Independent Producers, Industry Advisors to Convene at 2019 Sundance Institute Creative Producing Labs & Summit

Los Angeles - Sundance Institute today announced Fellows and Advisors for the five-day 2019 Creative Producing Labs, as well as the three-day Creative Producing Summit which immediately follows; both take place at Utah's Sundance Mountain Resort. The Labs begins July 29, and the Summit August 2. These are the flagship convenings for the Institute's Creative Producing Program, which champions and develops current and rising generations of producers across fiction and nonfiction film.

The program, which recognizes the need for a flexible, robust support system and community in an evolving industry, features year-round mentorship, granting, education and opportunities to connect with potential financiers in addition to the annual Labs and Summit. The Institute's annual Producers Awards, supported by Amazon Studios, recognize both Fiction and Nonfiction producers at the Sundance Film Festival's Producers Lunch.

Within a shifting landscape, independent producers continue to create exceptional work, said the Institute's Anne Lai, Director, Creative Producing and Artist Support and Kristin Feeley, Director, Labs & Artist Support, Creative Producing. We recognize the importance of a space for meaningful dialogue and discovery between producers and forward-thinking industry. Creating a sustainable future where independent producers can continue to develop bold storytelling and take risks is a key priority for the Lab and Summit.

Advisors for the Feature Film Program include producers Effie Brown (Dear White People, Project Greenlight), Karin Chien (Jack & Diane, Circumstance), Howard Gertler (Shortbus, How to Survive A Plague) and Peter Saraf (Little Miss Sunshine, The Farewell); screenwriter Malia Scotch Marmo (Hook, Once Around, Good Morning Karachi) and director Rhys Ernst (Adam, Transparent).

Documentary Film Program Advisors include Andrea Meditch (Ernie & Joe, The Sensitives, Buck), Bob Moore (Anote's Ark, Tokyo Idols, Last Train Home), Heather Rae (Frozen River, Tallulah, The Dry Land), Lisa Remington (Foster, The Price of Everything, Countdown to Zero) and Melanie Miller (Inventing Tomorrow, Detour, Alaska is a Drag).

Panelists at the Creative Producing Summit include Belisa Balaban (Hulu), Michael Barker (Sony Pictures Classics), Dori Begley (Magnolia Pictures), Jason Berman (Mandalay Pictures), Josh Braun (Submarine), Daniel Chalfen (producer), Jules Claassen (Amazon Studios), Adam Del Deo (Netflix), Jax Deluca (National Endowment for the Arts), Jessica Devaney (producer), Jeff Deutchman (NEON), Rebecca Green (producer), Julie Goldman (producer) Alex Hannibal (CNN Films), Ryan Harrington (National Geographic), Carly Hugo (Loveless), Lakshmi Iyengar (Sony Pictures Entertainment), Caroline Kaplan (Cinereach), Christine Kecher (A&E), Dani Melia (Big Beach), Cara Mertes (JustFilms | Ford Foundation), Justine Nagan (American Documentary | POV ), Rose Catherine Pinkney (BET), Samantha Racanelli, (Endeavor Content), Tracy Rector (producer), Sara Rodriguez (HBO), Mikey Schwartz-Wright (UTA), Sara Scott (Universal Pictures), Stephen Segaller (WNET), John Sloss (Cinetic Media), Amanda Spain (Blumhouse Television), Jamal Watson (Overbrook Entertainment), Diane Weyermann (Participant Media), Oliver Wheeler (ICM Partners), Mark Wright (MACRO) and Maria Zuckerman (Topic Studios).

The 2019 Creative Producing Lab Fellows are:

Feature Film Program

Animal

Producing Fellow: Kenneth Renaldo Reynolds

Following the murder of his partner, an embittered game warden desperately investigates the mysterious nature of a series of horrific killings, while trying not to lose his humanity and all that he holds dear. (Writers Hunter Burke and Nick Lavin / Director Brian C Miller Richards)

Kenneth Renaldo Reynolds is a proud resident of New Orleans, Louisiana who spent the early portions of his career working on a variety of projects and in various positions during his time in entertainment, mostly in broadcast events. Pivoting to producing narrative works, he produced the pilot for Shepherd (indie series). In 2018, Kenny was selected to participate as a fellow for the inaugural Southern Producers Lab. Most recently, he produced Lost Bayou, which was selected as a 2018 IFP Narrative Lab Project and made its premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.

Bluets

Producing Fellow: Taylor Shung

A group of inner city teenagers struggle and thrive during the last two weeks of high school when a spiral of events ruptures their social circle. (Writer/Director Hannah Peterson)

Taylor Shung is a producer born and raised in New York City. She recently produced the short film Agua Viva (directed by Alexa Lim Haas), which won the 2018 SXSW Animated Shorts Grand Jury Prize and Mickey and The Bear (directed by Annabelle Attanasio), which had its world premiere at SXSW and international premiere at L'acid Cannes 2019. Taylor is also a producer for Borscht Corp, a film and arts non-profit in Miami. Her feature film credits as a line producer include Nomadland (Chloe Zhao); Omniboat (Borscht); To The Night (Peter Brunner); Jacqueline Argentine (Bernardo Britto); and A Woman, A Part (Elisabeth Subrin).

Egg Baby

Producing Fellow: Allison Friedman

When a goth girl is partnered with her ex and the football captain on a parenting assignment to take care of an egg, shes forced to come out of her shell and confront her cracked relationships. (Writer Sawyer Perry, director Natalia Anderson)

Allison Friedman is a creative producer with a diverse slate of film and television projects. She is currently in post-production on her first independent feature, The Mortuary Collection, a dark fantasy/horror film. She also produced Sunspring and It's No Game, short films written entirely by an AI self-named Benjamin. After receiving her MFA from the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC,

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