Panel participants include Darrien Gipson, Executive Director of SAGIndie, Jacqueline Coley, Awards Editor at Rotten Tomatoes, Eric Pierson, Professor of Communication Studies at the University of San Diego, and Robert Daniels, Associate Editor at RogerEbert.com
The panel will be preceded by a book signing of Chaz Ebert’s new book “It’s Time To Give a FECK: Elevating Humanity through Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion and Kindness” at 3:00PM CEST.
Keep reading to learn more about the panelists.
DARRIEN MICHELE GIPSON
Darrien Michele Gipson is the Executive Director of SAGindie. Darrien leads a team that is responsible for independent filmmaker outreach and specializes in teaching low budget producing, focusing on the process for hiring professional actors via SAG-AFTRA’s low budget contracts. She is a frequent interviewer, moderator, and speaker on panels and production workshops, negotiates sponsorship agreements with film festivals around the country, spearheads the annual national advertising campaigns, oversees SAGindie.org and throws several epic filmmaker parties.
JACQUELINE COLEY
Jacqueline Coley is the Awards Editor at Rotten Tomatoes and Host of The Rotten Tomatoes is Wrong Podcast. Prior to joining Rotten Tomatoes, Jacqueline worked as a freelance film journalist and critic, contributing to various publications. As a film journalist, she’s interviewed countless actors and filmmakers and moderated press conferences and panel discussions at prestige film events. Jacqueline’s energetic personality and deep love for film and television has made her a regular commentator on all things entertainment for programs including TODAY, Access Hollywood, CBS This Morning, Entertainment Tonight, New York Live, CNN, BBC, Sky Cinema, Good Day LA, Watch What Happens LIVE and E! where she also serves as the resident film expert on their Live from the Red Carpet awards pre-show.