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Event Speakers

Alexia Melocchi
Alexia Melocchi has over 25 producing credits of films from emerging filmmakers from all over the world and has been an instrumental facilitator to the financing process of movies by pre-buying on behalf of her International Distribution clients, which grossed 900 Million US in the box office in the last decade. She attends all Major Film and Television Markets and is fluent in five languages. She is also the host of the 5-Star rated podcast THE HEART OF SHOW BUSINESS and the author of the book by the same name, out for release at Christmas 2021

Christopher Lockhart
Christopher Lockhart is Hollywood’s foremost story professional. He is an executive, filmmaker, and educator with over 30 years of industry experience.
As Story Editor at WME, the world’s largest diversified talent agency, Chris curates film and TV projects for A-list actors such as Denzel Washington. His writing workshop The Inside Pitch was filmed for Los Angeles television and earned him an Emmy Award nomination.

Alan D’Escragnolle
Alan d’Escragnolle is the CEO and Co-Founder of Filmhub, a film distribution tech platform where filmmakers maintain their rights and monetize their films by distributing them to streaming services worldwide. A Brazilian-American Wharton School graduate, Alan honed his entrepreneurial skills leading teams at Square/Cash App, Google, Intuit and served on the executive teams of two successfully acquired startups. When he’s not powering Filmhub’s global expansion, Alan escapes to the nature and can be found in Lake Tahoe skiing and mountain biking with his dog, Rio.

Kelly Schwarze

James Fox
Native American and Californian, James Fox is a natural storyteller. After graduating from the Academy of Art in San Francisco, with a BFA in Directing, he became the Founder of Dawnrunner Inc. and has championed the company through numerous award-winning projects over fifteen years. As a writer, Fox devotes his energies to the careful crafting of compelling characters and diverse worlds.

Susan Dynner
Award-winning Director/Producer/Writer Susan Dynner, a recent Sundance Stories of Change Fellow, is gearing up to direct/produce “Fall of Eden”, starring Dylan McDermott and Brianna Hildebrand. Before that, she directed/produced, “Code Blue: A Love Story” starring Andy Dick, for which she was awarded the Sony Television Directing Fellowship. She’s also a Next Level Studio Feature Directing Fellow for the Blackmagic Film Collective, as well as a mentor for the Producers Guild Power of Diversity program. Dynner produced “Free Ride”, starring Anna Paquin and Drea de Matteo (she was a Film Independent Producing Fellow), the documentary, “After Porn Ends”, and she directed/produced/shot “Punk’s Not Dead”, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and received critical acclaim on the festival circuit, followed by a theatrical world-wide release. She was also a producer on “Brick”, winner of the Sundance Film Festival, released by Focus Features. As a Development Executive, Dynner worked for Charlie Sheen and Nick Cassavetes’ Ventura Films as VP of Creative Affairs, and Wolfgang Petersen’s Radiant Productions. Dynner began her career working for Richard Donner Productions and Di Novi Pictures. Prior to that, she was an award-winning band photographer from the age of fifteen. Aberration Films currently has several projects in various stages of development, including a documentary on magic with Samantha Bee’s company, as Susan is also a Magician Member of the world-famous Magic Castle.

Alex Kaplan
Alex has committed the past 20 years to studying the art, science, and impact of storytelling. His extensive professional experience as an actor, writer, director, and producer combined with the life lessons he learned on his own journey through addiction led him to found Of Substance – an innovative nonprofit that’s reimagining education, prevention, treatment, and support for addiction and mental health through movies!
Learn more about Alex and Of Substance at OfSubstance.org

Bobby Del rio
Bobby Del Rio has a 20+ year career in the film & television industry.
He has been interviewed over 400+ times, and recently became national news in Canada for getting an agent in Hollywood from the social audio app Clubhouse. He has become one of the top social audio influencers in the world.
He secured a distribution deal for The Market during the pandemic, a feature film Bobby wrote/directed. Currently available on Amazon Prime in the US & UK.
Upcoming: Bobby plays TOMMY in several episodes of “Poly is the New Monogamy”, created by Cat Hostick.
Bobby is building a large blockchain network to revolutionize film finance through NFTs, crypto, metaverse-based properties & decentralized finance (DeFi).

Maeve Quinlan
Maeve Quinlan is an Irish-American actress, starring in over 40 feature films, television series, and movies of the week, earning critical acclaim for her depth, range and versatility whether drama or comedy.
In feature films, Quinlan is best known for her stunning performance in Not Easily Broken opposite Taraji P. Henson and Morris Chestnut and known for her impressive roles in other feature films such as Francis Ford Coppola’s The Florentine, Larry Clark’s edgy independent Ken Park and her chameleon like performance in Dirty Girl as Tim McGraw’s wife.
But it’s Quinlan’s television career that has kept the busy actress on screens non-stop since she burst onto the scene early in her career starring on the most watched television show in the world, The Bold and the Beautiful playing Megan Conley for 12 years.
Maeve is an advocate for gay rights, ovarian cancer research and awareness, animal rights and pet adoption and proud supporter of the US Military even visiting the troops in Afghanistan during their most dangerous years.

David Wienir
David Wienir is a Business Affairs Executive at United Talent Agency, UCLA Extension Instructor, founder of Entertainment Law Exposed and author.
Before UTA, he practiced law at two of the top talent boutiques (Gang Tyre & Grubman) where he represented A-List clients including Spielberg and Madonna. He began his legal career as a litigator and First Amendment lawyer in New York with the 150 year old international law firm Coudert Brothers, representing prominent book publishers along with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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