My first time going to Sundance I was determined to see as much animation as I could, to see some shorts, and to really get some of the inside scoop on the film industry. I wound up meeting my hero, Jill Tartar, getting a hug from my nerd crush Rose McGowan, and telling Jon Spaihts that he really needs to do kids science shorts. Overall, and awesome experience and a huge thanks to Seed&Spark for bringing me along.
Presented by The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
MODERATOR: Flora Lichtman - Freelance Animator, Videographer, Writer. Previously Correspondent and Managing Editor of NPR's Science Friday
PARTICIPANTS:
Jill Tarter - @jilltarter Astronomer & Director of SETI (inspiration for Carl Sagan's "Contact")
Kevin Hand - @alienoceans Deputy Chief Scientist of Solar System Exploration at NASA
Jon Spaihts - @jonspaihts Screenwriter (Prometheus, The Black Hole, Passengers, The Mummy)
Max Mayer - Writer & Director of "Adam"
MODERATOR: Anne Hubbell - - Co-Founder of Tangerine Entertainment
PARTICIPANTS:
Rose McGowan - @rosemcgowan - Actress
Tiffany Shlain - @tiffanyshlain - Filmmaker & Founder of The Webby Awards
Mamrie Hart - @mametown - Host of "You Need a Drink"
Kamal Sinclair - @KamalSinclair - Senior Manager of Sundance Institute's New Frontier Story Lab, Producer of Question Bridge: Black Males
MODERATOR: Young Guru - @young_guru - Audio Engineer, Record Producer & DJ
PARTICIPANTS:
Craig Wedren - @craigwedren - Film Composer, Singer & Songwriter
Keegan DeWitt - @keegandewitt - Musician & Film Composer
Kathryn Bostic - @kathrynbostic - Composer, Soundscaper, Singer, Songwriter
MODERATOR: Gwyn Welles - @gwynwelles - Documentary Producer & Director
PARTICIPANTS:
Greg Barker - @gjbarker - Documentary Filmmaker
Brian Knappenberger - @knappB - Founder Luminant Studio, Documentary Filmmaker & Director
Christie Marchese - @christieM - Founder of Picture Motion
Maryam al-Khawaja - @maryamalkhawaja - Acting President of the Bahrian Center for Human Rights
Dan Cogan, Co-Founder/Executive Director of Impact Partners
MODERATOR: Ken Weinrib – Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo (FWRV)
PARTICIPANTS:
Sean Covel ("Napoleon Dynamite")
James Belfer – Dogfish Accelerator
Alex Cirillo − Big Vision Empty Wallet
Jake Levy - Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, P.C
Mauro Mueller ("Copenhagen")
Ron Stein (“The Romantics”, “Someday This Pain…”)
Mike Nicols -- AbelCine
MODERATOR: Steven Beer - Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo (FWRV)
PARTICIPANTS:
Joe Chianese – EP Financial Solutions
Emily Best – Seed & Spark
Richard Sheehan − East West Bank
Gary Schreiber – Moses & Schreiber, CPA
Dani Faith Leonard – Big Vision Empty Wallet
Stephen Hays − 120dB Films
Marc Hofstatter -- Indiegogo