Speaker Panels
“BULLIED” PANEL
Thursday, April 2nd
7 – 9:30 pm
MORGAN HILL
Community Playhouse
17090 Monterey Road
Panelists:
Thomas Keith – Director
Dr. James Doty – Stanford University, Professor of Neurosurgery and founder of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education
Sandra Graham – Distinguished Professor of Education, UCLA
Chunyan Yang – Graduate School of Education UC Berkeley
John Herndon – Cast member, father of Bella Herndon who took her own life after sustained bouts of bullying.
Lauren Santoro – Cast member, mother of Isabel Santoro who took her own life after sustained bouts of bullying.
Thomas Keith, Dir.
Dr. James Doty
Sandra Graham
Chunyan Yang
John Herndon
Lauren Santoro
WOMEN’S PANEL
Friday, April 3rd
4 – 6 pm
MORGAN HILL
Community Playhouse
17090 Monterey Road
Moderator:
Kulvinder “Kay” Arora – Moderator of Women in Film Panel, Chair of Inclusion
Panelists:
Pratibha Parmar – Writer, Director
Sandra Dee Richardson- Actor, Producer, Director, Business Owner
Rucha Chitnis – Photojournalist, Writer, Filmmaker
Debbe Goldstein – Artist Representative
Kulwinder Arora
Pratibha Parmar
Sandra D. Richardson
Rucha Ritnis
Debbe Goldstein
Industry Panel
Saturday, April 4th
10 am – Noon
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
El Teatro Campesino
705 4th Street
Saturday, April 4th
2 – 4 pm
GILROY
The District Theater
7430 Monterey Road
Panelists:
Randy Spendlove – President of Motion Picture Music at Paramount Pictures, a Grammy Award Winner and an Oscar Nominee
Kevin Rubio – independent writer/producer, Emmy nominee and Gilroy native
Drew Massey – actor, puppeteer, cartoonist and director
Doeri Welch – Director of Recruitment for Feature Films at Dreamworks Animation
Erica Camarano – award-winning producer and actress based in NYC
Randy Spendlove
Kevin Rubio
Drew Massey
Doeri Welch
Erica Camarano
Visual Effects Panel
Sunday, April 5th
1 – 4 pm
MORGAN HILL
Community Playhouse
17090 Monterey Road
Moderator:
Christopher Denise – small business advocate, serial entrepreneur, and filmmaker native to Silicon Valley
Panelists:
Don Bies – director, producer, ILM modelmaker, 35-year veteran of the film industry
Shant Jordan – thirty year veteran in the visual effects industry who has worn a variety of hats from animator, to modeler and compositor, to visual effects supervisor
Nil Myers – digital filmmaker and visual effects enthusiast
Nick Ronan – award-winning writer, actor, and director
Christopher Denise
Don Bies
Shant Jordan
Nil Myers
Nick Ronan
