Biola Media Conference

Apr 25, 2009 from 3:00am to 5:00pm MDT
Location: CBS Studios, Radford Location
Latest Activity: Aug 26, 2019

******* THIS JUST IN: CCAS has negotiated a discount for our members to attend. You must pre-register to receive the discounted price of $110 instead of the regular $125. Use the code VSN when registering at www.biolamedia.com. ******* Biola Media is proud to announce an outstanding line up of keynote speakers at this year’s Biola Media Conference. The Biola Media Conference is recognized as the largest and most influential national gathering for industry professionals of faith in the entertainment field today, uniquely providing spiritual inspiration alongside informative, creative and professional opportunities. These experts will share their thoughts and experiences in helping attendees to navigate the challenging world of film, TV and digital media, examining the conference theme “Closing the Deal.” 2009 Keynote speakers include: Joe Eszterhas has written 15 films that have grossed more than a billion dollars at the box office, including Basic Instinct, Jagged Edge, Flashdance and Showgirls. Two of the five books he’s written have received the distinction of The New York Times Bestsellers, and his non-fiction novel Charlie Simpson’s Apocalypse was nominated for a National Book Award. He has been called “The Che Guevara of screenwriters” (Daily Variety), “a living Hollywood legend” (ABC’s 20/20), and Time Magazine states “If Shakespeare were alive today, would his name would be Joe Eszterhas?” Joe’s latest book is “Crossbearer: A Memoir of Faith.” Ralph Winter has produced over 25 films, grossing over $2 billion dollars worldwide, as well as produced and directed TV for Steven Speilberg at Dreamworks. This list includes the following Academy Award nominated films: X-Men, X-Men United, Fantastic Four, Mighty Joe Young, Star Trek VI, Star Trek IV, and Planet of the Apes. Ralph's recent films include X-Men: The Last Stand, Thr3e, and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Currently Ralph is a partner in a new joint film company, 1019 Productions and founding partner of the commercial production company Thomas Winter Cooke. Terry Botwick has had an amazing career in television and motion pictures. As former President of Vanguard Films, Terry managed the production of the CGI animated Space Chimps for Fox, and Ribbit for MGM. He arranged $120 million for the co-publishing of video games and spearheaded Vanguard’s expansion into the direct to video business with MGM. Prior to Vanguard, Terry was founder of Thunderpoint Partners, where he arranged a co-finance and distribution partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment. As former SVP at CBS Entertainment, he helped the network rise from third to first place and oversaw all primetime series programming (developing three successful series) and special events (Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, Emmy Awards, etc.). His eclectic resume also includes broad-ranging successes such as: President of Worldwide Television Distribution and Production for Hearst Corporation, (which produced 12-14 television movies per year), Founder/CEO of e-learning company Spongelab, and President/COO of Big Idea Productions (VeggieTales). Susan Issacs is a writer and comedienne with credits in TV, film, stage and radio. Her numerous TV credits include co-starring roles on Seinfield, My Name is Earl, Providence and more. An alumnus of the Groundlings Sunday Company, she has written numerous works for NPR’s Weekend America, Sit N Spin at Comedy Central Stage, and Show and Tell at Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre. Her memoir “Angry Conversations with God: A Snarky, but Authentic Spiritual Memoir” explores the idea that if her relationship with God was supposed to be a marriage, she and God needed marriage counseling. Still to-be-announced workshops will feature the art of pitching, knowing what projects Hollywood is looking for, discovering niche projects, no-budget filmmaking, legal aspects of deal-making, how power is used in Hollywood, living out your faith, and much more.

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