2008 Keynote Speaker

Ted Hope, This Is That corporation
Ted Hope has produced over 50 independent films. He takes particular joy in first features, having produced 14 of them. His extensive list of credits includes The Savages, American Splendor, 21 Grams, Lovely + Amazing, Human Nature, and Happiness.

Read a transcript of Ted Hope's keynote address.

2008 Forum Speakers

Terra Abroms, post-production supervisor, Elegy Sasha Alpert, Bunim/Murray Productions Robert Bahar, producer, Made in LA Amy Beecroft, GreenStreet Films International Ram Bergman, producer, The Brothers Bloom Josh Braun, Submarine Entertainment Peter Broderick, Paradigm Consulting Effie T. Brown, producer, Rocket Science Jim Brown, producer, Argot Pictures Keith Calder, producer, The Wackness Almudena Carracedo, producer/director, Made in LA Howard Cohen, Roadside Attractions Audrey Delaney, Media 8 Entertainment Arthur Dong, producer/director, Hollywood Chinese Jay Duplass, producer/director, Baghead Mark Duplass, producer/director, Baghead Chris Eska, writer/director, August Evening Sacha Gervasi, director, Anvil! The Story of Anvil Jackie Glover, HBO Documentary Films Clark Gregg, director, Choke Davis Guggenheim, producer/director, An Inconvenient Truth Paul Hall, producer, Pride Lynette Howell, Silverwood Films Dawn Hudson, Film Independent Azazel Jacobs, director, Momma's Man Wendy Japhet, Endgame Entertainment Alex Johnson, digital strategist Michael Lawson, mPRm Helen Lee Kim, Mandate Pictures Richard Klubeck, UTA Micki Krimmel, web consultant, Mickipedia John Lightfoot, California Council for the Humanities

Julie Lynn, producer, Passengers David Magdael, David Magdael & Associates Cara Mertes, Sundance Institute Randall Miller, producer/director, Bottle Shock Joe Neurauter, Occupant Films Sean McKittrick, Darko Entertainment Alex Orlovsky, producer, Momma’s Man Richard Raddon, Los Angeles Film Festival Irwin Rappaport, P.C., Attorney at Law Michael Roiff, producer, American Son Rena Ronson, WMA Independent Danny Rosett, Overture Films Richard Saiz, ITVS Midge Sanford, Sanford/Pillsbury Productions Jody Savin, writer/producer, Bottle Shock Eddie Schmidt, Executive Director, IDA Courtney Sexton, Participant Productions John Sloss, Cinetic Media Brett Spackman, producer, Coyote James Stern, Endgame Entertainment Lance Weiler, filmmaker/founder, The Workbook Project Jason Weiss, producer, Humboldt County Mirjam Wertheim, Orange Entertainment Brooke Wentz, music supervisor, The Rights Workshop Richard Wong, director/producer, Colma: The Musical Susan Wrubel, The Salt Co. Ron Yerxa, Bona Fide Productions Marina Zenovich, producer/director, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

 

Past participants have included:

Mike Akel, producer/director, Chalk Stephanie Allain, producer, Hustle & Flow John Anderson, co-author, I Wake Up Screening Don Argott, producer/director, Rock School Yareli Arizmendi, writer/actress, A Day Without A Mexican Miguel Arteta, director, The Good Girl Aric Avelino, co-writer/director, American Gun Fenton Bailey, producer/director, Party Monster Ram Bergman, producer, Brick Bob Berney, president, Picturehouse Josh Braun, Submarine Entertainment Peter Broderick, Paradigm Consulting Effie T. Brown, producer, Rocket Science Lisa Callif, Law Offices of Donaldson & Hart Drea Clark, Slamdance Anne Clements, producer, Quinceañera Howard Cohen, Roadside Attractions Aisha Coley, casting director, Akeelah and the Bee Jeremy Coon, producer, Napoleon Dynamite Liesel Copland, Red Envelope Lindsay Crain, Picturehouse Patrick Creadon, director, Wordplay Eric d’Arbeloff, Roadside Attractions David D’Arcy, Journalist & Critic Mark Damon, Foresight Unlimited Joseph De Marco, Fox Searchlight Neill Dela Llana, co-director/co-writer/producer, Cavite Kirby Dick, director, This Film Is Not Yet Rated Lindsay Doran, producer, Stranger Than Fiction Jeff Dowd, Jeff Dowd & Associates Daniel Dubiecki, co-producer, Thank You For Smoking Mark Duplass, producer/writer, The Puffy Chair Avy Echenasy, Focus Features Cassian Elwes, William Morris Independent Keith Fleer, Loeb & Loeb Mesh Flinders, co-creator, lonelygirl15 Sean Furst, Overture Films Ian Gamazon, co-director/co-writer/producer/actor, Cavite David Garber, Lantern Lane Entertainment Geoffrey Gilmore, director, Sundance Film Festival Richard Gladstein, producer, The Cider House Rules Callum Greene, co-producer, Marie Antoinette Matthew Greenfield, Fox Searchlight Robert Greenwald, producer/director, Iraq For Sale Catherine Hardwicke, director, Thirteen Greg Harrison, director, November Isabel Henderson, post-production supervisor, We Own the Night Eugene Hernandez, Indiewire Preston Holmes, producer, Waist Deep Kevin Iwashina, CAA Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, CAA Sam Kitt, executive producer, Sucker Free City Jeff Kleeman, United Artists Richard Klubeck, United Talent Agency Charlotte Koh, Future Films Rosanne Korenberg, producer, Half Nelson Ted Kroeber, producer, American Gun

Gina Kwon, producer, Me and You and Everyone We Know Rosanne Korenberg, producer, Half Nelson Ted Kroeber, producer, American Gun Gina Kwon, producer, Me and You and Everyone We Know Michael Lawson, mPRm Public Relations Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, producer, Thirteen Linda Lichter, partner, Lichter, Grossman, Nichols & Adler Michael London, producer, Sideways Irwin M. Rappaport, P.C., Attorney-at-Law Scott Macaulay, producer, Raising Victor Vargas; editor, Filmmaker Magazine David Magdael, David Magdael & Associates Rob McEntegart, Mandate Pictures Linda Moran, producer, Transamerica Kendall Morgan Rhodes, producer, Southland Tales Lisa Muskat, producer, Snow Angels Gail Mutrux, producer, Kinsey Dan Myrick, director, The Blair Witch Project Mark Neale, director, Faster Michael Nozik, producer, Syriana Christine O’Malley, producer, Wordplay Mark Pogachefsky, mPRm Mark Polish, actor/writer, The Astronaut Farmer Michael Polish, writer/director, The Astronaut Farmer Stu Pollard, associate producer, Ira & Abby Rich Raddon, director, Los Angeles Film Festival Peggy Rajski, executive producer, Bee Season Celine Rattray, Plum Pictures Ben Rekhi, producer/writer/director, Waterborne Danielle Renfrew, producer, American Son Michael Roiff, producer, Waitress Rena Ronson, co-head, William Morris Independent Rachel Rosen, Los Angeles Film Festival Eli Roth, writer/director, Hostel Ted Sarandos, chief content officer, Netflix Ali Selim, producer/director, Sweet Land Michael Shamberg, producer, World Trade Center John Sloss, founder, Cinetic Media Nancy Utley, COO, Fox Searchlight Cameron Watson, writer/director, Our Very Own Eric Watson, producer, The Fountain Lance Weiler, producer/co-writer/Director, Head Trauma Dara Weintraub, UPM, Superbad Mirjam Wertheim, Orange Entertainment Wash Westmoreland, co-writer/co-Director, Quinceañera Greg Whiteley, director, New York Doll Dwight Williams, UPM, Waist Deep Rebecca Yeldham, producer, The Kite Runner Ron Yerxa, BonaFide Productions Caveh Zahedi, writer/director, I Am A Sex Addict David Zeiger, director, Sir! No Sir! Brad Zions, producer, Ira & Abby Donald Zuckerman, producer, Green Street Hooligans

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