DIGITAL DAY 6 Saturday, August 2, 2008 (Program Subject to Change)

TIME THEATRE 1 THEATRE 2 A GUIDED TOUR OF NEW INTERNET 9:30 AM ENTERTAINMENT PLATFORMS: to What’s Out There and TESTS AND DEMOS OF THE 10:15AM What’s Worth Watching? LATEST DIGITAL CAMERA EQUIPMENT 10:20 AM SHORT STORIES: to The Challenges and Opportunities SCREENINGS AT: 11:05 AM of Creating Content for the Small Screen WORKING IN VIRTUAL WORLDS: 10:30 AM 11:10 AM MORE THAN FUN AND GAMES? 11:20 AM to Using Online Virtual Worlds 11:55 AM as a Tool for Pre-Production 12:10 PM

12:00 PM PREPARING PITCH PACKAGES AND 1:00 PM to PILOTS FOR THE SMALL SCREEN 2:40 PM 12:45 PM 3:30 PM 12:50 PM 3D AND THE TV VIEWING EXPERIENCE: To Moving 3D into the Media Mainstream 1:35 PM 1:35 PM to LUNCH 2:30 PM THEATRE 3 THE CHALLENGES OF DIRECTING 3D 2:30 PM The Making of THE 3D VIEWING to Journey to the Center of the Earth EXPERIENCE 3:15 PM with Director Eric Brevig and FOR YOUR HOME Lenny Lipton, CTO, Real D [ALL DAY] 3:20 PM 3D UPDATE: Hyundai 46” to The 3D Pipeline and Workflow 4:05 PM 3D TV PERFORMANCE CAPTURE AND 4:10 PM MOTION CAPTURE: Philips 42” to Demystifying the Technology Auto Stereo Graphic Display 4:55 PM and Techniques Samsung HLT 50” 5:00 PM PERFORMANCE CAPTURE: DLP Projector to Is It Live-Action or Animation? 5:45 PM

Exhibits & Hands-on Demonstrations in the DGA Grand Lobby from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. DIGITAL VIDEO SHOW AND TELL: With cameras from ARRI · Band Pro · Clairmont Camera · DALSA · Panasonic · Panavision · RED · Silicon Imaging · S.Two · Thomson Grass Valley OTHER EXHIBITORS: Antics 3D · Apple ·Avid · Cinnafilm · Deluxe · DDD · Digital Ordnance · Eyetronics · IRIDAS · J.L. Fisher · OOOii · PlasterCITY · StereoScope Studios · TDVision Systems · Technicolor Creative Bridge

Attention DGA Theatre Guests: The presentations in the Theatres will be recorded by the Directors Guild of America. Your attendance constitutes permission to use your name, likeness, image and voice in all media, including but not limited to the DGA Internet Site. No other cameras and/or recording devices of any kind are permitted in the Theatres. The DGA makes no warranties for any purpose with respect to any companies or products. Participation or mention of any company or product ion the program does not constitute endorsement or recommendation by the DGA. Page 1 9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. DGA Theatre 1 10:20 a.m. - 11:05 p.m. DGA Theatre 1 JOHN SACRET YOUNG co-created, wrote and A GUIDED TOUR OF NEW INTERNET SHORT STORIES: executive produced the groundbreaking series, The Challenges and Opportunities of China Beach, for which he received five Emmy ENTERTAINMENT PLATFORMS: nominations, a WGA Award and four WGA What's Out There and Creating Content for the Small Screen nominations. He began writing for television on the What's Worth Watching Emmy-winning series, Police Story, and has since Panelists: created, written, or executive produced five Presenters: MICHAEL BLIEDEN, Actor/Director/Producer (Internet SUSAN ZWERMAN, Chair, DGA AD/UPM VFX/Digital Series: [(Layers)]; Television: Mad TV; Film: Super additional series and multiple mini-series and movies Technology Committee (VFX Producer: The High Me). for television. His work on The West Wing garnered Guardian, Around the World in 80 Days, Fat Albert). him two Emmy nominations and his mini-series, MARSHALL HERSKOVITZ, Co-Producer/Director Thanks of a Grateful Nation, received a Humanitas BRIAN FRANKISH, Co-Chair, DGA AD/UPM (Internet Series: quarterlife; Television: Once and VFX/Digital Technology Committee (Producer: Field Again, thirtysomething). Prize. He won a second WGA Award for the mini- of Dreams, Crown Heights, Flight of the Intruder, series, A Rumor of War and Christopher Awards for American Me, The Boy Who Could Fly). STAN ROGOW, Producer/Director (Internet Series: Testament and Romero. John has directed episodes Gemini Division; Television: Lizzie McGuire; Flight 29 of series such as quarterlife, China Beach, and SUSAN ZWERMAN is the Chairperson of the DGA Down). AD/UPM VFX/Digital Technology Committee, as well Sisters, and four movies for television. Currently, JOHN SACRET YOUNG, Producer/Writer/Director as a member of the Board of the Directors of the John is partnered as Executive Producer with Robert (Internet Series: quarterlife; Television: The West Redford and has written Generations, a pilot for TNT PGA's New Media Council, and the Visual Effects Wing; China Beach). Society (VES) where she serves as Chair of the VES which he will also direct. Moderator: PENELOPE SPHEERIS, Producer/Director Technology Committee. With credits on more than PENELOPE SPHEERIS (Moderator) produced, 50 feature films, she has produced visual effects for (Music Videos for Fleetwood Mac, Queen; Television: UFO Abductions; Features and Docs: Wayne's World, directed, and edited music videos for major bands in Tall Tale, Broken Arrow, Alien Resurrection, Mafia!, The Decline of Western Civilization I, II, & III). the '70's and '80's, culminating with her Grammy- Men of Honor, The One, Around The World In 80 nominated "Bohemian Rhapsody" video for Wayne's Days, Fat Albert, and The Guardian. Her other MICHAEL BLIEDEN is an actor, screenwriter and World. Penelope's feature debut was the critically production credits include All That Jazz, Wise Guys, acclaimed documentary on the L.A. punk scene, The Scarface, Nightshift, Nighthawks, and The Flamingo director. He directed his first film in 2005, the documentary, The Comedians of Comedy, produced Decline of Western Civilization. Her first narrative Kid. Susan is a Grammy Award-winning producer for film, Suburbia won first prize at the Chicago Film by Netflix. Michael has since directed TV shows for the I'm Fat music video starring Weird Al Yankovic. Festival. Other major credits include The Boys Next Comedy Central, episodes of Mad TV, plus live She has led technology seminars at many Door; Dudes; The Decline of Western Civilization, specials for comedians Joe Rogan and Zach universities, as well as the DGA, PGA and VES. Part II: The Metal Years; Wayne's World; The Beverly Galifianakis, as well as music videos for Fiona Apple Hillbillies; and The Decline of Western Civilization, BRIAN E. FRANKISH has been producing feature and Kanye West. Michael's marijuana documentary, Part III. Penelope is currently developing the heavy films for over twenty years, developing screenplays, Super High Me, was released in 2008. For the metal romantic comedy, Love Above the Strip and managing budgets and scouting locations. He has Internet, Michael has directed a web-only series for Rotten, adapted from John Lydon's best-seller, No produced such films as Field of Dreams, Crown Microsoft's “I'M Initiative” philanthropic campaign, Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs. Heights, Flight of the Intruder, American Me and The another series for Turner Broadcasting's Boy Who Could Fly. Teaming with Producer Rob www.superdeluxe.com, entitled [(Layers)] about a 11:10 a.m. - 11:55 p.m. DGA Theatre 1 Cowan and Director Irwin Winkler, Brian executive Hollywood agent who represents other agents, and produced Home of the Brave and Life as a House. WORKING IN VIRTUAL WORLDS: Back on Topps for Michael Eisner's production MORE THAN FUN AND GAMES? As a production manager, Brian has overseen such company Tornante. features as the 1976 version of King Kong, The Net, Using Online Virtual Worlds and In the Mood. As first assistant director, Brian has MARSHALL HERSKOVITZ is an award-winning as a Tool for Pre-Production been responsible for the fifteen cameras that shot writer, producer, and director in film, television and the infamous train crash for The Fugitive, as well as Panelists: new media. With his longtime creative partner, KEN BRADY, CEO Genkii. Strange Brew, Demolition Man and Brainstorm. Edward Zwick, he created such landmark television Brian is a member of the Producers Guild and series as thirtysomething, My So-Called Life, and JESSE GUMA, Director of Development, Equilibrium Entertainment. Directors Guild of America where he co-chairs the Once and Again. He directed the feature films Jack AD/UPM VFX//Digital Technology Committee. the Bear and Dangerous Beauty and produced ROBERT DE VICO, Production Designer, Legends of the Fall, Traffic, I Am Sam, The Last Equilibrium Entertainment. Samurai, and Blood Diamond. In 2007, Marshall co- created the ground-breaking online series and social DAVE DRZEWIECKI, D.P. (CSI, Artificial Intelligence: AI, X2). network, quarterlife. He currently serves as President of the Producers Guild of America. DAVE HAGEN, Editor, Equilibrium Entertainment. 10:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. DGA Theatre 2 DEMIAN LICHTENSTEIN, Director (Relentless 3D, STAN ROGOW is a three-time Emmy-nominated Venus & Vegas, 3000 Miles to Graceland) Screenings of Tests and Demos of producer and the director of the sci fi web series the Latest Digital Camera Equipment JASON STODDARD, Managing Partner, Strategy, Gemini Division. Following his success as executive Centric/Agency of Change. producer for the series Lizzie McGuire, Stan produced Darcy's Wild Life and was co-creator of KEN BRADY is CEO of Genkii, a Tokyo-based virtual Flight 29 Down for ABC Family. He also co-created world and social media strategic consultancy. and executive produced the critically acclaimed Previously, Ken was Director, International 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. DGA Theatre 3 Shannon's Deal and Middle Ages. Stan is known for Strategies for Centric/Agency of Change in Los Electric Farm Entertainment's Webby-nominated Angeles, and has worked in the film industry. A The 3D Viewing Experience Afterworld. In the area of made for television professional science fiction writer, his work has for Your Home movies, he has executive produced Nowhere to appeared in numerous magazines, webzines, and Hide, Murder in High Places, Help Wanted: Kids, anthologies including Analog, Writers of the Future, Rock 'N Roll Mom, and the multiple Emmy Award- Strange Horizons, Science Fiction World, winning Playing for Time. Ideomancer, Fortean Bureau, Weird Tales, Modern Magic, Rosebud, Talebones, The William and Mary

(continued) Page 2 (continued) (continued) RANDAL KLEISER (Moderator) made his directorial debut in 1978 with the feature, Grease. Other Review, Clonepod, Darker Matter, Frequency, and Urban. He has also teamed with writing partner, M. directing credits include The Boy in the Plastic Midnight Street. He has sold a screenplay to Dooma Wendschuh on the production and video Bubble, The Blue Lagoon, Flight of the Navigator, It's Miramax, produced an award-winning feature film, game for Relentless. Other credits include: producer, and produced several stage plays. director, and writer, Venus & Vegas; producer, The My Party, White Fang and the 3D Disney Theme Unseen; producer, director and writer, 3000 Miles to park attraction, Honey, I Shrunk the Audience. ROBERT DE VICO is a production designer, writer, Graceland; executive producer, The Road to Working with Paul Debevec at the Institute for director and fine artist who has worked internationally Graceland; producer and director of photography, Creative Technologies, Randal co-invented a digital designing feature films, commercials and music Love & Suicide; producer, director and writer, Cinerama-like process called Vistarama HD. His Red videos. He was mentored by Harold Michelson, Lowball for Showtime; and director of the television Riding Hood was shot on virtual sets and debuted at Hitchcock's art director, in the old school in-camera series, The Company. He has also produced and the 2006 International Digital Cinema Festival in approach to filmmaking. His introduction to directed over 250 music videos for artists including Lisbon. His 2005 feature, Lovewrecked, was mainstream filmmaking was Norman Mailer's Tough Sting, Eric Clapton, Queen Latifah, and Gloria distributed by the Weinstein Company. Randal is a Guys Don't Dance. Robert designs in both 2D and Estefan. member of the DGA's Special Projects Committee 3D, providing immediate, lensed, animated pre- and chairs the Special Projects subcommittee visualization for his directors on his sets. Among his JASON STODDARD is Managing Partner for overseeing the programming for Digital Day. recent projects is The Saint with Barry Levinson. He Centric, an advertising agency offering branding, has also worked with directors like Oliver Stone, Jim corporate identity and design, and specializing in 12:50 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. Theatre 1 Jenkins, Raul Ruis, Agnieszka Holland, Joe Pytka, online and virtual marketing. He has been a guest 3D AND THE TV VIEWING EXPERIENCE: Dave Meyers, and Sam Bayer. Currently, he is speaker at Loyola Marymount University, at Moving 3D into the Media Mainstream working as production designer for Demian entertainment industry forums such as DVD's 9 Lichtenstein's 3D feature film Relentless. Lives, and is a respected resource for information on Panelists: current and developing market trends. Jason is also JOSHUA GREER, President, Real D. a professional science fiction writer, covering near- DAVE DRZEWIECKI is a Director of Photography BERNIE LARAMIE, Producer, StereoScope, LLC. with twenty years of experience in motion pictures, future developments such as virtual worlds and television and commercials. At Sony Pictures monetization. LOREN NIELSEN, Co-Founder and President, ETC. Imageworks, he was responsible for shooting all of CHRIS YEWDALL, President and CEO, DDD. the company's visual effects and miniatures, as well 12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Theatre 1 as building the camera department and supervising PREPARING PITCH PACKAGES AND Moderator: MARTY SCHINDLER, CEO, The visual effects. While at Sony, Dave worked on the PILOTS FOR THE SMALL SCREEN Schindler Perspective. films Speed, Money Train, The Net and 3D special JOSHUA GREER is co-founder and President of venue film, Ahead of Time. He also supervised the Panelists: REAL D. Previously, he designed the first all-digital miniature photography on Titanic and Volcano. TOM HOLLAND, Writer/Director (Child’s Play, Fright 3D projection system for Walden Media while Recent work includes CSI:Crime Scene Investigation Night, Stephen King’s Thinner) working with director James Cameron on Ghosts of and the independent film Taylor, which he also NEAL ISRAEL, Writer/Producer/Director (Bachelor the Abyss. Joshua also served as President of Digital produced. Dave serves on the IATSE Local 600 Party; Television: Clueless, Hidden Howie, About a Domain New Media Group, which produced the first National Executive Board and chairs Local 600's 3D Girl) web-based, full-motion, interactive public service training committee. Dave is also a member of the announcement for General Motors' Concept Cure Moderator: RANDAL KLEISER, Director Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Visual (Lovewrecked; Red Riding Hood; Grease). Campaign. He co-founded Digital Planet, the award Effects Branch and the Visual Effects Society. winning web and DVD production company that TOM HOLLAND started his career as an actor before created more than 300 major websites for JESSE GUMA has worked with Equilibrium moving into writing and directing. He is the writer of companies such as Universal Pictures, MGM, Sony, Entertainment since 2001. He has organized and Psycho II, Cloak and Dagger, The Beast Within, and and 20th Century Fox, and launched the first web- produced a number of music videos for the company Class of 1984. He also wrote and directed Fright based movie site for MGM's feature film Stargate. and presently manages the in-house development of Night, Child's Play, Stephen King's Thinner and Joshua works with the Society of Motion Picture and Equilibrium Entertainment's Feature Film division. In Stephen King's The Langoliers. Additionally, for Television Engineers (SMPTE), studying the 2005, he was the production office coordinator for television, Tom wrote and directed several episodes deployment of 3D in the digital cinema universe. The Unseen and co-produced Love and Suicide, the of HBO's Tales from the Crypt and recently directed BERNIE LARAMIE has been a Producer for more first feature film to be shot entirely in Cuba since the "We All Scream for Ice Cream," an episode of embargo took effect. Currently, he is a co-producer than 25 years, and is best known for his work on CSI: Masters of Horror. Tom has also written and directed Crime Scene Investigation as well as such series as on the upcoming 3D action adventure film, two digital projects for the internet, Driven and 5 or Relentless. Shark, Threat Matrix, Profiler, Dark Skies and Max Die. Headroom. More recently, Bernie handled post- DAVE HAGEN has directed television commercials NEAL ISRAEL has over twenty feature films to his production on the IMAX 3D production of James and music videos and edited Magic Rock, starring credit as a director, writer, and producer. He created Cameron's Aliens of the Deep, and was the Miko Hughes, for which he also composed the the Police Academy film series, wrote and directed Technical Producer on The Last Mysteries of the soundtrack. He joined the Equilibrium Entertainment the hit, Bachelor Party starring Tom Hanks, worked Titanic. As Director of Post Production at Lorimar, team as co-editor of Venus & Vegas, starring Donald with Amy Heckerling on the Look Who's Talking film Bernie pioneered many state-of-the-art post- Faison, Molly Sims, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and Jaime series, wrote Real Genius for Martha Coolidge, and production techniques including the use of electronic Pressly. Next Dave co-produced the mockumentary executive produced Finding Neverland, which non-linear systems, CGI effects, and 3 perf 35mm for Totally Baked, and is currently working on James starred Johnny Depp and received seven Oscar production. He is currently Executive in Charge of Cotten's drama La Linea, starring Andy Garcia and nominations. For television, he has directed, written Production for StereoScope Entertainment, where Ray Liotta. and produced many highly-rated movies for he produces feature films in 3D, as well as 3D Digital television, as well as episodic series including The Signage and other new media. DEMIAN LICHTENSTEIN has over twenty motion Wonder Years, Clueless, Judging Amy, Joan of picture projects and multiple television shows to his LOREN NIELSEN is co-founder and President of Arcadia, Lizzie McGuire and HBO'S Mind of the Entertainment Technology Consultants (ETC), which credit. Currently, he is preparing to produce and Married Man. He has received Oscar, Emmy, and direct Relentless, a 3D action thriller starring Karl has been instrumental in the development of digital PGA nominations, a WGA Award, A National Board cinema and is similarly involved in a variety of of Review Award, an International Broadcast Award, (continued) and a Clio for his commercial work. (continued) Page 3 (continued) (continued) (continued) technologies, including HD and 3D video. Loren is a overseen the photography and visual effects for select few cinematographers who captured footage technology marketing specialist known for her ability Magic Journeys, Captain EO and Honey I Shrunk the at some of the deepest locations around the world to assess the marketplace and guide the introduction Audience - all created for continuing exhibition at including Titanic and Bismark, three miles under the and development of new technologies. Working with Disney theme parks around the world. Eric was surface of the ocean. Over the last eight years, clients to align new digital technologies with the awarded a Special Achievement in Visual Effects Vince, working with director James Cameron, has requirements of the marketplace, Loren orchestrates Academy Award for his ground-breaking work on been following a path to revolutionize entertainment technology demonstrations and proof of concept through the design and use of state of the art 3D Total Recall and has received Oscar nominations for presentations that bring together the entertainment tools created by his team at PACE. In an effort to Best Visual Effects for Pearl Harbor and Hook, as and electronics sectors. create the Ultimate Entertainment Experience, well as a BAFTA nomination for Men in Black. benchmarks have been set on concert films like U2 CHRIS YEWDALL is President and CEO of DDD and Hannah Montana, sporting events like NBA All- LENNY LIPTON is the Chief Technology Officer of Group, specializing in 3-D content solutions that build Star Game and Finals, and several features such as Real D. In 1980, he founded StereoGraphics bridges between today's two-dimensional content and Journey to the Center of the Earth, Final Destination Corporation, where he invented the ZScreen, the emerging 3-D digital cinema content and new IV, and AVATAR. displays, including software and custom processors most widely used method for projecting theatrical 3D used in the latest 3D HDTVs. A leader in emerging movies. In 1996 he received an award from the STEVE SCHKLAIR is the founding principal of 3ality markets for stereoscopic 3-D consumer devices Smithsonian Institution for his invention of Digital Systems, working on new digital 3D motion including flat screen television, mobile telephones, CrystalEyes®, the first practical electronic picture technologies and real-time broadcast of 3D notebook and desktop PCs, DDD is marketed under stereoscopic product for computer graphics and programming. Steve produced the U2 3D movie the TriDef® and DDD Mobile™ brands, with video applications such as molecular modeling, which premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. international licensees and customers like Samsung, aerial mapping and medical imaging. Lenny has Prior to 3ality, he was a Vice President of Digital Sharp Corporation, Arisawa Manufacturing Company, been granted over thirty patents in the field of Domain, the studio that created the special effects Hyundai IT and Cartoon Network. Chris has led stereoscopic displays and is the author of the books for films like Apollo 13, The Fifth Element, Titanic, DDD's growth in emerging consumer electronics and Foundations of the Stereoscopic Cinema and and Terminator 2: 3D. A pioneer in the utilization of content markets for consumer 3-D devices. He is also Independent Filmmaking. He has also produced and high definition cameras, Steve co-produced and a member of the Society of Motion Picture and directed 25 films, one of which, Let a Thousand photographed the award-winning film To Dream of Television Engineers (SMPTE). Parks Bloom, was included in the exhibition Summer Roses with special effects wizard Douglas Trumbull. of Love at the Whitney Museum of American Art in Steve spearheaded the first real-time, live-action 3D MARTY SHINDLER (Moderator) is the CEO of The 2007. transmission to autostereo monitors (no glasses Shindler Perspective, Inc., a management consulting required for 3D viewing). He serves on the team that provides hands on management, strong 3:20 p.m. - 4:05 p.m. Theatre 1 Advanced Technology Committee of the American educational credentials and many years of Society of Cinematographers (ASC). professional service to companies all along the 3D UPDATE: PAUL MARTIN SMITH is the editor of the recently entertainment and entertainment technology food The 3D Pipeline and Workflow released Journey to the Center of the Earth. Among chain. Our backgrounds include Big 4 consulting/CPA his many film credits are George Lucas' Star Wars: firm experience, top 5 business graduate school, with Panelists: Episode I, The Phantom Menace; Mindhunter; work experience at 20th Century Fox, MGM, Industrial DAVID KENNETH, Executive Producer, I. E. Effects. Behind Enemy Lines; and The Matchmaker. Martin Light & Magic, Kodak's Cinesite and Bank of America. also co-designed and edited three key sequences for Projects include business and strategic planning, VINCE PACE, CEO, PACE. the animated feature Titan A.E. and edited four films operational reviews, market assessments, research & STEVE SCHKLAIR, CEO, 3aility Digital Systems. in the video feature franchise, The Adventures of analysis and consulting on trends in the various PAUL MARTIN SMITH, Editor, (Journey to the Center Young Indiana Jones. He has edited over 30 market segments in which they are involved. of the Earth, Behind Enemy Lines, Star Wars: documentaries and episodes of the ABC series The Episode I). Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and the NBC sci fi series Earth 2, as well as telefilms including Country CHRISTIAN ZAK, VP, Independent Feature Services, LUNCH BREAK Technicolor Content Services. Justice, Unforgivable, and The Canterville Ghost. Martin is a member of the Guild of British Film Moderator: MARTY SCHINDLER, CEO, The Editors, and has worked on award-winning television 1:35 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Schindler Perspective. programs in Great Britain, including The Driving Force, for which he won the British Industrial and 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Theatre 1 DAVID KENNETH is Executive Producer of I.E. Scientific Film Association (BISFA) Best Editor THE CHALLENGES OF DIRECTING 3D Effects, a full-service production, post production, Award. The Making of Journey to the Center of stereoscopic 3D and visual effects facility. As head of new business, he serves as the primary liaison the Earth with Director Eric Brevig and CHRISTIAN ZAK serves as Vice President of between the creative and sales divisions of the Independent Feature Services for Technicolor Lenny Lipton, CTO, Real D company. After working in various capacities in Content Services in Los Angeles. In this role, production, David was asked to supervise and Christian oversees production and post-production Panelists: produce the visuals for the theme park ride Mission: ERIC BREVIG, Director, Journey to the Center of the services for Independent films in North America, Space at Disney's Epcot Center. He then went on to Earth. including on-set assistance, dailies, previews, digital become the VFX producer on the Paramount intermediates, mastering and digital cinema. His LENNY LIPTON, CTO, Real D Pictures 3D attraction Star Trek: Borg Invasion 4D for recent 3-D independent projects include Scar, My the Las Vegas Hilton. He has also worked as a VFX Bloody Valentine and Coraline. ERIC BREVIG recently made his directorial debut in Producer on Spiderman 2, which netted an Oscar for Warner Brothers' Journey to the Center of the Earth, best visual effects, and as a VFX producer on the MARTY SHINDLER (Moderator). See bio for “3D the first live-action narrative motion picture to be Emmy-winning Sci-Fi Channel mini-series The and the TV Viewing Experience” on page 4. photographed in stereo HD for digital 3D theatrical Triangle. release. Prior to helming Journey, Brevig served as second unit director and visual effects supervisor on VINCE PACE, CEO and founder of PACE, wears over 25 films, including Men in Black, Pearl Harbor many hats in the entertainment industry. Known for and The Island. An expert in 3D filmmaking, he has some of his underwater exploits, Vince is one of the (continued) (continued) Page 4 4:10 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. Theatre 1 MIKE SANDERS is a Digital Supervisor at Industrial BUZZ HAYS (Moderator) is Senior Producer, 3D PERFORMANCE CAPTURE AND Light & Magic. Mike specializes in advanced Stereoscopic Feature Films for Sony Pictures MOTION CAPTURE: technologies related to data acquisition and Imageworks, overseeing adaptation of standard integration, focusing mainly on photorealistic release feature films into three-dimensional Demystifying the Technology creature and digital double performance. Some of stereoscopic versions for IMAX 3D and Real D and Techniques his work includes the digital passengers on the platforms, including, most recently, Robert Zemeckis' Titanic and Pearl Harbor, the Star Wars clone Beowulf. Previous Imageworks projects include the Panelists: troopers, The Hulk, The Mummy, the Vampire Brides Imagemotion performance-capture animated film KEVIN CUSHING, Motion Capture Supervisor, Giant Studios. of Van Helsing, The Terminator, Transformers, Davy Monster House and the first Sony Pictures CG Jones and his pirate crew for Pirates of the animated feature Open Season. At Radium, he was PATRICK DAVENPORT, Executive Producer, Image Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and World's End, The executive producer of visual effects for music videos Metrics. Spiderwick Chronicles, Evan Almighty, and Iron Man. and commercials, and at yU+co, he executive MARCO MARENGHI, Animation Supervisor, Sony Mike is continually working on new technologies produced title sequences for films like Catwoman, Pictures Imageworks. related to real-time virtual cinematography and on- The Terminal and The Chronicles of Riddick. He also set integrated creature performance during live co-founded TriBeCa Interactive with Robert De Niro MIKE SANDERS, Digital Supervisor, Industrial Light action photography. and was director of engineering at Lucasfilm THX on and Magic. efforts including the THX Sound System and Home Moderator: SUSAN ZWERMAN, Chair, DGA AD/UPM SUSAN ZWERMAN (Moderator). See bio for “A THX. VFX/Digital Technology Committee (VFX Producer: Guided Tour of New Internet Entertainment The Guardian, Around the World in 80 Days, Fat Platforms” on page 2. Albert). 5:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Theatre 1 KEVIN CUSHING is a Motion Capture Supervisor at Giant Studios where he recently oversaw capture PERFORMANCE CAPTURE: production on the first commercial spots for Gears of Is It Live-Action or Animation? War II. He is currently preparing to supervise motion capture for TinTin, the upcoming Steven Spielberg/ Panelists: KENN MCDONALD, Animation Supervisor (Beowulf, Peter Jackson CG feature. Kevin was a technical Open Season, Polar Express) director on James Cameron's upcoming Avatar, Prince Caspian, and The Mummy: Tomb of the COREY TURNER, Technical Supervisor (I Am Dragon Emperor. He has also worked on films like Legend, Beowulf, Monster House). Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. He was a motion Moderator: BUZZ HAYS, Senior VFX Producer editor for Weta Digital, contributing to the Oscar- (Beowulf, Open Season, Monster House). winning visual effects for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Return of the King. At Sony KENN McDONALD is currently working on the Imageworks, Kevin integrated motion capture for Gil upcoming film Watchmen as animation supervisor for Kenan's Monster House and worked on director’s Sony Pictures Imageworks, overseeing motion layout for the Robert Zemeckis films, Polar Express capture and animation for the character of Doctor and Beowulf. Manhattan. Previously, Kenn worked on Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf as animation supervisor, PATRICK DAVENPORT joined Image Metrics in completion of performance capture through final November 2006 as Executive Producer. A producer animation. Other credits include Open Season, The with 18 years experience in visual effects and live Polar Express, Stuart Little 2, and The Matrix action, in 1995 Patrick became head of the VFX Reloaded. Kenn has also worked at Saban department and a company director for The Moving Entertainment, where he was animation supervisor Picture Company. In 1997 he joined Digital Domain and supervising technical director on What's with as Director of Digital Operations for their Andy and Micromaniacs webisodes, and worked on commercials division. During this time, Patrick also story development and character design for Tae produced several award-winning commercials and Kwan Do. Previously, he did CG animation for The was appointed Executive Producer in 2000. After Chubb Chubbs!, winner of the 2003 Oscar for Best moving into production in 2001, he produced a Animated Short Film. variety of series and specials for Bravo, E! Entertainment and VH1 and was a Field Producer at COREY TURNER most recently worked on I Am MTV on seasons 3 and 4 of Next. Legend for Sony Imageworks where he integrated MARCO MARENGHI, recently worked as animation performance capture data from actors on stage and supervisor on I Am Legend. For this project, Marco computer generated characters for the crowd scenes oversaw the modeling process, character setup, in the film. Previously, Corey served as technical motion capture and animation support processes, animation supervisor on Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf, and produced the animation tests and behavioral overseeing performance capture tracking and rough studies for the entirely CG infected characters. He integration, and supervising the director's layout & has also served as animation supervisor on Speed wheels process, and final integration. Other credits Racer and Ghost Rider, lead animator on Bewitched include Monster House and The Polar Express. and completed numerous animation shots for The Prior to joining Imageworks, Corey worked as a Polar Express, Minority Report, Evolution, Walking compositor at Cinesite and an application and With Dinosaurs, Lost in Space and Tomorrow Never training specialist for Cineon, a film compositing Dies, as well as video games and commercials. In application. He also co-created and directed Cita's 2008 he received the International Family Film World, featured on the Black Entertainment Festivals' Friz Freling Award. He was also the subject Television network. of a BBC documentary, The Marco Marenghi Story.

Page 5 Special Thanks To:

Michael Apted, DGA President; Jay D. Roth, DGA National Executive Director;Jon Larson, DGA Associate Western Executive Director; Hilary Whiting, DGA Contracts Coordinator; Joyce Baron, Director of Research & Policy Analysis.

DGA Special Projects Committee: Jeremy Kagan, Chair; Special Projects Digital Day Sub Committee: Randal Kleiser (Chair), Peter R. J. Deyell, Barbara Roche, Arthur Allan Seidelman, Alain Silver, Christina Stevens; DGA Independent Directors Committee (West): Stephen Gyllenhaal (Chair) and IDC Members Christopher Coppola, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris; AD/UPM/TC VFX/Digital Technology Committee: Susan Zwerman (Chair), Brian Frankish (Co-Chair) and Larry Lerner.

American Hi Def: Erez Ram,Ady Gil; Kodak: John Arena, Don Lane, Christopher Simpson; Progressive Productions: Chad Wilson; Real D:Joshua Greer, Lenny Lipton, Nora Hui; Visual Effects Society Theatre 2 demo material assembled by: Peter Collister,ASC; Sean Findley, CTO, Post Mango; David Stump,ASC

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