Amherst, MA
Larry Jackson began his long career in cinema developing the world-renowned Orson Welles Cinema Complex in Cambridge, MA, where his innovative approach to marketing helped launch many successful films and careers, like Jamaica’s The Harder They Come. He began filmmaking as production manager for Orson Welles with whom he worked on projects for stage and screen for years, before producing and distributing his own first feature, Bugs Bunny Superstar.
Larry’s innovative marketing led to guiding marketing and distribution for films outside studio formulas, such as Hal Ashby’s Being There and Richard Rush’s The Stuntman. In 1980, Robert Redford invited him to join in the creation and development of the Sundance Institute, where he was an advisor for many years.
Later, Larry was the Senior Executive in charge of production for The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Orion Pictures and Miramax Films and oversaw production of independent films in the US and Europe, as varied as Mystic Pizza, A Prayer For The Dying, Silence Of The Lambs, The Hot Spot, and many others.
Through his own consulting and producing arm, Persistence Of Vision, Larry now advises filmmakers, distributors, investors, festivals, studios, film commissions, and universities on marketing, distribution, production, and new business models. He has had clients in the US, UK, New Zealand, France, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, and beyond.
Bo Yeon Kim was born in South Korea, but grew up as an international nomad in five different countries. Her journey continued as an anthropology / archaeology major at Bryn Mawr College – going on excavations in Eastern Europe and the Middle East – before her desire to write guided her to Los Angeles. 
Donna Pennell is showrunner and CEO of Destiny Productions where she has spent over 22 years creating, developing, and producing programs seen on ABC, NBC, CBS networks and cable affiliates. She has more than 585 programs to her credit, and counting, with series that include Out & About, Here Comes The Bride, Real Estate Deal$, Holiday, At Home, Dining Out, AutoShowcase, A Saratoga Summer, Open House, and many others. 
Karolyn Carnie is a graduate of the prestigious MFA Screenwriting program at UCLA. Having worked in the film and television industry for over seven years in both Toronto and Los Angeles, she has developed skills in production as well as a strong writer’s eye through her growth in multiple writer’s rooms such as fan favorites: SUITS, Titans, and the Untitled SUITS Spinoff. In just three years of living in Los Angeles, she has worked with Michael Wilson, a producer of the Bond Franchise, in a one-on-one mentorship on her spy comedy, Gold Medal Domination. Furthermore, she has held the title of a story editor for pilots and development projects with the likes of Disney, Douglas Schwartz of Baywatch acclaim, among many others. 
