AIDC Speakers
The following key executives are participating in the 2012 Conference Marketplace and Program.
The full program will be announced on Monday 30 January.
Each year over 100 high profile speakers participate in the AIDC program.
All speakers work within the documentary industry, many are from international networks and production companies, and each bring their own expertise to the Conference.
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Michael Kot, Senior Vice President, Factual Entertainment, Entertainment One Television, Canada Michael oversees all original factual programming for the company’s television group. Kot and his team have several series, as well as blue chip on-offs currently in production for a broad range of Canadian and international broadcasters. |
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Tom Perlmutter, Film Commissioner and Chair of the National Film Board, Canada Tom has notably revitalised documentary and animation programming, forged critical ties with important partners abroad and provided greater accessibility to up-and-coming filmmakers and those from cultural minorities. Under his aegis, the NFB has won many prestigious nominations and awards, including its first Emmy® nomination as well as four Oscar® nominations and two Oscar® wins ... Read more |
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Nick Fraser, Commissioning Editor, BBC Storyville, UK Nick has been Editor of Storyville since it started in 1997. After graduating from Oxford he worked as a reporter, television producer and editor. His publications include a biography of Eva Peron, ‘The Voice of Modern Hatred’, and ‘The Importance of Being Eton’. Storyville films have won more than two hundred awards, including 4 Oscars, a Sundance Grand Jury Prize and several Griersons, Emmys and Peabodys... Read more |
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Natalia Almada, Director, Mexico Recipient of the 2009 Sundance Documentary Directing Award for her film “El General,” Almada’s most recent film “El Velador” premiered at New Directors/New Films and the Cannes' Directors' Fortnight. Her previous credits include “Al Otro Lado,” her award-winning debut feature documentary about immigration, drug trafficking and corrido music. Almada’s films have screened at The Sundance Film Festival, The Museum of Modern Art, The Guggenheim Museum and have broadcast on the award-winning series POV... Read more |
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Kevin Dickie, Senior Vice President, Content Group Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore Kevin is responsible for shaping the overall vision and direction of Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific’s (DNAP) portfolio of seven brands – Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, Discovery Science, Discovery Home & Health, Discovery Turbo, and Discovery HD World. He oversees all programming and scheduling, etc and is charged with identifying strategic brand extension opportunities beyond television.... Read more |
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Charles Schuerhoff, Director of Acquisitions, PBS International, USA Charles Schuerhoff has thirty-five years experience in the field of international television program distribution plus six years in production. PBS international does sales, pre-sales and co-productions in the international markets. |
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Ruth Harley, Chief Executive Officer, Screen Australia, Australia Ruth has more than 20 years experience in the cultural and media sectors. Her previous roles include Commissioning Editor of TVNZ, inaugural CEO of television funding agency New Zealand On Air, and National Media Director of Saatchi and Saatchi. She also held a senior management role at the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council... Read more |
Confirmed Broadcasters
The following broadcasters are confirmed, with more registering each week.
ABC, SBS, Discovery Channel, Fox International Channels, BBC Storyville, ARTE France, BBC Scotland, More 4, NFB, KCTS 9, DR TV, AETN.
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The speakers stimulate lively discussions in each masterclass, panel discussion, and keynote address and they inspire documentary professionals through the example of best practice and innovation.
Delegates can read individual biographies and contact the speakers, through DocExchange.
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Christine Reisen, Senior Commissioning Editor, ARTE France For 18 years she has been co-producing international documentaries for ARTE France, mainly science and natural history,among others awarded with the Prix Europa, Grand Prix Leonardo, and the Special Jury Price - International Television Science Program Festival. |
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Cynthia Lopez, American Documentary | POV, USA Serving as Communications Director before being appointed in 2004 to Vice President for American Documentary, Lopez is responsible for programming content, broadcast distribution, community engagement activities, communications and marketing, digital initiatives and overall strategic development of the organization... Read more |
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Christian Murphy, A+E Networks, USA Christian Murphy oversees the international program catalogue, production, brand strategy and marketing for A+E Networks’ international division. A+E Networks’ channel brands include History™, A&E®, Lifetime, BIO®, Crime & Investigation Network™, and Military History™. A+E Networks operates 46 channels in over 150 markets and 36 languages, and distributes content in every major media market in the world. |
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Catherine Olsen, CBC News Networks, Canada Catherine is also the Commissioning Editor of one of the most successful and highly regarded documentary series in North America "The Passionate Eye". It's a program she helped develop 18 years ago featuring a selection of the world's best, most provocative and creative documentaries. Its a series she also had the unique opportunity of hosting for 6 years. Catherine is one of the founding members of the Canadian Documentary Festival Hot Docs, and is a member of its international advisory board. She's also on the advisory board of the New York based IFP. |
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Anna Miralis, Editor, Channel 4, UK Anna Miralis joined C4 as Editor, True Stories, Channel 4 Documentaries in June 2010. Her primary responsibility is to oversee the True Stories strand, which consists of Channel 4 funded and acquired programmes. In addition she now looks after the Bodyshock strand and historical and science acquisitions for Saturday nights on Channel 4.
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Annie Goldson, Producer and Director, Occasional Productions, New Zealand Annie has been producing and directing award-winning documentaries for two decades. Her best-known titles include Punitive Damage, Georgie Girl, An Island Calling and Brother Number One. Her works have won over 50 major awards at international film festivals and have sold to most of major broadcasters in the world including HBO, POV (PBS), C4, the CBC, the ABC and ARD... Read more |