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Andrew Ahn

Director

Andrew Ahn

Director

Andrew Ahn is a queer Korean American filmmaker born and raised in Los Angeles. Ahn's latest feature FIRE ISLAND (Searchlight Pictures) starring Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, and Margaret Cho releases on Hulu June 3, 2022. Ahn's sophomore feature DRIVEWAYS, written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen and produced by James Schamus, premiered at the 2019 Berlinale and was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Screenplay and Best Lead Actress for Hong Chau. Ahn's first film SPA NIGHT premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in US Dramatic Competition and won a Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance. The film went on to win the 2017 John Cassavetes Film Independent Spirit Award. Ahn has directed fiction and documentary television for Netflix, FX, HBO Max, CBS, Sundance Channel, and KCET. He has promoted diversity in the arts by mentoring youth filmmakers through programs like Pacific Arts Movement’s Reel Voices, Outfest’s OutSet, and the Sundance Institute's Native Filmmaker Lab. He graduated from Brown University and received an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).

Jane Cha Cutler

Producer

Jane Cha Cutler

Jane Cha Cutler is a Producer with This Machine Filmworks, specializing in the non-fiction space. She produces docu-series, formats and feature documentaries, including upcoming projects about Martha Stewart, a global founder of K-Pop and the history of fashion through the perspective of iconic Black models, as well as acclaimed Apple TV+ series, “Dear…,” which showcases icons such as Oprah Winfrey, Lin Manuel Miranda, Spike Lee and Selena Gomez.
Cha Cutler served as co-creator and Executive Producer of hit television series “Project Runway” for 16 seasons. Cha Cutler has received 14 Emmy and 12 Producers Guild nominations and is the recipient of the prestigious Peabody, GLAAD and Gracie Awards. She has also co-created and Executive Produced “Project Runway Junior,” “Models of the Runway” and “Threads,” and has executive produced “HomeGrown Makeover,” “Now What?,” “Seriously Funny Kids,” “Stylista” and “NYC TV.”
Cha Cutler previously served as the President of Production for Full Picture, where she spent 18 years focused on television and digital production. She partnered with top creators and spearheaded collaborations including a special collection under the auspices of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let Girls Learn Peace Corps initiative; and a first of its kind runway show with custom-coded garments in collaboration with Google’s Made with Code.
Cha Cutler has worked closely with some of the fashion industry’s top properties. She was a key figure in the development of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show for television. Cha Cutler’s work in new media and streaming included serving as co-creator and executive producer of the YouTube channel LOOK.TV in partnership with Bedrock Ventures, as well as supermodel Heidi Klum’s digital networks. She was one of the founders of Modelinia, a content portal presented from the POV of top influencers. This content won awards including the W3 sanctioned by the International Academy of the Visual Arts. Cha Cutler has also worked on a wide array of digital content for high profile talent including Zendaya and K-pop artists.
Cha Cutler served as special projects consultant with South Korean conglomerate SK Group, where she was instrumental in the US launch for the company’s apps.
Cha Cutler is Co-Chair of the Entertainment Leadership Council at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and on the Board of Big Brothers Big Sisters Los Angeles for which she was the 2020 recipient of the Sherry Lansing Award.

Ashley Chang

Senior Development Executive
Amazon MGM Studios

Ashley Chang

Senior Development Executive
Amazon MGM Studios

Ashley Chang is a Senior Development Executive on the Comedy & Drama team at Amazon. Previously, she served as Vice President of Drama Originals at Hulu, and she also served as Co-Chair of The Walt Disney Company’s Creative Inclusion Council with Bob Iger through 2021, and then John Landgraf through 2022.

Ashley most recently launched Paradise, created by Dan Fogelman starring Sterling K. Brown and James Marsden, Under the Bridge, created by Quinn Shephard and starring Riley Keough and Golden Globe winning Lily Gladstone, and Interior Chinatown, created by Charles Yu, directed by Taika Waititi, and starring Jimmy O. Yang and Ronny Chieng. She is also currently working on the highly anticipated legal drama from Ryan Murphy entitled All’s Fair starring Kim Kardashian, Naomi Watts, Glenn Close, Sarah Paulson, and Niecy Nash, as well as Ed Solomon’s series The Spot starring Academy Award winning Kate Winslet. Additional projects Ashley has worked on at Hulu include the critically acclaimed and Emmy-nominated series Dopesick, Death and Other Details, Conversations with Friends, Love, Victor, and others.

Ashley began her career as an assistant working for prominent agents at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), including Managing Director and Head of Television, Joe Cohen, and was accepted into the prestigious Agent Trainee Program at CAA. She then made the jump to the creative side as an executive at Ryan Murphy TV where she worked on the critically acclaimed series Glee and American Horror Story. Following that, she worked as an executive in Current Programming at Universal Television, working across comedy and drama on shows such as The Mindy Project, Master of None, and Chicago Fire. Prior to joining Hulu in 2019, she was a Senior Director of Development at Funny Or Die, where she served as a Producer on the Peabody Award winning Netflix series American Vandal.

Esther Chang

Partner
Talent Department
WME

Esther Chang

Partner
Talent Department
WME

Esther Chang is a partner at WME in the Talent Department. She represents leading talent and filmmakers such as Andra Day, Bob Odenkirk, Charlize Theron, Diane Lane, Steve Buscemi, Daveed Diggs, Deborah Chow, Elisabeth Moss, Gemma Chan, Michael B. Jordan, Olivia Rodrigo, Whoopi Goldberg, and Yifei Liu. Chang began her career at the William Morris Agency. She is a graduate of Columbia University, where she majored in English literature and minored in Asian American studies.

Chang is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She is also on the board of both Women In Film and the American Cinematheque. Chang resides in Los Angeles with her husband and two young children.

Gloria Chang

Executive
Business & Legal Affairs
Netflix

Gloria Chang

Executive
Business & Legal Affairs
Netflix

Gloria is currently a business and legal affairs executive at Netflix where she focuses on unscripted and documentary series content. Prior to working at Netflix, Gloria worked in business affairs at The CW Network and legal affairs at NBCUniversal. Gloria started her legal career as a litigator representing banks, studios, and various entertainment professionals. She holds a JD from USC Law School and a BA in English from Columbia University. In her free time, she loves to travel, eat, play tennis and spend time with her family.

Jean Chi

President
Global Business & Legal Affairs
Skydance Media

Jean Chi

Global Head
Business Affairs
Spotify

Jean Chi is President of Global Business & Legal Affairs at Skydance Media, where she oversees all business and legal affairs related to Skydance’s global content divisions, including feature film, television, and animation.

Before joining Skydance, Jean served as the Global Head of Content Business Affairs at Spotify, where she led business affairs and strategic functions for the platform’s US and international content business (including audio, video, live, and TV/film derivatives). Prior to Spotify, Jean served as the EVP & Head of Business Affairs of Paramount Pictures, as well as Head of Content Planning & Business Affairs at A24, where she was a key member of the senior management team overseeing strategy, planning, venture opportunities, and business affairs throughout the A24 ecosystem. Jean has also held executive posts at Lionsgate, Summit Entertainment, and Disney/ABC Cable Networks Group (now renamed Disney Branded Television). Jean started her career as a lawyer at the global law firm Latham & Watkins LLP.

Jean obtained her B.A. in Linguistics from Stanford University (with Honors and Distinction) and J.D. from NYU Law School, where she was Articles Editor of the NYU Law Review.

Born in Seoul, Jean loves all the good Korean things (K-drama, K-pop, K-beauty, K-food/cooking). She now lives in LA with her husband and son and also loves movies/TV shows/podcasts with compelling human stories, Paris travel, hitting tennis balls, working on mindfulness, and learning French. Jean is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Soo-Jean Chi

Senior Vice President
Business Affairs
HBO

Soo-Jean Chi

Senior Vice President
Business Affairs
HBO

Soo-Jean has extensive experience in television production, negotiating above-the-line talent deals for TV projects in development and production at HBO.

Previously, she held the position of Vice President, Business Affairs at Sony Pictures Entertainment and at MGM.

Soo-Jean graduated from Stanford University and holds a JD from Stanford Law School.

Yula Chin

Global Head of Operations, Animation
Riot Games

Yula Chin

Media Executive
Technology Executive

Yula Chin is the Global Head of Operations for Riot Games’ Animation Studio, which produced the Emmy award-winning Arcane: League of Legends series. Previously, she served as Associate General Counsel at Riot Games, where she led all entertainment legal matters for nearly 12 years. Yula began her legal career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, before transitioning to the entertainment practice at Katten Muchin Rosenman. She holds a B.A. in History and Dramatic Arts/Dance from UC Berkeley and a J.D. from NYU Law. Her lifelong love of entertainment is rooted in her early career as a professional modern dancer in New York, and today, she finds great joy in watching her son and daughter continue that creative legacy through dance.

Lana Cho

Writer | Producer

Lana Cho

Writer | Producer

Lana Cho is a SoCal native and a graduate of USC's School of Cinematic Arts. She got her start writing for television through the Disney ABC TV Writing Fellowship. Some of her writing and producing credits include Arrow (The CW), Timeless (NBC), Four Weddings and a Funeral (Hulu), and I Know What You Did Last Summer (Amazon). Recently, as part of her Overall Deal with 20th Television, Lana joined the upcoming series American Born Chinese (Disney+) as a Co-Executive Producer and has a pilot with Hulu. On the feature side, she has set up a movie at Netflix based on Maurene Goo's novel Somewhere Only We Know with Escape Artists producing.

Seung Chung

Co-Founder | CEO
Cashmere Agency

Seung Chung

Co-Founder | CEO
Cashmere Agency

Seung Chung is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cashmere Agency and he leads new business development, operations, and financial planning. Under his direction, Cashmere has grown into an award-winning agency with pivotal business wins of Google, Amazon, BMW, adidas, Disney, HBO, Apple TV and Netflix. He is critical to all areas of the organization and managing processes that have resulted in the outstanding growth of Cashmere since it was founded.
Seung is also a partner at Cashmere Originals, the media and production platform for creating multicultural stories. Produced “The Brown and Black Forum” with Vice Media, which covered minority issues during the 2020 Presidential Election. Currently working on podcast “Mixtape Wars,” about the definitive explanation of mix tapes and its influence on hip hop culture. Other projects on the slate include docuseries about Tommy Hilfiger, scripted series about Chris Webber and The Fab Five, and future projects with Justin Chon, and John Legend.
Seung has produced several titles for MTV, Asian-American broadcast network Mnet, and other short and long-form content. Prior to starting Cashmere Agency with Ted Chung, Seung served in Business Development with NextLinx Corporation providing software solutions for global supply chain and trade clients. Seung also worked at Ernst & Young LLP implementing business process and ERP solutions with Fortune 500 companies in the retail and insurance industries. Seung holds a MS in Information Technology from George Washington University and a BS in Finance from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
When Seung isn’t running things at Cashmere, he enjoys binging shows, Korean BBQ, playing golf, traveling the world and shreddin’ half pipes at Mammoth Mountain with his 3 kids. He has a mean sock game and cheers his kid’s sports teams every weekend. Seung was born in South Korea and moved to Maryland with his family at the age of 2.

Sejin Croninger

Executive Vice President Worldwide Acquisitions
Paramount Pictures

Sejin Croninger

Executive Vice President Worldwide Acquisitions
Paramount Pictures

Sejin Croninger is a veteran acquisitions and production executive, currently serving as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Acquisitions at Paramount Pictures and GM of Republic Pictures. In this role, she leads global strategy and distribution for all acquisitions titles, overseeing a team that sources content for Paramount’s theatrical slate as well as Republic Pictures’ specialty label. Croninger has shepherded numerous acclaimed projects, including the Academy Award and Golden Globe–nominated September 5, Sundance Grand Jury Audience Award winner Twinless, and upcoming releases Bad Apples starring Saoirse Ronan and Savage House featuring Richard E. Grant and Claire Foy. Prior to Paramount, she was Senior Vice President of the Content Group, North America at Universal Pictures, where she played a key role in launching a new mini-indie studio under the Universal Filmed Entertainment division. Her career also includes senior positions at Entertainment One (eOne) and New Line Cinema, where she began her professional journey. Beyond the studio system, Croninger is dedicated to education and mentorship as an Adjunct Professor of Producing at the American Film Institute Conservatory. She did her Graduate work in Film–Critical Studies at UCLA and Bachelor of Science in Political Science from UC Irvine. She resides in Los Angeles with her husband, daughter, and their Portuguese Water Dog.

Denise Hahn

TV Writer

Denise Hahn

TV Writer

A child of Korean immigrants, Denise Hahn grew up surrounded by the Rocky Mountains in Boulder, CO. When she wasn't hitting the ski slopes or training as a synchronized swimmer, she was immersing herself in theater and the arts. After receiving a B.A. in English Literature from Yale, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of producing film and television, attending the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC. There she rediscovered her childhood love of creative writing and wrote a spec script for GREY'S ANATOMY that earned her a spot in the Disney/ABC Writing Fellowship as well as a staff job on GREY'S ANATOMY. After her stint working for Shonda Rhimes, Denise went on to write and produce for Emmy-winning showrunner Jason Katims on his shows PURE GENIUS, RISE and AS WE SEE IT. She is currently a co-executive producer on THE CLEANING LADY, and has developed pilots for Peacock, Fox and NBC.

Alicia Hannah-Kim

Actor | Writer | Director

Alicia Hannah-Kim

Actor | Writer | Director

Alicia Hannah-Kim is an actor, writer and director. She was born in Sydney, Australia and began acting with the national youth theatre company ATYP (Australian Theatre for Young People) before making her television debut on the Australian series 'White Collar Blue'. Roles on Australian productions followed including the critically acclaimed ‘Candy’. Alicia attended the Stella Adler Conservatory in Los Angeles and made her US television debut recurring on the Starz series 'Crash'. She directed ‘Untitled Reparations Play’ for The Tank NYC’s Rule of 7 and produced/starred in ‘Dream Role’ at the Lyric Hyperion Theater in Los Angeles. Alicia has notably appeared in 'Grey's Anatomy', 'Two and a Half Men', 'Hot in Cleveland', 'Supah Ninjas', 'Chasing Life' and 'General Hospital'. She recurred in season one of Freeform's 'Alone Together’ and starred as the iconic feminist author Wendy Mah on HBO Max’s ‘Minx’. Alicia joined the cast of Netflix's worldwide smash 'Cobra Kai' in season five as the formidable Kim Da-Eun, the first female sensei of the Karate Kid universe. Most recently, Alicia joined the international cast of Disney Plus Korea’s Tempest starring Jun Ji-Hyun and Gang Dong-Won.

Jinny Howe

Vice President, Original Series Netflix

Maximilian Jo

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Head of Strategy for Global IP
Webtoon

Angela Kang

Showrunner | Writer | Producer
President, Kang & Co Entertainment

Angela Kang

Showrunner | Writer | Producer
President, Kang & Co Entertainment

Angela Kang is a television writer and producer currently under a multi-year overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios, where she is developing several new projects under her banner Kang & Co Entertainment, including an adaptation of R.F. Kuang's bestselling fantasy novel Katabasis. Previously for Amazon, she developed and ran a writers' room for Silk: Spider Society in conjunction with Sony, Lord Miller, and Pascal Pictures.

Angela is perhaps best known as a long-time writer/producer and Showrunner of AMC's The Walking Dead, and as an Executive Producer on The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. Among the accolades she's received for her writing and producing, Angela was named to THR's list of 50 Most Powerful Showrunners of 2021 and 2022, Variety's 2021 TV Producers Impact Report, and Variety's 10 TV Writers to Watch in 2016.

Angela received a B.A. in Theater and English from Occidental College, and an M.F.A. in Writing for Screen and Television from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where she was a recipient of the prestigious Annenberg Graduate Fellowship.

Theresa Kang

CEO
Blue Marble Pictures
Blue Marble Management

Theresa Kang

CEO
Blue Marble Pictures & Blue Marble Management

Theresa Kang is the founder and CEO of Blue Marble Pictures and Blue Marble Management. Blue Marble Pictures entered into an exclusive multi-year overall producing deal at AppleTV+ for film and television through 2025, where Kang is focused on amplifying artists who use the power of storytelling to depict the human condition. Blue Marble Management represents filmmakers, screenwriters, actors and producers.

Blue Marble produced the dramatic series, PACHINKO, for Apple TV+ based on the best-selling, acclaimed novel by Min Jin Lee. This story is told in three languages (Korean, Japanese and English) – it chronicles the hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family. AppleTV+ released the series on March 25, 2022 to critical acclaim.

Kang was a Partner and Agent at William Morris Endeavor Agency for fourteen years where she represented a broad array of award-winning producers, writers, directors, showrunners and actors across film and television. She was the first Asian American to be promoted to Partner at WME. Additionally, she was the architect and co- founder of Empower, a company-wide program promoting diversity, inclusion and mentorship.

This year, Kang joined the Television Academy Professional Representatives Executive Committee. In previous years, she was invited to join the Los Angeles Board of Governors for The Paley Center for Media. In 2019, she was appointed to Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti’s Entrepreneurs in Residence for the Evolve Entertainment Fund focused on increasing diversity initiatives in the entertainment industry. In the same year, she supported the $330M California tax production credit requiring the addition of diversity provisions including above- the-line diversity reporting. She is also a member of the Advisory Board for Korean American Leaders in Hollywood (KALH) organization. Her philanthropic passions have included Harvest Home which supports unhoused pregnant women and their children, Liberty In North Korea (LINK), as well as The Underground Museum.

Kang has been featured on numerous industry lists including The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Power 100, The Hollywood Reporter’s 50 Agents Empowering Diverse Voices in Hollywood, The Hollywood Reporter’s 50 Agents of Change, Gold House’s annual A100 List, and Variety’s 2022 TV Producers Impact List.

Yuzun Kang

VP of Production
Snoot Entertainment

Albert Kim

Showrunner | Writer | Producer

Albert Kim

Showrunner | Writer | Producer

Albert Kim is a television writer and producer who is best known as the Executive Producer and Showrunner of Netflix’s live-action adaptation of AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER. Previously, he was the Executive Producer and Showrunner of the hit Fox drama SLEEPY HOLLOW. Kim has also written for PANTHEON (AMC), NIKITA (The CW), LEVERAGE (TNT), and DIRT (FX). Prior to his TV writing career, Kim was an award-winning journalist who wrote for numerous national magazines, including SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, PEOPLE, and ESQUIRE. From 2005 to 2007, he was Senior News Director at ESPN, where he created and executive produced the news program, ESPN HOLLYWOOD.

Christina M. Kim

Creator | Showrunner |
Executive Producer

Christina M. Kim

Creator | Showrunner | Executive Producer

Christina M. Kim created, executive produced, and co-showran the CW series Kung Fu for three seasons. Kim was previously a writer and executive producer on the NBC drama Blindspot for five seasons.
Kim’s writing career began on ABC’s hit series Lost where she was on staff for three seasons. Her numerous other writing credits include CBS’s NCIS: LA and Hawaii 5-0.
Kim received a Writers Guild Award for Outstanding Series for her work on Lost and was nominated for Outstanding Dramatic Writing for an episode of Lost that she wrote in the show’s second season.
Kim was born in Chicago, but spent half of her childhood in Seoul. She returned to the States to attend high school at Phillips Exeter Academy, then went on to major in English at Georgetown University. Kim moved to LA to pursue a career in screenwriting and received an MFA from USC Film School.

Jae Kim

Head of Development US
Red Bull Studios

Jae Kim

Head of Development US
Red Bull Studios

Jae Kim is Head of Development US for Red Bull Studios, Red Bull’s unbranded premium content label committed to entertainment-first, commercial ideas with ambition and scale that deliver on the company’s brand values of inspiration, aspiration and human achievement. Jae leads global development efforts for the division.

Before joining Red Bull Originals, he was Head of Development for Indigo Development and Entertainment Arts [IDEA] – a joint venture studio formed between NBCUniversal and Snapchat. In this role, he led development and production efforts in producing premium short-form content for the mobile screen.

Prior to that, Jae was Head of Content for WAV Media Inc., a music VOD and live stream mobile platform funded by Naver, South Korea’s largest tech company.

Eager to explore the non-linear/digital landscape, Jae left traditional television to become Chief Content Officer for All Def Digital [ADD]. He oversaw the development, production, programming and planning for all content in launching the popular YouTube channel and multi-channel network.

Previously, Jae was Senior Director of Original Programming for BET Networks, where he was in charge of scripted and non-scripted programming. During his time there, he helped the cable network achieve record-breaking ratings three years in a row.

Jae was also Vice President of Development & Production for the TV division of The Mark Gordon Company. He was instrumental in the development and production of Lifetime’s hit show ARMY WIVES, as well as the CW series REAPER. In addition, he was actively involved in maintaining the successful momentum of the highly acclaimed CBS series CRIMINAL MINDS.

Jae began his creative executive career as Manager of Original Programming for Showtime Networks Inc., where he helped develop and shepherd a number of the network’s shows, including dramas DEXTER and BROTHERHOOD, comedies FAT ACTRESS and BARBERSHOP, and the reality series INTERSCOPE PRESENTS: THE NEXT EPISODE.

Born in Seoul, Jae and his family lived in Morocco and Ecuador before settling in Los Angeles. Jae is a graduate of USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, and also a graduate of the NAMIC Executive Leadership Development Program at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.

Rich Kim

Director | Producer
Reality Series

Rich Kim

Director | Producer
Reality Series

Rich Kim's directing career spans nearly twenty years and over 60 television series. He was nominated for a 2019 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show for Red Table Talks. In 2020, Rich was nominated for an Emmy Award and DGA Award for Outstanding Directing for LEGO Masters.
From music performance and game, to talk, documentary, and competition reality, Rich has directed a wide range of genres for Netflix, FOX, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, MTV, Bravo, VH1, YouTube Originals, and Facebook Watch. He is as comfortable directing a line cut from a truck as he is a single camera documentary on location.
Beyond directing, Rich created and executive produced the cooking competition series Knife Fight. The show's innovative style and inclusion of elite chefs made it a fan favorite of foodies worldwide.
Rich has a BFA in Film/Photography/Electronic Visualization from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an MFA in Directing from the American Film Institute where he won the Franklin J. Schaffner Award for best thesis film. In addition, his music videos are Dove Award winners and have toured with ResFEST.
He currently lives in Redondo Beach, California with his wife and two young daughters.

Ted Kim

Technology

Ted Kim

Ted Kim is a technology and media Chief Executive with over 30 years of domestic and international experience as an entrepreneur and corporate executive optimizing value and changing and instilling company culture. Results-oriented, decisive leader with proven success in new market identification and development, strategic positioning, and growth. Kim has an exceptional track record of increasing revenue and growing the bottom line while spearheading operational excellence to drive productivity and reduce costs. Excels in dynamic, demanding environments while remaining pragmatic and focused. Deep expertise in all aspects of operations from start-ups to multinational corporations.

Charlotte Koh

EVP Acquisitions & Co-Productions
Lionsgate

Charlotte Koh

Creator | Showrunner | Executive Producer

Charlotte Koh is currently Co-Head of Film Acquisitions & Co-Productions for Lionsgate’s Motion Picture Group. She co-founded Hulu Originals, was a founding member of the senior leadership team at Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine and was an SVP at Marvel Studios and a creative executive at Searchlight Pictures. While at Searchlight, she oversaw The History Boys, Margaret, the Academy Award-nominated Notes on a Scandal, and The Last King of Scotland starring Oscar winner Forest Whitaker.

In addition to being an executive, she has also financed and produced several award-nominated independent feature films and television series. Her credits include Fancy Dance (Apple) starring Oscar-nominee Lily Gladstone, Shine On with Reese (Netflix), Get Organized with the Home Edit (Netflix), The Wrong Mans (Hulu), The Awesomes (Hulu), Behind the Mask (Hulu), and East Los High (Hulu).

She has an M.F.A. from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, where she is an adjunct instructor, a B.A. from Stanford University, and is a member of the Producers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Charlene Lee

Talent Experience
Amazon MGM

Christina Lee

Writer | Showrunner

Christina Lee

Writer | Showrunner

Christina Lee is a writer and showrunner. She's currently showrunning the series Made For Love for HBOMax and has a project in development for Netflix. She was also a Co-Executive producer and writer on Search Party and Wet Hot American summer.

Joseph Lee

Actor | Visual Artist | Producer

Joseph Lee

TV Personality | Actor | Visual Artist, Producer

Joseph Lee is an Emmy-nominated actor and visual artist based in Los Angeles. Raised in Indiana, he began acting in theatre while attending Purdue University. He is best known for his breakout role as George Nakai in the Netflix/A24 series Beef, which earned widespread critical acclaim. Lee made his film debut in Searching (2018), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and will next appear in Apple TV’s forthcoming adaptation of William Gibson’s Neuromancer. In addition to his screen work, Lee is an accomplished visual artist whose paintings explore the relationship between external identity and inner emotion. Through layered brushwork and abstraction, his portraits examine the ways human expression conceals as much as it reveals. His work has been exhibited internationally, including recent shows in Seoul and Tokyo, and featured in collaborations with global brands and cultural institutions.

Keli Lee

Advisor, Investor, Media, Tech, Women, Sports

Keli Lee

TV Personality | Actor | Visual Artist, Producer

Keli Lee is a transformational and innovative leader with a successful track record of building new growth businesses, by leveraging her dual expertise in business and creativity, and through her passion and vision for investing in diversity and inclusion. In 2016, Keli Lee, as Managing Director at ABC Studios International (ABCSI- part of The Walt Disney Company), built the company’s first international TV studio from the ground up after she identified an opportunity for international content and developed the strategic vision and business plan. In three years, under Lee’s management, ABCSI has successfully: Developed a robust portfolio of owned original content globally, resulting in 3 series produced, 3 series in production in 2020, and 33 projects in development worldwide; Built strong relationships with established and emerging international talent, production companies, international networks and streaming platforms; Financed its productions by securing substantial international tax incentives from federal and state governments and strategic international pre-sales. Prior to ABCSI, Lee was EVP/Head of Talent and Casting at ABC Entertainment Group (ABCEG), a position she held for more than a decade. In this capacity, Lee oversaw all talent, casting, and talent deal negotiations for ABC Network and ABC Studios. Lee pioneered a strategy of diverse, inclusive, and international casting that led to commercially and critically acclaimed iconic series such as “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Modern Family,” “Scandal,”“How to Get Away with Murder,” “Lost,” “Desperate Housewives,” “black-ish,” “Fresh Off the Boat”. Under Lee’s decade of leadership, ABCEG received a total of 224 Emmy® Award and Golden Globe® Award nominations in the Outstanding Acting Categories, including Kerry Washington and Sofia Vergara; 35 Emmy and Golden Globe Awards, including Viola Davis’ historic Emmy Award in 2015 as the first African-American actress to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama.

Roy Lee

Producer

Roy Lee

Producer

Roy Lee and his production company, Vertigo Entertainment, have produced over 50 films and television shows over the past two decades including these films: The Ring, The Departed, The Strangers, The Lego Movie, and Stephen King’s It. Vertigo’s television side has produced “Bates Motel,” “The Exorcist,” “The Stand,” and “Covenant.”

Jeyun Munford

President
Hisako

Jeyun Munford

President
Hisako

Jeyun Munford is the President of Hisako, a production company founded by filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton, where she manages a diverse slate of film and television projects.

She previously served as Senior Vice President of Production Development at Universal Pictures, where she oversaw the development and production of films such as Josh Greenbaum's "Strays" and "Marry Me," starring Jennifer Lopez. Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President of Production & Development at Lionsgate Entertainment.

Jeyun began her career at the independent film company Yari Film Group and later joined Summit Entertainment, which became part of Lionsgate in 2012. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked in market research at ACNielsen and Time, Inc. before completing her master’s degree at UCLA in the Producers Program. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.

Cathy Nam

Senior Vice President
Global Communications
Universal Filmed Entertainment Group

Cathy Nam

Senior Vice President
Global Communications
Universal Filmed Entertainment Group

Cathy Nam is Senior Vice President, Global Communications for Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG). In this role, she leads strategic communications and media relations across Universal’s film portfolio which includes Universal Pictures, Focus Features and DreamWorks Animation, as well as the studio’s franchise, production, acquisitions, marketing and distribution teams. Nam serves as a senior counselor to UFEG leadership, providing strategic guidance on business priorities, reputational issues, and thought leadership initiatives.

With a demonstrated record of crafting impactful narratives that drive both brand and business outcomes, Nam partners closely with internal and external stakeholders to amplify UFEG’s creative and corporate vision. She is instrumental in shaping executive visibility, guiding communications strategy across major speaking platforms, media engagements, and internal initiatives that support the studio’s storytelling goals.

Prior to joining Universal, Nam served as Senior Vice President, Publicity & Communications at New Line Cinema, where she oversaw global media relations and communications strategy for the Warner Bros. Pictures label. During her tenure, she helped drive award-winning and record-breaking campaigns for major franchises including IT and The Conjuring Universe, and led communications through key transitions including the pandemic-era hybrid release strategy. Her portfolio included a diverse mix of titles like Black Adam, Central Intelligence, Mortal Kombat and Don’t Worry Darling.

Nam began her career at Warner Bros. as a Global Trainee and rose the ranks in international theatrical publicity, managing release and awards campaigns across 120 territories for global franchises including The Hobbit trilogy, Sex and the City, and Edge of Tomorrow. A champion of strategic storytelling and collaborative leadership, Nam is also a proud advocate for elevating underrepresented voices in media and entertainment. She is a graduate of Northwestern University.

Eric Nam

Musician | Actor |
TV Personality | Entrepreneur

Eric Nam

Musician | Actor |
TV Personality | Entrepreneur

Eric Nam, named a 2023 TIME100 Impact Award Honoree, GQ Korea’s Man of the Year, and one of Forbes' 30 Under 30 Asia, is a multifaceted musician, actor, TV personality, and entrepreneur. He recently wrapped up his 'House on a Hill' world tour, where he performed 78 shows across five continents. Eric is now lending his voice to the iconic character Aang in an upcoming feature film for the beloved 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' franchise.

Beyond his career in the spotlight, Eric is a Co-Founder and Creative Director of DIVE Studios, the world’s leading K-pop media and creative agency for international markets. DIVE Studios collaborates with the biggest K-pop and K-drama artists to create engaging original content and partners with some of the world’s most innovative and impactful brands. Recently, DIVE Studios was honored with the 2024 Adcolor Catalyst Award.

Bryan Oh

Senior Vice President
Production & Development
Paramount Pictures

Bryan Oh

Senior Vice President
Production & Development
Paramount Pictures

Bryan Oh is the Senior Vice President of Production & Development at Paramount Pictures, where he oversees all aspects of a varied theatrical film slate, including acquisition, development, production, and post. He was previously Head of Development at Allison Shearmur Productions, where he spent 5 years producing a slate of film and television projects, including CHAOS WALKING (Lionsgate), THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN (Disney), POWER RANGERS (Lionsgate), “Dirty Dancing” (ABC), NERVE (Lionsgate), PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES (Screen Gems), and CINDERELLA (Disney). Prior to that he worked at independent financier Good Universe and in the indie packaging department at United Talent Agency.
A graduate of the Princeton University, Bryan spent 5 years working in finance, before moving out to Los Angeles.

Jiwon Park

Vice President
Drama Development
ABC Signature

Jiwon Park

Vice President
Drama Development
ABC Signature

Jiwon Park is currently VP Drama Development at ABC Signature Studios, a Disney company. Her international background will serve to identify and develop global and diverse content for ABC Signature across streamers, cable and network.

Previously, at CJ ENM America/Studio Dragon International, Park served as VP Series Development and managed the TV and film slate for its U.S. office, which included Parasite, Snowpiercer. She served as a producer of Snowpiercer for TNT/Netflix and oversaw development of projects from CJ’s partnership with Skydance. She also previously managed The Age of Shadows and I Saw the Devil director Jee-woon Kim for English-language projects.

Jonnie Park "Dumbfoundead"

Rapper | Actor | Producer

Jonnie Park "Dumbfoundead"

Rapper | Actor | Producer

Jonnie “Dumbfoundead” Park has solidified a meaningful legacy putting Koreatown, Los Angeles on the map. Between his monumental battle rap victories, sensational music videos, dramatic acting, informative podcasts, and hilarious comedy, Dumbfoundead is a true 5-tool threat in the entertainment industry. Dumbfoundead is Grammy Nominated and his acting credits include Awkwafina is Nora From Queens (Comedy Central), Raya and the Last Dragon, Adventure Time (Cartoon Network), Power (Starz), Bodied (Directed by Joseph Kahn & Produced by Eminem) to name a few. Launching his own production company “Big Dummie” in 2022 he plans to share unheard Asian-American stories starting with a film featuring his long-time collaborator and friend Anderson .Paak in 2023.

Patricia Röckenwagner

Chief Brand Officer | Strategic Advisor

James Shin

President | Film & TV
HYBE America

James Shin

President | Film & TV
HYBE America

James Shin is the Executive Vice President of Film & Television at Scooter Braun’s SB Projects, a diversified entertainment and media company at the intersection of film, television, technology, brands, culture and social good. Shin spearheads all original unscripted and scripted content development and production for film, TV, digital, audio and Broadway.

Most recently, Shin served as Executive Producer for FX Network’s most-watched comedy series DAVE, which recently received a second season order, as well as Co-Executive Producer for Netflix’s Ariana Grande tour documentary Excuse Me, I love you, which was the platform’s second most-watched movie upon release. SB Projects also produced YouTube’s Justin Bieber: Seasons, whose premiere episode is YouTube’s most-watched debut episode ever, and follow-up documentary Justin Bieber: Next Chapter. SB Projects also has several upcoming projects in active development including 20th Century Studios’ Untitled K-Pop Film, Chinonye Chukwu’s A Taste of Power, HBO Max’s Anna K, Nickelodeon’s Untitled BeatBuds series, Amazon Studios’ comedy series The Undesirables and Untitled Lady Macbeth musical feature film, and YouTube’s Demi Lovato docuseries Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil. Along with a full project slate, SB Projects recently signed a multi-year, first-look television deal with Amazon Studios and a first-look podcasting deal with Spotify, further expanding their visual and audio media department under the lead of Shin and Chief Operating Officer Scott Mansion. In 2019, Shin was named one of Variety Magazine’s New Leaders.

Previously, Shin served as a development executive at TriStar Pictures, where he was responsible for helping develop music-driven films such action comedy Baby Driver with Lily James and Kevin Spacey and crime drama Money Monster starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts. Shin also served as an in-house music supervisor at Sony Pictures Television, where he worked on music and soundtracks for critically acclaimed series that included AMC crime drama Breaking Bad, NBC sitcom Community and Showtime period drama Masters of Sex. While at Sony Pictures, he also helped launch the career of American Acapella group Pentatonix after they won the third season of The Sing Off on NBC.

Shin began his career in entertainment at the prominent William Morris Agency in New York City working in their music and TV literary departments.

Growing up in Chicago, Shin played as a concert soloist on the violin and piano which continued through high school while attending the highly regarded Phillips Academy Andover. There he performed with the likes of jazz vocalist and conductor Bobby McFerrin and prolific cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Shin holds a BA from Princeton University. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Janet, and their two children.

Jiah Shin

Scripted Television Agent |
Creative Artists Agency (CAA)

Jiah Shin

Scripted Television Agent |
Creative Artists Agency (CAA)

Jiah Shin is a Scripted Television Agent at leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Shin is based in the Los Angeles office and represents many of the world’s leading writers, playwrights, filmmakers, actors, producers, authors, publications, and journalists, including David Henry Hwang (M. BUTTERFLY), Diana Son (13 REASONS WHY, STOP KISS), Jennifer Yale (COPENHAGEN, YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS), Anchuli Felicia King (THE SYMPATHIZER, THE SPOT), Justin Kuritzkes (CHALLENGERS, QUEER), Charles Melton (MAY DECEMBER, WARFARE), Atsuko Okatsuka, The New York Times, Rolling Stone Magazine, Texas Monthly, among others. She recently signed new client Tasha Huo, the showrunner of Netflix’s TOMB RAIDER, who was named among Variety’s 10 Screenwriters to Watch in 2023.

Kevin Woo

Actor | Singer | Producer

Kevin Woo

Actor | Singer | Producer Kevin Woo is a Korean-American actor, singer-songwriter, and producer based in Los Angeles, California.

Kevin is most notably recognized as the main vocalist in the global K-pop idol group U-KISS, which debuted in 2008. He has actively promoted chart-topping albums and headlined successful tours around the world for over a decade, becoming a household name in the K-pop industry.

In theater, Kevin performed as the male lead in the Broadway musical “KPOP,” an original musical about global K-pop superstars putting everything on the line for a special one-night-only concert held at the Circle in the Square Theatre on Broadway. The musical was nominated for Best Original Score, Best Costume Design of a Musical, and Best Choreography at the Tony Awards 2023.

In film, Kevin will next be seen in Anderson .Paak's directorial debut film, "K-POPS!," set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2024.

Most recently, Kevin co-produced and starred in “Seoul Switch,” a short film directed by Liann Kaye about an insecure Korean American boy who meets an international K-pop idol who looks just like him and decides to switch identities. The film won Best Short Film at the Disorient Film Festival 2024 and the Korea International Film Festival 2024. Kevin has received praise for his performance, achieving Best Actor at Hollywood ShortsFest 2024.

Caroline Yim

Partner | Music Agent
United Talent Agency

Caroline Yim

Partner | Music Agent
United Talent Agency

Caroline Yim is a Partner and Co-Head of Hip-Hop/R&B at WME. Yim’s extensive roster features Grammy award winners and nominees, including Jhené Aiko, Daniel Caesar, Giveon, Kehlani, Swae Lee, and Ella Mai. Yim began her career at MCA Records, and then transitioned to ICM Partners where she became a leading music agent. Yim has received numerous accolades for her achievements within the music industry. She was named to Billboard’s “Women in Music” list from 2015-2018 and was included in Billboard’s 2015 “40 Under 40” list. She was also featured on Billboard’s " Hip-Hop Power Players List" for the past five years in addition to being recognized as one of Variety’s 2016 “New Leaders.” Most recently, Yim was named to Pollstar’s “2021 Women of Live” list. For the past four years, Yim has been an active supporter of Big Brothers Big Sisters LA, starting off as a Women in Entertainment mentor before joining the board in 2018. In early 2020, Yim co-founded the Asian American Collective, a community organization that fosters growth, education, and connection for current and future Asian American creatives. She graduated from UCLA with a degree in Political Science.

Jeffrey Yoo

Miri Yoon

Film Producer

Miri Yoon

Film Producer

Miri Yoon is a film and television producer, and President at Vertigo Entertainment. Some recent highlights include producing, ‘Woman of the Hour’, starring and directed by Anna Kendrick, which scored a high profile sale at the Toronto International Film Festival; ‘Don’t Worry Darling’, directed by Olivia Wilde for New Line Cinema; ‘The Mother’, starring Jennifer Lopez for Netflix; award winning horror anthology series, ‘Them’, alongside creator and showrunner Little Marvin for Sony Pictures Television / Amazon Studios; and an upcoming live action series adaptation of, ‘Promised Neverland’. Previously, Yoon served as Senior Vice President at Disruption Entertainment, and began her career at Warner Bros based Mad Chance productions. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the Producer’s Guild of America (PGA).

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