Panel 1: SATURDAY OCTOBER 21, 10am-11:50amVenue: Regal Cinemas 1000 West Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles 90015 Auditorium 13Moderator: Denise CarlsonAn in-depth look at how you can position your project in the hands of the streamersPanelists: Gaylyn Fraiche, Atsuko Tsuji, Dominique Telson&nbsp;, Adam Yaniv <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/521b071d3b331ac278dc8cbaf2ba0e8d.jpg" width="162" style="max-width: 100%; display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;">Moderator: Denise CarlsonDenise Carlson is a producer and development executive with over 25 years of experience, at companies including William Morris, New Line Cinema, Voyage and Disney. Her specialty is YA and family entertainment as well as female driven projects. At Disney Channel she was responsible for overseeing the development and production of 47 television movies, including the megahit HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, as well as franchises such as HALLOWEENTOWN and THE CHEETAH GIRLS movies. Denise was also the Executive Producer of the movie BAD HAIR DAY for Disney Channel. Most recently Denise was a producer on the Disney + docuseries IT’S A DOG’S LIFE. She Is also a producer on the Humanitas Award winning series THE DISAPPOINTMENTS, which is in post-production on its second season. She is currently developing several projects, including a horror film and JEANNIE FOR CHRISTMAS, a biopic set at a school for the blind. Denise has done consulting work for companies including ABC, Disney Launchpad, the Rawi Screenwriting Lab and the Hub children’s network. She is a professor teaching producing at New York Film Academy’s Los Angeles campus, and she is proud to be on the board of the LA Femme film festival, which celebrates films by and about women. Before becoming a producer Denise was a founding member of LA’s ComedySportz improv troupe, performing at venues including the Ice House and Comedy Store.&nbsp; <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/6eeba19708a56fcd2c65cab6047150c8.jpg" width="187" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;">Gaylyn FraicheGaylyn Fraiche moved to Los Angeles three weeks after graduating with a film degree from The University of Texas at Austin. She landed her first job in her first week in Los Angeles at a busy television production company and worked in different capacities on 13 made-for-TV movies and three series. Her first experience in feature films was as Oscar-Winning Director Curtis Hanson’s assistant on THE RIVER WILD, starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon. From there she worked as Oscar-Winning Director Kathryn Bigelow’s assistant on STRANGE DAYS. She then spent 8 and a half years working at Castle Rock Pictures in various capacities on such films as THE GREEN MILE, BEST IN SHOW, MISS CONGENIALITY and PROOF OF LIFE and left as Director of Development. She joined Producer Debra Martin Chase and became the Executive Vice President of Martin Chase Productions, overseeing its feature deal at Disney. Her television credits at Martin Chase include: Producer of two American Girl movies for NBC; LOVESTRUCK THE MUSICAL for ABC Family; and Co-Producer of the successful Disney Channel musical LEMONADE MOUTH. She was the production executive for Martin Chase on the second and third installments of THE CHEETAH GIRLS franchise for The Disney Channel. Her feature credits include Executive Producer of 2012’s SPARKLE, starring Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks, Co-Producer of JUST WRIGHT, starring Queen Latifah and Co-Producer of THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS 2. As Vice President of Movies, for MarVista Entertainment, an international production and distribution company based in Los Angeles, she produced and/or oversaw movies for: Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, Lifetime, Hallmark Channels and Freeform. She was most recently VP of Film and Television for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine overseeing a slate of Romantic Comedies but left in 2021 to start her own company, She’s Fraiche Productions. An experienced Executive who shepherds projects through development, production, post production and release, Gaylyn has worked on set on movies shot in India, New York, New Mexico, Pittsburgh, Detroit,Belize and many parts of Canada. <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/38cc3c2d87d3f6581549b06a58aa6101.jpg" width="225" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;">Atsuko TsujiBorn in Tokyo, Atsuko Tsuji grew up a bookworm in North Carolina before returning to Japan. Wanting to stay connected to the rest of the world, she became a journalist with one of Japan's leading news agencies covering both domestic and international affairs, including North Korea, and traveling to Tanzania, Pakistan and Thailand. She then moved to Los Angeles, receiving a scholarship to attend USC's Peter Stark Producing Program.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Atsuko, a proud member of the WGA, worked in acquisition, distribution, and international co-production projects before writing on the comedy-action CGI animated series, SAMURAI RABBIT: THE USAGI CHRONICLES on Netflix. Her original action- drama live-action series is in development, and she is attached to another original high-concept comedy series. She is also busy developing and adapting drama pieces spanning continents often led by diverse, multifaceted female protagonists.&nbsp;&nbsp;She lives in Los Angeles with her family and dog, who are a daily source of inspiration, and help her keep it together all at the same time. <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/64e3e2dac5fe06747407886b42965862.png" width="171" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;">Dominique TelsonDominique Telson is the producer and SVP of Development and Production at Astute Films, a privately funded motion picture financing and production company based in Los Angeles. She produced both large films like The Best of Enemies and Welcome to Pine Grove! and smaller festival indies like Premature and The Short History Of The Long Road. Prior to joining Astute Films, she served as a consultant for Canadian producers Chesler Perlmutter Productions and was instrumental in helping develop their holiday films. Telson was also a longtime VP of Original Programming at Showtime Network where she oversaw the development and production of various award-winning and critically acclaimed films such as The Devil's Arithmetic and Danny Glover's directorial debut Just A Dream. Telson has also always had a passion for creating opportunities for minorities, helping to create Showtime's Black Filmmaker Showcase which debuted shorts from previously unknown filmmakers such as Malcolm Lee. <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/60f131f9f9b6d17e2d756a94760c2310.jpg" width="181" style="max-width: 100%; display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;">Adam YanivAdam Yaniv is Creator and Co-Executive Producer of the animated comedy "Summer Memories" which airs on Roku Channel in the US, as well as Family Channel, Prime Video, Apple TV and others globally. The series is a Canadian-Israeli co-production via his A&amp;N Productions with Aircraft Pictures and Yeti Farm Creative, and received three Canadian Screen Award nominations including for Best Animated series, with one win. Yaniv started in VFX at Rhythm &amp;Hues Studios, moving up to animation director and working on films such as the Alvin &amp; The Chipmunks franchise, Night at The Museum and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. He went on to work at Industrial Light and Magic, WETA FX, and as supervising producer on the Alvin &amp; The Chipmunks TV show. He's developed his own projects at Disney TV Animation, Cartoon Network, Bento Box, Nickelodeon and others.

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