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IIFF Los Angeles Townhall Meeting (January 2008)
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IIFF/LA Townhall Meeting at Rich Media Institute –
Where Film & Finance Meet to Succeed Together
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The Los Angeles chapter of the Institute for International Film Financing (IIFF) continues its popular series of monthly gatherings at the junction of film & finance with a special Townhall Meeting at the Rich Media Institute in Venice, CA.
This "grassroots" community get-together builds upon IIFF's successful L.A. launch last year, and further introduces the organization and its unique approach to the Greater Los Angeles Area's community of filmmakers, entrepreneurs & financiers – as well as the public at large. Our goal for this and future meetings is not only to provide unbiased insight & education about the business of film but also to foster & inform productive relationships between attending professionals. The event features a powerful roster of highly topical speakers from the worlds of film & finance. We are delighted to again welcome real-world financiers among our guests for the evening!
IIFF's one-of-a-kind mission is to sustainably expand the scope & appeal of film financing, and to do so for the benefit of the public at large. True to our proven motto of "democratizing film financing," IIFF's regular, monthly Townhall Meetings bring together a wide array of professionals from relevant backgrounds in film, finance and beyond for a vibrant evening of insightful presentations and speeches, inspiring discussion and focused networking. Past meetings (e.g.: January '08 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan | December '07 Bay Area Townhall in San Francisco, CA, December '07 Los Angeles Townhall in Santa Monica, CA, December '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan & December '07 New England Townhall in Providence, RI | November '07 Bay Area Townhall in San Francisco & November '07 New England Townhall in Norwalk, CT | October '07 Los Angeles Townhall in Santa Monica, CA, October '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan & October '07 New England Townhall in Boston, MA | September '07 Los Angeles Townhall in Santa Monica, CA & September '07 New England Townhall in Norwalk, CT | August '07 Los Angeles Townhall in Santa Monica, CA & August '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan | July '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan & July '07 Los Angeles Townhall in Santa Monica, CA | June '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan | May '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan & May '07 Bay Area Townhall in Mountain View, CA | April '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan & April '07 Bay Area Townhall in San Francisco, CA | March '07 New England Townhall in Stowe, VT, March '07 Bay Area Townhall in San Rafael, CA & March '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan | February '07 Townhall West in San Francisco, CA & February '07 Townhall East in New York City | January '07 Townhall in Santa Cruz, CA | December '06 Townhall East in New York City & December '06 Townhall West in San Francisco, CA | October '06 Townhall in New York City | September '06 Townhall in Oakland, CA | July '06 Townhall in Palo Alto, CA | June '06 Townhall in San José, CA | May '06 Townhall in San Francisco, CA | April '06 Townhall at Stanford business school) have reliably delivered useful insights into the business of film, provided valuable networking opportunities, and managed to draw large and enthusiastic crowds.
Who should attend? Entrepreneurs, technologists, attorneys, bankers, investment managers, venture capitalists and other non-film professionals are cordially invited to learn more about independent film. Are you considering taking an active role in film or would you like to expand your current involvement? Don't miss this opportunity to connect with the like-minded… Established and aspiring filmmakers are, naturally, more than welcome to join us as well!
The evening's five seven presentations plus panel discussion will address key issues relevant to filmmakers, financiers, and anyone interested in the economics, business mechanics, and financial dynamics of film. They will be followed by Q&A time. Attendees will also have ample opportunity to interact & network with our distinguished presenters and panelists, and amongst themselves.
An informal après-meeting celebration will take place at an area restaurant.
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Featured Moderator:
The event will be expertly moderated by Sandra Schulberg (bio), a distinguished movie producer, pioneer of international financing for indies, and the Founder of the Independent Feature Project (IFP). Ms. Schulberg has been active in raising money for independent productions and nurturing indie filmmakers for more than 20 years. Additionally, she was a key figure in helping to create worldwide markets for independent films, both as a producer and as Founder and former President of the IFP and the IFP Market. In 1980, Ms. Schulberg co-founded the niche film distribution company First Run Features which is still operating today. From 1989 to 1996, she served as Senior Vice President of American Playhouse, the consortium of PBS stations which funded films on a wide range of American cultural themes, and she was the driving force behind American Playhouse Abroad, the unit's international division. From 1998 to 2001, Ms. Schulberg worked as Executive Producer and Investment Manager for a private German media fund, Hollywood Partners, and structured its financing in a slate of films, all of which involved multiple international production partners. She currently runs her own production company, as well as a publishing company. (more)
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Meeting Venue:
Rich Media Institute (RMI) - Los Angeles
525 Venezia Avenue (off Venice Blvd.)
Venice, CA 90291
(310) 956-1370
Map: Get a map of 525 Venezia Ave. (Rich Media Institute) from Ask, Google, MapQuest, MSN, Windows Live or Yahoo. Alternatively, see the map from RMI's website.
Driving directions: Our venue is conveniently located just off Venice Blvd. and can be easily reached from nearby Route 1/Lincoln Blvd. (CA-1). Find a comprehensive overview of directions to 525 Venezia Ave. from different parts of the Greater L.A. Area here. Personalized driving directions are available from any of the above-listed online mapping services; simply follow the link of your choice and enter your start address where required.
Parking: Street parking is plentiful within one block of our venue.
This month's Townhall Meeting is hosted by the Rich Media Institute, a leading independent training center providing education, research and community services to digital professionals.
Very special thanks go to Leena Pendharkar and Megha Kadakia for their help in organizing this event! Megha Kadakia is the Producer of the upcoming feature film "Raspberry Magic" and is also the Director of Strategy and Finance at the Walt Disney Studios. She earned her MBA from Columbia Business School and previously worked for several consulting firms in the areas of Finance, IT, Marketing and Strategy. Leena Pendharkar is the Writer/Director of the upcoming feature film "Raspberry Magic". She has made several award-winning short films and teaches writing, filmmaking and digital media skills at Loyola Marymount University, Otis College of Art and Design, and UCLA Extension.
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Schedule:
5:00-5:30 pm ... Registration, welcome & introductions
5:30-6:50 pm ... Four featured presentations with Q&A (4x 20 min)
6:50-7:00 pm ... Networking break I (10 min)
7:00-8:00 pm ... Three featured presentations with Q&A (3x 20 min)
8:00-8:20 pm ... Networking break II (20 min)
8:20-9:00 pm ... Moderated panel discussion with Q&A (40 min)
9:00+ pm ... Community time at area restaurant
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Program Details:
1) Slate Financing: Greater Than the Sum of the Parts
— by Stuart Park (bio), Founder & Co-CEO at financing boutique that works with leading banks & investment firms to finance entertainment & tech ventures … »
2) Independent Documentaries: Practical Guide to Distribution & Financing
— by Jacoba Atlas (bio), seasoned filmmaker & broadcast exec. with extensive background in writing & production, incl. fmr. Sr. VP for Content & Co-Chief of Programming at PBS … »
3) Case Study "Carrier": The Basics of Documentary Film Finance
— by Mitchell Block (bio), veteran film distributor, Emmy-winning Director/Producer & Exec. Producer of Oscar-winning doc who specializes in producing, marketing & distributing indies … »
4) Foundations of Film Funding: How to Set Up an LLC & Raise Financing for a Movie
— by Elsa Ramo, Esq. (bio), successful indie producer & entertainment attorney representing many corporate clients as well as writers, directors, producers, agents & managers … »
5) Generating Movie Momentum: Effective Publicity & Marketing for Independent Filmmakers
— by John Raatz (bio), public relations & marketing guru behind success of such indie surprise hits as "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" … »
6) Leverage Film Deals by Using Internet Content!
— by Aline Allegra (bio), Peabody Award-winning Director/Producer with 20+ years in news & entertainment incl. Current TV & MTV … »
7) Film Financing as High Finance: How Investment Banks Fit in the Picture
— by Apur Parikh (bio), media & entertainment investment banker at JPMorgan; fmr. Sr. Business Strategy Consultant in IBM's Media & Entertainment Practice … »
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Speaker Bios:
– Stuart W. Park (topic): As Founder/Co-CEO of Simply Brilliant Entertainment, Mr. Park works with some of the world's leading banks and investment firms to finance entertainment and technology ventures. He takes a proactive, entrepreneurial approach to generate break-through results on strategic finance, business development, M&A, sales, marketing and communications initiatives. An entertainment and interactive technology entrepreneur for 15 years, Mr. Park has assisted clients in closing over $20 billion in deals, and he has produced an array of online and interactive "firsts". Clients have included top-tier Wall Street firms, Fortune 500 companies, and major players in media, entertainment and technology. In Hollywood, he was instrumental in negotiating and concluding a term sheet with a major studio for a $400+ million fund to co-finance a slate of family movies. Mr. Park has also won the approval of the CFO of another major studio to structure a deal to co-finance a slate including some of that studio's most successful movie franchises. On the East Coast, he launched i3, a pioneering interactive technology company he led as CEO from 1992 to 2003. At i3, he oversaw the development and marketing of unrivaled interactive presentation software that revolutionized how users could combine professionally designed rich media with user-generated content. Clients called the software "PowerPoint on Steroids", and major corporations deployed it to close billions of dollars in deals. Macromedia and Adobe evaluated the software as a best-in-class application. Under Mr. Park's leadership, i3 won numerous awards including Telly, ACE, Invision, CINDY, IABC, BMA and NY Festivals. His track record of innovation and results also includes: helping J.P. Morgan Chase close a $13B deal they weren't supposed to win; working with the CEO of PanAmSat to close a $800M deal with Disney and a $250M sale to HBO, and collaborating with PanAmSat's CEO and Credit Suisse to sell PanAmSat for $4+B; sealing Sirius Satellite Radio's first $100+M partnerships with Ford and Daimler-Chrysler; launching TurnerMania, the first extranet in the TV industry, connecting ad sales teams at all Turner Broadcasting cable networks to major ad agencies; creating the first interactive, rich-media ad sales presentation covering all business units of Cablevision, hailed as "the foundation of our business" by the SVP of Integrated Marketing; supporting the CEO of top-5 e-commerce retailer Barnes & Noble.com in launching numerous strategic marketing, communications and employee relations initiatives; engineering the first use of interactive, rich media at Christie's to support the chairman in winning a $206M deal, the most valuable in auction history, which resulted in extensive media coverage and led to the buy-out of Christie's at a $1.2B valuation; successful $48M Goldman Sachs-led IPO for software company Mobius, pricing 12% above the high end of the estimated range and selling the entire over-allotment. Mr. Park started his career in investment banking at Salomon Brothers. He holds an AB in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Harvard. »
– Jacoba "Coby" Atlas (topic): Ms. Atlas is President of Creative Visions Productions (CVP), a division of Creative Visions Foundation. CVP is dedicated to producing media that informs, inspires and empowers audiences to create positive change. Ms. Atlas is a filmmaker and broadcast executive with an extensive background in writing and production. For six years, she was Senior Vice President for Content at PBS and one of PBS's chief programming executives, overseeing the national schedule with more than 300 hours of programs and a budget of $150 million. Ms. Atlas was instrumental in bringing the Tony Hillerman mystery series to PBS (with executive producer Robert Redford) as well as "American Family", the first broadcast drama about a Latino family from executive producer and writer/director Gregory Nava. During her tenure, Bill Moyers' award-winning news and information series, "NOW with Bill Moyers", "Flashpoints" with Bryant Gumbel and Gwen Ifill, and the reality series "History Detectives" (now in its fourth season) were developed. She also brought Tavis Smiley to the PBS lineup. Prior to joining PBS, Ms. Atlas was an executive and producer with CNN and Turner Broadcasting. In that capacity she supervised documentaries such as the Emmy-winning "Survivors of the Holocaust" with executive producer Steven Spielberg, "The Last Days of King and Kennedy" with executive producer Oliver Stone, as well as the Emmy-nominated "Dying to Tell the Story" (also shorted-listed for an Oscar nomination), "Soldiers of Peace", and "The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful". Ms. Atlas was also the writer and executive producer of the multi-part, Emmy-nominated series "A Century of Women". Additionally, she was a partner in VU Productions, an independent documentary company supported by writer/producer/director Gary David Goldberg ("Family Ties", "Spin City", "Must Love Dogs"). VU's productions include "Danger, Kids at Work" and "Shattered Lullabies". Prior to joining Turner, Ms. Atlas was the West Coast producer and then Supervising and Senior Producer of TODAY for NBC News. She serves on the Communications Advisory Council for Women for Women International. »
– Mitchell W. Block (topic): Mr. Block specializes in producing, marketing and distributing independent features, documentaries and shorts, and teaches non-mainstream and non-theatrical producing. He is an executive producer of "Carrier", a 10-hour TV series which he conceived and co-created for the Carrier Project. He is also a producer of the companion feature documentary "Another Day in Paradise". Financed and distributed by Mel Gibson's Icon Productions, it is the largest-budget verite documentary made to date. This series will air on PBS in March-April 2008. Mr. Block received both his BFA and MFA in film and television production from New York University's School of the Arts, Institute of Film and Television, and his MBA from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business Administration. He was a producing fellow at the American Film Institute (AFI) and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) and its Short Films & Animation Branch Executive Committee, Film Scholars Committee and Academy Foundation Institutional Grants Committee, the Television Academy, as well as a founding member of BAFTA-LA and a life member of the University Film and Video Association and the International Documentary Association (IDA). He was also a member of SMPTE and the IES. For seven years, Mr. Block worked as an acquisitions consultant for HBO Original Pictures (documentaries). In 2002, he was an executive producer of the Academy award-winning documentary "Big Mama" for HBO. He has written numerous articles on independent production and distribution and is a columnist for Release Print, published by the Film Arts Foundation, on producing and a regular contributor to International Documentary. He occasionally writes about the film and television business, education and production on his blog "Docunomics". Mr. Block currently serves as an executive producer on "Stealing America", a feature documentary about the 2004 and 2006 election. His company, Direct Cinema Limited, has handled the marketing and distribution of over 60 Oscar-nominated and winning documentaries, short and animated films. An Emmy award-winning writer/editor, Mr. Block has been teaching independent producing as an Adjunct Professor in the prestigious Peter Stark Producing Program at University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts since 1979. »
– Elsa Ramo, Esq. (topic): Ms. Ramo is an entertainment attorney, representing many corporate clients as well as individual writers, directors, and producers in the entertainment industry. She graduated from University of San Diego School of Law, and moved into entertainment law with Davis Dixon Kirby LLP. Ms. Ramo has now established her own law firm in Beverly Hills and continues to remain Of Counsel at her previous law firm and with MindFusion. Her specialties span the spectrum of entertainment legal needs: Corporate/Entity Representation, Contract Negotiation, Review and Drafting, Producer/Writer Representative Services, Trademark and Copyright filing and litigation, and Corporate Formations, Acquisition, and Mergers. The focus of her practice is to be a legal resource to film financiers, producers and other creative individuals in the industry. Ms. Ramo's law firm has two full-time attorneys and a full staff who have so far provided production legal services to over 30 television, feature film, short film and documentary productions. Some of these productions include: "Loaded" starring Jesse Metcalfe; Jamie Kennedy's documentaries "Unwashed" (featured on Comedy Central) and "Heckler" (which recently premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival); "Suffering Fools" starring Alan Cumming, Dave Boreanaz and Anne Heche; "Border", a feature documentary theatrically released last year; "Unbeatable Harold" with Henry Winkler, Dylan McDermott, Taryn Manning and Charles Durning; Sony Picture's "Chasing Ghosts" with Michael Madsen, Gary Busey and Shannyn Sossaman; "Tied Up"; "Gene Generation" starring Bai Ling; "Creepshow III"; "Girls Gone Psycho", "Toxic" starring Susan Ward and Charity Shea; television series "The DL Chronicles"; and "The Bridge to Nowhere" directed by Blair Underwood. Additionally, Ms. Ramo has produced the feature films "Ghost Game" and "Cult" and was an associate producer for "The Last Sentinel" and co-produced "A Woman Called Job" and "Hack!", currently in post-production. Outside of membership in the four Bar Associations (California, American, Beverly Hills & Los Angeles), she is also a member of Film Independent, Women in Film, California Lawyers for the Arts, and founded PEFA (an organization for female attorneys in the entertainment industry). »
– John Raatz (topic): Acclaimed public relations & marketing guru behind success of such indie surprise hits as "What the Bleep Do We Know!?"; Founder & CEO at Los Angeles-based PR company The Visioneering Group (TVG); clients include many leading authors, books, films & musical projects in the transformational Cultural Creatives movement (e.g., "Baraka," "Mindwalk," "A Brief History of Time," Eckhart Tolle, Fritjof Capra, Peter Russell, Chellis Glendinning, Dead Can Dance, Donovan, Deepak Chopra, Madonna); fmr. personal manager/agent in entertainment industry, representing high-profile celebrity actors & musicians; previously, successful stockbroker, major executive at PR agency, professional blues/rock guitarist, publisher of leading-edge newsletter & administrator of one of Southern California's most forward-looking holistic health clinics; served on Grammy screening committee, Blue Ribbon panel of International Association of Business Communicators' Gold Quill Awards, jury of Inspiration Film Festival in Los Angeles, etc. »
– Aline Allegra (topic): Ms. Allegra is a Peabody Award-winning director/producer with more than 20 years of experience in the news and entertainment business. Her career began in the early eighties at an upstart cable channel called MTV. Rising from college intern to writer/producer/director, she helped establish MTV News as the source for entertainment and music news. Following her time with MTV, Ms. Allegra worked for nearly a decade as an award-winning documentary filmmaker for Channel One News. While with Channel One, she traveled both nationally and internationally telling the stories of people and events, providing context to the human condition and society's challenges. In 1998, Ms. Allegra migrated into new media, first as an Executive Producer for The Digital Entertainment Network overseeing the creation of broadband video and interactive websites. Later, at Packet Video, she supervised the creation of the first streaming wireless video portal. In 2005, she launched Current TV, Al Gore's television network. Mr. Gore's vision was to democratize television and give viewers a broadcast platform for their short films. Ms. Allegra was first tasked to create the original content and launch the network. A year later, she was made Vice President for the Viewer Created Content department. Ms. Allegra brought in the highest-quality content and her vision tapped into the worldwide creative community. She was then promoted to Vice President of Marketing and Outreach, where she traveled the country speaking and moderating panels at universities, film festivals, film organizations, and media conferences evangelizing the User Generated Content message. In two short years, Current TV won a coveted Emmy. Currently, Ms. Allegra is President and Creative Director of Homespun Entertainment, a full-service video production company with offices in Venice, California. Clients have included Sony Pictures, Disney, ABC/Family, Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus, and The Learning Channel. »
– Apur Parikh (topic): Mr. Parikh is a media & entertainment investment banker with considerable experience in film finance. He currently works as an Analyst in the Entertainment Industries Group of leading global financial services firm JPMorgan, the largest syndicator of senior level financing for media & entertainment companies in the world. Prior to investment banking, Mr. Parikh was a Senior Business Strategy Consultant in IBM's Media & Entertainment Practice. He has helped leading entertainment companies with media planning, operations strategy, mergers & acquisitions, and financial modeling. Mr. Parikh holds a BS in Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from Penn State University. »
– Sandra Schulberg (moderator): Ms. Schulberg is a distinguished movie producer specializing in international film finance. She spent seven years in Europe as a senior executive for American Playhouse/Playhouse International Pictures, charged with securing European & Japanese financing for American independent films & TV dramas. She played a role in the financing & marketing of more than two dozen Playhouse movies, including "I Shot Andy Warhol" (starring Lili Taylor), "Angels & Insects" (Kristin Scott Thomas), Hal Hartley's "Amateur" (Isabelle Huppert), "Safe" (Julianne Moore), and Julie Taymor's first film, "Fool's Fire". For three years after that, Ms. Schulberg managed film investments for Hollywood Partners, a leading private German media fund, providing financing and serving as Executive Producer for the Oscar-nominated "Quills" (Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet), "Undisputed (Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames) & Adrienne Shelly's first feature, "I'll Take You There". Under her own banner, Schulberg Productions, she produced John Hanson's "Wildrose" & Jill Godmilow's "Waiting for the Moon" (Sundance Grand Prize winner), line produced Glen Pitre's "Belizaire the Cajun", and co-produced Ann Hu's "Shadow Magic", among others. She also helped raise finishing funds for Barbara Kopple's non-fiction feature, "My Generation". She is currently co-producing a movie set in Romania. A longtime advocate of independent filmmakers, Ms. Schulberg founded the Independent Feature Project (IFP) and IFP Market, and co-founded First Run Features & the New York Documentary Center. In 2001, she moved into two new fields —speculative fiction & interactive entertainment— and founded Phobos Entertainment & Phobos Books. As an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of the Arts, Ms. Schulberg teaches International Co-Production. She was one of the first nominators to the Sundance Institute's Filmmakers Lab and served on the Sundance Festival Advisory Committee for 5 years. She also sat on the Board of Independent Television Service (ITVS) for 3 years, and was a Founding Board Member of the NY Documentary Center & its Docfest film festival. Ms. Schulberg received the IFP Spirit Award in 1994 for her contributions to independent cinema, and the Valerie Award in 2003 for her body of work as a producer. Her movies have been showcased & won awards at film festivals throughout the world. She was educated at Swarthmore College, and is fluent in French, Spanish & German. »
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Rich Media Institute
525 Venezia Avenue
(between Venice & Abbot Kinney Blvd.)
Venice,
CA 90291
Sunday, January 27, 2008 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PT)
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