Los Angeles, CA Pre-Proposal Briefing Attendees
Jeffrey Abelson
Parallax
parallax@adelphia.net
John Allen
CEO
DigiSoft.tv, Inc.
jallen@digisoft.tv
Ric Allen
Co-Producer, Host
Digital Village Radio, Webcast, KPFK,Pacifica
www.kpfk.org
Wilmot Allen
Manager, Program Development
KCET
wallen@kcet.org
Fatma Allo
Gris-Gris Films
falloo@zitec.org
Pete Antico
President/ Co-founder & Vice President
Creative Light Entertainment, We Care About Kids
Poetmstr@aol.com
www.wecareaboutkids.org
Isaac Artenstein
Cinewest Productions
Deborah Attoinese
President, Photographer
Overall Productions
dattoinese@yahoo.com
www.deborahattoinese.com
Dushyant Bala
Educator
County of Los Angeles Elections
dbala@rrcc.co.la.ca.us
Doran Barons
Co-Producer
Digital Village Radio/Webcast, KPFK
doran@pacifist.net
Dan Bates
Avant Interactive
dbates@avantinteractive.com
www.avantinteractive.com
Pat Beebe
Instructor
Glendale College
jeb90034@yahoo.com
Michael Bellavia
General Manager
ANIMAX
mbellavia@animaxent.com
www.animaxent.com
Animation production studio that produces for broadcast and broadband -- we'd love to partner up with producers who'd like to incorporate animated characters, animation, interactive education lessons, games, etc. We are mentors with the American Film Institute's Digital Content Lab and have worked with the Independent Television Service among other clients in the past.
Tom Bellos
Executive Producer
Muddy River Productions
bluesfaninla@yahoo.com
Colleen Bennett
Writer
Bennett Publishing Group
cmbenz@adelphia.net
Todd Bertels
Director
SEIS Group, Inc.
tbertels@seis-group.com
www.seis-group.com
Rick Bolton
CEO
FilmFresh
rick@swimmingduck.com
Kim Borgnine
Producer
Tovern Productions
kborg9@adelphia.net
Terry Braverman
Terry Braverman & Company
tbraverman@comcast.net
www.terrybraverman.com
Michael Bundy
Angels R 4 Reel Ent.
filmmakeriam@yahoo.com
Johanna Burlingham
Director of Development
Visual Effects Society
johanna@visualeffectssociety.com
www.visualeffectssociety.com
Katie Cadigan
Producer
ImageReal Pictures, LLC
katie@imagereal.com
www.peoplesayimcrazy.org
Joyce Campbell
Director of Production
KCET
jcampbell@kcet.org
Eduardo Carriazo
Scientific Illustrator
University of Southern California
Viterbi School of Engineering
Integrated Media Systems Center
carriazo@imsc.usc.edu
Christopher Carson
Executive Producer, Director, Writer
Reverie Productions
Carson@ReverieProductions.com
www.ReverieProductions.com
Todd Carson
Reverie Productions
www.ReverieProductions.com
Diane Cary
President
Live Arts Group
attrice@aol.com
Cirina Catania
Director/Producer
Firelight Films, A National Heritage Foundation
Firebirdfilms@aol.com
Doug Chang
Producer
Passion Play Projections
Nansi Cisneros
Ann-Caryn Cleveland
Producer
Quiet Little Place Productions
ann@quietlittleplace.com
www.quietlittleplace.com
Stephanie Cole
The MY HERO Project
myhero@myheroproject.org
www.myhero.com
Rosemary Comella
Interface Designer
Labyrinth Project
Annenberg Center for Communication
University of Southern California
rcomella@annenberg.edu
Paulo Cuomo
Sound Composer, Engineer
Suburbia Sound
cuomo70@yahoo.com
www.suburbiasound.net
Charles Dahlgren
Moving Train
chilly611@mac.com
Patrick Davidson
President, Writer/Producer
Patrick Davidson Productions
patrick@patrickdavidsonproductions.com
patrickdavidsonproductions.com
Dave Davis
IDA Member
doubled62@sbcglobal.net
Frank Dawson
Nuhouse Media Group
nuhouse98@aol.com
Colette Delacroix
The Against Type Theater Company
colettedelacroix@hotmail.com
Nick DeMartino
Senior Vice President, Media and Technology
American Film Institute
nickd@afi.com
Gina Deruise
Mike DeWitt
Producer/Writer
Human Interest Films, Inc.
msdewitt@aol.com
Sonja Diaz
Getty Intern
City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs
grants5@cad.lacity.org
Annie DiGioia
Performing History
annie@performinghistory.com
www.performinghistory.com
Diana Domingo
Paige Donner
Brook Dougherty
Non-Profit Marketing, Development
brookhandmade@earthlink.net
Alicia Dwyer
Audacity Studio
Deborah Elliott
President
TeachWithMovies.com
delliott49@earthlink.net
www.teachwithmovies.com
Janet English
Director, Education Services
KOCE-TV, PBS
jenglish@koce.org
www.koce.org
The educational mission of KOCE-TV is to provide high-quality educational programming for the k-14 environment. We are actively involved in using cutting-edge technology to engage our students' minds and to bring the outside world into our classrooms.
Aryana Farshad
Director/Producer
Aryana F Productions
aryanaf@sbcglobal.net
Diane Federico
Faces of Culture
dianef3@yahoo.com
Alesia Fermon
Hara Finnegan
On A Lark Films
harafinnegan@sbcglobal.net
Robert Fleck
Producer
Fleck.TV
Fleck@fleck.tv
www.Fleck.TV
A development and production company that has created and sold non fiction programming to PBS as well as the big six broadcast and various cable networks. We also create and produce new media content for delivery via web, wireless and DVD based platforms.
Jane Fleck
Producer
Fleck.TV
Fleck@fleck.tv
www.Fleck.TV
A development and production company that has created and sold non fiction programming to PBS as well as the big six broadcast and various cable networks. We also create and produce new media content for delivery via web, wireless and DVD based platforms.
Erin Flood
Senior Manager, Production
American Film Institute Digital Content Lab
eflood@afi.com
John Forbes
Nuhouse Media Group
Romell Foster-Owens
President
Jowharah Films
romellfo@aol.com
James Frieden
Executive Director
TeachWithMovies.com
jamesfrieden@earthlink.net
www.teachwithmovies.com
Casey Frith-Smith
mobiico, inc.
casey.frith-smith@mobiico.com
Sharareh Frouzesh Bennett
Program Manager
Center for Civic Education
bennett@civiced.org
www.civiced.org
The Center for Civic Education (CCE) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational corporation dedicated to fostering the development of informed, responsible participation in civic life by citizens committed to values and principles fundamental to American constitutional democracy. CCE has a large network of teachers in all 50 states, District of Columbia, the trust territories, and more than 60 countries, and has developed a range of Kâ12 curricular programs and the premier foundational curricular resources in civics and government, including the National Standards for Civics and Government, CIVITAS, and Res Publica: An International Framework for Education in Democracy.
Tracy Fullerton
Assistant Professor Interactive Media
Co-Director EA Game Innovation Lab
USC Cinema-Television, Interactive Media Division/
Electronic Arts Game Innovation Lab
tfullerton@cinema.usc.edu
interactive.usc.edu
The Interactive Entertainment Program and Electronic Arts Game Innovation lab are the focal point of games study and research within the Interactive Media Division of the School of Cinema-Television. The goal of the game lab is to nurture concepts that push games beyond their currently defined genres, markets and play patterns and to make breakthroughs in these areas that will be valuable to lab sponsors and the industry on the whole.
Alexandra Torres Galancid
Director of Development
Media Arts Academy at Centinela
Katherine Galloway
The Idea Sphere
Cgalloway372@aol.com
Judy Garodnick
President and Executive Producer
Morgan Adams Publishing, Inc.
morganadams.publishing@verizon.net
Thomas Gertsch
Producer
Golden Zah Productions
gertsch@comcast.net
www.goldenzah.com
Kent Gibson
Writer, Producer, Director (CEO)
Soundesign
kent@kentgibson.com
Producers of science based entertainment -- following the legacy of Carl Sagan & developers of alternate affordable gaming technology. Developing a conflict resolution civics package for middle schoolers.
Diane Glezerman
Sr. Vice President, Executive Producer
M Creative Group, Inc.
diane@mcreativegroup.net
www.mcreativegroup.net
M Creative Group, Inc. is a full service film, video, television and commercial production firm, providing services from creative concept, development, writing, directing, and producing, all the way through post-production and delivery of the final product. Our team of video and broadcast professionals has won over 45 major awards including such prestigious honors as an Academy Award Nomination, (for a dramatic period piece utilizing historical recreations and vignettes that was distributed educationally worldwide, broadcast on PBS as well as CBS Cable, and won numerous additional awards Chicago International Film Festival â Gold, American Library Association â Notable Film Award, and the Columbus International Film Festival â Chris Award, among others.) Emmy Nominations, Clios, IBAs, and Telly Awards.
Katie Graham
Camera Operator
k80graham@aol.com
Jill Greenblatt
Robey Theatre Company
Darroch Greer
Director, Founder
Sodbuster Pictures
darroch@sodbusterpictures.com
Independent documentary filmmaker and historical researcher with expertise in American history; has made films for PBS, the History Channel, Discovery, etc.
Roberta Grossman
Exeucitve Producer
Katahdin Productions
orchardpix@aol.com
Terry Hagerty
Tir Na Nog Productions
tbhagerty@earthlink.net
Maxine Haleff
Halproductions
halmax2000@juno.com
William Hamm
Tribune Entertainment
billhamm@earthlink.net
Scott Hayward
Writer/Producer
Firelight Films, A National Heritage Foundation
Brandy Healy
Grants Associate
City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs
bhealy@cad.lacity.org
Brian Heffron
Producer, Director
KLCS-TV/DT, The Education Station
brian.heffron@lausd.net
Karen Herman
Director, Production & Research
Archive of American Television
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation
Herman@emmys.org
www.emmys.org/foundation/archive
The Archive of American Television collects and videotapes long-form oral history interviews with individuals involved in all aspects of the development of television and its programming.
Michael Hernandez
Tamara Hernandez
Cause Connect
tamara@idfilms.com
Allan Holzman
Producer/Director
Children of Culture, LLC
716@wgn.net
Poleng Hong
Sales Manager, Arts, Entertainment & Media
Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles
phong@mill-usa.com
www.millenniumhotels.com
Dagmar Hovestadt
Producer
Amanecer Entertainment
DagmarAmanecer@aol.com
Karen Hunte
Director of Program Development
KCET
khunte@kcet.org
Megan Hunter
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Mhunter@Planning.Lacity.Org
Kiku Lani Iwata
Director/Producer
Tara Entertainment
KikuLani@aol.com
Michelle, Dr. Jackson-McCoy
President
Mr. Jackson-McCoy & Associates
mrjandassociates@aol.com
Lindsey Jang
Film Instructor
Pasadena City College
Visual Arts & Media Studies Division
LmJang@pasadena.edu
Denise Jaxon
The Against Type Theater Company
Eric Jerstad
Co-Producer
EJMV Productions
e4fx@pacbell.net
Dave Johnson
Angela Jones
Sistahs' Productions
sparkylachelle@hotmail.com
Verna Jones
Sistahs' Productions
sistahsproductions@yahoo.com
Jackie Kain
VP of New Media
KCET
jkain@kcet.org
Richard Kahlenberg
Content Provider
tvsmarts.com
kahlenberg@aol.com
www.tvsmarts.com
Artashes Kalantaryan
Producer/Director
The Point of View
art@lafilm.us
Gabrielle Kelly
Adjunct Professor
Chapman University,Screenwriting
UCLA Extension, Producing for Film and Television
Gktime@aol.com
Will Kelty
Partner
CITC Productions
will@citcproductions.com
www.citcproductions.com
Carol Kerney
Program Specialist
San Diego County Office of Education
ckerney@sdcoe.net
www.distanceeducationconsultants.com
We have a background in new media, applied to education, especially virtual reality, 3D interactive websites, and game development. We are highly successful grant developers (including numerous funded Teaching American History grants); a large part of that success is attributable to the fact that our team includes veteran educators and top-rank historians.
William N. Kerney
President
Distance Education Consultants
William R. Kerney
Grants
Distance Education Consultants
Dr. Marsha Kinder
Professor
School of Cinema-Television
University of Southern California
Annenberg School of Communication
mkinder@usc.edu
Laura Kinley
Director
Silicon Valley Instructional Television
Santa Clara County Office of Education
laura_kinley@sccoe.org
Olivia Klaus
Producer
Quiet Little Place Productions
olivia@quietlittleplace.com
Helmut Kobler
Director
K2 Films
helmut@k2films.com
Jennifer Kobzik
Producer
City Productions
jennifer@cityprojects.net
Boris Krutchensky
James Lambert
Netrin
jiml@netrin.com
Mark Landsman
Producer
Independent Producer
markolands@yahoo.com
Maryanne Lataif
Vice President of Corporate Communications
Activision, Inc.
mlataif@activision.com
David Lebow
History Teacher
dlebow2341@aol.com
Peter Lebow
CEO
Instant Films LLC
peter@instantfilms.com
www.instantfilms.tv
Mitch Levine
Festival Consulting Group
mitch@FestivalConsulting.com
www.FestivalConsultingGroup.com
Andi Liebenbaum
Consultant
Conservation Corps State Museum
liebenbaum@earthlink.net
Cathy Lloyd
Manager, Education & Outreach Grants
KPBS
clloyd@kpbs.org
www.kpbs.org
Rochelle Lucas
Fresh Air
Bandwidth Communications
rochelle@kjlhradio.com
Thea Majure
Writer
Bennett Publishing Group
theamajure@hotmail.com
Natanya Marks
Producer
Quiet Little Place Productions
natanya@quietlittleplace.com
Dr. Joan Marks
Producer/ Educator
Marksjoan@aol.com
Dolores Martin
Attorney
Martin & Associates
Attydpmartin@aol.com
Entertainment law practice, as well as grant writing.
Lola Martin Balaguer
S.G. Hestia Co.
lmbalaguer@aol.com
Phil Matero
Board Member
Conservation Corps State Museum
pmatero@lacorps.org
Graham McGavin
Screenwriter
Thrush Productions
gbmcgavin@hotmail.com
Patrick McKercher
K-Web.org Project Mgr
Institute for Innovation in Education
pmmckerc@ucsc.edu
www.k-web.org
The Institute is working with James Burke to build his Knowledge Web, currently in beta and featured in the 25th anniversary ReConnections special now showing nationally.The K-Web allows users to fly through history, engage in immersive virtual reality historical simulations, add content, and interact with content providers.
Alison McMahan
Dee McMillin
Grants Associate
City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs
dmcmilli@cad.lacity.org
Gary McVey
American Cinema Foundation
g.mcvey@verizon.net
www.cinemafoundation.com
Elliot Mebane
President
Roguish
elliot@roguish.com
Todd Mendeloff
Chief Operating Officer
mobiico, inc.
todd.mendeloff@mobiico.com
www.mobiico.com
Jeanne Meyers
The MY HERO Project
myhero@myheroproject.org
Brad Michaelson
Producer, Director
Brad Michaelson Productions, Inc.
bradmovie@pacbell.net
Brad Michaelson produces educational, training and industrial videos for a variety of local and national clients. He has produced several award-winning documentaries, including The Other Bridge and Let It Begin Here (Discovery Channel), and worked as an Assistant Director on popular TV series and films.
Margaret Rowse Michaelson
Vice President
American Spirit Productions
m2olivia@pacbell.net
Nilo Michelin
US History Teacher
Carson High School
nilomichelin@hotmail.com
Katie Mills
Professor
Occidental College
katie@katiemills.com
Steve Montiel
Director
USC Annenberg's Institute for Justice and Journalism
John Montoya
Cause Connect
his_panic2004@yahoo.com
Alex Moreno
Marketing Director
Creative Handbook
Alex@Creativehandbook.com
Shep Morgan
Pentacom Productions
shpmorgan@aol.com
Christa Morris
Director of Sales Operations - TVSD
KNBC
christa.morris@nbcuni.com
Brian Mullins
SEIS Group, Inc.
bmullins@seis-group.com
Lindsay Murray
Producer
ImageReal Pictures, LLC
laura.murray@stanfordalumni.org
Miguel Najera
Executive Director
Ce Acatl Productions
Ceacatl@aol.com
We are a Film/Video company capable of producing projects from pre-production to post.
Luciano Nocera
Research Scientist
University of Southern California
Viterbi School of Engineering
Integrated Media Systems Center
nocera@usc.edu
Alex Nohe
Refreshments!
alexnohe@earthlink.net
Kathleen O'Sullivan
President, CEO, Co-Director
Think-Up Inc., EdVisions Schools
Manuel Oteyza
Producer
Arcwelder Films
moteyza@aol.com
John Owen
Screenwriter, Author
CITC Productions
RU4REEL111@aol.com
Erroll Parker
Media Producer
Parker Media Enterprises, LLC
eparker@lbcaa.com
Poppy Paulos
President
Two Pop Productions
Mnkyshoe@aol.com
Albert Pedraza
OmniSol Films
omnisolfilms@aol.com
Rachel Pedraza
OmniSol Films
Jaime Pelayo
Producer
Latino Public Broadcasting
jaimepelayo@hotmail.com
Scott Power
Business Development Director
Art&Industry
spower@artandindustry.net
www.artandindustry.com
Karen Pyudik
Thomas Quarterman III
Ricardo Reyes
Educator, writer, doctoral student in education
USC
ricardpr@usc.edu
Allan Rich
President
We Care About Kids
Allan@allanrich.com
Melissa Richardson Banks
Cause Connect
melissa@causeconnect.net
Phillip Rodriquez
Producer
City Projects
ba433@lafn.org
Hank Rogerson
Producer
Philomath Films
philomath@earthlink.net
Kimi Iwata
Romming
Executive Producer
Tara Entertainment
romming@sbcglobal.net
Michael Rose
Producer
Michael Rose Productions, Inc.
michaelrose@mrpi.tv
MRPI is a boutique documentary production company that produces programming for cable, and public television in the US and for international distribution. It's principal, Michael Rose, was a history major who went on to earn an MFA from the UCLA film school in the hopes of bringing history alive through television.
Julieta Rubia
Divina Films, Inc.
julieta@divinafilms.com
www.divinafilms.com
Sandra Ruch
Executive Director
International Documentary Association
sandra@documentary.org
www.documentary.org
Thomas Rucktenwald
Director, Data Applications Delivery
NDS Americas Inc.
TRucktenwald@ndsamericas.com
www.nds.com
NDS is a worldwide organization and a technology provider, with products that include conditional access, IPTV, middleware, games, and interactive applications; our customers include DirecTV and Cablevision. NDS is looking to be a Key Partner in a winning proposal.
Fahm Fong Saeyang
Amy Salko Robertson
Sophie Sartain
Katahdin Productions
Ron Scarpaci
Scarpaci/Kelly Productions
Recasner@aol.com
Laura Schroeter
Director of Research
One Nation Films
lschroeter@earthlink.net
Joyce Schwarz
Emerging Media Consultant
JCOM
joycecom@aol.com
www.joycecom.com
Glenda Shaw
Executive Producer
GSHAWTV production company
gshawtv@cs.com
www.GShawTV.com
GShawTV develops, pitches and producers national, syndicated and cable network talk, magazine and celebrity shows. Ms. Shaw is an Emmy nominated producer who has sold shows to Buena Vista, MTV, and King World andcurrently works with multi-media platforms.
Eugene Shirley
Producer
PACEM Productions
EugeneShirley@Pacem.TV
www.pacem.tv
PACEM productions produces award-winning, prime-time, documentary television for broadcast in the United States, China, Europe, and internationally. Our programming has been translated into more than a dozen languages and distributed via the prime-time schedules of more than twenty countries world-wide.
Anne Shirley
Vice President
PACEM Productions
anneshirley@Pacem.TV
www.pacem.tv
PACEM productions produces award-winning, prime-time, documentary television for broadcast in the United States, China, Europe, and internationally. Our programming has been translated into more than a dozen languages and distributed via the prime-time schedules of more than twenty countries world-wide.
Dr. Suzanne Shoemaker
Vice President, Marketing
Acts of Creation
suzanne@actsofcreation.com
www.actsofcreation.com
Camilo Silva
Producer
Panza Production
camilosilva@gmail.com
Doug Snyder
Post-Production Specialist
Project for Open Source Media
doug@dougsnyder.com
Mary Frances Spruce
Malik Stalbert
Michael Stiles
Executive Producer
Infinitum Entertainment
michaelstiles@earthlink.net
Cynthia Stillwell
Producer
Robey Theatre Company
robeytc@sbcglobal.net
John Sylvain
President
Instant Films, LLC
sylvainbbb@gmail.com
Judith Vogelsang
President
Stone Harbor Films
Stoneharborfilms@aol.com
Dionisio Tafoya
Jody Teora
Marilyn Thibodeau
Independent Producer
Cressandra Thibodeaux
Independent Producer
Cress4film@aol.com
Terrilynn Thrush
Thrush Productions
terrilynnthrush@adelphia.net
Thomas Undhagen
Bradley Vettese
mobiico, inc.
Bradley.Vettese@mobiico.com
Antonio Villacis
President
Community School of the Arts Foundation
acting22000@yahoo.com
www.CSOAF.org
Karen Voss
Digital Asset Manager/Producer
Institute for Multimedia Literacy
Annenberg Center for Communication
University of Southern California
kvoss@annenberg.edu
Chris Walsh
Project Manager
WestEd
cwalsh@wested.org
Mark Warshaw
Co-Producer
Smallville
markdwarshaw@aol.com
Thomas White
Editor
International Documentary Association
MackWhite@aol.com
Robert Wilson
Creative Executive - Curriculum Developer
Orpheus Entertainment
robertwilsonmailbox@yahoo.com
Robert Winn
Audacity Studio
winn@aya.yale.edu
Jeanne Wolf
Pentacom Productions
jeannewolf@aol.com
Wee Ling Wong
Professor
University of Southern California
Viterbi School of Engineering
Integrated Media Systems Center
wong@imsc.usc.edu
imsc.usc.edu
Albert Yu
Pan Asian Group Inc.
albertucsb@yahoo.com
Marcia Zellers
Director, Enhanced TV
AFI
mzellers@afi.com