2020 Infinity Festival In Review
INNOVATORS
CREATORS
STORYTELLERS
THOUGHT LEADERS



Infinity Festival Hollywood is the place where Hollywood meets Silicon Valley. The festival, a multi-day annual event held in Los Angeles, celebrates “Story Enabled by Technology,” bringing together Hollywood’s finest storytelling talent with the innovative creators of Silicon Valley’s cutting-edge technology. The event began in 2018 in Beverly Hills, where the Paley Center served as the festival hub, with screenings and special events held in various theaters and locations around the area. The festival gained momentum, and in 2019 moved into the heart of Hollywood at Goya Studios and the Dream Hotel, as well as the Dolby Theater and other Hollywood venues.
Although we weren’t able to plan a live event due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, interest in the festival hadn’t waned, and so the festival team transformed IF 2020 into an all-virtual event. Our production partner, FNTECH, created a proprietary virtual platform, which gave us an arena to continue the festival with 8 weeks of original programming and reach a broader audience. Beginning in October 2020 and continuing through January 2021, the festival successfully broadcast over 60 hours of original programming, continuing our original goal of bringing together creators, directors, producers and writers, as well as senior executives and technologists. We also partnered with iconic recording label Capitol Music Group to feature Capitol Royale, which brought a unique slate of music related programming to the 2020 festival.
For 2021, the Infinity Festival is excited to bring together the best of both worlds – in-person and virtual events – in one fantastic hybrid experience this November. The in-person portion will be held in several adjacent Hollywood locations; the online component will be presented through the easy-to-use FNvirtual event platform. The festival will continue its theme of “story enabled by technology” with an entirely new slate of innovative programming, including industry-leading speakers, panel discussions, an exhibition hall, innovation labs, a fine art gallery and more, each with an emerging-tech focus. We hope to see you there!
FEATURING

Brie Larson
American Actress & Filmaker

Elijah Allan-Blitz
Director

Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Co-Founder, CEO, HITRECORD

Jared Geller
Co-Founder, President, HITRECORD

Justin Marks
Screenwriter & Producer

Jeff Orlowski
Found and Director, Exposure Labs

Larissa Rhodes
Producer and Head of Creative Development, Exposure Labs

Refik Anadol
Media Artist and Director, Refik Anadol Studio, LLC

Rob Legato
VFX Supervisor
HOSTS

Lori Schwartz
Chief Curator, Infinity Festival

Hanno Basse
Chairman, Infinity Festival
CO-HOSTS

Ching-Ching Chen
Vice President, Content Partnerships & Strategy, Capitol Records

Carolyn Giardina
Tech Editor, The Hollywood Reporter

Rick Hack
Head of Media and Entertainment Partnerships, Intel

Marcie Jastrow
Chief Marketing Officer, Evercast

Mark Lieber
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Infinity Festival

Jeremy Muir
CEO, FNTECH

Adam Newman
Creative Director, Infinity Festival

Wendy Posner
Owner, Posner Fine Art

Guy Primus
CEO, Valence Enterprises

Kathleen Schröter
Alchemist & Technologist, Journey 2 Creation

Jenna Seiden
Co-Founder, Zambezi Partners
SPEAKERS

Adam Dickinson
Founding Partner & Development Director, Rezzil

Adam Myhill
Creative Director, Unity Labs, Unity Technologies

Amber J Lawson
Entrepreneur & Creative Content Strategist,
Goddess Process

Amelia Winger Bearskin
Senior Technical Training Specialist, Contentful

Amy Fredeen
Lead Cultural Ambassador, E-Line MediaCook Inlet Tribal Council

Andrea Aniceto-Chavez
Producer, DigitalFilm Tree

Anshel Sag
Senior Technology Industry Analyst, Moor Insights & Strategy

Armando Kirwan
Co-Founder, Artie

Ashley Crowder
Co-Founder and CEO, VNTANA

Barbara Marshall
Global Industry Manager, Media & Entertainment, HP

Ben Looram
Creaetive Partner, Chapeau Studios

Ben Nunez
Co-Founder & CEO, Evercoast

Booker White
Aaron Spelling Productions

Brie Larson
American Actress & Filmaker

Bridgid Coulter
Founder and CEO, Blackbird Collective

Bruce Blaho
HP Fellow & VP, Personal Systems – Workstations, HP

Carly Zipp
Global Head of B2B Marketing, TIKTOK

Carolyn Giardina
Tech Editor, Hollywood Reporter

Charles Fan
Co-founder and CEO, MemVerge

Charlotte Wiedemann
Head of Communications, Journey 2 Creation

Chris Eckhardt
Creative Director, CG Supervisor, Framestore

Chris Edwards
CEO, The Third Floor, Inc.

Christian Guirnalda
Director of 5G Labs and Innovation Centers, Verizon

Christian Jones
Strategy and Planning Lead, HP

Christina Heller
CEO, Metastage

Claudia Eisinger
Actress & Artist

Clifton Robin
Technical Planner & Software Product Manager, HP
Z by HP Workstations

Connie Kennedy
Head of LA Lab - Epic Studios, Epic Games

Courtney Guthridge
Director - West Coast, Workthere

Cynthia Kanner
SVP Post Production HBO West Coast Production, HBO

Dan Morales
CIO, Universal Music Group

Dan Pastewka
Co-Founder and Manager, Phase Two

Danilo Silva
CEO, Simulated Reality

David Oppenheim
Producer, National Film Board of Canada

Delush
Artist

Demetri Portelli
Stereographer | Cameraman

Derek Newton
Broker Associate, CBRE

Dusty Robbins
Segment Director for Emerging Visual Services, Intel

Elijah Allan-Blitz
Director

Elizabeth LaPensee
Designer, Writer, Artist, Michigan State University

Erick Geisler
Co-Fonder, CHILA Media Group LLC

F.a.M.o.S
Artists

Gabriel Rene
Founder and Executive Director, VERSUS

Gael Seydoux
Sr. Director, Research & Innovation, Interdigital

Guy Finley
President, MESA

Habib Lesevic
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Journey 2 Creation

Hanno Basse
Chairman, Infinity Festival and CTO, Microsoft Azure Media and Entertainment

Hao Li
CEO and Co-founder of Pinscreen

Dr. Ina Filla
Psychologist & Neurobiologist

Jake Black
Head of Virtual Reality, Create VR

Jared Geller
Co-Founder and President, HITRECORD

Jason Kuperman
Chief Product Experience Officer, OUTFRONT Media

Jeff Gipson
Director, Disney Animation Studios

Jeff Orlowski
Founder and Director, Exposure Labs

Jennifer Horvath
Field Marketing Manager, Network & Communications Sales, Intel

Jessica Lindl
Vice President of Social Impact, Unity Technologies

Joanna Popper
Global Head of Virtual Reality for Go-To-Market and Location Based Entertainment, HP

Joel Sloss
Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

Johanna Atilano
Business Development, The Third Floor, Inc.

Johannes Saam
Señor Creative Technologist, Framestore

John Canning
Executive Producer, New Media & Experiential, Digital Domain

John Cassy
Founder and Chief Executive at Factory 42

John Macinnes
Founder, MACINNES STUDIOS

John P. Webb
Director of Graphics and AI Marketing, Intel

Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Co-Founder, CEO, HITRECORD

Justin Marks
Screenwriter, Producer

Kari Grubin
Board Member, Hollywood Professional Association

Kate Swanborg
SVP, Technology Communications and Strategic Alliances, Dreamworks Animation

Kiran Joshi
Co-founder & CEO, Incessant Rain Studios

Kirk Wise
Director | Traditional Animation, CG Animation, Live-Action

Larissa Rhodes
Producer and Head of Creative Development, Exposure Labs

Larry Cutler
Chief Technical Officer and Co-founder, Baobab.

Larry Kasanoff
Producer, Threshold Entertainment Group

Lorenzo Albrighi
Co-CEO & Founder, Lablaco

Marc Byers
GM of Motown, Motown Records

Marinn Jackson
Head of Premium Sales & Strategy, Verizon Media

Mark Kendrick
Lead Video Editor, Royal Shakespeare Company

Mark Pinhasov
Multidisciplinary Artist

Michael Frey
President of Operations, Global Studios & Technologies, Universal Music Group
Music Group

Michael Strautmanis
Chief Engagement Officer, The Obama Foundation

Miles Perkins
Business Development, Epic Games

Natascha French
Principal, Scale Strategies

Ngoc To
Project Manager, Adobe

Nola Weinstein
Global Head of Culture & Brand Experience, Twitter

Peter Griffin
Founder and Captain, Aft

Philippe Lewicki
Founder and Captain, AfterNow

Pietro Gagliano
Co-Founder, Transforms.ai

Rachel Weiss
VP Growth and Strategy, L’Oreal

Rachel Wintner
Sr Director Brand Partnerships & Head of Entertainment Vertical, OUTFRONT Media

Raj Singh
CEO, Go Moment

Randal Kleiser
Film Director, Randal Kleiser Productions

Ravi Velhal
Technology Policy and Standards, Intel

Refik Anadol
Media Artist and Director

Rick Champagne
Global Industry Strategy and Marketing, Media & Entertainment, NVIDIA

Rob Legato
VFX Supervisor

Ryan Johnson
SVP Group Director, Branded Content, RPA

Sarah Eagle Heart
CEO, Return to the Heart Foundation

Shawn Wallbridge
Head of IT, Blur Studio

Sherri Potter
President of Worldwide Post-Production, Technicolor

Steve Clayton
Chief Storyteller, Microsoft

Sylvio Drouin
Senior Vice President of Unity Labs, Unity Technologies

Ted Schilowitz
Futurist, Paramount Pictures

Tico Ballagas
Senior Manager, HP Labs

Timoni West
Vice President of XR Tools, Unity
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Production

Tito Hamze
Creative Producer, HP

Toby Past
West Creative Lead, Razorfish

Tony Parisi
Head of AR/VR Innovation, Unity Technologies

Ty Stiklorius
CEO & Founder, Friends at Work

Vicki Dobbs Beck
Executive in Charge, ILMxLAB

Will Harris
Flame Family Product Line Manager, Autodesk

William Fay
Film Producer, Boy Meets Girl Productions, Inc.
ART+TECH
PAST HIGHLIGHTS
Since 2018, we have been bringing you the best in “story enabled by technology,” each year expanding our event with fresh new content and experiences for our growing audience. Here are some highlights from past events, including our launch in Beverly Hills in 2018 and last year’s event where we took over one full block in the heart of Hollywood at Goya Studios, the Dream Hotel and the Dolby Theater.





































