2007 Forum Speakers:

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Mike Akel, producer/director, Chalk
Janie Arrington, Orange County Film Commission
Miguel Arteta, director, The Good Girl
Stephanie Allain, producer, Hustle & Flow
Ram Bergman, producer, Brick
Bob Berney, president, Picturehouse
Josh Braun, Submarine
Peter Broderick, Paradigm Consulting
Effie T. Brown, producer, Rocket Science
Lisa Callif, Law Offices of Donaldson & Hart
Drea Clark, Slamdance
Anne Clements, producer, Quinceañera
Liesel Copland, Red Envelope
Lindsay Crain, Picturehouse
Mark Duplass, producer/writer, The Puffy Chair
Jeff Dowd, Jeff Dowd & Associates
Udy Epstein, 7th Art Releasing [lunch host]
Keith Fleer, Loeb & Loeb
Sean Furst, Overture Films
David Garber, Lantern Lane Entertainment
Carl Hampe, Warner Independent [lunch host]
Isabel Henderson, post-production supervisor, We Own the Night
Eugene Hernandez, Indiewire
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, CAA
Craig Kestel, William Morris
Sam Kitt, executive producer, Sucker Free City
Richard Klubeck, UTA
Charlotte Koh, Future Films
Rosanne Korenberg, producer, Half Nelson
Ted Kroeber, producer, American Gun
Gina Kwon, producer, Me and You and Everyone We Know
Jeff Kleeman, United Artists
Amy Lemisch, California Film Commission
Matt Lessall, Lessall Casting [lunch host]
Jennifer Levin
Chris Libby, BWR
Linda Lichter, Lichter, Grossman, Nichols & Adler
Rebecca Lipman, Seventh Art Releasing
Cliff Lo, Law Offices of Clifford Lo
Rob McEntegart, Mandate Pictures
Linda Moran, producer, Transamerica
Lisa Muskat, producer, Snow Angels
Michael Nozik, producer, Syriana
Annalee Paulo, 42West
Mark Pogachefsky, mPRm
Stu Pollard, associate producer, Ira & Abby
Rich Raddon, director, Los Angeles Film Festival
Irwin M. Rappaport, P.C., Attorney-at-Law
Celine Rattray, Plum Pictures
Danielle Renfrew, producer, November
Ray Ricord, ABC Entertainment, Movies & Miniseries
Michael Roiff, producer, Waitress
Rena Ronson, William Morris
Rachel Rosen, Los Angeles Film Festival
Gary Rubin, First Independent Pictures [lunch host]
Edward Saxon, producer, Adaptation
Paula Schmidt
Emily Schweber, casting director
Ali Selim, producer/director, Sweet Land
Michael Shamberg, producer, World Trade Center
John Sloss, Cinetic Media
M dot Strange, director/producer, We are the Strange
David Strauss, Withoutabox
Lisa Strout, New Mexico Film Office
Rob Stein
Duncan Tucker, writer-director, Transamerica [lunch host, Day 1]
Eric Vaquilar, Visual Communications
Lance Weiler, writer/director, Head Trauma
Dara Weintraub, UPM, Superbad
Mirjam Wertheim, Orange Entertainment
Josh Welsh, Film Independent Talent Development/Filmmaker Labs
Dwight Williams, UPM, Waist Deep
Rebecca Yeldham, producer, The Kite Runner
Brad Zions, producer, Ira & Abby
Donald Zuckerman, producer, Green Street Hooligans