2009 FACULTY SEMINAR PANELS

Panelists: Deb Curtis (Moderator) - VP, U.S. Current Programming, Sony Pictures Television, Kari Lizer - Creator/Executive Producer - The New Adventures of Old Christine, Clyde Phillips - Executive Producer/Showrunner - Dexter, Shonda Rhimes - Creator/Executive Producer - Grey's Anatomy / Private Practice, Pam Veasey - Executive Producer/Showrunner - CSI:NY Description: Meet the individuals responsible for the creative vision and day-to-day operations of a television series. Unlike films, where directors are typically in creative control of a production, in episodic television the showrunner usually outranks the director.

Panelists: Steve Binder - Producer/Director, Bill D'Elia - Director, Katy Garretson - Director, Bertram van Munster - Director Description: This panel highlights the differences that exist in directing the various television forms.

Panelists: Denny Dugally - Production Designer - Brothers and Sisters, Paul Karasick - Editor - Eastwick, Mike Lawshe - Supervising Sound Editor - Smallville, Supernatural, Peter Smokler - Cinematographer – It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Description: Learn more about the various crafts involved behind-the-scenes of the making of a television production.

Panelists: Dan Birman (Moderator) - Producer, Cheryl Carson - Senior Executive Producer, Dave Harding - Executive Producer, Matt Kunitz - Executive Producer Description: This panel deals with the various forms of nonfiction television (documentary, reality and news programming). CLICK HERE for the full schedule of seminar panels and panelists. CLICK HERE for a list of the 2009 Fellows