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The Panel Speakers
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Kerry David, Producer, Director, Writer
Kerry has spent the 20+years working in the film industry. The first 2 1/2 at Paramount Pictures the next 3 working for Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman ‘s projects, such as Mission Impossible 2, Without Limits, Portrait of a Lady, Practical Magic, The Blue Room, and Eyes Wide Shut with director, Stanley Kubrick.
Kerry has produced written or directed multiple award-winning projects including Agent Cody Banks 1 & 2” (MGM), Bill Coors: The Will to Live, Like Dandelion Dust (20th Century Fox) Perfect Match (Lifetime), My Date with Drew (Blockbuster), Seeking Happily Ever After (Lionsgate Films), & Deposing the Usual Suspects (MGM) to name a few.
In 2001, Kerry Founded Indieproducer.net, she sold it to the Vail Film Festival.
She is now in post after directing, writing & producing "Breaking Their Silence: Women on the Frontline of the Poaching War" a feature documentary filmed throughout Africa and in Asia.
She has over 75 awards for filmmaking and is a voting member of BAFTA |
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Larry Minion, Producer Writer,
Larry began his career as an Off-Broadway stage manager and prop master, then began to produce shows He has worked with the Roundabout and Second Stage Theatre Companies on Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, such as "The Pajama Game" with Harry Connick Jr., "The Threepenny Opera" with Alan Cumming and Cyndi Lauper and "The Entertaining Mr. Sloane" with Alec Baldwin.. Recently he has been working with the Producers of the upcoming Broadway production of “Baz Luhrman’s Moulin Rouge” (which will open this coming June).
Larry has produced many acclaimed and award-winning shows from the techno-opera "Bluegirl" to countless number of touring solo shows. He also was producer of the TV Pilot “Psi-ops (Area 23) which became a very popular Video Game. His current project is the TV series “Space Mission 6” a “Mad Men” meets “Galaxy Quest” hybrid in development with Rootbeer Films. He is the founder of “Hollywood Performing Arts School of Bangkok” located in Thailand. |
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Kellie Madison, Director, Writer
Kellie’s filmmaking journey began when she connected with Clark Peterson, from the Oscar winning film (Monster), to help produce Dear Mr. Gacy. Written by Madison and based on the New York Times Best Selling novel, The Last Victim,the film chronicles the author’s real-life chilling encounter with infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Madison wrote and directed, The Caul, which became a top-ten finalist in Ron Howard’s prestigious short film contest, “Project Imagination” sponsored by Canon. This Science Fiction piece was uniquely created by building a story inspired by 10 still photographs selected by the contest. The Tank, written, produced and directed by triple-threat, Kellie Madison, distributed by Open Road Films (Nightcrawler, End of Watch), has just been released on Amazon. The action thriller stars Jack Davenport (Pirates Of The Caribbean series) and Brad William Henke (Pacific Rim). Based on a true story, The Tank follows six candidates on a Mars mission simulation gone awry. Kellie is currently casting the action/thriller feature film, The Gate, starring Gina Carano (Deadpool, Haywire), Cecep Arif Rahman (The Raid 2) and Tony Jaa (Furious 7), set to shoot this year in Puerto Rico. She has several feature film projects in various stages of development including the grounded Sci-Fi action feature, Abduction, and supernatural suspense thriller, Hotel 33. In addition to directing features, she has shadowed on numerous television series including the CBS drama Extant, starring Halle Berry, and NBC franchise, Heroes Reborn. Kellie is a member of DGA, Women In Film, and Alliance of Women Directors |
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Zhengdong Pu, Producer
Zhengdong is a new generation producer. He has worked in a number of multinational companies, responsible for brand promotion, then turned to the film and television industry, with new planning, management thinking, and produced many influential films in realism themes , won a number of domestic, and international film festival awards.
His masterpiece: " A Promise Over 65 Years ", "Fleeing 90 Days", "Love, Go Home", "There is a Surige on the horizon", "Love in Erdos". His award-winning list: The film "Shin-Shou" won the 13th Paris China Film Festival "Best Actor", "Best Child Actor, "Best New Director"; short film "Love•Go Home" was shortlisted at the 40th Montreal International Film Festival in Canada; short film "The Road to the Road" Shortlisted for the 42nd Montreal International Film Festival |
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Elisabeth White, Director, Producer
Elisabeth White is an award winning director/producer of film, TV and music videos and an award winning singer/songwriter. She has worked with many names in the film and music industry, including Elaine Hendrix (The Parent Trap), Sandy Martin (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Jim Tavare (Harry Potter) Snoop Dogg, Lenny Kravitz, Beastie Boys, Simple Minds and Madison McLaughlin (Arrow). She has her own production company RooAndKanga Inc. focusing on producing TV and Film. She is currently in preproduction for an upcoming horror TV series that will be shot in the coming months and has several projects in various stages of development. Elisabeth is fascinated to find stories that are dark and hidden or fighting for justice, and the power of healing . She is a dedicated member of Women in Film. |
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