Ambassadors

Milt Barlow CEO, China Lion Film Distribution

Milt Barlow is a 25 year veteran of the entertainment sector. A founder of New Zealand’s #1 video distribution company – Video One – Mr Barlow went on to helm Australian entertainment powerhouse Village Roadshow Entertainment in Australia as their CEO for ten years from 1988- 1998. In the early part of this decade Mr Barlow was one of the early internet pioneers launching entertainment youth portal site ‘Tribe’ in all Australian capital cities and in London and Los Angeles with backing from J P Morgan and UK liquor giant Diegio.

For the past three years Mr Barlow’s focus has been on the exploding movie business in China. In 2008 under his leadership, New Zealand became the first country outside Asia to re establish mainstream Chinese movies theatrically on a day and date basis. With this success he expanded the program to Australia with exclusive supply arrangements with Australia and New Zealand’s leading theatrical chain EVENT Theatres. 2010 saw the establishment of China Lion with Beijing based partner Mr Jiang Yanming. Mr Barlow acts as CEO of China Lion. The company distributes Chinese movies in Australia and New Zealand and in late 2010 negotiated an exclusive supply arrangement with leading US theatre chain – AMC – to supply up to 15 Chinese movies for the North American market on a day and date basis with China. Mr Barlow is regarded as the ‘Wests’ leading expert on Chinese films and his vision has seen the successful re introduction of Chinese movies in Australia, New Zealand, USA & Canada.

Bill Block Chief Executive Officer QED International

Bill Block founded QED International in December 2005 where he leads day-to-day operations and strategy for the company. Between The Blair Witch Project and District 9, Block has produced, financed, acquired, or distributed over 30 theatrical feature films, and has worked with a broad array of filmmakers (Peter Jackson, Oliver Stone, Michael Mann, Steve Soderburgh, Jon Favreau, David Koepp, Darren Aronofsky, Christopher McQuarrie).

In 2011 QED will currently produce Elysium to be directed by Neill Blomkamp with Matt Damon and Jodie Foster starring and Sony distributing, Extinction Event with Sam Raimi producing and Pierre Morel directing and Warner Brothers distributing and will produce and finance I, Alex Cross with Tyler Perry starring and Rob Cohen directing. Previously, Block was President of Artisan Entertainment. With Bain Capital, Block led the LBO of Live Entertainment, a publicly traded video company, which became Artisan. He recruited the management team, helped secure new production financing, and turned Artisan into a competitive force in the independent acquisition and distribution world. At Artisan, Block supervised all divisions – international, home entertainment, and television syndication to quantify and offset risk with Artisan’s banking and distribution partners. Among the projects that he produced or acquired include: The Blair Witch Project; The Buena Vista Social Club; Darren Aronofsky’s Pi and Requiem For A Dream; Belly directed by Hype Williams; The Limey directed by Steven Soderbergh; The Ninth Gate starring Johnny Depp and directed by Roman Polanski and Made starring Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn.

At the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, he acquired The Blair Witch Project, which became one of the most profitable returns on investment in film history. Block also bought the Spanish-language film Open Your Eyes, which he sub-licensed the remake rights to Paramount, and Executive Produced the remake, Vanilla Sky, starring Tom Cruise. Before this, Block was one of the industry’s leading talent agents. As Head of West Coast Operations for International Creative Management from 1992 to 1997 and founder of the Intertalent Agency, Block’s clients included such artists as Kim Basinger, Samuel L. Jackson, Steven Seagal, Charlie Sheen, John Travolta, and Forest Whitaker; and filmmakers Sam Raimi, Roland Emmerich, Billy Friedkin, George Armitage, Stephen Hopkins, Peter Hyams, and Herbert Ross.

Block attended Columbia University and lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two sons.

Moritz Borman Managing Partner, Onda Entertainment

Moritz Borman has produced and financed films for over 25 years ranging from major studio releases to smaller independent films. His recent credits include “Terminator Salvation” and the Oliver Stone-directed features “Alexander”, “World Trade Center” and “W”. Borman’s other producing credits include “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines”, “Basic”, “Dark Blue”, “The Quiet American”, “K-19: The Widowmaker”, “The Wedding Planner”, “Nurse Betty”, and numerous other films. Previously, Borman founded and ran Pacifica Film, an entertainment financing company that raised substantial financing through the German tax fund IMF which Borman initiated. In 2000 Borman merged Pacifica with Intermedia Films and took the combined entity public on the German stock exchange. From 2002 – 2004 Borman was Chairman and CEO of Intermedia, which at the time was one of the largest independent production and financing companies in the motion picture industry. Borman began his career in the 1970s in German television production, working as a producer and director. In 1977, he moved to Los Angeles and became a Directing Fellow at the American Film Institute. He later produced and directed numerous programs for European television, as well as commercials for American and European ad agencies.

Nadia Bronson Founder, Nadia Bronson & Associates

Before establishing NB&A, Nadia Bronson served as president of international theatrical marketing and distribution at Universal during her twenty-five year tenure with the company. During that time, Bronson oversaw the international campaigns of hundreds of films with combined international box office surpassing billions of dollars each year, including many of the industry’s top grossing films of all-time. As founder of NB&A, Bronson has brought that same success to our current clients.

Nadia Bronson and Associates, Inc. (NB&A) is a leading global entertainment consultancy. Founded by Nadia Bronson in May 2001, we are the primary resource for producers, studios, sales agents, distributors and festivals seeking to maximize the success of their product in the worldwide marketplace. Our services cover a broad spectrum of the entertainment industry, with special emphasis on movie award campaigns, publicity, marketing, distribution, sales and film festivals.

NB&A has overseen the Golden Globe campaigns for films receiving an astounding number of nominations & wins, including many best film awards (The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Up In The Air, Crazy Heart, Slumdog Millionaire, Sweeney Todd, Juno, No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, The Departed, Letters From Iwo Jima, Babel, Happy Feet, Walk The Line, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Lost In Translation, Chicago, The Hours). In May 2002 at the Cannes Film Festival, Bronson was awarded France’s highest cultural honor, inducted as an officer in the Order of Arts and Letters for “contributions that have illuminated culture in France and around the world”.

Devesh Chetty Director and CEO, RGM Media Ltd

Devesh has been executive producing films for over 15 years having arranged the funding for over twenty films. He has raised facilities well in excess of $500 million for film production and throughout his career has built distribution networks for US video and international sales.

With Robyn Gardiner, Devesh led RGM’s expansion taking its artist management into the Asian regions and launching the executive production unit of RGM which has subsequently executive produced titles including “The Girl In the Park” starring Kate Bosworth and Sigourney Weaver, “Just Buried” with Rose Byrne and Jay Baruchel and “Winged Creatures” with Kate Beckinsale, Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson. Devesh has negotiated and built the relationships RGM and its associates have with the key US and International distributors, as well as with some of the most successful film and television producers worldwide.

The artist management business operated by RGM was founded in 1982 and has since been developed into a leading artist management company within Australia representing several internationally acclaimed actors. RGM is currently Australia’s largest artist management company, representing over 300 clients and has developed an international reputation for supplying leading Australian artists. In 1998 the company expanded into film packaging and executive production, moving its executive production activities from Sydney to Singapore in 2005 to avail itself of favourable business conditions. In 2010 RGM Media listed on the ASX, with its headquarters remaining in Singapore.

RGM’s Singapore office focuses on the development and production of mainstream film and television projects for release in the global market.

Sukee Chew Producer / Manager Hopscotch Pictures

Born and raised in Singapore, Sukee’s first industry experience was working as an intern in international film distribution while getting a BA in Communication Studies at UCLA. She parlayed that into working for a literary agent and later, as a development executive before creating Hopscotch Pictures, a literary management / production company with a successful stable of writers and directors.

In 2010, Sukee completed production on two feature films: DARK TIDE, Amy Sorlie’s high seas thriller starring Halle Berry and Oliver Martinez and directed by John Stockwell, as well as JESUS HENRY CHRIST, a comedy which she produced with Julia Robert / Red Om Films. The latter is based on writer/director, Dennis Lee’s Student Academy Award winning short film and stars Toni Collette, Michael Sheen, Jason Spevack and Samantha Weinstein.

She previously produced the family drama, FIREFLIES IN THE GARDE. Written and directed by Dennis Lee, the film stars Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson, Carrie Anne Moss, Hayden Panettiere and Julia Roberts.

Sukee’s other credits include A.W.O.L., the Shane Black penned Vietnam War thriller short film starring David Morse and John McGinley, as well as MY FIRST MISTER, a comedy directed by Christine Lathi, and starring Leelee Sobieski, Albert Brooks, and John Goodman. The film was selected as the Opening Night Film at the Sundance Film Festival, and was later released by Paramount Classics.

Most recently, Sukee and fellow Singaporean, talent manager/producer, Andrew Ooi formed the Singapore based COcreative Company. First up on their slate is a biopic written and to be directed by Dennis Lee and starring Maggie Q, as well as Todd Slawsby’s high octane action thriller set to be shot in Singapore.

Dr Frank Cintamani Group CEO Fide Multimedia

Financier, President of Magazine Publishers Association of Singapore 2010/2011, Publisher at a Publicly Listed Company (Singapore), Head of Global Philanthropy for the Celton Group (UK), Group CEO Fide MultiMedia, CEO of Beaumont Publishing (Singapore). Chairman of Men’s Fashion Week Asia 2011, Chairman of Audi Fashion Festival 2009 & 2010.

Frank Cintamani was educated in Singapore and the UK. Having graduated in law, Frank Cintamani is also a Fellow of a leading college of music. Throughout his life, he has lived in a number of cities like London, Los Angeles, and today, resides in Singapore. This international experience has provided a global perspective to all the activities and endeavours he has undertaken. His business interests are extensive and he has been responsible for a number of corporate and finance projects in Asia, Europe and the USA. Currently, his focus is centred on private wealth management and family office governance where he has been working with a number of Asia’s leading families on wealth planning and succession issues. He also represents the interests of some of Asia’s wealthiest families.

Founded only six years ago, Fide Multimedia is the events and public relations arm of the business. It is responsible for some of the most esteemed events management activities in Singapore and the region, hosting and sponsoring numerous visiting Heads of State, Industry Leaders, A-List Celebrities and major global events, including opening events at the Youth Olympic Village for the very first YOG (Youth Olympic Games 2010), Men’s Fashion Week 2011 at Marina Bay Sands – (the most successful commercial and fashion marketing event in Singapore), and Encore!, the year long European Events Festival. The company, and Frank Cintamani, has been associated with some of the leading global luxury brands to develop their presence and profile in the region. Coupled with an avid interest in luxury lifestyle, fine watches and fine jewellery, he is regarded as one of the foremost opinion leaders in this segment. As a founding member of various exclusive private clubs across Europe and the USA, he is also an influential advisor within the leisure industry in the two continents. His other business interests include Fide Living, a highly successful design & construction company and TeeVee.Asia, a television portal covering luxury lifestyles across Asia. Frank Cintamani was also a keynote speaker at the annual Forbes Forum on Luxury.

With extensive social and philanthropic interests – Frank Cintamani has been interviewed on the subjects of Philanthropy, Fashion, Lifestyle, Business, Arts & Culture by international media agencies such as: BBC World, The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Vogue, Channel News Asia, Bloomberg Television, NHK Japan, Fashion TV, MTV Asia, The Straits Times, The Business Times, Forbes and other numerous publication titles. He has also contributed to developing policies and strategies for fund raising initiatives in a number of government funded charity organisations and other NGO foundations. Several Heads of State have personally acknowledged him for his charitable works. Frank Cintamani was duly recognised as Singapore’s Man of the Year 2008.

Bruce Davey Chairman Icon Productions

Academy Award® winner BRUCE DAVEY is president and producer at the Los Angeles based Icon Productions, the company he started in 1989 with partner and fellow Academy Award winner Mel Gibson. Davey also owns and operates Icon Film Distribution in his native Australia and most recently acquired the Dendy Cinema circuit in Australia, again in partnership with Gibson.
Davey’s production highlights include an imposing slate of films beginning with the highly acclaimed Hamlet, Forever Young, The Man Without a Face, Maverick and Braveheart, which went on to receive five Academy Awards including Best Picture. More recently, Davey has brought to the big screen We Were Soldiers, the Academy Award nominated and highest grossing non-English language film of all time The Passion of the Christ and Apocalypto. Davey’s new films How I Spent my Summer Vacation and A Great and Terrible Beauty will release in 2011.

Antoine de Clermont Tonnerre Producer, MACT productions

After serving as an advisor to French Prime Minister Raymond Barre, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre was nominated in January 1979 as Chairman of Sociéte de Production (SFP), a company managing all the studios and facilities of French public television.

He left SFP in July of 1981 to become Chairman of Editions Mondiales, one of the largest magazine publishers in France. There he diversified the company¹s activities in the field of film and television, acquiring Films Ariane in 1986. In January of 1992, he and his wife, Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre, created their own production company, MACT productions.

Among his credits as producer or co-producer are the following: for Société Française de Production, The Return of Martin Guerre by Daniel Vigne. For Films Ariane, as Producer: Réunion by Jerry Schatzberg, The Favor, The French Révolution by Robert Enrico and Richard Heffron and Vanille Fraise by Gérard Oury. And as Co-Producer, Cinéma Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, La Familia by Ettore Scola.

Antoine de Clermont Tonnerre was elected as Unifrance President in January 2009.

Among their credits as producer or co-producer for MACT are:

• SOMEONE ELSE’S AMERICA, by Goran PASKALJEVIC (1995) Price of the Public Cannes Festival 95.
• CENTRAL STATION, by Walter SALLES (1998) Golden bear in Berlin, 98. Golden Globe, 99.
• THE POWDER KEG (CABARET BALKAN in the US), by Goran PASKALJEVIC (1999) European Academy Award for best film 98 (Fipresci), Fipresci Award for best film in all categories in Venice Film Festival 98.
• THE SYRIAN BRIDE by Eran RIKLIS (2004), Montreal Film Festival 2004 “Grand Prix des Amériques”, Locarno Film Festival 2004 – Price of the public
• THE SUN by Alexandre SOKOUROV, Berlin 2005- Official Selection- competition
• LEMON TREE by Eran RIKLIS, Berlin Film Festival 2008 – Panorama- Price of the Public

Mark de Quervain Sales and Marketing Director VUE Entertainment (UK)

Mark de Quervain is the Sales and Marketing Director of Vue Entertainment. He is part of the original Management team from SBC, who he joined in March 2002 that purchased Warner Village in May 2003. He was responsible for the development and launch of the Vue Brand.

Between 1991- 98 he worked at (UIP) United International Pictures as Vice President International Promotions and Merchandising. His role and responsibilities covered all countries outside North America. He worked on over 200 film releases including the relaunch of the Bond franchise with GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies, and the releases of Jurassic Park, Wayne’s World, Babe The Gallant Sheep Pig, Apollo 13, Mission Impossible, The Saint and many others.

After leaving UIP he worked as a senior Marketing Consultant for several major FMCG brands including Red Devil, UDV, Tasco and Energizer batteries. He also carried out entertainment projects for companies such Microsoft and Imax Film Ltd.

Prior to working in the film industry, his experience sales and marketing in the automotive industry and various senior positions with advertising and sales promotion agencies including Cato Johnson and Young & Rubicam.

Craig Emanuel Partner and Chair, Los Angeles Entertainment Department Loeb & Loeb LLP Chair, Talent Practice Group

Craig Emanuel’s practice includes representation of high level writers, directors, actors and producers in all aspects of motion picture and television transactions, both at the studio and independent level. Mr. Emanuel is also involved in the negotiation of strategic distribution relationships with the major studios, including licensing of digital media content. He has a background in representing European banks in film finance transactions and has experience in the structuring of international co-productions.

Mr. Emanuel counsels advertisers and other media clients on a variety of issues and transactions ranging from sponsorship agreements, media and celebrity placement agreements to matters related to branded entertainment.

Mr. Emanuel’s talent clients include directors Tony Gilroy, Robert Rodriguez, Ryan Murphy, Gabriele Muccino, Iain Softley, Peter Chelsom, Russell Mulcahy, Alex Proyas, Stephan Elliott, Dan Harris and Gary Scott Thompson and actors Jennifer Beals, Julie Delpy, Vanessa Marcil and Paul Hogan. His producer clients include Mark Ordesky, Cathy Schulman, Anthony Bregman and Don Murphy. He has also been involved in the structuring of a large number of independent films on behalf of both talent and producer clients.

Mr. Emanuel serves as legal counsel to the Sundance Institute advising them in matters pertaining to the Sundance Film Festival, including the negotiation of sponsorship agreements as well as negotiating other strategic relationships.

In addition, Mr. Emanuel is on the advisory board for the Los Angeles Film Festival and is frequently asked to speak at film festivals and entertainment industry-specific events including the Annual UCLA Entertainment Symposium and the Women in Film and Television Summit. He has also been a moderator at the Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) in Abu Dhabi.

Fann Wong

The porcelain-faced beauty with the megawatt smile has enjoyed a meteoric rise to stardom. She was already a top model when she started her TV career in 1994. Known for her natural acting flair, her first year as an actress saw her winning both the Most Popular Newcomer and Best Actress awards in Star Awards 1995, an annual award ceremony for TV personalities.

Fann has come a long way and has become a bonafide hot and regional star. Her albums and music videos have made her a pop star in Taiwan, not to mention Hong Kong, with already 2 movies under her belt. Her silverscreen debut in The Truth About Jane & Sam, by acclaimed director Derek Yee, won her a nomination for Best Newcomer in the Hong Kong Film Awards 2000.

More notably, in 1998, the mega-popular TV series Return of the Condor Heroes made her a recognisable face in China and Taiwan. The sky is the limit for Fann. Incredibly hardworking and versatile, she is the first local star to hold a solo concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. This beauty is also the first Asian celebrity to be chosen as the spokesperson for international fashion label Emporio Armani. Fann‟s list of achievements is uncountable, and being the all-rounder that she is, it will not be hard to imagine her as the next big thing to hit the international scene, with her first in the Hollywood production Shanghai Knights, acting alongside international stars Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson and recently a movie “Dance of the Dragon” with Hollywood star Jason Scotts Lee and Korea star Jang Hyuk. Fann was also awarded the “Best Actress” award in the West Hollywood International Film Festival 2008.

Delfin Fernandez Group CEO HOYTS Group (Australia)

Mr. Fernandez started his career in the International Exhibition arena in 1994 as Director of International Operations for United Artists Theatres pursuing the company’s new international strategy in Latin America. He supervised the development and expansion of multiplex theatres in Mexico and Argentina. In 1997, he joined General Cinema International to further develop a Latin American strategy that included an expansion in Brazil and Uruguay.

In 1998, he was appointed the Managing Director of a newly formed joint venture Hoyts-General Cinema based in Buenos Aires Argentina. Following an ownership change in 2002, Mr. Fernandez was appointed the CEO of Hoyts General Cinema South America, Inc.

In October 2005, Mr. Fernandez was the recipient of the prestigious International Achievement in Exhibition Award. That same year, Mr. Fernandez became the CEO of Hoyts Entertainment, a leading film exhibition and distribution channel in Australia and New Zealand. Hoyts Entertainment is headquartered in Sydney Australia and operates Hoyts Cinemas, the second largest exhibition group with over 400 screens in 50 locations, Hoyts Distribution, the leading independent film distributor and Oovie, the leading DVD vending kiosk channel in Australia. Mr. Fernandez is also a Director of NACO, the National Association of Cinema Operators, the largest exhibitor association in Australia and New Zealand.

Peter Fornstam Managing Director, Svenska Bio

Peter Fornstam has been active in the movie business since 1976 as the third generation of a family run cinema company. In 1985 he became the owner of Succéfilm AB, which is the parent company of HB Svenska Bio. He is today the Managing Director of both Succéfilm and Svenska Bio. During his tenure Svenska Bio has grown from 5 markets with 10 screens into 29 markets with 107 screens and is today thereby Sweden’s second largest cinema chain. The group revenue for 2009 was over 337 million Swedish crowns.

Assignments

• International advisor – Bonnier Entertainment, Svensk Filmindustri AB and SF Bio AB
• Board member – SF Anytime AB
• Board member – Filmägarnas kontrollbyrå “The Swedish Film Owners Control Bureau”
• Board member – Svenska Filmklubben “The Swedish Film Club”
• Board member – UNIC, International Union of Cinemas
• Vice Chairman – Svenska Biografägarförbund “Swedish Cinema Owner Alliance”

Richard J. Fox Executive Vice President, Warner Bros. Entertainment International

A highly respected member of the international film community, Richard Fox serves as Executive Vice President, International, Warner Bros Entertainment. A 35-year company veteran, he works closely with Warner Bros.’ senior management to develop opportunities emerging from the company’s international growth to expand newly acquired businesses worldwide.

One of Fox’s major responsibilities is managing the company’s extensive indigenous film production initiative, in which Warner Bros. Pictures serves as a producer, production partner or distributor of local-language films in various countries around the world. A guiding principle behind this initiative, beyond promoting cultural diversity, is to employ local management and crews to produce films in a country’s native language, while working with the broadest range of in-country talent available. When applicable, the Studio commits its worldwide resources to exporting these films beyond their country of origin, bringing a “local” film to an international audience.

Fox also oversees Warner Bros. International Cinemas’ operations, as well as works closely with the Studio’s International Theatrical Distribution, International Television, Home Entertainment and Consumer Products divisions.

In November 2008, Fox received the honorary title Commendatore dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic), which is conferred by the President of the Italian Republic on Italian and foreign citizens who have distinguished themselves through lasting contributions to Italian society. Fox was recognized for his lifetime commitment to cultural diversity and for his significant contribution to the development of local production in the Italian movie industry.

In February 2006, Fox was named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) for his lifetime commitment to cultural diversity as exemplified by his achievements in the world of international film. This honor from the French government recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to creative life in France and throughout the world.

Rob Friedman Co-Chairman and CEO Summit Entertainment

Rob Friedman became the Co-Chairman and CEO of worldwide filmed entertainment studio Summit Entertainment in 2007. Under his direction, the studio launched the worldwide blockbuster TWILIGHT SAGA franchise and the first three installments have grossed over $1.8 billion to date. Summit is also behind THE HURT LOCKER, the 2010 Academy Award® winner for Best Picture and Best Director. Other highlights in Summit’s growing library of films include the Sci-fi hit KNOWING, the romantic adventure LETTERS TO JULIET, Roman Polanski’s THE GHOST WRITER, the successful STEP UP franchise and the action comedy RED, which is currently in theaters.

Mr. Friedman’s career in the film business spans over 40 years. In that time he has held top-level posts at several major studios and has been involved in the production and marketing of some of the industry’s most notable properties.

Mr. Friedman started his career in 1970 in the mailroom at Warner Bros. Studios and in the subsequent nineteen years he held many posts ultimately rising to the become the studio’s President of Worldwide Advertising and Publicity. While at Warner Bros. he was directly responsible for the release of over 180 movies including such blockbusters as SUPERMAN, BATMAN, BATMAN RETURNS, ACE VENTURA as well as his first three Academy Award®-winning Best Pictures, CHARIOTS OF FIRE, UNFORGIVEN, and DRIVING MISS DAISY. Mr. Friedman was also involved in integrating the companies involved in the Time/Warner merger and subsequent acquisition of Turner Broadcasting.

In 1997, Mr. Friedman moved to Paramount Pictures as Vice Chairman of the Paramount Motion Pictures Group. In 2000 he also added the role Chief Operating Officer, ultimately overseeing seven divisions. He created the studio’s specialty film division then known as Paramount Classics and prepared the studio to capitalize on the rapidly growing DVD marketplace. Mr. Friedman also served on the Boards of Directors of UIP, the joint international distribution venture between Paramount and Universal Studios, and Movie Link, one of the internet’s first legal film download to view sites. He also was integral part of numerous films released by the studio including the multiple Academy Award-winning blockbuster TITANIC.

In November 2010, Mr. Friedman was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® in the Media, Entertainment and Communications category for his work in creating Summit. Friedman is on the Board of Directors of the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation and the Board of Governors for the Southern California Special Olympics. He also held a seat on the Board of Directors of the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games. Additionally, Mr. Friedman is a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences as well as being an active supporter of the Salvation Army and Hearts of L.A.

Subhash Ghai Chairman and Managing Director, Mukta Arts Ltd, Mumbai Chairman, Whistling Woods International Institute for Film Television Animation & Media Arts, Filmcity, Mumbai

Subhash Ghai is one of the most renowned names in Indian cinema. In a 35-year filmmaking career, he has written, directed and produced 18 films so far out which 14 movies have been blockbusters including ‘Karz’, ‘Hero’, ‘Karma’, ‘Khalnayak’, ‘Pardes’, ‘Taal’, ‘Yaadein’ and his most recent, ‘Black and White’. He also produced the National Award winning film ‘Iqbal’ and many more in his production house Mukta Arts Limited, making it one of India’s most successful film companies.

In the last 30 years he has guided his company to be the pioneer in the Indian film industry claiming several firsts to its credit both on technological platforms and in building out the industry framework. Mukta Arts was the first company in India to introduce audio CDs back in the 1980s (Karma was the first audio CD released in India). Mukta Arts also pioneered film insurance in India with Taal being the first Indian film even to be insured. The insurance policy, which was co-written by Mukta Arts is called the ‘CineMukta’ policy and is the only film insurance structure in India today. Mukta Arts was also the first production house to raise finance on the public markets. And in his latest, venture, he has backward integrated into film & media education by setting up a world-class Film, Television, Animation and Media Arts institute. Named ‘Whistling Woods International’, the institute is widely recognized as one of the best film schools in Asia and, in late 2010, was rated amongst the top 10 film schools in the world by The Hollywood Reporter.

Widely traveled internationally, Subhash Ghai has been on the board, committees, associations with various activities and missions in the field of social, economic or human welfare. He is a member of executive committee of Producers Guild of India and a member of United Producers forum. He has also been appointed as the Chairman of the Entertainment Committee of Trade body CII and also the member of FICCI and NASCOM and TIE worldwide and its alliances and has been invited to address at various forums and seminars including on corporate governance and other subjects relating to the growth of media and entertainment industry in India and worldwide.

David Glass Managing Director, Golden Village

Coming from an advertising/marketing background, David Glass commenced with Village Roadshow in the mid 1980′s, primarily to establish a Home Video distribution company within the group. This expanded from Australian domestic marketing and distribution, into specialised Asian distribution joint-ventures in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and South Korea.

David was involved from the early days of the Village Roadshow international cinema exhibition expansion which commenced in Singapore in 1992 with the radical and hugely successful Yishun 10 Multiplex cinemas. David relocated to Singapore in 1993 as Managing Director of the Golden Village joint-venture cinema Company (Village Roadshow & Golden Harvest) in Singapore and surrounding territories. David spent over 5 years developing the circuit, in addition to establishing a film distribution business, featuring both Hollywood and Chinese films.

During his original tenure in Singapore, David supported, and was very involved with, a number of Singapore institutions including: SAFRA, National Crime Prevention, AWARE, Singapore Marketing Institute, Speak Mandarin Campaign, Singapore Film Festival, Singapore Film Society, Road Safety Committee and Community Chest. David was also one of the founding committee members of the Singapore Film Corporation under Chairperson Jennie Chua.

With the opening of Golden Village’s fabulous “Vivo-City” shopping centre development on Singapore’s Harbour Front precinct in October 2006, David played a major overseeing and marketing role. Within this most recent GV development, there are 15 World-Class cinema screens, including the unique Golden-Village created “Gold-Class” concept. This new development also features the World’s largest cinema screen (“GV-MAX”), another first for Singapore and the Golden Village brand.

David is also responsible for the Australia-wide games and leisure centres owned by Village and branded INTENCITY.

David reassumed the role of Managing Director for Golden Village in January 2008 after Mr Kenneth Tan’s resignation. He has since been actively involved in working with his team to develop new revenue streams across all divisions of the company.

Samuel Hadida President, Metropolitan Films

Samuel Hadida is one of the most successful producers and distributors in the worldwide film business. He and his brother, Victor, have grown Metropolitan FilmExport, founded in the early 1980s by the brothers and their father, David, into the largest and most successful independent all-rights distribution company of English language pictures in France.

Metropolitan has distributed hundreds of successful films in France, and has developed a keen understanding of distribution and marketing. It was an easy step for Hadida to move into film production.

His first production was True Romance, the first film produced from a Quentin Tarantino script and his first collaboration with director Tony Scott. Hadida now produces or co-produces several films each year through Davis Films, the production company owned and operated by himself and Victor. These productions encompass the best of the French industry, European productions and co-productions, and American productions.

Hadida recently produced The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Terry Gilliam’s last visionary creation, starring Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrel and Jude Law ; Solomon Kane, the first epic adventure adapted from the classic pulp stories by Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan The Barbarian, directed by Michael J. Bassett and starring James Purefoy ; Christophe Gans’ Silent Hill and Tony Scott’s Domino with Kiera Knightley and Mickey Rourke. Hadida is also producer of The Bridge of San Luis Rey with Robert De Niro, and Fabian Bielinsky’s thriller El Aura. He was co-executive producer on George Clooney’s Academy Award nominated Good Night and Good Luck.

Hadida has had a long association with writer-director Roger Avary, and such films as Killing Zoe or Rules of Attractions are a result of their collaboration. He’s used to having long term relationship with the talents he works with, like Christophe Gans. Hadida produced Gans’ first film, and continued with the phenomenally successful Le Pacte des Loups, and Silent Hill.

Other Hadida productions include David Cronenberg’s acclaimed psychological thriller Spider starring Ralph Fiennes and Miranda Richardson, Sheldon Lettich’s Only the Strong (the first Capoeira/martial arts film, and the film which introduced both Mark Dacascos and the famous score music now popularized in the United States in the “zoom zoom zoom” Mazda car commercials), Michael Radford’s Dancing at the Blue Iguana, Steve Barron’s Pinocchio with Martin Landau (one of the first films to combine computer-generated images and live action), Matthew Bright’s Freeway (winner of the top award at the Cognac Festival and Reese Witherspoon’s first role), and Gabriele Salvatores’ Nirvana.

Samuel Hadida will next bring to the big screen the sequel in 3D to the first adaptation of the survival-horror video game Silent Hill, set to be directed by Michael J. Bassett, as well as the next Tony Scott’s film, based on the novel Potsdamer Platz.

Paul Hanneman Co-President, Twentieth Century Fox International

Paul Hanneman has served as Co-President of Twentieth Century Fox International since September of 2005. During his tenure, Fox International has enjoyed unprecedented success, having released two of the top five grossing international releases ever: AVATAR and ICE AGE 3: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS.

Serving as Executive Vice President of Sales and Strategic Planning for Fox International from 2002 to the fall of 2005, Hanneman was responsible for the development and execution of distribution strategies for the entire slate of Fox releases. Hanneman first joined Fox International in 1990 and, after a year-long training stint in Panama and Australia, was made Managing Director of the Korean operation. In 1993, he moved to Japan as Managing Director, supervising three of the top six Japanese releases at that time. From 1995 to 2002, he served as Senior Vice President, Asia/Pacific, managing the business across the region (13 markets) out of Hong Kong.

Prior to joining Fox, Hanneman worked as a Commercial Investment Agent for Norris, Beggs & Simpson in San Francisco. He also served as Corporate Finance Associate at Bankers Trust Company in New York and Los Angeles. Hanneman holds an MBA in International Marketing from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA and a BBA from the University of Texas.

Ian Jessel Tranquil Seas

Ian Jessel was born in London and was educated at Queen Elizabeth’s School, London and Brasenose College, Oxford University, where he obtained both B.A. and M.A. degrees in Modern Languages.

Upon graduation from Oxford, Ian was selected by the Rank Organisation as a management trainee at inewood Studios. At this time Rank had a strong international presence throughout the world and Ian travelled extensively working closely with senior management in Europe and Australia, ultimately being responsible for worldwide acquisitions.

After five years with Rank, Ian left to set up his own company and acquired the rights to the political thriller “Z” which won two awards at Cannes and two Oscars.

Thereafter Ian was appointed Managing Director of John Heyman’s World Film Sales and Lord Grade’s I.T.C. Entertainment and, in addition, was a director of the Classic Cinema circuit. Among the films Ian was actively involved in were “THE GO-BETWEEN”, “THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL”, “SOPHIE’S CHOICE”, “THE EAGLE HAS LANDED”, “THE MUPPET MOVIE”, “RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER” and “ON GOLDEN POND”.

In the mid-1980′s Ian re-located from London to Los Angeles upon being appointed Vice-President of International Distribution and Marketing at CBS Films, where he was responsible for all CBS Films’ international acquisitions and distribution activities.

Since leaving CBS, Ian has been President and CEO of Nelson Entertainment where he supervised all international distribution of Rob Reiner’s “WHEN HARRY MET SALLY” and Spelling Films where he was instrumental in acquiring Robert Altman’s “THE PLAYER” and distributing David Lynch’s “TWIN PEAKS”.
In both companies Ian established all international operations and oversaw their rapid growth and success.

In 1992 Ian was appointed the Founding President of Miramax International, one of the world’s strongest independent companies, which during Ian’s tenure acquired, produced and distributed films of class and distinction such as Robert Altman’s “PRET A PORTER”, Chen Kaige’s “FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE”, Quentin Tarantino’s “PULP FICTION”, Woody Allen’s “BULLETS OVER BROADWAY”, Jane Campion’s “THE PIANO” and Peter Jackson’s “HEAVENLY CREATURES”.

Under Ian’s leadership, within two years, Miramax International became the world’s leading independent foreign sales company. In addition to supervising all Miramax’s international activities, Ian was also Executive Producer of Altman’s “PRET A PORTER”. After Miramax was acquired by Disney, Ian continued his co-production activities working closely with TF1 and other leading European broadcasters and distributors.

Films with which Ian has been associated have won 4 Palmes d’Or at Cannes and 16 Academy Awards.

He is currently preparing three films to shoot in 2012. Together with production partners Jeff Apple (“IN THE LINE OF FIRE”) and Martin Brown (“MOULIN ROUGE”), Ian is in pre-production on “RUSSELL”, a quintessential family entertainment to shoot primarily in Australia and he is also preparing to shoot “SHADOWPLAY” and “SINGAPORE LOVE STORY”.

Ian speaks fluent French, German and Italian and is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

Jiang Yanming President, China Lion Film Distribution

蒋燕鸣Jiang yanming, 男, 1958年5月24日出生于北京,
1985—-至今在深圳电影制片厂作制片主任.
1993—-2008创办深圳市众人广告传播有限公司,任董事长兼总经理.
1996—-至今创办北京视点英派数码制作有限公司, 任董事总经理.
2006—-2010与美国Technicolor成立合资公司视点特艺（北京）数字技术有限公司（Technicolor (Beijing)Visual Technology Co.Ltd），任董事长，首席运营官。
2010年8月与人合伙创China Lion Film Distribution Inc （USA）任总裁。

电影作品:
《残月》《少年犯》《联手警探》《不了情》《天出血》任制片主任, 《夜宴》任特效总监. 《集结号》任执行制片人. 《大灌蓝》任特效总监，《非诚勿扰》任特效总监，《红楼梦》任特效总监，《狄仁杰—之通天帝国》任特效总监，《三枪拍案惊奇》任特效总监，《唐山大地震》任特效总监。

2006年《广告杂志》评为中国100位最具影响力的制作人.
2006年《夜宴》获香港电影金像奖最佳视觉效果提名.并参加威尼斯电影节.
2007年《集结号》韩国斧山电影节开幕影片，土尔其电影节参展影片，台湾金马奖最佳视觉效果提名
2010年《唐山大地震》获台湾金马奖最佳视觉效果提名，并获得在澳大利亚举办的亚太国际电影节最佳影片奖。

Robert G. Kirby Chairman, Village Roadshow Limited

Robert Kirby has 35 years experience in the world of cinema, film and entertainment industry.

In the 1970′s he was instrumental in establishing the early film production arm of Village Roadshow, including the first Max Max film.

In the ’80s Robert was the pioneer of the Australian home video revolution in Australia. In the late 1980′s he initiated Village Roadshow’s international multiplex cinema expansion into eventually 22 countries, and including 25 years partnership with Golden Harvest, building cinemas in Korea, Singapore Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia and Hong Kong. This Orange Sky Golden Harvest cinema partnership with Village Roadshow continues with the highly successful and dominant Golden Village Cinema sites in Singapore.

In 1998 he was responsible for the public listing of Village Roadshow and the world class building of Warner Bros. Movie World theme park, Wet’nWild water park and the subsequent acquisition and regeneration of Sea World on “the Gold Coast” of Queensland Australia.

In the 1990′s Robert Kirby created one of the most successful radio companies in the world with the acquisition and merger of Triple M and Austereo Radio companies.

As Co-Chief Executive of the publicly listed Village Roadshow Limited, he is the key strategist behind the company’s international theme parks expansion, Gold Class Cinemas in the USA and a continuing role with Village Roadshow Pictures (including Concord Music).

Robert Kirby is the Executive Chairman of Village Roadshow Limited.

Deputy Chair, Peter Mac Cancer Foundation; Director, National Institution of Integrated Medicine; Member Patrons Council, The Epilepsy Foundation Vic; Patron of Victorian Arts Centre;

Sanjeev Lamba CEO, Reliance Big Pictures

Sanjeev has been serving as the CEO of Reliance Big Pictures since 2009, the movie production /distribution and home entertainment arm of Reliance Entertainment, based out of Mumbai, India.

He has more than 25 years of experience in the entertainment and advertising industry with Ogilvy and Mather Advertising in India, The Walt Disney Company in Asia and the US and the Weinstein Company in New York in senior international positions across movies, video games, consumer products and advertising for global brands.

In his current role he is responsible for managing the development of movies in Indian languages and their distribution, marketing and sales worldwide across all platforms for Reliance Big Pictures plus the production and distribution of home entertainment products in India for Indian language films and major Hollywood Studios including Paramount, Universal, Warner Bros. and Dreamworks. In addition to being a partner in the new Dreamworks Studios, Reliance Big Pictures is also responsible for the Indian distribution of all Dreamworks’ films.

During the past 20 years Sanjeev has been based in Mumbai, Hongkong, Tokyo, Los Angeles and New York with global responsibilites and has helped build successful international entertainment franchises

Albert Lee CEO Emperor Motion Picture

Albert Lee, CEO of Hong Kong-based sales and production company Emperor Motion Pictures, began his career in the film industry with Golden Harvest in 1979. Over 21 years, he rose through the ranks to become Executive Director, overseeing the sales of Golden Harvest’s popular Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan titles, amongst others, as well as the acquisition of foreign titles for local distribution.

Under Albert’s leadership since 2003, Emperor Motion Pictures was one of the first Hong Kong companies to start coproducing with China and has become a major force on the Asian production scene. Notable recent successes include Let the Bullets Fly (2010), product of an ongoing collaboration between Emperor and Chinese actor-director Jiang Wen, which became the highest grossing domestic film ever in China with takings of more than US$100 million, while the box-office of Benny Chan’s Shaolin (2011) also passed US$52million around South East Asian territories. Albert is an active member of the Hong Kong film industry, representing Emperor on the Boards of Hong Kong’s Chamber of Films and Motion Picture Industry Association, as well as one of the International Advisors of the Hong Kong-Asian Film Financing Forum (HAF). He also served as Vice-Chairperson, Non-California, of the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) from 2007 and 2010.

Mily Lee Vice Chairman CJ Group

Miky Lee (Mie Kyung Lee) is the Vice Chairman of CJ Group. Ms. Lee, alongside her brother and the Chairman of CJ group, founded the entertainment and media division of CJ in 1994 after leading CJ to become one of the founding investors in DreamWorks SKG. Since then, CJ has built many influential companies in the Korea entertainment and media industry: CJ CGV, the first and largest multiplex chain in Korea. CJ Media, recently acquired On Media and is the leading cable network operating sixteen cable channels with highest combined ratings. And Mnet Media, Korea’s first and only “total music entertainment” company and leader in cable music television, music distribution and live concerts.

Prior to joining CJ, Ms. Lee served as Director of Samsung America, spearheading Samsung’s cultural and educational projects. She established the Parson School of Design in Seoul for Samsung and oversaw the formation of a branch of Pasadena’s Arts Center College of Design for Samsung employees.

Ms. Lee’s leadership skills have been widely recognized. In 2006, she was awarded the World Business Award at the Women’s World Awards for leading the largest entertainment group in Korea and for her global vision. She was also chosen by Variety in its Women’s Impact Report 2006 as one of the leading executives in the film industry. In 2007, she was the recipient of the CEO of the Year Award by Korean Management Association in recognition of her role in making possible the thriving film industry in Korea today.

Ms. Lee has always had a deep interest in education and cross-cultural affairs. She earned her B.A. in 1981 at Seoul National University and then studied Chinese language and linguistics at Taiwan National University from 1981-1983. In 1984, she studied Japanese language at Japan’s Keio University. Ms. Lee received her M.A. in Asian studies from Harvard University in 1986. At Harvard, she served for three years as a teaching fellow in Korean language. She also studied Chinese literature and history at Fudan University in China.

Miky Lee is the first grandchild of B.C. Lee, the founder of CJ and the Samsung Group.

Richard B. Lewis Chief Executive Officer Southpaw Entertainment

RICHARD BARTON LEWIS is the founder and CEO of Southpaw Entertainment, an independently financed production and development company launched in 2001. Lewis was the driving force in bringing the Oscar and Grammy nominated Warner Bros’ musical fable AUGUST RUSH to the screen, producing both the film and its gold record soundtrack. After producing 14 films and over 300 hours of television, AUGUST RUSH marked Lewis’ return to Warner Bros. Pictures where he produced the mega-hit, ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES.

Southpaw has produced and co-financed four motion pictures: AUGUST RUSH, staring Robin Williams, and Freddie Highmore; EULOGY, starring Ray Romano, Debra Winter, Hank Azaria, Kelly Preston, Zooey Deschaanel and Famke Janssen; HOUSE OF D, starring Robin Williams, Frank Langella, David Duchovny, and Anton Yelchin; and BROOKLYN RULES written by Terence Winter, creator of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and head writer on The Sopranos, and starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Scott Caan, and Alec Baldwin.

Lewis has over 15 motion pictures in development at Southpaw Entertainment, including OUT OF THIS WORLD, to be financed by Relativity Media, and directed by Marc Forster, and written by Allan Loeb, SPORTS CHICK at Fox 2000 with Anne Hathaway, THE ENGLISHMAN with Pierce Brosnan, ANYTHING BUT ORDINARY with Emma Roberts, AnnaSophia Robb and Shiloh Fernandez.

Prior to Southpaw, Lewis was a founding partner of Trilogy Entertainment, which generated more than $1.3 billion dollars in gross revenue. Lewis and his former Trilogy partners burst onto the scene with ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES, and BACKDRAFT. Together, these films garnered four Academy Award nominations, two successful soundtracks, inspired an attraction at Universal Studios and were the number two and five most successful pictures of the year.

Trilogy’s prodigious television line-up included the multi-award-winning Showtime series The Outer Limits, and the Sci-Fi Channel’s Poltergeist: The Legacy created by Lewis, the CBS Emmy-winning series The Magnificent Seven, and the double Emmy-winning first-run series, Fame L.A., also created by Lewis: the TNT original movies Houdini and Buffalo Soldiers; and the ABC event mini-series Peter Benchley’s Creature.

Lewis’ other credits include MOLL FLANDERS, BLOWN AWAY, and LARGER THAN LIFE.

Victor Loewy Chairman, Alliance Films Inc

With more than 30 years of experience, Mr. Loewy is an accomplished film veteran who has been instrumental in establishing the Canadian motion picture distribution industry. Mr. Loewy co-founded his first company, Vivafilm, in 1972 and subsequently Alliance Communications Corporation in 1985, which grew under his leadership to become Canada’s leading independent distributor of record-breaking Canadian films plus motion pictures from US studios including New Line Cinema, Focus Features and Miramax Films.

Following the 1998 merger of Alliance with Atlantis Communications, Mr. Loewy continued as CEO and Chairman of the motion picture distribution division and expanded its international distribution platform by establishing subsidiary Momentum Pictures in the United Kingdom and acquiring Aurum Producciones in Spain. With the 2007 sale of the motion picture distribution business to Goldman Sachs, Mr. Loewy became Chairman of the newly formed Alliance Films Inc., a leading distributor and a co-financier of motion pictures in all media in Canada, the UK and Spain.

He is the recipient of dozens of awards celebrating his contribution to motion picture distribution and, in 2009, was inducted into the Canadian Film & Television Hall of Fame alongside fellow Canadians David Cronenberg, Christopher Plummer and Denys Arcand.

Kishore Lulla Chairman & CEO, Eros International

Kishore Lulla is the Executive Chairman of Eros International, one of India ‘s largest film and entertainment companies with a library of over 2,000 films and operations in over 50 countries.

Mr Lulla graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Arts from Mumbai University . He has over 20 years of experience in the media and film industry. He is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and Young Presidents’ Organisation and is also a board member of the University of California , Los Angeles ("UCLA"). He has been honoured at the Asian Business Awards 2007 and the Indian Film Academy Awards 2007 for his contribution in taking Indian cinema global. As Executive Chairman of Eros, he has been instrumental in spearheading the growth of Eros International Plc and expanding their presence in UK , USA , Dubai , Australia , Fiji and other international markets.

Christopher Mapp Managing Director, Omnilab Media

Christopher Mapp is Managing Director of Omnilab Media – a leading Australian and New Zealand media, entertainment and technology company. Through its broad range of 20 businesses it is capable of developing, producing, financing, servicing and distributing its own projects. Additionally, it provides extensive media and technology solutions for a diverse range of clients in the film, television, advertising and corporate sectors including: content development and production; financing and distribution; visual effects and post production; software and technology IP and development; broadcast and channel play out; and media asset management and distribution.

Christopher’s executive producer credits includes the two highest grossing Australian films of 2010 Tomorrow When The War Began directed by Stuart Beattie and Bran Nue Dae starring Geoffrey Rush. Other credits include The Loved Ones directed by Sean Byrne; the highly anticipated The Killer Elite starring Jason Statham, Robert De Niro, and Clive Owen; and the 3D feature film Power of the Dark Crystal with The Jim Henson Company currently in development.

Christopher has served as executive producer and co-funded a number of high-profile international films for North American release including Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (in development); the twice 2010 Academy Award nominated The Messenger (starring Woody Harrelson); the controversial “W” directed by Oliver Stone; and The Bank Job directed by Roger Donaldson.

Christopher was instrumental in securing a partnership with Kennedy Miller Mitchell (KMM) in the creation of the Australian owned digital film company, Dr. D Studios which is currently in production on Happy Feet 2 and in pre-production on Mad Max 4 – Fury Road with director George Miller.

With a strong commitment in the development of software, online services and innovative technologies, Christopher has expanded Omnilab Media’s cross-media asset management and distribution company, Dubsat, through the acquisition of US based Vio Worldwide and a partnership with IMD (UK, Ireland and Europe) making it the biggest distributor of print, TV and radio commercials and digital media content in the world.

Christopher was awarded the 2010 Independent Producer of the Year Award by the Screen Producers Association of Australia and has served on the board of Ausfilm, the Australian federal and state government funded film commission for Australia. He is also an Ambassador for Screen Singapore, the international cinema event highlighting creative and media innovations and a platform for showcasing films to the Asian market.

Rob Minkoff Director

Rob Minkoff’s career as a filmaker is uniquely eclectic including the animated masterpiece THE LION KING, the blockbuster action picture, THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM, starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li and the recent Sundance Film Festival event FLYPAPER, starring Patrick Dempsey, Tim Blake Nelson and Ashley Judd.

Rob began his directorial career at Disney with two Roger Rabbit shorts TUMMY TROUBLE and ROLLERCOASTER RABBIT.

After a twelve-year career at Disney, Rob left to direct the combination live-action and animation STUART LITTLE and STUART LITTLE 2 for Sony’s Columbia Pictures. In addition to supervising the creation of THE LION KING and STUART LITTLE he’s worked with an incredible array of award-winning talent including Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, Hugh Laurie, Eddie Murphy, and Michael J. Fox.

Rob is one of only a few filmmakers to have directed both a live action and animation features and innovated in the use of the combined mediums with the photo-realistic CGI for STUART LITTLE and STUART LITTLE 2. His work has been exemplified by both commercial success and artistic innovation, his films having grossed more than one and half billion dollars worldwide.

Having traveled to China initially in 1997 Rob has continued to develop a deep interest in Asian history and culture. He is currently developing several China-related projects including the upcoming Action Fantasy CHINESE ODYSSEY. He owns a home in Beijing and recently married the 76th generational descendant of Confucius.

Andrew Ooi President Echelon Talent Management Inc.

Andrew is the President of The COcreative Company Pte. Ltd. A film packaging / production entity based out of Singapore.

In 1999, he produced and financed, SHRIEK IF YOU KNOW WHAT I DID LAST FRIDAY THE 13th (Lions Gate Films). That same year, he formed Endless Entertainment Inc. with producer Ron French, and the company produced such films as SLAP SHOT 2 and K9: P. I. for Universal Pictures.

In 2006, he packaged and co-produced the highly rated mini-series Dragon Boys for CBC Television, which has won many awards including Gemini and Leo Awards in Canada for Best Mini Series 2007.

The following year, Andrew executive produced DIM SUM FUNERAL, which had its world premiere at the Pusan International Film Festival in 2008, and North American premiere in LA at the AFI Film Festival in November 2008. The film was subsequently released by HBO Films.

Most recently, Andrew executive produced the feature, DREAM HOME directed by award winning Hong Kong director, Pang Ho Cheung through his partnership in 852 Films (HK) Ltd.. It starred actress / rock star Josie Ho, Hong Kong heart-throb Eason Chan and veteran actor Anthony Wong. Represented by Fortissimo Films, the film had its world premiere as the opening film at the Udine Film Festival in Italy, and its North American premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Andrew also executive produced REVENGE: A LOVE STORY and is currently producing the feature THE COURIER, starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Josie Ho and Mickey Rourke, directed by Oscar nominated director Hany Abu-Assad.

Together with its sister company in Vancouver, Canada, Echelon Talent Management, The COcreative manages some of the top Asian names in film today. Their clients have starred in films such as 2012, THE DARK KNIGHT, LUST, CAUTION, LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 3, and THE QUIET AMERICAN, etc.. Upcoming projects for his clients include the films, PRIEST, RESTLESS, CONTAGION, PREMIUM RUSH, and TV shows like NIKITA, FRINGE and CSI.

Finally, Andrew also sits on the advisory boards for the Vancouver International Film Festival Trade Forum, and The Canadian Society for Asian Arts.

Sanford Panitch President, Fox International Productions

Sanford Panitch is the President of Fox International Productions, a division of 20th Century Fox Entertainment Group that produces and acquires local language films worldwide.

Before creating the newly formed division in 2008, Panitch served as President of Filmed Entertainment for New Regency Enterprises. He was previously Executive Vice President of 20th Century Fox (1997-2000) where he was the executive on Titanic.

During his tenures, he has supervised over 75 feature films such as “The Fugitive”, “Dr. Dolittle”, “Jumper”, “Office Space”, “Daredevil”, “Alvin and the Chipmunks”, “Man on Fire”, “Big Momma’s House”, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”.

Panitch was a co-producer of David Fincher’s “Se7en” and co-producer of Wolfgang Peterson’s “Outbreak”.

Mr. Panitch is a member of the Dean’s Council for Tulane University in New Orleans. He also serves as a Visiting Adjunct Professor at Tulane teaching a class within the English Department that introduces a new approach to creative writing relying on filmic references.

He serves on the Board The Student Voice Project, the Curator’s Council for the LA><ART Organization, and is a member of Motion Picture Academy.

William Pfeiffer Chief Executive Officer, Tiger Gate Entertainment Ltd

William Pfeiffer is Chief Executive Officer of Tiger Gate Entertainment, a partnership among Lionsgate Entertainment, Saban Capital Group, and Tiger Gate management. The company launched two TV channels on August 1, 2009. KIX is an action TV channel featuring the most exciting Asian content, and Thrill is a movie channel focused on the best thriller, suspense, and horror films from Asia and Hollywood. Tiger Gate also produces and distributes films and TV programming in Asia.

As Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures from 2001 – 2008, he launched an Asian-content media company with worldwide entertainment assets in the motion picture, television, and new media industries. Celestial Pictures owns and distributes Asia’s largest film library, including the Shaw Brothers films. Celestial produces new Asian-language feature films and television programs. Celestial also owns and operates several television channels including Celestial Movies, the most widely distributed Chinese-language movie channel.

From 1992-2001, William Pfeiffer was Managing Director, Asia, of Sony Pictures’ Columbia TriStar International Television and also EVP of Corporate Development for Sony Pictures. He was responsible for launching 20 television channel services across the region under 8 brands, including AXN, Animax, and Sony Entertainment TV, a leading Indian-language group of TV channels. He also initiated and oversaw the production and distribution of over 4000 hours per year of local language television programming and the launch into feature film production in languages such as Mandarin, Hindi, and Japanese.

Prior to his appointment to Sony, Pfeiffer was President of Japan and Managing Director, Asia, for The Walt Disney Company’s home entertainment business and established its television production business in the region.

Pfeiffer has lived in Asia for twenty-nine years. He studied at the University of Notre Dame and Sophia University (in Tokyo) as an undergraduate and at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.

Roger Pollock Executive Vice President, Paramount Pictures International

Roger Pollock’s career in the media and entertainment industry began in 1982 at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London. Initially working for the BBC’s World Service radio network he later joined BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, selling television programming to European networks.

In 1987 he joined United International Pictures (UIP) based at their Head Office in London as part of a small team developing new and emerging international
markets.

His first overseas posting was in 1990 when he was appointed as UIP’s General Manager in Thailand. In 1992 he moved to Seoul, Korea as UIP’s Representative Director and in 1994 was appointed as Managing Director for UIP subsidiaries in Singapore and Malaysia.

In April 2000 Pollock was appointed as head of UIP’s Asian Distribution and Marketing operations based in Singapore.

In April 2003 he relocated to UIP’s head office in London to take up the position as Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa and held the position of Senior Vice-President.

In January 2007, following the decision at the end of 2005 by Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures to set up stand alone international operations, Roger was appointed to his current position as Executive Vice President of Distribution and Operations for Paramount Pictures International based at PPI Head Office in London.

John Ptak Co-Founder, Arsenal

John Ptak has been in the entertainment industry since 1968 when, after graduating from the University Of California, Los Angeles, he joined the staff of The American Film Institute in its first year. In 1971, he became an agent with International Famous Agency, now ICM, moving to the William Morris Agency in 1976 and to Creative Artists Agency in 1991. He formed his own company in 2006, which provides advisory services to motion picture production companies and film financiers in securing the financing, distribution arrangements and talent for independent films, most recently on Terry Gilliam’s THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUSS, Matt Reeves’ LET ME IN and Peter Weir’s THE WAY BACK.

As an agent for 35 years, Ptak principally represented motion picture directors, producers and independent films. Early in his career, he was directly involved with setting up such films as AIRPLANE, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, JAWS, NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VACATION and TAXI DRIVER. His personal clients have included directors such as Bruce Beresford, Brian De Palma, Costa Gavras, Terry Gilliam, David Lynch, Wolfgang Peterson, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and Peter Weir. He expanded the role of the traditional talent agent by representing the financing and distribution arrangements of over 100 independent films, working with his own clients as well as with Woody Allen, Jane Campion, Kevin Costner, Paul Haggis, Anthony Minghella and Phillip Noyce on such films as CRASH, DANCES WITH WOLVES, DRIVING MISS DAISY, FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, GREENCARD, HANNIBAL, LOST HIGHWAY, THE PAINTED VEIL, THE PIANO, THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY and TRUE ROMANCE. He participated in the structuring of many international co-productions, including LAWS OF ATTRACTION, Ridley Scott’s 1492: THE CONQUEST OF PARADISE, Wolfgang Peterson’s SHATTERED, Peter Weir’s GREENCARD, and Wim Wenders’ UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD. He was also a key executive in CAA’s corporate consultancy arrangements, working with Boeing Digital Cinema, Coca-Cola, IMAX, and the French bank, Credit Lyonnais.

Ptak is a member of the National Film Preservation Board for the Library of Congress, and sits on the Board of Directors of The National Film Preservation Foundation as well as The Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation.

Suhaimi Rafdi Chief Executive Officer, Cathay Organisation Holdings Ltd

Suhaimi Rafdi has 20 years of experience in the entertainment, leisure, hospitality and F&B industries, as well as extensive experience in F&B management, cinema operations and event organisation. Prior to joining Cathay Organisation Holdings, he held positions at KFC fast food restaurant, as well as Singapore General Hospital.

In 1996, Suhaimi joined Cathay Organisation Holdings, a leading organisation engaged in the businesses of entertainment, leisure, lifestyle and property management services. Suhaimi was then an Assistant General Manager of Cathay Cineplexes, a subsidiary of Cathay Organisation Holdings Limited.

Below charts the highlights of Suhaimi’s career with Cathay Organisation:

Today, Cathay’s principal activities include film exhibition, cinema management, film distribution and film library, family entertainment centre management, property letting, property and project management, computer systems integration services, investment holdings, hotel & property management, advertising, electronic gaming and event organisation services. Suhaimi also oversees the support divisions such as Finance, Information & Technology, Legal, Projects, Human Resource & Group Communications.

Suhaimi’s area of work as CEO includes being a strategist, detecting opportunities to develop a sustainable competitive advantage within the industry where Cathay Organisation operates. Suhaimi sets policies for the organisation and formulates business strategies. He emphasizes on shareholder values, sets operating performance for all business units, financial policies and develops a value-based management culture. To-date, Cathay Organisation has a workforce of 600 full-time staff and some 400 part-time staff, across Singapore and Malaysia.

Suhaimi has a Bachelor of Science in Marketing with the National University of Ireland. He also pursued his Masters in Marketing and Casino Management in 2008 and obtained it in 2009.

Hal S. Sadoff Head of International and Independent Film International Creative Management

Hal Sadoff joined International Creative Management as Head of International and Independent Film in December 2004, overseeing packaging, financing and distribution for feature films. Over the past twenty-three years, Mr. Sadoff has developed an extensive global network of relationships within the media, entertainment, and financial communities through his involvement in numerous financing transactions with film producers, distributors, production companies, international film sales organizations and banks, as well as all of the major and mini-major film studios. Mr. Sadoff has played an integral role in more than 350 film productions and financings totaling over $3.0 billion.

Immediately prior to joining ICM, Mr. Sadoff served as an Executive Producer and financial consultant on several films including Hotel Rwanda, which was nominated for three Academy Awards. Before that, Mr. Sadoff spent four years as co-founder, partner and head of the Los Angeles office of Cobalt Media Group, a film financing and international sales company. At Cobalt, he was directly involved in structuring and arranging financing for over twenty-five productions including House of Sand and Fog, Open Range, Chicken Run, The World is Not Enough, Swimfan and Band of Brothers.

Prior to forming Cobalt, Mr. Sadoff also served as Senior Vice President and Head of the Los Angeles office of London-based National Westminster Bank. After completing the bank’s training program in the New York and London offices, over the next thirteen years, he spearheaded the building of NatWest’s Los Angeles Media and Entertainment Finance Group. In this role, he structured and provided financing for companies such as MCA / Universal, Universal Studios Florida, New Line Cinema, Samuel Goldwyn, All American Communications, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, The Walt Disney Company, Twentieth Century Fox, Mandalay, Artisan, Live Entertainment, Republic Pictures and Cinergi Pictures. Single picture financing transactions include Wild Things, Lost in Space, In Love and War, Seven Years in Tibet, Les Miserables, Stargate, Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Waking Ned Devine, Evita, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Much Ado About Nothing, and A Bronx Tale.

Mr. Sadoff serves on the Board of Directors of The Creative Coalition.

David Seargeant Managing Director, Amalgamated Holdings Limited

Amalgamated Holdings Ltd. (AHL) is Australia’s premier entertainment, hospitality and tourism and leisure company. It’s three main operating divisions are Entertainment, Entertainment Technology and Hospitality and Leisure.

David joined Amalgamated Holdings Limited in February 1988 as Chief Executive of the Hotel Division. He has been recognised as the founder of Rydges Hotels & Resorts, which is currently one of the largest Australian-owned hotel operators with nearly 7,000 rooms at locations across Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom.

In 2000 David took on the additional role of Executive Director of the Greater Union Organisation Pty Limited. Greater Union owns the Event, Greater Union, Birch Carroll & Coyle and Cinestar cinema brands. With dominating market share in Australia, Germany, Middle East and NZ, AHL is the fifth largest cinema exhibitor in the world operating over 1,300 cinema screens, with 65 million admissions globally per year.

David was appointed Managing Director of Amalgamated Holdings Limited in late 2000. Amalgamated is an Australian listed company with market capital in excess of $900 million. In addition to owning the Hotel and Cinema brands, and an extensive property portfolio, Amalgamated also owns some of Australia’s most iconic and recognisable assets including the Thredbo Ski Resort and Sydney’s State Theatre.

David’s other directorships include Tourism Training Australia and he is past President of the National Accommodation Council.

Raja Sharif VP, Director of International Affairs, Alnoor Holdings

Raja Sharif is a UK qualified barrister, and has worked in the media, technology and telecoms sector since 1995. As well as a degree in Law, he has a Masters Degree in International Commercial Law (Trade, Banking and Finance) from the University of Nottingham. He has extensive corporate and commercial experience, working as an senior executive in multinationals based in the UK.

Currently, Raja Sharif is VP, Director of International Affairs at Alnoor Holdings and is one of the directors of the Alnoor Fund Ltd based in the Cayman Islands. His experience in the media industry and his legal background makes him ideally placed to manage these roles within Alnoor. He has been responsible for setting up the corporate structure of the company and the fund as well as negotiating with third parties in respect to Alnoor’s activities at an International level, including public relations, selection of executives, relationships with studios, producers and related management issues.

Prior to this, Raja was the Deputy CEO of Barwa Media which was focused on the creation of the Qatar Media City, a very unique vision to build the most technologically advanced, inspiring global smart city appealing to the TMT sector.

Raja was also the Legal Advisor to the Director General of the Al Jazeera Network, a strategic role involved advising on and resolving many sensitive and confidential issues for the Al Jazeera group of companies.

Until his move to Qatar, Raja has lived and worked in London, and has worked for a number of multinationals, including Colt Telecom, British Telecom and Globix.

Harold Shaw Managing Director Shaw Organisation

Born in Singapore, Mr Harold Shaw is the son of the Hongkong Media Mogul, Sir Run Run Shaw.

As Managing Director of Shaw Organisation, he is actively involved in all aspects of the film Industry around the world.

Mr Shaw is also a council Member of Shaw Foundation. Since its establishment in l957, the Foundation has contributed greatly towards education, social welfare, medical research, healthcare and the arts.

Nansun Shi Chairman Distribution Workshop Limited

Co-founder and Chairman of Distribution Workshop Limited. Nansun also sits on the Board of the Bona Film Group Company Limited (Listed on NASDAQ).

Nansun has 30 years of experience in the entertainment and media industries. She is the founder and Executive Director of Film Workshop Company Limited. Nansun was Executive Producer of “Infernal Affairs” and also produced many successful films such as “Seven Swords” and “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame”.

Over the years, Film Workshop has produced a number of internationally-acclaimed box office successes including the “Once Upon A time in China” series, the “A Chinese Ghost Story” series, the “Swordsmen” series, “Peking Opera Blues”, “Black Mask 1 & 2″ and “The Legend of Zu”.

Besides producing, she has held executive positions at the CIM Group, Mandarin Entertainment and Media Asia.

In September 2005, Nansun was recognized as one of the 50 most influential indie-filmmakers / players around the world by variety.com. She was awarded Producer of the Year at CineAsia2005, served as Jury at the 57th Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin in 2007 and the 64th Festival de Cannes 2011.

Nansun is currently the Executive Director of Film Workshop Company Limited and a Member of the Hong Kong SAR Film Development Council.

Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone has directed: “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” (’10), “W.” (’08), “World Trade Center” (’06), “Alexander” (’04), “Any Given Sunday” (’99), “U-Turn” (’97), “Nixon” (’95), “Natural Born Killers” (’94), “Heaven and Earth” (’93), “JFK” (’91), “The Doors” (’91), “Born On The Fourth Of July” (’89), “Talk Radio” (’88), “Wall Street” (’87), “Platoon” (’86), “Salvador” (’86), “The Hand” (’81) and “Seizure” (’73). He’s written or co-written all of the above, with the exception of “U-Turn”, “World Trade Center”, “W.”, “Wall Street: MNS”.

He’s also written or co-written: “Midnight Express” (’78), “Scarface” (’83), “Conan The Barbarian” (’82), “Year Of The Dragon” (’85), “Evita” (’96), and “8 Million Ways To Die” (’86).

He’s directed 5 documentaries — “Looking for Fidel” (’04), “Comandante” (’03), “Persona Non Grata” (’03), “South of the Border” (’09). Upcoming: 10-hour “Forgotten History of the United States” series for Showtime (’11).

He’s produced or co-produced: “The People vs. Larry Flynt” (’96), “The Joy Luck Club” (’93), “Reversal of Fortune” (’90), “Savior” (’98), “Freeway” (’96), “South Central” (’98), “Zebrahead” (’92), “Blue Steel” (’90), and the ABC mini-series “Wild Palms” (’93). An Emmy was given to him and his co-producer for the HBO film “Indictment: The McMartin Trial”, and he was nominated for the documentary “The Last Days of Kennedy and King”.

Stone has won Oscars for directing “Born On The Fourth Of July” and “Platoon”, and for writing “Midnight Express”. He was nominated for director (JFK) and co-writer (Nixon). He’s also received three Golden Globes for directing (“Platoon”, “Born On The Fourth Of July” and “JFK”), one for writing (“Midnight Express”).

Roeg Sutherland Co Chair, Film Finance Group, Creative Artists Agency

Roeg Sutherland co-leads the Film Finance and Sales group at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), an entertainment and sports agency based in Los Angeles with offices in New York, London, Nashville, and Beijing. Sutherland works in the Los Angeles office and specializes in the packaging and representation of independently financed films and international co-productions. He also works with writing, directing, acting and producing talent in the motion picture area.

Sutherland has led the packaging and financing of such projects as THE HURT LOCKER, A SINGLE MAN, THE WRESTLER, MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS, FAIR GAME, RABBIT HOLE, and BLACK SWAN, among others.

He joined CAA in 2001.

Sutherland received his B.A. from Princeton University.

Chris Thomas Chairman & CEO, BBDO / Proximity Asia

Chris graduated from Bristol University with a joint honors degree in History and English. He entered the advertising business at Dorlands in 1984.

In 1986, he joined Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO as an account manager where he spent the next ten years. During this time, he worked across a broad range of the agency’s clients including Volvo Cars, Smiths Crisps, The Leeds Permanent Building Society, Cellnet, and the Health Education Authority.

When he left the agency he had been new business director for three years.

 In 1997, Chris joined Ammirati Puris Lintas as Managing Director.  Two years later, Ammirati Puris Lintas merged with Lowe Howard-Spink, and Chris was appointed Managing Director of the newly formed Lowe Lintas.  The merger created a top 5 UK agency. In the year after the merger, Lowe Lintas was awarded Campaign Agency of the Year in 2000 and European Agency of the Year.

Chris was appointed Chief Executive of Lowe Lintas in April 2001 and worked on a range of the agency’s clients including Vauxhall, Nestlé, Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, HSBC and Braun to name a few.

 In September 2003, he was appointed Chief Executive of Proximity London, which is the leading integrated, direct and digital agency in the United Kingdom .

 During his tenure at Proximity, the agency was the third most awarded direct agency in the world, top of the UK client satisfaction survey and voted IPA’s Best of the Best Integrated Agency.

 In January 2006, Chris was appointed Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of BBDO and Proximity in Asia .  He is responsible for all of BBDO’s advertising and Proximity’s integrated, direct and digital business in Asia.

Clients include Procter & Gamble, SingTel, HP, Pepsi, FedEx, Wrigley, Mars, Fonterra and Akzo Nobel. Chris is based in Singapore and is married with four children.

Stewart Till CEO, Icon UK

Stewart Till is Chief Executive of, and a shareholder in, Icon UK, a group of companies that includes Icon UK Distribution and Icon International Sales.

He is Vice Chair of Skillset, the Sector Skills Council for the UK’s Audio-Visual Industries. Until August 2009 he was Chairman of the UK Film Council, the body established by the Government to manage the lottery monies and grants they allocate to the UK film industry.

From the end of 2002 until December 2006, Till was Chairman and CEO of United International Pictures, the international joint venture of Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios International. With offices in 35 countries, it was the world’s leading distributor of feature length motion pictures to theatrical exhibitors.

From early 2000 until November 2002 Stewart Till was President of Signpost Films, a worldwide production and distribution company formed after an agreement between Stewart Till, CDP Capital Communications and the Mosaic Media Group

Until February, 2000 Stewart Till was President of London-based Universal Pictures International, responsible for all of UPI’s international theatrical and video distribution activities.

Till held a similar role at PolyGram Filmed Entertainment where he was responsible for all of PolyGram’s film activities outside of the USA, including its international television division, as well as its US video company. During that time he established operations in 13 countries.

Stewart joined PFE at its inception in 1992 from BSkyB where he had been Head of Movies and prior to that Sky Television’s Deputy Managing Director.

He had previously worked at 20th Century Fox Video (Vice President, Northern Europe)
WEA Records (Marketing Manager) and Saatchi and Saatchi (Account Supervisor)

In June 2000 he was awarded a CBE for services to the British film industry.

Bao Bao Wan Jue Rui Bao Si Jiao Yu Zi Xun You Xian Gong Shi

Bao Bao Wan was born in Beijing, China. Granddaughter of the legendary Wan Li, former Chairman of the National People’s Congress, Bao Bao spent the early years of her life within the confines of the city’s Presidential compound. At the tender age of 15, Wan’s thirst for adventure took her abroad to finish her schooling. After graduating from the Master’s School in Westchester, N.Y., Wan was accepted at the prestigious liberal arts college Sarah Lawrence outside of Manhattan.

At University Bao Bao flourished in her studies, particularly in photography, earning her an apprenticeship with the world-renowned Joel Sternfeld. Her final year of study culminated in Paris, where she delved into the existentialist texts of Jean Paul Sartre, and absorbed the rich visual history of the city. Though she had arrived in Paris a scholar, Bao Bao quickly became a fixture on the social scene, celebrated by the European set as China’s first socialite. The first Chinese debutante ever to be invited to attend the famed Bal des Débutantes at the Hôtel Crillon, Wan graciously accepted her status as the embodiment of the modern Chinese woman.

In 2006, Bao Bao obtained a GIA Graduate Gemologist degree at the Gemological Institute of America in Hong Kong, channeling her love of fashion and art into creating opulent fine jewelry. One year later, on November 27, Bao Bao Wan Fine Jewelry was formally launched. Her homeland and her culture were major inspirations for the collection: “Every piece of my jewelry represents myself and a generation of Chinese women who are fragile yet very bold and crazy,” Bao bao declared to Time Magazine, exemplifying the duality apparent in her person and her work. The jewelry, described by its creator as ‘feminine, impossible and loud’ soon graced the covers of international titles such as W and Vogue.

Effortlessly balancing her life as an artist and a socialite in Beijing, Hong Kong and abroad, Bao Bao has become known for more than her family’s rich history. Securing her status as a sought after fine jewelry designer, 2009 saw Forever Mark inviting Wan to collaborate on a special project. Along with Allen Chan, Limi Yamamoto and Theo Fennel, Bao bao Wan produced Precious Collection, which was shown internationally in Hong Kong, Beijing and Tokyo. Also in 2009, Bao bao designed the ‘Dragon d’Eau’ consisting of a necklace, bracelet and earrings for DIVENUS series. They premiered at the Shining Moments Jewelry Show, a joint venture organized by Chow Tai Fook and Centre Cultural de Chine a Paris.

Most recently, alongside the likes of Zaha Hadid, Stephen Webster and Patrick Mauboussin, Bao bao’s talent was sought after for EnlightenedTM, Swarovski’s new brand featuring precision cut genuine and created gemstones. The artist’s whimsical cuff resulting from this prestigious invitation is showcased in the exclusive trend and design book, Gemvisions 2010, the publication widely regarded in the industry as the ultimate fine jewelry resource.

Her inspirations, like her experiences, are diverse. Finding beauty in “the lit windows of an old building at night in New York, the allies in Beijing, the sadness in the air in Paris”, Bao Bao continues to create exquisite, one-of-kind works of wearable art for a select clientele, including a recent gift of cufflinks for Karl Lagerfeld.

As an artist and an individual, Bao Bao is intrigued by paradox, contradiction and duality, as suggested by her personal motto, ‘beauty always walks on the edge of the opposite’. Her aesthetic is one that acknowledges and finds beauty her tradition, while still being ultimately outspoken and modern in sensibility. When asked, Bao bao prefers to contextualize herself within the genre of her work. She identifies with the stone Alexandrite: “it is the color of a ruby until light shines upon it, when it turns green…I am Alexandrite, ruby by day, emerald by night. I switch from independent to dependant, fragile to invincible, man to woman…often many times a day.” Like her jewelry, Bao bao Wan exists within the fragile tension of a contradiction.

James Wang (Wang Zhonglei) President Huayi Brothers Media Co., Ltd

In 1994, Mr. Wang Zhonglei, the president of Huayi brothers Media Corporation, funded the company with his older brother Wang Zhongjun. Since the company’s inception, it had flourished in the fields of commercial and film production and distribution. In 2009, he helped Huayi Brothers Media come into the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) successfully, making it the first entertainment company that went public.

1998 was the year that marked Mr. Wang’s first official involvement in the film industry in which he had dreamed to be since his childhood. This also was the first year that Huayi brothers Media had entered the movie industry. Throughout the years, the company had gained immense experiences in cutting-edge production techniques, promotional model, advanced operational concepts and management philosophy. All of these factors had allowed the company to successfully develop into an all-in-one entertainment company that integrates production planning, execution, promotion, artist management, marketing sales and cinema distribution. The unique characteristics of this strong brand had turned the company into the most influential entertainment and media organization in mainland China today.

Most of film achievement includes the following titles : “Devils On The Door Step”, “Sorry Baby”, “A Sigh, Warrior Of Heaven And Earth”, “Ke Ke Xi Li”, “Kungfu”, “Cell Phone”, “A World Without Thieves”, “The Banquet”, “The forbidden kingdom”, “Assembly”, “The Equation Of Love And Death”, “If You Are The One”, “I Should Have Told You” , “John Rabe”, “The Message”, “Hot Summer Days”, “Aftershock”, “The Stool Pigeon”, “Detective Dee- the mystery of the phantom flame” and “If You Are The One II”.

Wayne Wang Director / Producer Wayne Wang Productions

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Wayne Wang moved to Los Altos, California in 1967. For two years he lived on a radical Quaker ranch, doing chores in exchange for rent, and attended college nearby. Then he decided to study film production at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, an education he augmented by avidly watching the films of the French New Wave, German New Cinema, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujiro Ozu, and Satyajit Ray.

He later returned to Hong Kong and got a job directing a popular TV series, “Below the Lion Rock”, for RTHK-TV (the Hong Kong equivalent of PBS) but he found that he did not fit into the traditionalist system and returned to the U.S. where he got involved with the Asian American community in the Bay Area.

In 1982, with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Film Institute, Wang made CHAN IS MISSING, in which two cabbies search through San Francisco’s Chinatown for the mysterious Chan, a man who’s made off with their hand-earned dough. “Although the character of Chan is never seen through the film,” says Wang, “I must have identified with him. He’s a resident of Chinatown but he’s missing. He belongs there but he’s an outsider at the same time.” Wang also wanted to show another Chinatown – the one behind the scenes with its temperamental chefs and internal politics that have more to do with the divide between Taiwan and China than triads. “Unlike Hollywood filmmakers, I didn’t use Chinatown as a signifier of mysterious Oriental doom,” he says. “I took my characters and audience into its very real streets.” This and the next film he made, DIM SUM: A LITTLE BIT OF HEART (1985), a family comedy about a Chinese American mother and daughter relationship, established his reputation.

Wang is often identified with films about the Chinese and the Chinese Diaspora, including the film adaptation of THE JOY LUCK CLUB (1993). However, he has also made such quirky independent features as SMOKE (1995) and BLUE IN THE FACE (1995), both starring Harvey Keitel and set in Brooklyn, and even a Hollywood-style romantic comedy MAID IN MANHATTAN (2002) starring Jennifer Lopez. At the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Wang premiered two feature films, A THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS and THE PRINCESS OF NEBRASKA, as well as appeared in Arthur Dong’s documentary film HOLLYWOOD CHINESE.

Wang won the Golden Shell for Best Film at the 2007 San Sebastian Film Festival for A THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS.

He is married to former actress Cora Miao, who appeared in three of his films, DIM SUM, EAT A BOWL OF TEA AND LIFE IS CHEAP… BUT TOILET PAPER IS EXPENSIVE. They live in San Francisco and New York City.

Filmography as director:

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007)
Princess of Nebraska (2007)
Last Holiday (2006)
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
The Center of the World (2001)
Anywhere But Here (1999)
Chinese Box (1997)
Blue in the Face (1995)
Smoke (1995)
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Life Is Cheap… But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989)
Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989)
Dim Sum Take Out (1988)
Slam Dance (1987)
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985)
Chan Is Missing (1982)
A Man, a Woman, and a Killer (1975)

Erik Wilbers Director World Intellectual Property Organization

Erik Wilbers, of The Netherlands, is the Director of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Based in Geneva, Switzerland, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center is an international non-profit provider of services for the out-of-court resolution of commercial disputes, with emphasis on cases arising out of technology, entertainment and intellectual property transactions.

Following studies in the United States and the Netherlands, Erik Wilbers was a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property Law in Munich. Before joining WIPO in 1996, he practiced with the law firm of Clifford Chance and worked at a number of international arbitral institutions. At the WIPO Center, Erik is engaged in the creation and operation of policies and facilities that enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of dispute resolution, including on the Internet.

Taking account of the special demands of dispute resolution in entertainment, the WIPO Center has developed the MDA-supported WIPO Mediation and Expedited Arbitration Rules for Film and Media, which were launched at the ATF in Singapore. The WIPO Center has also helped introduce tailored Expedited Arbitration Rules for AGICOA and EGEDA, collecting societies based in Europe representing film producers. WIPO dispute resolution has been on the agenda of the AFM, the Berlinale, and MIPFormats, where the Format Recognition and Protection Association (FRAPA) recently announced collaboration with the WIPO Center.