Media and Culture in Contemporary China: The View from the Industry

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Videocast of Session 2 from the October 21 conference held at UCLA.

A two-day conference featuring Chinese Producer Zhang Jizhong, sponsored by the UCLA-USC Joint East Asian Studies Center and held on the UCLA and USC campuses

Friday, October 21, 2011
James West Alumni Center
UCLA

Session 2: The State of the Film & Television Industry in Contemporary China: The View from the Industry

Moderator: Martin Kaplan, Director, Norman Lear Center, USC Annenberg School
Panelists:

Mike Medavoy, chairman and CEO, Phoenix Pictures, and co-founder of Orion Pictures
William M. Mechanic, president and CEO of Pandemonium Films, and former chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment
Janet Yang, president of Manifest Films, and former president of production of Oliver Stone’s Ixtlan Productions
Teddy Zee, president, Teddy Zee Productions, and former senior production executive at Paramount and Columbia
Peter Shiao, founder and CEO, Orb Media Group

Link to conference page

Duration: 1:10:37

Published: Tuesday, November 22, 2011

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Videocast of Session 2 from the October 21 conference held at UCLA.

Session 2: The State of the Film & Television Industry in Contemporary China: The View from the Industry