New York State
Creativity Summit 2025
November 13, 2025
11:30 AM ET
Amazon Midtown Office, 12 West 39th Street, New York, NY, 10018
The New York State Creativity Summit will provide a roadmap for diverse content creators to navigate the film, television, and streaming industry.
The Summit features a packed agenda of timely presentations and discussions, including Funding Your Story, Spotlight on Female Film & TV Creative Forces, and New York’s Diverse Workforce Pipeline for the Film Industry, alongside other relevant remarks.
Presented in partnership with Empire State Development and the Tribeca Festival, this collaborative effort is co-hosted by the MPA’s member companies: Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Paramount, The Walt Disney Company, and NBCUniversal.
Hear from New York-based creators on The Credits.
*Additional speakers and agenda details to be announced.
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