October 29, 2024
9:00 AM ET
Warner Bros. Discovery
30 Hudson Yards
New York, NY 10001
The Motion Picture Association, in partnership with Empire State Development and Learn Filmmaking Network present the 2024 New York State Multicultural Creativity Summit — providing a roadmap for diverse content creators to navigate the film and television industry.
The Summit features a packed agenda of timely presentations and discussions including NYS Industry Pipeline Opportunities, Strategies for Talent Development & Representation in Hollywood, Financing Your Production Panel, Filmmakers Legal Clinic alongside other relevant presentations and remarks.*
This collaborative effort is co-hosted by the MPA’s member companies: NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount, Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company, and Warner Bros. Discovery.
*Additional speakers and agenda details to be announced.
Opening Remarks By:
John Gibson
Vice President, External and Multicultural Affairs, Motion Picture Association
Patrick Kilcur
Executive Vice President, U.S. Government Affairs, Motion Picture Association
Hope Knight
President, CEO and Commissioner of Empire State Development
Dennis Williams
Senior Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility, Warner Bros. Discovery
PANEL
Cultivating the Future: Strategies for Talent Development & Representation in Hollywood
Featuring:
John Gibson
Vice President, External and Multicultural Affairs, Motion Picture Association
Nicole Hauge
Vice President of Production HR, Disney General Entertainment Content
Stacy Milner
Founder & CEO, Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program
Talitha Watkins
President and Head of ColorCreative Management and Productions
Dennis Williams
Senior Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility, Warner Bros. Discovery
PANEL
Funding Your Story
Featuring:
Chiquita W. Banks, Esq.
Principal, Bankable Consulting, Inc.
Yoni Bokser
Executive Director/Vice President, NYS Governor’s Office of Motion Picture and Television Development/New Media
Graham Lee
Vice President, Tax, Paramount Global
Constance McFeeley
Director, NYS Entertainment Tax Credit Programs, Empire State Development
Hilary Wagner
Senior Vice President, Production Finance, CBS Television Studios
Pierre Romain
Producer, Writer, Director
PRESENTATION
Filmmaker Legal Clinic
Featuring:
Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin
Professor of Law and Director of the Filmmakers Legal Clinic
PANEL
The Power of Filmmaking & Community
Featuring:
Gabriel Alexis
Producer & Founder, Learn Filmmaking
Yaniel Paulino
Director
Christine L. Mendoza
Film Educator & Founder of Christine L. Mendoza, Inc.
Tuffy Questell
Actor and Casting Director
Malik Yoba
Actor, Director, & Founder of Yoba Development
PANEL
NYS Industry Pipeline Opportunities
Featuring:
Kenneth Adams
President, LaGuardia Community College
Patricia Bayley
Vice President, Digital & New Media Development, Empire State Development
Cheyenne Ford
Founder, Art Craft NYC
Mitch Gelman
President and CEO, WCNY
Jay Roewe
Senior Vice President of Production, Global Incentives and Production Planning, HBO/MAX/Warner Brothers Discovery
PANEL
Spotlight on Television Production
Featuring:
Bryan Abrams
Editor-in-Chief of The Credits, Motion Picture Association
Dan Davidson
VP, HR & Crew Experience, The Walt Disney Studios
Santiago Quiñones
Film & Television Producer, Paramount
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