Event
Learn about cutting edge research.
See examples of student and faculty films.
Hear from recent graduates who are pursuing media careers.
Discuss the current state of the film and media industry with filmmakers, talent agents, and other industry leaders.
The Penn Film & Media Pioneers II symposium will offer discussions of up-to-date research, current film and media projects, and speculations on what the cinema industry of the future might look like. The symposium brings together students and faculty with some of Penn’s most successful alumni and parents in the entertainment industry. It will be a day of dialogue that aims to look beyond the horizon of today and imagine the shape of media education tomorrow.
9:00 am
Opening Remarks
Karen Beckman
History of Art and Cinema Studies, University of Pennsylvania
9:30 - 10:50 am
World Cinema
James Fiumara (Moderator)
English, University of Pennsylvania
Andrew Carl
College of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
Meta Mazaj
Cinema Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Timothy Corrigan
English and Cinema Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Lorraine Carrady Quinn
Caribbean Cinemas
11:00 am - 12:20 pm
Theory and Practice
Ellen Scott (Moderator)
Cinema Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Sara Gold
College of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
Lindsay Fullerton
Communication, Northwestern University
Karen Beckman
History of Art and Cinema Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Joshua Mosley
Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania
Wendy Steiner
English, University of Pennsylvania
12:30 - 2:15 pm
Cinema Studies Reception
2:30 - 3:50 pm
Policy and Politics
Rebecca Sheehan (Moderator)
English, Haverford College
Jean Lee
College of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
Peter Decherney
English and Cinema Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Regina Austin
Law, University of Pennsylvania
John L. Jackson, Jr.
Anthropology and Communications, University of Pennsylvania
4:00 - 5:20 pm
Talent in the Amateur Age
Peter Decherney (Moderator)
English and Cinema Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan Retseck
International Creative Management
Jon Levin
Creative Artists Agency
Jon Avnet
Filmmaker