2022 Conference Reminisce

Media Educators Conference 2022 Sessions

• 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

Media Educators Conference 2022 Speakers

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 Sponsor!

For more information or questions: mediaeducators@televisionacademy.com

Participants at the 2022 Media Educators Conference

updated 5.15.23