Paolo Davanzo
Founder/Executive Director
Echo Park Film Center
Other interests:Non-Profit Organizations
Film
You don't have to pose for close-ups to lead a life in film. Whether it's art directing, screen writing, or animating a T. Rex's bite in a film like Jurassic Park, these individuals live and breathe storytelling through moving pictures.
49 LEADERS WITHIN Film
Rachael Taylor
Actress
"Jessica Jones"
Other interests:Acting & Theatre
Dennis Muren
Special Effects Guru
8-Time Academy Award Winner
Other interests:Technology
Gary Rydstrom
Sound Director
Skywalker Sound
Other interests:Music
Rex Grignon
Head of Character Animation
PDI/Dreamworks
Other interests:Numbers
Lance Bangs
Filmmaker/Music Video Director
Other interests:Music
Beth McCarthy Miller
Director
"Saturday Night Live" and the "MTV Video Music Awards"
Other interests:Television
Bennie Klain
Independent Filmmaker/Founder
Trickster Films
Other interests:Radio
Chris Kraus
Writer/Filmmaker
Other interests:Writing
Lisa Marr
Operations Director/Youth Film Coordinator
Echo Park Film Center
Other interests:Non-Profit Organizations
Richard Linklater
Filmmaker/Writer
Detour Film
Other interests:Writing
Lydia Joyner
Filmmaker & Author
"My Sky Is Falling, Little Wild Thang"
Other interests:Writing
Pete Johnson
VP of On-Air Promotions
Cartoon Network
Other interests:Television
Peter Travers
Film Critic
Rolling Stone Magazine
Other interests:Journalism
Ben Younger
Writer/Director
The Boiler Room
Other interests:Writing
Gillian Caldwell
Director
Human Rights Program Witness
Other interests:Non-Profit Organizations
Christof Putzel
Documentarian
Other interests:Travel
Malcolm McDowell
Actor
Other interests:Acting & Theatre
Gabriel Garcia
Independent Filmmaker
The Promised Land
Other interests:Acting & Theatre
Celine Cousteau
Documentary Filmmaker
Ocean Futures Society
Other interests:Environment & Nature
Cheryl Dunye
Filmmaker
The Watermelon Woman
Other interests:Politics
Craig Brewer
Film Director/Screenwriter
Other interests:Writing
Reed Hastings
CEO
Netflix
Other interests:Technology
Wanda Sykes
Comedian
Other interests:Acting & Theatre
Paul Dateh
Musician
Other interests:Music
Sonja DeVries
Filmmaker/Activist
Gay Cuba
Other interests:Non-Profit Organizations
Caroline Thompson
Writer
"Edward Scissorhands" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
Other interests:Writing
Walter Murch
Film Editor / Sound Designer
"Apocalypse Now," "Ghost," "Julia," "House of Cards"
Other interests:Music
Edmund Stone
Radio Host
KBPS 89.9FM
Other interests:Radio
Wayne Unten
Animator
Walt Disney Studios
Other interests:Technology
Ben Burtt
Sound Designer
Skywalker Sound
Other interests:Technology
Peggy Stern
Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker
"The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation"
Other interests:Art
Tracy McKnight
President & Music Supervisor
Commotion Records
Other interests:Music
David Banks
Filmmaker / Photojournalist
Other interests:Art
Valerie Weiss
Harvard Biochemist & Science Filmmaker
PhD Productions
Other interests:Science
Ralph Eggleston
Art Director
Pixar Animation Studios
Other interests:Art
Gary Hustwit
Documentary Filmmaker
"Helvetica"
Other interests:Design
Neil Okamoto
Director of Research and Development
Dreamworks
Other interests:Science
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Director & Screenwriter
Skydance
Other interests:Writing
Stacy Spikes
Co-Founder & CEO
PreShow & MoviePass
Other interests:Business
Keana McGee
Marketing Director
Netflix
Other interests:Business
Effie Brown
Film Producer
Duly Noted, Inc.
Other interests:Business
Chad Darnell
Casting Director
Other interests:Acting & Theatre
Kate Micucci
Comedian, Actress, Songwriter
Other interests:Art
Fernando J. Pérez
Video Coordinator
Silicon Valley De-Bug
Other interests:Non-Profit Organizations
Ken Burns
Documentarian & Filmmaker
Florentine Films
Other interests:Television
Linda Woolverton
Screenwriter, Playwright & Novelist
Other interests:Writing
Janet Pierson
Head of SXSW Film
South by Southwest
Other interests:Business
Margie Dillenburg
COO & Movement Director
Invisible Children
Other interests:Non-Profit Organizations