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Breaking into TV Writing with Lena Waithe (MASTER OF NONE) & Tom Fontana (OZ)
Tom Fontana
Writer
Inside Look at Programming Shorts for the Sundance Film Festival
Mike Plante
Senior Programmer, Sundance Festival
Directing Documentaries with Steve James & Bing Liu (AMERICA TO ME)
Steve James
Director
What Does a Producer Do?
Effie Brown
Producer
Creative Producers: Best Practices for Pitching with Peter Saraf (LOVING), Mary Jane Skalski (AMERICAN ANIMALS), and Josh Penn (MONSTERS AND MEN)
Josh Penn
Producer
Creative Producing with Mary Jane Skalski (AMERICAN ANIMALS) & Natalie Qasabian (SEARCHING)
Mary Jane Skalski
Producer
The Screenwriting Process with Emerging Writers with Eimi Imanishi (BATTALION TO MY BEAT) and more
Eimi Imanishi
Screenwriter
A Day in the Life of a Screenwriter with Beth de Araújo (JOSEPHINE) and more
Suzanne Andrews Correa
Screenwriter
Making Your First Short: Top Tips with Mariama Diallo (MASTER) and more
Mariama Diallo
Filmmaker
Directing Actors with Joan Darling (FIRST LOVE)
Joan Darling
Director, Writer, Actress
New Frontier: Storytelling at the Intersection of Art & Technology
Kamal Sinclair
New Frontier, Sundance Director
How to Collaborate: from the Team Behind SEARCHING
Sev Ohanian
Producer, Writer
Art & Activism with Reinaldo Marcus Greene (MONSTERS AND MEN) and more
Silas Howard
Writer, Director
The Art & Craft of Screenwriting with Scott Frank (GET SHORTY)
Scott Frank
Screenwriter
An Artist’s Journey with Cherien Dabis
Cherien Dabis
Filmmaker
Non-Fiction Interviewing with Marina Zenovich (FANTASTIC LIES), Part 1
Marina Zenovich
Filmmaker
Non-Fiction Interviewing with Marina Zenovich (FANTASTIC LIES), Part 2
Marina Zenovich
Filmmaker
Screenwriting with Kasi Lemmons (EVE'S BAYOU) & Christopher Grant
Kasi Lemmons
Actress, Director, Writer
Taika Waititi (BOY) on Going From Indies to Hollywood
Taika Waititi
Filmmaker
The Future of Indie TV with Steven Soderbergh (THE KNICK) & More
Steven Soderbergh
Writer, Director, Producer
Telling Stories Across Multiple Formats with Michael Showalter (THE BIG SICK) & More
Michael Showalter
Writer, Director, Producer
Getting Started as a Screenwriter with Scott Frank (GET SHORTY)
Scott Frank
Screenwriter
How to Write a Great Scene with Bill Wheeler (QUEEN OF KATWE)
Bill Wheeler
Screenwriter
Challenges for First Time Directors with Christina Choe (NANCY) and more
Christina Choe
Writer, Director
Screenwriter Liz Hannah on THE POST
Liz Hannah
Screenwriter
Joan Tewkesbury (OLD BOYFRIENDS) on Getting Started
Joan Tewkesbury
Screenwriter
The Fundamentals of Cinematography with Rodrigo Prieto (THE IRISHMAN)
Rodrigo Prieto
Cinematographer
Feature Editing with Dylan Tichenor (PHANTOM THREAD)
Dylan Tichenor
Editor
Directing for TV with Lesli Linka Glatter (HOMELAND)
Lesli Linka Glatter
Director
Composing for Film and TV with Mark Isham (CRASH)
Mark Isham
Composer
Using Sound to Craft Meaning with Yance Ford (STRONG ISLAND)
Yance Ford
Director, Producer
MOONLIGHT: A Case Study with Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins
Director
The Music and Sounds of Catherine Hardwicke's (TWILIGHT) Films
Catherine Hardwicke
Director
The Basics of Being a Music Editor with Adam Smalley (THE MORNING SHOW)
Adam Smalley
Music Editor
From Shorts to Showrunner with Desiree Akhavan (THE BISEXUAL)
Desiree Akhavan
Writer, Director
How to View Footage with Toby Shimin (BUCK)
Toby Shimin
Editor
THE LUNCHBOX: A Case Study with Ritesh Batra
Ritesh Batra
Writer, Director
Innovation & Adaptation with John August (BIG FISH)
John August
Screenwriter, Novelist, Software Developer
RAISING VICTOR VARGAS: A Case Study with Peter Sollett
Peter Sollett
Director
Quelle Horreur! Featuring Top Female Horror Directors Ana Lily Amirpour (A GIRL WALKS HOME AT NIGHT), Jennifer Kent (THE BABADOOK), and Anouk Whissell (SUMMER OF '84)
Ana Lily Amirpour
Writer, Director
The Art of Nonfiction with Chai Vasarhelyi (FREE SOLO), Steve James (AMERICA TO ME), and Steve Maing (CRIME + PUNISHMENT)
Chai Vasarhelyi
Panelist
Pitching Your Project, Funding Your Work with Nina Yang Bongiovi (FRUITVALE STATION). Jim Cummings (THUNDER ROAD), & more
Nina Yang Bongiovi
Producer, Fruitvale Station
Amplifying Story Through Music with Jodie Foster (HOUSE OF CARDS), Mark Isham (CRASH), and Tom Carlson (LITTLE MAN TATE)
Jodie Foster
Director
Ryan Coogler (BLACKPANTHER) & Jenna Wortham at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival
Ryan Coogler
Director
Collaborating for Success: The Producer & Director Relationship with Aneesh Chaganty (SEEDS) and Sev Ohanian (FRUITVALE STATION)
Aneesh Chaganty
Writer/Director
Brave Storytelling with Heather Rae (FROZEN RIVER), Justin Chon (PACHINKO) & more
Heather Rae
Producer, Director
Making Short Films with Mariama Diallo (HAIR WOLF), Bernardo Britto (GLOVE) & more
Mike Plante
Senior Programmer, Sundance Institute
Creative Producing with Stephanie Allain (BURNING SANDS): Indies, Studios, Networks
Stephanie Allain
Producer
Finding the Funny in TV Comedy with Ken Kwapis (SPACE FORCE)
Ken Kwapis
Director
From Twitter to HBO: How Sujata Day (INSECURE) Launched Her Career (And You Can, Too)
Sujata Day
Actor/Writer
BOYS DON'T CRY: A Case Study with Kimberly Peirce
Kimberly Ane Peirce
Writer/Director
Producing Change with Nina Jacobson & Brad Simpson (CRAZY RICH ASIANS, HUNGER GAMES)
Moira Griffin
Moderator
Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum (STOCKHOLM PENNSYLVANIA) on Composing for Film
Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum
Composer
How to Build Your Career As a Creative Producer with Nina Yang Bongiovi (DOPE), Effie Brown (REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES), and Diane Williams
Effie Brown
Producer
Build and Sustain Your Producing Career with Carly Hugo and Matt Parker (LOVELESS)
Carly Hugo
Producer
Creating Documentary Portraits with Jeff Malmberg (MARWENCOL)
Jeff Malmberg
Filmmaker
Making Documentaries Using Archival Footage with Penny Lane (OUR NIXON)
Penny Lane
Filmmaker
Making Brave Choices with Nonfiction Filmmaker Nanfu Wang (ONE CHILD NATION)
Nanfu Wang
Filmmaker
Approaches to Handling Traumatic Material with Alexandria Bombach (ON HER SHOULDERS)
Alexandria Bombach
Filmmaker
The Elements of a Great Documentary Scene with Jonathan Oppenheim (PARIS IS BURNING)
Jonathan Oppenheim
Film as Environmental Activism with Jeff Orlowski (CHASING CORAL)
Jeff Orlowski
Filmmaker
Changing the Cultural Narrative with Heather Rae (FROZEN RIVER)
Heather Rae
Producer
Telling Globally Accessible Stories with Gurinder Chadha (BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM)
Gurinder Chadha
Building the Episodic World of DELHI CRIME with Richie Mehta
Richie Mehta
Writer/Director
UNDER THE SHADOW: Developing Character and Story with Babak Anvari
Babak Anvari
Writer, Director, Producer
Directing Actors for Comedy with Nisha Ganatra (SHAMELESS)
Nisha Ganatra
Writer/ Director / Producer / Actor
An Actor's Insights for Directors with Jenny Slate (OBVIOUS CHILD)
Jenny Slate
Actor Octavia Spencer (HIDDEN FIGURES) on Preparing a Character
Octavia Spencer
Actor
The Casting Process with Eyde Belasco (TRANSPARENT)
Eyde Belasco
Casting Director
A GHOST STORY: A Case Study with David Lowery
David Lowery
Filmmaker
Director/Actor Justin Chon (PACKINKO) on Working with Actors
Justin Chon
Screenwriter/Director
A Producer is Always Selling with Anthony Bregman (THE HALF OF IT)
Anthony Bregman
THE KITCHEN: A Case Study with Andrea Berloff
Andrea Berloff
Spotlight: Conversation with Ava DuVernay: Art is Activism
Ava DuVernay
Editing Early Cuts: Strategy & Communication with Terilyn Shropshire (LOVE & BASKETBALL)
Writing Documentaries With Mark Monroe (ICARUS)
Mark Monroe
Writer / Filmmaker
Crafting Story for Audience with Mark Monroe (ICARUS)
Mark Monroe
Writer / Filmmaker
Director Alma Har'el on Making Award-Winning HONEY BOY
Alma Har'el
Director/ Producer/ Founder, Free the Bid
The Rise of Documentaries with Kevin Iwashina (JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI)
Kevin Iwashina
Documentarian
Creating Creature Features: JD Dillard on Making SWEETHEART
The Role of a Music Supervisor with John Houlihan (BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY)
John Houlihan
Musical Supervisor
How to Shoot a Fight Scene with Director Catherine Hardwicke (TWILIGHT)
Catherine Hardwicke
Director
Director Jay Roach Breaks Down the Elevator Scene In BOMBSHELL
Jay Roach
Director
Director Rob Epstein on Crafting the Music of THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK
Rob Epstein
Advisor
Creating TV Series YOU'RE THE WORST with Stephen Falk
Stephen Falk
Creator
Directing Actors: Casting & Rehearsing with Karyn Kusama (YELLOWJACKETS)
Karyn Kusama
Director
Directing Actors on Set with Karyn Kusama (YELLOWJACKETS)
Karyn Kusama
Director
Spotlight: Making the $3 Movie with The Duplass Brothers
Mark Duplass
Filmmaker/ Actor
Producer Sev Ohanian (SEARCHING) on Developing & Building Relationships
Sev Ohanian
Producer
Making Music and Films with Kamasi Washington
Kamasi Washington
Advisor
Studio Binder: How Jay Roach Directed that Insane AUSTIN POWERS Opening
Jay Roach
Advisor
The Basics of Budgeting Fiction Films with Natalie Metzger (GREENER GRASS)
Natalie Metzger
Advisor
The Art of Feedback: Giving and Receiving Notes with Trey Ellis (Tuskegee Airmen) and Amanda Idoko (BREAKING NEWS IN YUBA COUNTY)
Franklin Leonard
Moderator
Sundance Institute Short Film Session: San José with Bridey Elliott (CLARA'S GHOST, AFFECTIONS) and Diffan Sina Norman (KEKASIH, BENEVOLENT BA)
Mike Plante
SUNDANCE INSTITUTE STAFF: Senior Programmer
Evolving Your Voice with Writer/Director So Yong Kim (LOVESONG)
So Yong Kim
Writer/Director
Film Crowdfunding Strategies with Kickstarter
Liz Cook Mowe
Advisor
Master Class: Doc Filmmaking: Finding and Shaping Your Story with Roger Ross Williams (GOD LOVES UGANDA)
Roger Ross WIlliams
Instructor
Master Class: Filmmaker's Legal Toolkit: From Protecting IP Through Negotiating Distribution with Janis Nelson, Cory Field, Victoria Cook, Michael Donaldson, Chris Perez, and Raymond Tambe
Janis Nelson
Master Class: Comedy Writing for Features with Victoria Strouse (FINDING DORY)
Master Class
Victoria Strouse
Instructor
Master Class: Pitching for Success with with Jackie Miller (President of Bespoken)
Jackie Miller
Instructor
Master Class: From Short to Feature Film with Jim Cummings (THUNDER ROAD)
Jim Cummings
Instructor
Master Class: Crafting a Webseries with Linda Yvette Chavez and Marvin Lemus (GENTEFIED)
Marv Lemus
Co-Instructor
Master Class: Immersive Writing Workshop - Unlock Your Story with Colleen Werthmann (THE DAILY SHOW)
Master Class
Colleen Werthmann
Instructor
Master Class: Comedy Writing for Television with Jenny Bicks (SEX AND THE CITY)
Master Class
Jenny Bicks
Instructor
Master Class: Social Activism Through Storytelling with Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk (AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER)
Bonni Cohen
Co-Instructor
Master Class: Documentary Filmmaking with Jennifer Fox (THE TALE)
Jennifer Fox
Instructor
Master Class: Own Your Voice - Pitch and Present with Confidence with Jackie Miller (President of Bespoken)
Jackie Miller
Instructor
Master Class: Film Producing - An Entrepreneurial Approach with Jason Berman (AIR)
Jason Berman
Instructor
Master Class: Episodic Writing with Glen Mazzara (THE WALKING DEAD)
Glen Mazzara
Instructor
Master Class: Screenwriting with Meg LeFauve (INSIDE OUT, CAPTAIN MARVEL)
Meg LeFauve
Instructor
Sundance Advisors Share How They Begin to Write
Tyger Williams on Screenwriting (MENACE II SOCIETY)
Tyger Williams
Screenwriter
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes of the Oscar-Nominated Doc HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING in Conversation
Tabitha Jackson
Moderator
Four Directors Share Their Artistic Journey to the 2019 Sundance Film Festival with Lulu Wang (THE FAREWELL) & more
Ilyse McKimmie
Moderator
From Webseries to Emmy Nomination with James Bland (GIANTS) & Deniese Davis (INSECURE) | Co-Hosted by The Blackhouse
Deniese Davis
Panelist
Master Class: Creating Branded Content with Stacy Fuller of Refinery 29
Stacy Fuller
Advisor
Establishing Sustainable Fees with Nonfiction Producer Jessica Devaney (PRAY AWAY)
Jessica Devaney
Producer
Master Class: Film Music - Creating the Soundscape for Your Film with Peter Golub (THE GREAT DEBATERS), Adam Smalley (THE LION KING) and Carter Burwell (THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN)
Peter Golub
Instructor
Sebastián Lelio sobre el poder de la cámara subjetiva
Sebastián Lelio
Instructor
Spotlight: Brit Marling (THE OA) on the Art of Acting, Writing, and Collaboration
Brit Marling
Advisor
Writing and Directing Short Films with Joey Ally (JOY JOY NAILS)
Joey Ally
Filmmaker
Master Class: Designing and Blocking a Scene with Lesli Linka Glatter (HOMELAND)
Lesli Linka Glatter
Advisor
Virtual Documentary Filmmaking Session with Cecilia Aldarondo (MEMORIES OF A PENITENT HEART), Jacqueline Olive (ALWAYS IN SEASON), and More | Supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Kristin Feeley
Interim Director, Documentary Film Program
Coping with COVID: Financial Strategies for Creatives with Elaine Grogan Luttrull
Elaine Grogan Luttrull
Instructor
Virtual Music in Film Session with Kathryn Bostic (CLEMENCY) & more | Presented by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Peter Golub
Moderator
Telling Your Story with Sound: A Conversation with Alma Har’el and Benh Zeitlin | Presented by the Dolby Institute
Benh Zeitlin
Advisor
Writers Café
Master Class: Creating a Compelling Pitch Package with Producers Nina Yang Bongiovi (PASSING) & Larissa Rhodes (THE SOCIAL DILEMMA)
Nina Yang Bongiovi
Instructor
Tatiana Huezo sobre creando mundos cinematográficos con el documental y la ficción
Carlos A. Gutiérrez
Moderador/Moderator
Spotlight: Jason Blum on Entrepreneurial Producing in the Horror Genre
Jason Blum
Advisor
(Re)Imagining the Future of Independent Film with Andrea Riseborough (NANCY), Lena Waithe (MASTER OF NONE) & more
Tabitha Jackson
Moderator
Transatlantic: Directors in Conversation with Janicza Bravo (ZOLA), Emerald Fennell (PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN), & more
Wendy Mitchell
Moderator
Indigenous Interactive Media Session with Bird Runningwater (FANCY DANCE), Amelia Winger-Bearskin (SAY INDIAN), Tanu Gago (ATUA), Nyla Innuksuk (SLASH/BACK) and Terri Janke | Supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Amelia Winger-Bearskin
Panelist
Master Class: Marketing & Distributing Your Feature Film with Russell Schwartz
Russell Schwartz
Instructor
Making It as a Regional Filmmaker with Sundance Senior Shorts Programmer Mike Plante and Robert Machoian (THE MINORS, THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS) and More
Mike Plante
Senior Programmer for Short Film, Sundance Film Festival
The Indigenous List Webinar with Franklin Leonard and Crystal Echohawk | Co-presented by The Black List and IllumiNative
Franklin Leonard
Producer / Commentator / Professor / Entrepreneur
Master Class: Documentary Filmmaking: Navigating Truth and Ethics with Dawn Porter (JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE)
Dawn Porter
Instructor
Master Class: Finding Your Screenplay's Story with David Schwab, Mira Nair, Tamara Jenkins and Destin Daniel Cretton
David Schwab
Instructor
Carlos Cuarón y la vida de los personajes: de la palabra a la imagen
Carlos Cuarón
Cineasta / Filmmaker
Master Class: Tax Basics for Creatives with Elaine Grogan Luttrull, CPA
Elaine Grogan Luttrull
Instructor
Master Class: Creating a Docuseries with Liz Garbus (WHAT HAPPENED MISS SIMONE?) and Dan Cogan (ICARUS)
Liz Garbus
Instructor
Conversations from the Sundance Labs | Writers on Rewriting with Susannah Grant (ERIN BROCKOVICH) & more
Naomi Foner
Screenwriter
Master Class: Audio Storytelling with George Lavender (DR. DEATH)
George Lavender
Instructor
WIF | Gina Prince-Bythewood on Directing THE OLD GUARD
Women in Film
WIF | Nisha Ganatra on Directing THE HIGH NOTE
Women in Film
WIF | Elle Fanning on Being a Producer and the Star of THE GREAT
Women in Film
WIF | Jessica Swale on Writing and Directing SUMMERLAND with Lead Actors Gemma Arterton and Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Women in Film
WIF | Channing Godfrey Peoples on Directing MISS JUNETEENTH
Women in Film
WIF | Tanya Saracho on Her Role as VIDA's Creator and Showrunner
Women in Film
WIF | Showrunner Liz Tigelaar and EPs Lauren Neustadter and Pilar Savone on LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE.
Women in Film
WIF | The Women of LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS
Women in Film
Conversations from the Sundance Labs | Developing a TV Series with Graham Yost (BAND OF BROTHERS), LaToya Morgan (SHAMELESS) & more
Erica Rivinoja
Writer
Meet the Sundance Team: Supporting Artists Year-Round
Anne Lai
Creative Producing Initiatives Director
Master Class: Adapting a Screenplay from Source Material with Robin Swicord (THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON)
Robin Swicord
Instructor
NYWIFT | Showrunner Kathryn O'Kane Discusses Effects of COVID-19 on Production
NYWIFT | In Conversation with Casting Director Destiny Lilly
NYWIFT | Filmmakers and Activists Discuss the Black Lives Matter Movement, Their Life’s Work, and Hope for the Future
Dawn Porter
Filmmaker