The Visual Effects Society has announced its lineup of speakers for its daylong Production Summit 09, set to take place Oct. 24 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Marina Del Rey.
The event includes sessions pre-production, production, and post-production, as well as creativity, technology and the global economy, from the perspectives of everything from acquisition to projection.
Set to speak at the event are:
‘ Victoria Alonso, Executive Vice President of Visual Effects, Marvel Studios
‘ Eric Barba, Visual Effects Supervisor, Digital Domain
‘ Jeff Barnes, CEO & Co-Founder, CafeFX/The Syndicate/Sententia Entertainment
‘ Thaddeus Beier, Head of CG, Digital Domain
‘ Steve Beres, Director of Engineering, nextLAB, a division of FotoKem
‘ Lee Berger, President, Film Division, Rhythm & Hues Studios
‘ Colin Brown, British Film Commissioner, UK Film Council
‘ Chris DeFaria, Executive Vice President, Digital Production, Animation and Visual Effects, Warner Bros. Pictures
‘ Anshul Doshi, Global COO, Prime Focus Group
‘ Volker Engel, Producer and VFX Supervisor
‘ Ben Grossman, Visual Effects Supervisor, CafeFX/The Syndicate
‘ Catherine Hardwicke, Director
‘ Dennis Hoffman, Senior Vice President and General Manager, CIS Vancouver
‘ Richard Hollander, Producer, Pixar Animation Studios
‘ Jeffrey A. Okun, Visual Effects Supervisor / Chairman ‘ VES
‘ Bob Osher, President, Sony Pictures Digital Productions, COO Columbia Pictures Motion Picture Group
‘ Steven Poster, ASC, Director of Photography, President – International Cinematographers Guild
‘ Art Repola, Executive Vice President of Visual Effects and Production, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
‘ Steve Scott, Vice President, Creative Director / Colorist ‘ EFILM
‘ Alan Silvers, Vice President of Business Development, Lowry Digital
‘ Marc Solomon, Executive Vice President, Feature Post Production, Warner Bros. Pictures
‘ Marc Weigert, Producer and VFX Supervisor
Previously announced was keynote speaker Eric Haseltine, former head of Walt Disney Imagineering and Director of Research at the National Security Agency and CTO for the U.S. Intelligence community under the Director of National Intelligence.
Additional panelists will be announced over the coming weeks. For more information and to register online, go to http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/productionSummit2009.
