Category: Backstage Conversations

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Josh Poole oversees the creative development for digital comedy studio Above Average. Since joining the company in 2012, Josh has played a significant role in shaping Above Average’s content strategy and has developed multiple long-form original series. In addition to running development for the network, he has also produced over 20 original series for Aboveaverage.com.

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Creative Master Series – The Art of Storytelling

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Tal Chalozin guides technology development and implementation, product creation and business development activities across the company.

Prior to founding Innovid, Chalozin served as an officer in the Israeli Air Force Computer Unit for over 8 years. Chalozin also co-founded GarageGeeks, Israel’s largest hacker space and innovation hub with more than 8,000 members.

Chalozin was selected for “Europe’s Young Entrepreneurs”, World Economic Forum’s “Technology Pioneer” as well as recently, added to the IAB Video board of directors and serves on the National Academy of television Arts and Science on granting the prestigious technical EMMY award.

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AdTech

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Blaine is an award-winning Executive Producer and successful startup entrepreneur with nearly twenty years’ experience developing digital entertainment. Blaine has produced over 4,000 projects for world-renowned entertainment, business and fine arts clients such as, Blizzard Entertainment, Ubisoft, DreamWorks, Mattel, Sony Pictures, Disney, Nickelodeon, DIRECTV, Warner Bros., The Guggenheim and Whitney Museums, and Yoko Ono.

Currently, he is co-producing a documentary entitled “Beneath The Dress” on Charles James, known as America’s greatest couturier. He’s also a founding partner in The Gamer Agency based in NYC, the only media, production, and talent agency solely focused on video games. Blaine is an active member of the Producers Guild Of America (PGA) serving as a Member-At-Large for the PGA East Executive Committee, a Delegate of the New Media Council Board, and is co-chair of the Guild’s highly successful Produced By: New York conference.

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Creative Master Series – Producers on Producing

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An expert in file-based workflows from camera acquisition through post, Chris Parker is widely recognized as an industry innovator and pioneer. As founder of Bling Digital and now CTO and President of the Post Production division of SIM Group, Chris has had a significant impact on how television shows and features are produced today. His ability to evaluate new technologies and develop new services, along with his strong ties to studios and producers, has helped SIM Group emerge as a global leader and preferred supplier to all major studios.

Chris has been involved in film and television production since the late 1990s. His early experience in video production fueled his interest in emerging digital technologies and led him to launch Bling Digital in 2005. Combining his technical insight with his experience on sets, Chris developed Bling into an early leader in the new world of digital production.

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The Influence of Technology on Post

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Danielle Lee is the Vice President of Commercial Marketing at Vevo, and an accomplished strategic marketing professional with over 15 years experience in brand building, media innovation and technology for some of the world’s most respected brands. As part of the management team at Vevo, Danielle leads several lines of business including strategic marketing, sales marketing, trade marketing, and branded entertainment. In her role, she is responsible for building compelling sales narratives and developing the positioning and go-to-market strategy for all Vevo programs, core video products and tentpoles, such as Certified Live and The Year In Vevo.

Prior to Vevo, Danielle spent 7 years at AT&T and served as the Vice President of Product Marketing and Innovation at AT&T AdWorks. Her team was responsible for developing new online, mobile and TV advertising solutions, defining the go-to-market strategy and growing the multi-screen ad business. Danielle also spent 3 years at Showtime Networks where she directed new products marketing and advertising for the premium cable network, and was instrumental in building awareness and tune-in to Showtime’s award winning original series like Weeds, Dexter, Fat Actress and The L Word.

In 2014, Danielle was named one of the Most Powerful Women in Mobile Advertising by Business Insider. Currently, Danielle serves as a Co-Chair of the Digital Video Committee at the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and a Board Member of the Mobile Marketing Association. Danielle holds an MBA in Marketing and Media Management from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Columbia University. She currently resides in Montclair, New Jersey with her husband and their two children.

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Dana Kuznetzkoff is the founder of Fourth Agreement, a film and TV production company whose mission is to create unique films that inspire and entertain. She has led diverse projects from HBO’s pilot episode of Boardwalk Empire to acclaimed series The Wire, and was the co-producer of NBC’s Smash.

Currently, Dana is one of the producers of the series The New Yorker Presents. She produced the award-winning documentary Thread, which focuses on women in Afghanistan, and is developing a series about the hidden history of the women of World War II based on the book “We Band of Angels.” Dana serves on the Executive Committee of the Producers Guild of America, and is a member NY Women in Film & Television and the Directors Guild.

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Creative Master Series – Producers on Producing

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Tom Richmond was born in 1950 in New York, USA as Thomas Julian Richmond. He is known for his work on Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2008), House of 1000 Corpses (2003) and Stand and Deliver (1988).

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Creative Master Series – Cinematography

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Adam Kimmel, ASC was born in 1960 in New York, USA. He is known for his work on Capote (2005), Lars and the Real Girl (2007) and Never Let Me Go (2010).

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Creative Master Series – Cinematography

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“Brad Albert likes the unusual and he’s good at it” -Stamford Advocate.

Bradley Albert is the CMO & Co-Founder of Azimyth, a next generation content studio. He is also an immersive visionary and world-class dancer.

Prior to founding Azimyth,Brad was a marketing executive for over 10 years and has developed strategies for some of the most successful companies in the market. From Lotus to Ludacris he helped shape the language of modern brand naming.

Azimyth just completed filming an immersive and inspirational journey exploring three African nations that are changing their communities through the ingenuity of private citizens. Witness Rwanda confronting genocide through performance, Obama’s historic speech in Kenya (the first time a US president has been filmed in VR), and the chaotic hustle on a Nigerian Nollywood set.

VR is like the wild wild west and the competition needs to be collaborative. Brad knows that not only do we have to cowboy up, we have to tell stories and this small community has to work together to bring the power of VR to the world.

Brad graduated with a degree in Organizational Behavior and Management from Brown University.

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Virtual Reality

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