Rudy Valdez is an Emmy Award-winning Michigan-raised, New York City-based filmmaker committed to creating social, cultural, and political stories through a cinematic and meaningful lens. He got his start in film as a Camera Operator on the Peabody Award-winning, Sundance series Brick City and went onto direct a true passion project, The Sentence (HBO). Shot […]
Louise Rosen serves as an editorial and business consultant, international distributor, producer, and sales agent. Her projects have included Oscar, Emmy, Sundance, and other award-winning films that have been released across all platforms worldwide. Louise tutors annually at Germany’s Documentary Campus Masterschool and has been a speaker and moderator at many conferences and film festivals […]
Jevon Heyliger is a Senior Editor with Warner Brothers Discovery. He currently edits with the “True Crime “ network – ID (Investigation Discovery). Jevon has been editing for over 20 years and has created numerous works for Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, National Geographic, the Weather Channel, Independent Lens, and the Smithsonian. In 2006 he […]
Grace Remington is a producer and director who has worked in documentary film and television in the United States, Mexico, and Peru. Her work has screened at the Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and HotDocs, among others, and has broadcast on POV, Netflix, and National Geographic.
ARI HANDEL holds a doctorate in Neuroscience and has published four papers on the role of the Substantia Nigra pars reticulata in the generation of saccadic eye movements. He left academia to become President of Protozoa Pictures where he has been a writer on the films The Fountain and Noah; a producer on mother! and […]
Alece has dedicated her career to helping emerging independent filmmakers through her work in marketing, social media, partnerships, distribution, and strategy at Film at Lincoln Center, BAMcinématek, Rooftop Films, Athena Film Festival, Fandor, GoDigital, Inc., and Good Deed Entertainment. Her focus is educating filmmakers about digital distribution practices and navigating a difficult yet rewarding film […]
Adam Neuhaus is the Senior Director of Development for ESPN Films and ESPN+ leading creative development for original content on the award winning 30for30 documentary series across feature films, shorts and the 30for30 Podcasts. Adam has served on the Board of Directors and currently serves on the Advisory Board for The Ghetto Film School. Additionally, […]
Dan O’Meara is the EVP, Nonfiction at NEON and Co-Head of NEON’s boutique distribution label Super LTD. He has managed all of NEON’s documentary releases including Three Identical Strangers, The Biggest Little Farm, Apollo 11, and Honeyland. Dan’s producing credits include the documentaries By The People: The Election of Barack Obama, Freakonomics, and Print the […]
Award-winning director and producer Lisa Cortés generates bold, explosive art that shines light on important stories hidden from view. Little Richard: I Am Everything (CNN Films), which she directed and produced, had its world premiere in January 2023 as the opening night selection in the US documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival.
Simon N. Pulman is a partner and Co-Chair of CDAS’s Entertainment group. As a transactional attorney, Simon primarily counsels clients in entertainment and media law matters, focusing on television, podcasting, film and interactive entertainment transactions. Simon also acts as outside business affairs for a number of high level studios, networks, production companies and rightsholders, negotiating […]