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The MIP Steering Committee draws across the media industries, and includes executives from major studios, independent producers, creative practitioners, and members of the scholarly and legal communities.
- Gail Berman, founding partner of BermanBraun. As former President of Paramount Pictures and former President of Entertainment for FOX Broadcasting Company, Berman has held top posts at both a major film studio and television network.
- Paris Barclay, Award-winning television director and producer. Barclay’s recent work includes In Treatment, Glee, and NCIS: Los Angeles. He is First Vice President of the Board of the Directors Guild of America.
- Lloyd Braun, founding partner of BermanBraun. Before that, Braun headed Yahoo!’s Media Group, and previously the ABC Entertainment Television Group.
- Marcy Carsey founding partner of Carsey-Werner Productions, whose output includes successful television programs such as The Cosby Show, Roseanne, and That 70’s Show.
- Scott Frank, Oscar-nominated screenwriter whose scripts include Out of Sight (1998), Minority Report (2002), The Interpreter (2005), and his directorial debut, The Lookout (2007).
- Thomas Gewecke, President, Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. Before joining Warner Bros., Gewecke served as Executive Vice President, Global Digital Business for Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
- Josh Grode, Partner, Liner Grode Stein Yankelevitz Sunshine Regenstreif & Taylor. Head of the firm’s Corporate Department, Grode is an expert in transactions involving intellectual property across a number of industries.
- Gary Newman, Co-President and Co-Chairman, 20th Century Fox Television. With Dana Walden, Newman overseas production for broadcast and cable channels, including Modern Family, Glee, Sons of Anarchy, and The Family Guy.
- Tom Pollock, Co-Founder, The Montecito Picture Company. A prominent entertainment lawyer, Pollock served as Vice Chairman of MCA and Chairman of Universal Pictures before founding The Montecito Picture Company with Ivan Reitman in 1998.
- Larry Stein, Partner, Liner Grode Stein Yankelevitz Sunshine Regenstreif & Taylor. Along with writers, directors, producers, actors and musicians, Stein also represents entertainment guilds, talent agencies, personal and business management companies, and independent production companies.
- Tom Schatz, Mary Gibbs Jones Centennial Chair Department of Radio-Television-Film, UT Austin and Executive Director, UT Film Institute. His books include Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era (1996) and Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s (1999).
- Dick Wolf, Wolf Films, Inc. A multi-award winning producer and writer, Wolf is creator of the Law & Order franchise. Law & Order was the longest-running crime drama on American primetime television, and one of the longest-running American drama series of all time. Wolf’s career includes work on Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice, and New York Undercover.
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