Speakers

Power to the Pixel: The Cross-Media Film Forum
at the Times BFI London Film Festival
14 – 15 October 2009

This year’s line-up of speakers includes:

ROSIE ALLIMONOS, Multiplatform Commissioning Executive, BBC (UK)

SCILLA ANDREEN, Co-Founder & CEO, IndieFlix (USA)

FRANNY ARMSTRONG, Filmmaker, The Age of Stupid (UK)

OMID ASHTARI, Agent, CAA (USA)

RACHEL BAKER, Broadcast and Digital, Arts Council England (UK)

TOBIAS BAUCKHAGE, Founder and Managing Director, moviepilot (GER)

GUILLAUME BLANCHOT, Head of New Media & Video Game Department, CNC (FR)

NICOLAS BRY, Senior VP, Orange Vallée (FR)

PETER BUCKINGHAM, Head of Distribution & Exhibition, UK Film Council (UK)

EFE CAKAREL, Founder & CEO, The Auteurs (USA)

SALLY CAPLAN, Head of Premiere Fund, UK Film Council (UK)

PETER COWLEY, Managing Director of Digital Media, Endemol UK (UK)

SERENA CULLEN, Director of Drama & Comedy, Sony TV International (UK)

CHRISTY DENA, Director, Universe Creation 101 (AUS)

MARTIN ELRICSSON, Producer & Creative Director, The company P (SWE)

MARCUS EXALL, Client Services Director, Blue Barracuda (UK)

LIZZIE FRANCKE, Development Producer, UK Film Council (UK)

DAVID GARRETT, President, Summit International (UK)

ADAM GEE, Commissioning Editor, Channel 4 (UK)

LIZZIE GILLETT, Producer, The Age of Stupid (UK)

BEN GRASS, Managing Director, Pure Grass Films (UK)

MICHAEL GUBBINS, Media & Film Consultant and Journalist (UK)

TED HOPE, Producer and Co-Founder, This is that (USA)

DAN LAWSON, Head of Production, Screen West Midlands (UK)

PAULA LE DIEU, Director of Digital, BFI (UK)

RAY MAGUIRE, President, Sony CE in UK, Ireland and Nordic (UK)

BEN MALBON, Managing Partner & Founder, BBH Labs (USA)

KAROL MARTESKO-FENSTER, General Manager & Publisher, Film Division, Babelgum (USA)

MAUREEN McHUGH, Writer & Partner, No Mimes Media (USA)

RACHEL MORDECAI, Producer and Digital Content Strategist (UK)

BRIAN NEWMAN, Consultant and Former President, Tribeca Film Institute (USA)

NINA PALEY, Filmmaker, Sita Sings the Blues (USA)

MICHEL PETERS, Co-Founder & CEO, Content Republic (UK)

STEVE PETERS, Experience Designer & Partner, No Mimes Media (USA)

SARA POLLACK, Entertainment Marketing Manager, YouTube (USA)

GREGOR PRYOR, Lawyer & Partner, Reed Smith (UK)

MICHEL REILHAC, Executive Director, Arte France Cinema (FR)

LIZ ROSENTHAL, Founder & CEO, Power to the Pixel (UK)

SLAVA RUBIN, Co-Founder, IndieGoGo (USA)

KELLY SWEENEY, Head of Original Productions, Bebo (UK)

SARA TATE, Strategy Director, Mother (UK)

DAVID VARELA, Producer, nDreams (UK)

HUNTER WEEKS, Filmmaker, 10MPH and Ride the Divide (USA)

LANCE WEILER, Filmmaker, Story Architect and Digital Innovator (USA)

DAVID G. WILSON, Head of Creative & Business Affairs, EON (UK)

MARK WOOD, Co-Founder, Krempelwood (UK)

COLLEEN WOODCOCK, Head of Creative Affairs, Pathe (UK)

NICOLE YERSHON, Director of Innovative Solutions, Ogilvy Group (UK)