WCA Industry Forum 2008: Making Your Vision A Reality
USC – Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts
June 7, 2008
The WCA Industry Forum serves to educate and inspire
filmmakers through the experiences of accomplished professionals
working in the industry, with an emphasis on highlighting the achievement
of female filmmakers and raising questions about the issues women
face throughout their careers.
Participating panelists represent a wide rage of companies
including Buena Vista Motion Picture Group, Fox Searchlight, Future
Films Group, Indian Film Festival, International Creative Management,
Mark Burnett Productions, Participant Media, Sundance Film Festival,
Block Korenbrot, 20th Century Fox Television, William Morris Independent,
as well as Award-winning directors, editors, producers and writers
from
both the film and television worlds.
Reserve your space now for access to our panels, vendors,
a student/alumni mixer and great raffle prizes!
Doors open at 9:00AM for a light continental breakfast. Guest speakers
begin at 10:00AM. Panels begin at 11:15AM. Get there early!
Parking is available for $10.00 at the Shrine Auditorium across from
the Zemeckis Center located at:
3131 South Figueroa Street, Los
Angeles, California 90089
PANELS
CHANGING DIRECTION: Increasing Production Opportunities for Women
11:15 AM - 12:15PM
In a slowly increasing world of women filmmakers, is there still
a stigma attached to gender?
Moderator: Carroll Hodge
Panelists:
Kimberly Peirce - Director: Stop-Loss, Boys Don't Cry
Lucy Walker - Director: Devil's Playground, Blindsight
Diana Ossana Writer: Brokeback Mountain
Sonia Bhalla - 2nd AD: Samantha Who, The Sixth Sense
Cecelia Hall - Editor/Sound Editor: Top Gun, The Hunt for Red October
TELEVISION: Creating and Delivering a Series 11:15AM - 12:15PM
Learning How a Successful Television Show is Created
Moderator: Ian Sander
Panelists:
Nancy Miller - Exec Prod/Showrunner: Saving Grace, CSI Miami
Millicent Shelton - Director: Everybody Hates Chris, My Name
is Earl, The Bernie Mac Show
David Goffin - Exec Producer, Mark Burnett Productions: Rock the
Cradle, On the Lot
Anya Adams - AD: CSI Miami
Elizabeth Klaviter – Writer/Director of Research: Grey’s Anatomy,
Private Practice
MOTION PICTURES: Navigating the Studio System 12:30PM-1:30PM
The nuts and bolts of getting a project greenlit at the studios.
Moderator: Jeff Kleeman
Panelists:
Gale Anne Hurd- Producer: Aliens, Hulk, Armageddon, The Abyss
Lawrence Turman - Producer: The Graduate, Short Circuit, American
History X (Exec Producer)
John August - Writer/Director: The Nines, Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory (Writer), Big Fish (Writer)
Todd Murata - Director of Production: Buena Vista Motion Picture
Group: Wild Hogs, The Game Plan
INDEPENDENT FILM MAKING: Increasing the opportunities, Breaking Through
the Noise 12:30PM -1:30PM
Getting your voice heard as an independent filmmaker.
Moderator: Brenda Goodman
Panelists:
Beau Bauman - Producer: Cry Wolf
Doug Atchison - Director: Akeelah and the Bee, The Pornographer
Rena Ronson - Co-Head, William Morris Independent
Charlotte Koh - Executive, Business Development, Future Films Group:
Notes on a Scandal, The Last King of Scotland
FESTIVAL CIRCUIT: Preparing Your Film for Entry into
Film Festivals 2:45PM - 3:45PM
Discussing ways to maximize the film and filmmaker's performance
and return for future opportunities from the festival circuit.
Moderator: Sandrine Cassidy
Panelists:
Caroline Libresco - Executive, Senior Programmer: Sundance Film Festival
Christine Marouda - Festival Director: Indian Film Festival of Los
Angeles
Rebecca Fisher - Publicist - Block/Korenbrot
Zola Mashariki - V.P. Production, Fox Searchlight
Jason Ajax Mercer -Producer: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
TRENDS IN ALTERNATIVE MEDIA: From Your Cutting Room to
YouTube 2:45PM:3:45PM
How to Capitalize on the Digital Entertainment Market
Moderator: Norm Hollyn
Panelists:
Kim Moses – Director: The Ghost Whisperer
Fonda Berosini - Participant Media
Ken Rutkowski - KenRadio
Jesse Albert - Agent: New Media & Branded Entertainment, ICM
*please note panelist listings may be subject to change
PURCHASE TICKETS
Tickets for the Forum may be purchased below. The
Forum is open to all USC students and Alumni, and the general public.
Students: $10*
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Alumni: $35
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General Public: $40
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ADVANCE tickets are sold out - please arrive early to the event
for day-of sales.
We expect to sell out early. Registration begins at 9am.
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* A valid student ID is required upon check-in.
For more information, please contact events@uscwca.org.
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