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By Shayna Toh Trisha Ananiades is a Senior Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs for BBC Studios, where she negotiates deals and drafts agreements for scripted and unscripted programming produced by the studio and intended for exhibition on linear television and streaming services. She routinely counsels creative, casting, and production executives on deal structure […]
By Hugh Reynolds Independent nonfiction filmmaking has long played a key role in social justice and cultural education. These films foster public awareness, bring salience to issues, unify constituencies, and ignite mobilization. In this way, documentary filmmaking can be a powerful tool for eliciting policy change from our elected representatives. In this new age of
Kathleen Sarnelli Kapukchyan is a mixed Latina girl who grew up in Glendale, California. She went to the local public school where she met her Armenian husband, Manvel Kapukchyan. Kathleen and Manvel both graduated from UCLA and, a few years later, they married and now have a young, spunky toddler. She worked with UCLA, MJA
Jessica Maher is the Executive Director of SAG-AFTRA’s New England Local chapter, which represents members in Eastern Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Ms. Maher began her career at SAG-AFTRA as a Contracts Administrator and has since worked her way through the organization. She began her current position as Executive Director in
Sarah Luppen Fowler is Senior Deputy General Counsel at SAG-AFTRA, the nationwide labor union representing approximately 160,000 members of the film, television, news, music, and radio industries. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School and the University of Georgia School of Law, where she teaches a course about the intersection
Mr. Rothenberg is Los Angeles Chairman of 1st Century Bank, a division of MidFirst Bank and Chairman of Premier Partnerships. Rothenberg spearheaded soccer’s rise in the U.S. during the 1990s as Chairman and CEO of the 1994 World Cup; Chairman of the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup; President of the U.S. Soccer Federation; Chairman of
By Hugh Reynolds Matt Stoller is the Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project, a non-profit organization advocating for antitrust reform and corporate regulation in the United States. Stoller has been featured as an antitrust expert on Matt Belloni’s podcast The Town, and has advocated for antitrust regulation in Hollywood in numerous
By Daijha Morrow Joi Rideout is currently the Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for Unscripted Television at Warner Bros. Discovery. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Rideout has had an illustrious career in the entertainment industry. During her career, she has supervised business and legal affairs for numerous unscripted programs and
This transcript comes from an interview conducted by Saeed Ahmad—a board member for the Harvard Association for Law & Business (HALB) and former President of the Pre-Law Transfer Society at UCLA. The interview was conducted on May 6, 2020, with the Founder & CEO of Paradigm Sports Management, Audie Attar. JSEL has agreed to collaborate
By Daijha Morrow Kevin Masuda is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is co-chair of the firm’s Media, Entertainment and Technology Practice Group and its Betting and Gaming Practice Group. He regularly represents content companies, including motion picture studios and music companies, technology companies, gaming companies, private
This transcript comes from an interview conducted by Saeed Ahmad—a board member for the Harvard Association for Law & Business (HALB) and former President for the Pre-Law Transfer Society at UCLA. The interview was conducted on May 25, 2020, with the Chief Legal Officer of Endeavor, Seth Krauss. Seth also serves as a board member
