Leo Goldsmith is Visiting Assistant Professor of Culture and Media at Eugene Lang College, The New School. He is the author of a forthcoming book on the filmmaker Peter Watkins (Verso), a frequent contributor to 4Columns, and an advisor to the programming team of the New York Film Festival.
Briana C. Hill is a partner and Co-Chair of CDAS’s Entertainment group and Co-Head of the firm’s Beverly Hills office. She counsels clients in entertainment and intellectual property law matters, focusing on television, film and digital media. She is at the forefront of the continuing proliferation of new media and technology, assisting clients rework traditional […]
Chinmoy is a documentary filmmaker, landscape photographer and mountaineer. He has studied creative documentary filmmaking at Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication, New Delhi, and is currently working as a freelancer based in New Delhi. His first film, Bound By Us, looked at the impacts of human intervention on a forest bounded by the city […]
Matthew Heineman is an Academy Award®-nominated and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. The Sundance Film Festival called Heineman “one of the most talented and exciting documentary filmmakers working today”, while Anne Thompson of Indiewire wrote that Heineman is a “respected and gifted filmmaker who combines gonzo fearlessness with empathetic sensitivity.” He most recently directed, produced, shot and edited The […]
Jim Hu is the Executive Vice President of Audience at Participant, a company dedicated to creating entertainment that inspires social activism. In this role, Jim oversees digital content production, programming, and audience engagement across Participant’s social media, email newsletters, and website. Jim joined Participant in 2018 as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. […]
Adriana Banta is a Director at 30WEST, an investment and advisory company with offices in Los Angeles and New York that provides capital and strategic guidance for high caliber creative projects and forward-thinking companies operating throughout popular culture. The company’s corporate investment portfolio includes pre-eminent independent film distributor NEON, as well as the acclaimed UK […]
Graham Booth’s varied career as a filmmaker is unique – spanning everything from commercials to pop promos to drama. But he has specialized in ambitious, ground-breaking factual shows that blend and transcend form. His films cover almost every genre: science, sport, anthropology, adventure, arts, culture, cosmology, archaeology, history and natural history – but all refuse […]
EMMETT ADLER (emmettadler.com) is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who has taught art in Shenzhen, China, was once a chess champion in the state of Illinois, and can juggle pins while walking on stilts. Emmett long specialized as a freelance editor before making his directorial debut with the feature documentary END OF THE LINE, a character-driven […]
Matt Yoka started out making TV with Vice Media (Vice Does America, Epicly Later’d, Huang’s World, and HBO’s A World in Disarray), while also directing music videos for record labels like Drag City and Sub Pop, collaborating often with Ty Segall. His first feature documentary, Whirlybird, premiered at Sundance and was released theatrically in 2021.
Producer Elizabeth Woodward is the founder of Willa Productions. Her recent films include On The Divide (Tribeca 2021, POV), You Resemble Me (Venice 2021), and Netflix’s The Great Hack (Sundance 2019, Academy Award shortlist, Emmy nominee, BAFTA nominee, IDA nominee, Cinema Eye winner). Her films have been supported by Sundance Institute, Tribeca Institute, Chicken and […]