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Far East Movement

Hip Hop & Electronic Music Group

Far East Movement (abbreviated FM) is an American hip hop and electronic music group based in Los Angeles.

Joanna Kerns

Maggie Seaver, "Growing Pains"

Joanna Kerns (born Joanna DeVarona on February 12, 1953) is an American actress.

Lucia Aniello

Director, Writer and Producer best known for her work on Comedy Central’s, Broad City

Lucia Aniello is an American director, writer and producer best known for her work on Comedy Central’s, Broad City.

Campbell Scott

American Actor, Director, Producer and Voice Artist

As an actor, director and producer, Campbell Scott .

Dana Gould

Dana Gould (b. January 1, 1966) is an American comedian and comedy writer born and raised Irish Catholic in Hopedale, Massachusetts.

His upbringing in the "weird little" factory town and the backward eccentricities.

Rob Marshall

Film and Theater Director, Producer, and Choreographer

At age 28, he formed his own production company and set to work on his directorial debut,

Born in Durham, North Carolina, Thomas Henderson Mount grew up in the sleepy southern town, graduating from Durham High School and, like so many of his generation, leaving home to travel across America.

 Thomas Henderson Mount grew up in the sleepy southern town, graduating from Durham High School.

Etalk Daily Correspondent, Actress, Producer & Global Ambassador

Jessi Cruickshank became a household name as the face of MTV Canada and the host of MTV’s international smash hit The Hills After Show.

Curtis Hanson

A former photographer, freelance writer of Hollywood-themed articles and editor of Cinema magazine, Curtis Hanson honed his skills in the psychological thriller genre by writing screenplays for low-budget suspensers before establishing himself as a direct

 Hanson became a writer-director with the genuinely unsettling Tab Hunter cult flick.

Mike Figgis (born February 28, 1948) is an English film director, writer, and composer.

Figgis was born in Carlisle and grew up in Africa. His early interest was in music and he played keyboards for Bryan Ferry's first band.

Fred Savage | PDA Speakers

American Actor, Director and Producer; Known for "The Wonder Years" and recently FOX's sitcom "The Grinder"

Fred Savage's first role was in the film Dinosaur. His first kiss was as an actor in the series The Wonder Years.

Voice and Acting Coach

"To be present or not to be present?" is the question Patsy Rodenburg would ask all of us.

R&B Singer-Songwriter, Actress, and Dancer

Focus Marie Harrison was born October 10, 1979, in Washington, D.C, and is the daughter of an African-American father.

Jenni Konner

Producer, "Girls"; Co-Founder of the Lenny Newsletter

Jennifer Konner is an American TV writer and producer. She is best known as the showrunner and writer of the HBO series Girls.

Writer, producer, director

Patricia Resnick has enjoyed a successful and varied career in film, television, and theatre.

Sarah Watson

Creator of the Hit TV Show "The Bold Type"; Author of "Most Likely"

Sarah Watson is the creator of the hit TV series "The Bold Type," which the New York Times described as "'Sex and the Single Girl' for millennials.

Colin Meloy

Colin Patrick Henry Meloy is the lead singer and songwriter for the Portland, Oregon, folk-rock band The Decemberists.

In addition to vocals, he performs with an acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bouzouki, harmonica and percussion.

Marcy A. McGinnis

Former Senior VP, CBS News Coverage

As former Senior Vice President of News Coverage for CBS, Marcy A. McGinnis decided which stories aired on CBS News.

Karen Dufilho

Executive Producer for Google Spotlight Stories

Karen Dufilho is Executive Producer at Google Spotlight Stories. Dufilho, who was instrumental in introducing immersive.

Charles Ferguson is the founder and president of Representational Pictures, Inc., director and producer of No End In Sight: The American Occupation of Iraq (2007) and Inside Job (2010), which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary.

Charles Ferguson is founder and president of Representational Pictures, Inc., and director and producer of No End In Sight.

Daniel "Dee" Snider is an American singer-songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality, and actor.

He was ranked 83 in the Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Vocalist of All Time.

Calvin Harris

Scottish DJ, Singer-Songwriter & Record Producer Known for the Hit "Feel So Close"

Calvin Harris is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer and songwriter.

Mike Straka

Journalist, Producer, Sports Analyst

Mike is the co-host of Spike’s "MMA Uncensored Live." A truly interactive experience.

Bob Compton is a filmmaker, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist.

Bob Compton is a filmmaker, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. He is executive producer of the documentary Two Million Minutes.

Ashley Kahn

Ashley Kahn is an American music historian, journalist, and producer, as well as a regular commentator on NPR's Morning Edition.

Kahn has had different jobs related to music in his career.

John Patitucci

Celebrity Musician Celebrity Musician, Entertainers

John Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York and began playing the electric bass at age 10.

David Fincher

American Director & Producer Known For "Fight Club," "The Social Network" & "Gone Girl"

David Fincher directed "Fight Club" a screen adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's 1996 novel about an insomniac.

Hannah Cohen

Hannah Cohen, is an American singer and songwriter.

Hannah Cohen was born in San Francisco and comes from a family of poets, ministers, musicians, broadcasters and booksellers.

Kenji Williams

Founder and Director, Bella Gaia

Kenji Williams is the founder and director of Bella Gaia (Beautiful Earth) and an award-winning filmmaker, music producer.

Elizabeth Berger

Producer and Writer Best Known for "Love, Simon" & "This Is Us"

Elizabeth Berger is an Emmy-nominated writer and producer who works in features and television.

John Lasseter

Chief Creative Officer at Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios

John Lasseter is a two-time Academy Award-winning director

American Young

Country Artists Jon Stone and Kristy Osmunson form the new country duo American Young

American Young. It’s more than a name. It’s a movement. A passion for music.

Hiro Murai

Music Video Director, Known For Childish Gambino's "This is America"

Hiro Murai is a Japanese-American filmmaker and music video director.

Director; Best Known for "The Kings of Summer"

Jordan Vogt-Roberts is a film and television director and screenwriter.

Nick Danziger

Photographer, Author, Filmmaker, Speaker,

Nick Danziger was born in London but grew up in Monaco and Switzerland.

Annie Sundberg

Director, Producer, Owner, Break Thru Films

Annie Sundberg is a director, producer and writer of film and television.

Vice President, A&R, Island Records

Ziggy Chareton is the Vice President of Artists & Repertoire at Island Records.

Electronic Music Producer and DJ Known for "Spectrum," "Clarity" and "Find You"

Multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-winning artist/DJ/producer ZEDD made his debut with “Clarity” after signing with Interscope in 2012.

Screenwriter & Producer Best Known For "Luke Cage" & "Notorious"; Former Hip-Hop Journalist

Coker penned features about legendary artists from the '90s like A Tribe Called Quest, the Notorious B.I.G. and the Wu-Tang Clan for The Source.  

Film Director, Writer, & Producer

Olivia Milch is a film director, writer, and producer. Milch co-wrote and co-produced the 2018.

Alysia Reiner

Actress, Producer, Humanitarian & Activist

Alysia is an award winning actress, producer, mother, humanitarian, and outspoken environmentalist.

Luc Besson (born March 18, 1959) is a French film director, writer and producer.

Little is known about Luc Besson's private life since he rarely discusses.

Bill Skarsgård

Actor & Producer

Bill Istvan Günther Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. He is most known for playing Pennywise the Dancing Clown.

Julianne Moore

Oscar-Winning Actress

Julianne Moore is an actress and children's author. Prolific in film since the early 1990s.

Zeresenay Alemseged

Paleontologist / Emerging Explorer / National Geographic

Paleoanthropologist Zeresenay Alemseged studies the origins of humanity.

Alicia Vikander

Award-Winning Actress

Alicia Vikander is a Swedish actress. Born and raised in Gothenburg, Vikander began acting as a child.

Brian Evenson

BRIAN EVENSON is the author of ten books of fiction, and he is the recipient of three O. Henry Prizes as well as an NEA fellowship.

Brian Evenson has found a way to take the best of genre fiction and merge it with the best of literary fiction.

Jeffrey Hornaday

Choreographer and Film Director; Known for "Flashdance" and "Teen Beach Movie"

An American director, screenwriter and legendary choreographer Jeffrey Hornaday.

Timothy Hutton

Actor & Director

Timothy Tarquin Hutto is an actor and director. He is the youngest recipient in the Best Supporting Actor Category of the Academy Awards.

Nia Vardalos | PDA Speakers

Oscar-Nominated Actress, Screenwriter & Producer Known for "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"

Best known for writing, producing, and starring in the widely acclaimed film My Big Fat Greek Wedding.