NYFF Live: Producers on Producing: Hosted by PGA’s Women’s Impact Network
56th New York Film Festival
September 28 - October 14, 2018
Join independent producers Donna Gigliotti (Hidden Figures, Silver Linings Playbook) and Mimi Valdés (Roxanne Roxanne, Hidden Figures, Dope) for a conversation about encouraging a greater diversity of voices behind and in front of the camera.
Join independent producers Donna Gigliotti and Mimi Valdés for a conversation about encouraging a greater diversity of voices behind and in front of the camera. With credits including Academy Award–nominated films Hidden Figures, Dope, Silver Linings Playbook, and The Reader, Gigliotti is one of only eight women to win an Academy Award for Best Picture (Shakespeare in Love). Valdés, a former editor-in-chief of VIBE and Latina magazines, is the Chief Creative Officer of Pharrell Williams’s company, i am OTHER, and her producing credits include Roxanne Roxanne (producer), Hidden Figures (executive producer), and Dope (co-producer).
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