Name: Pitch Finale Party presented by Virtual Pitch Fest
Start: 2016-10-15T19:30:00-0500
End: 2016-10-15T21:30:00-0500

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Pitch Finale Party presented by Virtual Pitch Fest

Back for its 14th year, this event allows the top pitch finalists ninety seconds to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges. The panel is made up of panelists who judge the contestants in a constructive and entertaining environment. The winner receives a prize package which includes a Producers Badge for the 2017 Festival and Conference.

Must have an AFF Lone Star, Capital, Conference, Producers or Press Badge or be on the Virtual Pitch Fest Guest List for entry. All parties are 21 and up.

Panelists

Lindsay Doran

producer Stranger Than Fiction, Sense and Sensibility, Nanny McPhee, Dead Again; executive producer The Firm, Sabrina; former president/COO of United Artists

Lindsay Doran has worked in the movie business for more than 30 years as a studio executive and as a producer. She has served as the President and COO of United Artists Pictures and as the President of Sydney Pollack’s Mirage Productions. She currently divides her time between... Read More →

Craig Mazin

co-host ScriptNotes; writer Identity Thief, The Hangover Parts II & III, Scary Movie 3 & 4, Rocketman

Writer and producer Craig Mazin has made a name for himself as a screenwriter with a knack for appealing to broad audiences over the course of his twenty-year career. His hit films include The Hangover Part II and Part III and Identity Thief. Currently, Mazin is writing a whodunit-with-a-twist... Read More →

Edward Ricourt

writer of Now You See Me; consulting producer/writer Jessica Jones, Wayward Pines

Edward Ricourt’s films include: Now You See Me, produced by Summit Entertainment. Paramount Pictures brought his 2009 Black List script, Year 12. Joe Roth is Producing. Ricourt also wrote the graphic novel Anomaly for Relativity Entertainment. In TV, Ricourt worked as a Consulting... Read More →

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