Speaker Series
TheFilmSchool regularly brings important and influential writers, directors and producers to Seattle as part of our Speaker Series.
PAST SPEAKERS
- Richard Hutton (Vulcan Pictures)
- Sandi Cioffi (Nigerian Crude)
- Lynn Shelton (Humpday)
- James Longley (Iraq in Fragments)
- James Foley (Glengarry Glen Ross)
- Peter Riegert (Animal House, Local Hero, The Sopranos)
- Two-time Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner Ondi Timoner (We Live in Public, DiG!)
- Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa, Tootsie, The Interpreter, The Firm)
- Ed Zwick (Blood Diamond, The Last Samarai, Glory, Thirty Something, Legends of the Fall)
- Mike Rich (Radio, The Rookie, Finding Forrester)
- Ed Solomon (Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Men in Black, Charlie's Angels)
- Chris McQuarrie (Academy Award winner for Usual Suspects)
- George Wing (50 First Dates)
- Chris Matheson (Evil Alien Conquerors, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure)
- Jessica Bendinger (Bring It On, Stick It)
- Coleman Hough (Bubble, Full Frontal)
- Michael Tolkin (Nine, The Player, Deep Impact)
- Alex Gibney (On Demand interview) (Oscar®-nominee for Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room)
- Sandra Nettelbeck (On Demand interview) (Mostly Martha, No Reservations)
- John Jeffcoat (Independent Spirit Award nominee at SIFF for Outsourced)
- Peter Miller (President of PMA Literary and Film Management, Inc. and Millennium Lion, Inc.)
- Boaz Yakin (Remember the Titans, Uptown Girls)
- Richard Price ( The Wire, Clockers, THE COLOR OF MONEY, SEA OF LOVE, and RANSO)
- Richard Shepard ( The Matador, Oxygen, Mercy, The Hunting Party)
- Rod Lurie (On Demand interview) (The Contender)
- Mike Thompson (John Doe, Travelling)
- John August (On Demand interview) (Big Fish, Corpse Bride, Go, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Nines)
- Oscar-winning documentarian Jessica Yu (Protagonist, Breathing Lessons)
- Harris Goldberg (Without a Paddle)
- David Benioff (The Kite Runner, Troy, 25th Hour)
The Speaker Series is hosted by Warren Etheredge. Tickets are available at http://seattle.thewarrenreport.com/default.asp
