Media Educators Conference
Media Educators Conference 2022 will be in Los Angeles at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center on October 27-29
The Media Educators Conference (formerly Faculty Seminar: The Conference) brings 100+ college educators from across the country to Los Angeles for a multi-day immersive event that provides invaluable information on how professors can connect the classroom with the television industry.
For 30 years the Television Academy Foundation has collaborated with industry professionals, creators, and top executives to keep educators on the cutting edge of the entertainment business so they can provide their students, the next generation of television leaders, with a state-of-the-art education.
Registration for the 2022 Media Educators Conference is now closed.
Media Educators Conference 2022 Sessions*
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- The California Creative Economy
- A Conversation with Casting Directors
- Directing for TV
- Producing with Purpose
- Pathways from College to Career
- Industry Insight
- Showrunner Panel
- In Conversation with Tony Vinciquerra
- The Interviews: The Ultimate TV Research Tool
- Production: The New Normal
*session topics subject to change
Media Educators Conference 2022 Speakers
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Keynote Speaker: Tony Vinciquerra (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment)
- Cris Abrego (Chair, Television Academy Foundation, Chairman of the Americas, Banijay, and President and CEO, Endemol Shine Holdings)
- Anya Adams (Director, Producer, Black-ish)
- Daniel Barnes (Executive Producer, Development Executive)
- Shaz Bennett (Writer, Director, Alaska is a Drag, Queen Sugar)
- Dan Birman (President, Birman Productions)
- Natasha Chen (CNN Correspondent)
- Val Cheung ( Vice President, Production, Shondaland)
- Kim Coleman (Casting Director)
- James Pearse Connelly (Production Designer, J.P. Connelly)
- Jeff Conway (TV Host, Forbes)
- Jo DiSante (VP of Current Programming, ABC)
- Jason Ensler (Director, Producer, The Usual Films)
- Adam Fowler (Founding Partner, CVL Economics)
- Jossel Franco (Digital Archivist, The Interviews, Television Academy Foundation)
- Harry Friedman (Executive Producer, Capital One College Bowl on NBC)
- Jamila Hunter (Executive Vice President, Programming at Freeform/Disney)
- Krister Johnson (Writer, Producer, Adult Swim, Another Period)
- Tyler Kahl (Talent Agent, Allegory Creative Management)
- Phillip Kobylanski (President of Production for Vahalla Entertainment)
- Albert Lawrence (Media Personality, Producer)
- Jenni Matz (Director, The Interviews, Television Academy Foundation)
- Michelle McNulty (Supervising Casting Director, McNulty Casting Inc.)
- Sev Ohanian (Producer, Screenwriter, Co-Founder Proximity Media)
- Dr. Rachel Raimist (Director, Queen Sugar, The Sex Lives of College Girls, Queens, The Big Leap)
- Diallo Riddle (Director, Writer, Actor, Showrunner, Producer)
- Jason Rothenberg (Showrunner, Creator, The 100)
- David Rubin (Casting Director)
- Frank Scherma (Chairman & CEO, Television Academy, President at RadicalMedia LLC)
- Portia Scott (Director of Voice Over)
- Pamela Soper (Senior Vice President, Current Programming at CBS)
- Neil Truglio (Education Director, SeriesFest)
- Ann Leslie Uzdavinis (Independent Executive Producer)
Thank you to our 2022 Sponsors!
Presenting Sponsor
For more information or questions: mediaeducators@televisionacademy.com
Participants at the 2022 Media Educators Conference
updated 10.31.22