Netflix’s head of film Scott Stuber will serve as the keynote speaker for the 2019 Produced By: New York conference and will be in conversation with director Ron Howard, co-founder and chairman of Imagine Entertainment, the Producers Guild of America announced Wednesday.
This year’s one-day conference, now in its sixth year, kicks off on Nov. 9 at Florence Gould Hall in New York City during the height of awards season, and for the first time it will also feature eight masterclasses that are meant to dive into the art and craft of some of the year’s biggest awards contenders. Talent for the masterclasses have yet to be announced.
Stuber will discuss with Howard what it’s like to build a new film studio, find global stories, discover new talent and be a key player in the ever-evolving ways in which entertainment is consumed by audiences around the world.
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This year’s one-day conference, now in its sixth year, kicks off on Nov. 9 at Florence Gould Hall in New York City during the height of awards season, and for the first time it will also feature eight masterclasses that are meant to dive into the art and craft of some of the year’s biggest awards contenders. Talent for the masterclasses have yet to be announced.
Stuber will discuss with Howard what it’s like to build a new film studio, find global stories, discover new talent and be a key player in the ever-evolving ways in which entertainment is consumed by audiences around the world.
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- 9/4/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Fifth annual event includes new ‘Speed Networking’ session.
The Favourite director Yorgos Lanthimos and Widows director Steve McQueen will discuss their craft in the Producers Guild of America’s (PGA) fifth Produced By: New York event on November 10.
PGA president and chairman and CEO of The Jackal Group, Gail Berman, will return as a speaker, and the ‘Producing Masterclass: The Creative Collaborations’ segment will also return in an expanded format, featuring 12 critically acclaimed productions with producers and their collaborators.
These sessions will be split between four narrative and four documentary discussions between a film’s producer and collaborator, be it a director,...
The Favourite director Yorgos Lanthimos and Widows director Steve McQueen will discuss their craft in the Producers Guild of America’s (PGA) fifth Produced By: New York event on November 10.
PGA president and chairman and CEO of The Jackal Group, Gail Berman, will return as a speaker, and the ‘Producing Masterclass: The Creative Collaborations’ segment will also return in an expanded format, featuring 12 critically acclaimed productions with producers and their collaborators.
These sessions will be split between four narrative and four documentary discussions between a film’s producer and collaborator, be it a director,...
- 9/21/2018
- by Jenn Sherman
- ScreenDaily
Former Ifp executive director will operate from New York offices.
Michelle Byrd has been hired as managing director of PGA East and will oversee operations from the New York office.
The appointment follows an executive search by PGA East chairs William Horberg and Kay Rothman, with the support of presidents Gary Lucchesi and Lori McCreary, national executive director and COO Vance Van Petten, and associate national executive director and COO Susan Sprung.
Byrd will report to La-based Van Petten and Sprung.
She most recently ran her own consulting practice, providing services to Ghetto Film School, Green Beetz, and Museum Of The Moving Image, among others.
Prior to that, she served as co-president of Games For Change, and oversaw the Games For Change Festival, and served as an executive producer on Half The Sky Movement games.
She also served as executive director of Ifp and helped to establish programming and partnerships, including a collaboration...
Michelle Byrd has been hired as managing director of PGA East and will oversee operations from the New York office.
The appointment follows an executive search by PGA East chairs William Horberg and Kay Rothman, with the support of presidents Gary Lucchesi and Lori McCreary, national executive director and COO Vance Van Petten, and associate national executive director and COO Susan Sprung.
Byrd will report to La-based Van Petten and Sprung.
She most recently ran her own consulting practice, providing services to Ghetto Film School, Green Beetz, and Museum Of The Moving Image, among others.
Prior to that, she served as co-president of Games For Change, and oversaw the Games For Change Festival, and served as an executive producer on Half The Sky Movement games.
She also served as executive director of Ifp and helped to establish programming and partnerships, including a collaboration...
- 4/21/2017
- ScreenDaily
The Producers Guild of America’s (PGA) National Board of Directors has announced today the hiring of Michelle Byrd as Managing Director, PGA East, a newly created position within the guild. Byrd was appointed after an extensive search led by PGA East Chairs William Horberg and Kay Rothman, and with the support of PGA Presidents Gary Lucchesi and Lori McCreary, PGA National Executive Director/COO Vance Van Petten, and PGA Associate National Executive Director/COO Susan Sprung.
She will oversee east coast operations from the PGA’s New York office.
Byrd’s experience in the industry is extensive. Prior to her new position at the PGA, she worked in the non-profit media organization space, and has been involved with orgs serving film, digital, and games. She served 12 years (1997-2009) as Executive Director of the Independent Filmmaker Project, during which she collaborated with the United Nations and re-positioned Ifp’s signature...
She will oversee east coast operations from the PGA’s New York office.
Byrd’s experience in the industry is extensive. Prior to her new position at the PGA, she worked in the non-profit media organization space, and has been involved with orgs serving film, digital, and games. She served 12 years (1997-2009) as Executive Director of the Independent Filmmaker Project, during which she collaborated with the United Nations and re-positioned Ifp’s signature...
- 4/21/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Michelle Byrd, the former longtime executive director at Independent Film Project, has been tapped by the PGA national board of directors to become managing director of PGA East. In the newly created position she will oversee East Coast operations from the producers guild’s New York office. She starts May 8. The hire comes after a search led by PGA East chairs William Horberg and Kay Rothman. She will report to PGA national executive director/COO Vance Van Petten, and PGA…...
- 4/21/2017
- Deadline TV
Michelle Byrd, the former longtime executive director at Independent Film Project, has been tapped by the PGA national board of directors to become managing director of PGA East. In the newly created position she will oversee East Coast operations from the producers guild’s New York office. She starts May 8. The hire comes after a search led by PGA East chairs William Horberg and Kay Rothman. She will report to PGA national executive director/COO Vance Van Petten, and PGA…...
- 4/21/2017
- Deadline
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