Why I Say Yes: Investors Speak Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 11:00AM - 11:45AM
Are investors the front line of curation – and how do their decisions effect the zeitgeist of independent cinema? What inspires them and why do they choose to fund the work they do? Hear answers to these questions and more in this exclusive conversation with investors and financiers.
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Moderator James Janowitz James Janowitz is Chair of the Entertainment Group and a senior partner in the Litigation Group. His practice in the Entertainment Group focuses primarily on film financing and production. Together with an interdisciplinary team assembled from the firm's entertainment, finance and corporate groups, he has led numerous complex multi-picture financing as well as the financing of individual pictures and other assets. He devotes significant attention to representing senior executives of major studios and major film companies in connection with their employment agreements, the structuring of benefits and disputes which may occur.Pryor Cashman's film practice, headed by Mr. Janowitz, covers a wide variety of film production and finance. Within the past year, Mr. Janowitz has represented both producers and lenders with respect to film financing which typically include both senior and subordinated debt as well as monetization of tax benefits.Mr. Janowitz' litigation practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. His practice is broadly based and he has experience in a wide variety of class action and RICO litigation, as well as entertainment litigation. He is currently representing institutional investors in a securities fraud action against Paramount Pictures.Mr. Janowitz recently successfully represented Fox Broadcasting, Dick Clark Productions and 19 Entertainment in a litigation asserting a claim against the defendants in connection with the hit television show So You Think You Can Dance. He is also currently representing the owner of an important work by Egon Schiele in a litigation concerning its provenance.Mr. Janowitz is a 1971 graduate of New York University School of Law, where he was an Editor for the Journal of International Law and Politics.
Panelists James Belfer Founder/Executive Producer of Dogfish Pictures which provides financing and business strategy to indie films. Credits: Prince Avalanche, Compliance, Like Crazy, Vamps, Salvation Boulevard, The Romantics. MESA+ venture fund investor. MBA graduate of NYU Stern.
Michael Hansen Michael founded Three Point in 2009 with two partners and currently manages the firm's NY office. He has a degree in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin and lives in Brooklyn.
Amy Hobby Amy is a co-founder of the Tangerine Entertainment, a production company branded to produced character-based features directed by women. She has produced award-winning films for 20 years, including eight Sundance premieres (two of them Grand Jury Prize winners). Producing credits include "Shepard & Dark", "Gayby", and "Secretary" and "Lucky Them."
Carol Shine Carol Ann Shine is an Independant Producer. Her work focuses on untold stories or lives that escape notice. In addition to her work in features, TV, and new media, Ms. Shine is one of the founders of The Blackhouse Foundation, dedicated to increasing diversity in media creation.
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