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame in May 2023. Read more… |
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