Winston Baker, a leading global producer of entertainment finance conferences, successfully hosted their second annual “Women of Entertainment Finance” brunch at the InterContinental Carlton Hotel on May 15 to coincide with the 68th Cannes Film Festival.
Winston Baker founders Katherine Winston and Amy Baker developed the groundbreaking brunch to recognize the women who have been at the forefront of the entertainment industry, creating, financing, producing, distributing, and facilitating content for film, television, and digital platforms.
In celebration of the special event, Winston Baker presented the inaugural Pioneer of the Year Award to Claudia Bluemhuber, a long time speaker and supporter of the Film Finance Forum ® Series. As she presented the award, Amy Baker explained, “We honor Claudia for her work as a producer who is paving the way for female talent and for her innovative work as a film financier.”
Claudia is the CEO and a Managing Partner of Silver Reel Partners. Under her leadership, the company has financed and executive produced 24 feature films, including "Under the Skin," "The Railway Man," " A Hologram for the King," "Solace," "Fallen," and "Unlocked."
Claudia humbly accepted the honor and acknowledged the importance of Winston Baker’s event in promoting women’s contributions to the entertainment business and forging the path towards gender equality in the industry.
Winston Baker has presented a number of top female executives at various forums around the world including Christine Vachon, a producer of "Still Alice"; Lone Scherfig, the director of "An Education;" Nansun Shi, a leading producer and distributor from China; Rena Ronson, a top agent at UTA; Celine Rattray, a producer of "The Kids Are Alright;" Bonnie Voland, the head of marketing at Im Global; Jill Gwen Braginets, the head of finance and operations at Fox Searchlight Pictures; and Donna Smith, the first woman ever to serve as head of physical production for a major movie studio...
Winston Baker founders Katherine Winston and Amy Baker developed the groundbreaking brunch to recognize the women who have been at the forefront of the entertainment industry, creating, financing, producing, distributing, and facilitating content for film, television, and digital platforms.
In celebration of the special event, Winston Baker presented the inaugural Pioneer of the Year Award to Claudia Bluemhuber, a long time speaker and supporter of the Film Finance Forum ® Series. As she presented the award, Amy Baker explained, “We honor Claudia for her work as a producer who is paving the way for female talent and for her innovative work as a film financier.”
Claudia is the CEO and a Managing Partner of Silver Reel Partners. Under her leadership, the company has financed and executive produced 24 feature films, including "Under the Skin," "The Railway Man," " A Hologram for the King," "Solace," "Fallen," and "Unlocked."
Claudia humbly accepted the honor and acknowledged the importance of Winston Baker’s event in promoting women’s contributions to the entertainment business and forging the path towards gender equality in the industry.
Winston Baker has presented a number of top female executives at various forums around the world including Christine Vachon, a producer of "Still Alice"; Lone Scherfig, the director of "An Education;" Nansun Shi, a leading producer and distributor from China; Rena Ronson, a top agent at UTA; Celine Rattray, a producer of "The Kids Are Alright;" Bonnie Voland, the head of marketing at Im Global; Jill Gwen Braginets, the head of finance and operations at Fox Searchlight Pictures; and Donna Smith, the first woman ever to serve as head of physical production for a major movie studio...
- 5/22/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Game Changer Award going to Christoph Krachten, co-founder and President of Mediakraft Networks.
Michael Shamberg, producer of Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained, is to give the opening keynote at the inaugural Zurich Summit (Sept 28).
Shamberg, who more recently produced Zach Braff’s Wish I Was Here and A Walk Among the Tombstones starring Liam Neeson (both of which will be at the Zurich Film Festival), will discuss ‘Storytelling across platforms’ in his speech. Shamberg is also set to receive the Career Achievement Award at Zff (Sept 25 - Oct 5).
Nicolas Chartier, president of Voltage Pictures and producer of Dallas Buyers Club and Good Kill, will deliver a keynote on ‘Producing award-winning films at the right budget’.
Other keynote speeches will be given by Ubisoft Motion Pictures CEO Jean-Julien Baronnet about ‘Turning popular games in box office hits’, and Joiz Group CEO Alexander Mazzara on social media and TV.
Game Changer Award
The summit, organised by Zff...
Michael Shamberg, producer of Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained, is to give the opening keynote at the inaugural Zurich Summit (Sept 28).
Shamberg, who more recently produced Zach Braff’s Wish I Was Here and A Walk Among the Tombstones starring Liam Neeson (both of which will be at the Zurich Film Festival), will discuss ‘Storytelling across platforms’ in his speech. Shamberg is also set to receive the Career Achievement Award at Zff (Sept 25 - Oct 5).
Nicolas Chartier, president of Voltage Pictures and producer of Dallas Buyers Club and Good Kill, will deliver a keynote on ‘Producing award-winning films at the right budget’.
Other keynote speeches will be given by Ubisoft Motion Pictures CEO Jean-Julien Baronnet about ‘Turning popular games in box office hits’, and Joiz Group CEO Alexander Mazzara on social media and TV.
Game Changer Award
The summit, organised by Zff...
- 9/19/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
On day three of Ficci Frames '09, Graphiti Director & COO Munjal Shroff said, "We have just started consuming animation at a rapid speed. It takes time to understand what actually sells in the market. It is not only about creating the content, but also knowing how to sell it and build a business around it." He was speaking at a session on 'Developing Animation Content'. "There hasn't been a great ecosystem in India in terms of producers, broadcasters, creators to come together and work," he added. The panel, which included professionals from selling, buying, marketing and content creating backgrounds, was discussing ways in which local animated content could be taken to a global level. Besides Munjal, the panel comprised of High Point Films & TV Ltd's Carey Fitzgerald; Nick India's Nina Elavia Jaipuria; Hot Animation's George Walton and Famous House of Animation's E Suresh. Speaking from the animation content creator's point of view,...
- 2/19/2009
- by Mrigank Dhaniwala
- BollywoodHungama
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