ABOUT US
Infinity Festival Hollywood is an annual, multi-day event that celebrates “STORY ENABLED BY TECHNOLOGY.” Since 2018, Infinity Festival has grown to become the premiere, and only event that unites the talent behind Hollywood storytelling with the power of Silicon Valley technology. IF hosts keynotes, panels, presentations, showcases, demonstrations and screenings of exclusive content being created by and for the latest tech. For its first two years, the Festival was a live event in Los Angeles. For 2020, due to the global Coronavirus Pandemic, the festival was held virtually. IF will return to Hollywood in November 2021 with a hybrid live/virtual event. Infinity Festival features the latest in: AI, VR, AR, OTT, Film, TV, Immersive Audio, Animation, Music, 5G, Gaming and more with the leading talent from each of these industries.
IF creates targeted exposure by reaching a desired audience through various forms of media. The below infographic contains a breakdown of IF stats, showing steady audience growth since 2018.
Infinity Festival is guided by more than 150 Advisors from the leading studios, talent agencies and technology companies, celebrating “Story Enabled by Technology” by bringing together Silicon Valley innovators with Hollywood’s leading storytellers.
INFINITY FESTIVAL
Mark Lieber
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Hanno Basse
Chairman
Lori H. Schwartz
Chief Curator and Chief Strategy Officer
Adam Newman
Creative Director
Pamella Jean
Strategic Marketing and Brand Integrations
Jasmine Peralez
Media Coordinator
Lisa Jordan
Fine Art Curator
Michelle Braue
Jodi Grossgold
Nathan Knight
Cindy Stern
Business and Sponsorship Partnerships
Patrick Long
Producer/Video Editor
Michael Sanger & Yahaira Malkenhorst – GOOD ORBIT
Site Design
Andrew Rangel – Creative Deluxe
Graphic Design
FNTECH
Jeremy Muir
Chief Executive Officer
Kevin Griffin
Chief Strategy Officer, Executive Producer
Kelley Schmidt
Director of Event Management
Heather Griffin
Creative Director
Kelly Gotelli
Senior Event Manager
Steve Heuseveldt
FNstudios Manager
Taylor Brumett
Graphics Project Manager
Jessica Jones
Events Coordinator
CAPITOL ROYALE – CAPITOL MUSIC GROUP (UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP)
Ching-Ching Chen
VP, Content Partnerships & Strategy
Tristin Marshall
Manager, Content Partnerships & Strategy
Mairead Lawrenson
Executive Director, Events & Operations
Anton Monsted
EVP, Soundtracks & A&R
Byron Atziena
VP, Global Creative
Sydney Golombek
Manager, Global Creative
Marc Byers
GM, Motown Records
Tomeka Kolleh
Sr Global Marketing Manager
Anna Skelsey
Manager, Technology & Strategy
MacKenzie Reynolds
Director, Publicity
Patrick Stephens
Manager, Brand Partnerships
Andrew Blumberg
Senior Coordinator, Capitol Studios
Roey Hershkovitz
VP Capitol & Digital Studios
Allen Lee
SVP, Business Architecture
Cole McCarthy
Video Services
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mark Lieber
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Infinity Festival Events, Inc.
Hanno Basse
CTO Microsoft Azure, Media and Entertainment, Chairman of Infinity Festival and Monolith Technology Awards
Lori H. Schwartz
Chief Curator and Chief Strategy Officer, Infinity Festival Events, Inc.
Adam Newman
Creative Director, Infinity Festival Events Inc.
Lisa Jordan
Fine Art Curator, Infinity Festival
Elijah Allan-Blitz
Director
Ally Brumer
Unity Technologies – Real Time Platforms
Garth Burkhard
Sony Pictures Animation – Major Studio Theatrical and Streaming Content
John Canning
Digital Domain – Monolith Creative and Technology Awards
Rick Champagne
NVIDIA – AI
Ching-Ching Chen
Capitol Music Group, Capitol Royale
Patrick Costello
Quallcomm – 5G
Kevin Conroy
4D Factory – Conroy Media – Media/Technology
Poppy Crum
Dolby – Audio
Elie Dekel
Dekel Brands – Branding and International
Vicki Dobbs Beck
ILMxLAB – Immersive
Tony Driscoll
Warner Bros. – Technology
Chris Edwards
The Third Floor – Visualization
David Goodman
Lindblad Expedtions, Inc. – Expedition Travel Innovation
Kevin Griffin
FNTECH – Event Production
Rick Hack
Intel – Studio of the Future
Marc Johnson
Monolith Creative Awards
Richard Lee
Salisian Lee – Legal
Patrick Long
TenNineThirty Creative – Producer
John MacInnes
MacInnes Studios – Real Time Production
Dina Marovich
Paramount Studios – Marketing
Barbara Marshall
HP – Remote Collaboration
Tristin Marshall
Capitol Music – Capitol Royale
Jeremy Muir
FNTECH – Event Production
Tony Parisi
Unity – Immersive Retail and E- Commerce
Aaron Parry
Stereo D/Deluxe Animation – Post Production
Toby Past
Razorfish – Advertising
Demetri Portelli
Stereographer/Cinematographer – 3D
Yael Prough
IGN – Gaming
Judith Regan
Regan Arts – Storytelling
Rena Ronson
United Talent Agency (UTA) – Theatrical and Streaming Content
Anshel Sag
Moor Insights and Strategy – Research
Susan Sandler
PopUpSummer! – Retail Innovation
Ted Schilowitz
Paramount Pictures – Futurist
Kathleen Schröter
J2C – Wellness and Tech
Jodi Senese
Outfront Media – Media
Sue Shakespeare
Creative Capers/ASIFA – Animation
Danilo Moura Silva
Simulated Reality – Immersive Production
Brad Sive
ReKTGlobal – ESports
Dane Smith
The Third Floor, Inc – Visualization
Brad Spahr
Sony Music – Music
Stephen Steelman
Brigantine Films – Content Creation
Shelby Stone
Narrative Film Group – Inclusivity
Christina Lee Storm
Netflix – Women In Technology
Ste Thompson
Powster – Creative
Nigel Tierney
RYOT/Verizon Media – Innovation
Kim Vasey
KVR Consulting – Podcasts
Ravi Velhal
Intel – Immersive Cinema
Madeline Warren
Chapman University – IF Student Lab
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Jeffrey Abramson
Consultant
Jennifer Ahn-Newman
The Film Foundation
Efe Akbulut
BBC Studios
Elijah Allan-Blitz
Director
Matt Allard
Dell
Shweta Anand
Microsoft
Csilla Andersen
Unity Technologies
Grant Anderson
Producer
Hanno Basse
Microsoft, Infinity Festival
Rich Berger
MovieLabs
Joshua Beveridge
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Jake Black
CreateVR
Jeanette Bonds
GLAS Animation
Beth Braen
Bob Gold & Associates
Michelle Braue
Infinity Festival
Leo Bridle
Powster
Stef Brower
HP
Ally Brumer
Unity Technologies
Garth Burkhard
Sony Pictures Animation – Major Studio Theatrical and Streaming Content
Kirsten Cameron
Unity Technologies
John Canning
Producers Guild of America, Digital Domain
Rodrigo Cerquiera
VR Director
Mitch Chaiet
memetic influence
Rick Champagne
NVIDIA
Cindy Chang
Samsung
Ching-Ching Chen
Capitol Records
Sidney Clifton
Deluxe Animation
Jennifer Cooper
Microsoft
Kevin Conroy
4D Factory – ConroyMedia
Patrick Costello
Qualcomm
Poppy Crum
Dolby
Paul Debevec
Google
Elie Dekel
Dekel Brands
Steven Denker
Turner Classic Media
David Derks
ASIFA
Vicki Dobbs Beck
ILMxLAB
Tony Driscoll
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Ajay Dugar
Kinected Consulting
Chris Edwards
The Third Floor, Inc.
Carla Feldman
CAF Law Group
Ian Forester
VR Playhouse
Tom Frank
Ascend Coaching and Training
Steve Franklin
Microsoft
Taylor Freeman
Axon Park
Mike Gates
Lenovo
Joergen Geerds
Koncept VR
Ron Geller
Dolby
Greg Gewickey
SightCast
Jeff Gipson
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Jennifer Goldfinch
Foundry
David Goodman
Lindblad Expeditions, Inc.
Kevin Griffin
FNTECH
Jodi Grossgold
Infinity Festival
Chris Gunn
Digital Media Executive
Rick Hack
Intel
Josh Hancock
JoshCar Inc.
Annie Hanlon
Alchemy Tech & Entertainment Group LLC
Alexx Henry
Alexx Henry Studios
Chris Hercik
Hevē
Rob Hoffman
Lenovo
Karen Horne
WarnerMedia
Jonas Hudson
Greenfence
Liz Huszarik
Warner Bros.
Eric Iverson
Amazon Web Services
Marcie Jastrow
Evercast
Pamella Jean
Infinity Festival
Marc Johnson
Digital Innovation Strategist and Producer
Larry W. Jones
Blackthorn Media Inc.
Mike Kanfer
Adobe
John Kellogg
Xperi Corporation
Lontih Khatami
Universal Pictures
Joanne Kim
Legendary Entertainment
Nathan Knight
Infinity Festival
Mark Lieber
Infinity Festival
Willie Litvack
SquadUP, Inc.
Patrick Long
TenNineThirty Creative
Will McDonald
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
John MacInnes
MacInnes Studios
Monika Madrid
Verizon
Penny Malsch
Copper Creative
Dina Marovich
Paramount Pictures
Barbara Marshall
HP
Tristin Marshall
Capitol Records
Joelle Mefford
Hevē
Arjun Metre
Tennor
Mark Miller
Microsoft
Lauren Moore
The Third Floor, Inc.
Danilo Moura Silva
Simulated Reality LLC
David Nelson
University of Southern California
Adam Newman
Infinity Festival
Loren Nielsen
Xperi Corporation
Daniel O’Brien
HTC VIVE
Michel Paquette
Strategic Content Advisor
Tony Parisi
Unity Technologies
Aaron Parry
Stereo D/Deluxe Animation Studios
Toby Past
Razorfish
Dan Pastewka
Phase Two Space
Peter Pastewka
Phase Two Space
Jennifer Pearl
Team Computr
Jasmine Peralez
Infinity Festival
Fran Pomerantz
The Pomerantz Group, LLC
Joanna Popper
HP
Demetri Portelli
Stereographer/Cinematographer
Wendy Posner
Posner Fine Art
Guy Primus
Valence Enterprises
Yael Prough
IGN Entertainment
Robin Prybill
Bullseye Media Partners
Linda Quach
Immersion Corporation
Gary Radburn
Dell
Arjun Ramamurthy
Elizabeth Rave
OUTFRONT Media
Alexia Raven
Warner Bros.
Judith Regan
Regan Arts
Erin Reilly
ReillyWorks LLC, The University of Texas at Austin
Courtney Richards
OUTFRONT Media
Amber Rivera
TenNineThirty Creative
Diane Robina
Diane Robina Media
Steve Rodgers
Galpin Motors
Rena Ronson
United Talent Agency ( UTA )
John Rubey
Rubey Entertainment LLC
Michael Russo
Warner Bros.
Anshel Sag
Moor Insights & Strategy
Susan Sandler
PopUpSummer!
Fiorelli Salvo
Amazon Web Services
Ted Schilowitz
Paramount Pictures
Kathleen Schröter
Journey 2 Creation
Lori H. Schwartz
Chief Curator and Chief Strategy Officer
Lloyd Scott
Infinity Festival
Jenna Seiden
Vertically Coastal Consulting, Inc.
Donato Sepulveda
Hubble Studio
Sue Shakespeare
Creative Capers Entertainment
Guy Shalem
Director/Producer
Seth Shapiro
VideoCoin
Brad Sive
ReKTGlobal
Colum Slevin
Facebook
Joel Sloss
Microsoft
Dane Smith
The Third Floor, Inc.
Brad Spahr
Sony Music Entertainment
Stephen Steelman
Brigantine Films
Cindy Stern
Infinity Festival
Spencer Stephens
techxmedia
Shelby Stone
Narrative Film Group
Christina Lee Storm
Netflix
Hardie Tankersley
Silverdraft
Alice Taylor
The Walt Disney Studios
Todd Terrazas
Bobble Sports
Ste Thompson
Powster
Nigel Tierney
RYOT/Verizon Media
Stephanie Varlotta
Technicolor
Kim Vasey
KVR Consulting
Ravi Velhal
Intel
Madeline Warren
Chapman University
Jeff Wood
Lenovo
Jake Zim
Sony Pictures Entertainment VR