De Anza SMPTE Chapter

Description

Panelists include:

Kurt Kuenne, Writer, director, and composer of of both fiction and documentary films, and a winner of the Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting;  he is best known for the documentaries “Dear Zachary”, “Batkid Begins”, the award-winning short “Validation”, and for directing numerous of episodes of NBC’s hit show “The Blacklist” starring James Spader.  He is currently making a documentary film about rock star Huey Lewis and the hearing disorder that’s upended his life and career.

Nicholas Sy, Nicholas Sy is currently a Second Assistant Editor on an upcoming animated feature from Kuku Studios and Netflix. A Bay Area native, he was previously a Post Production Assistant on "Better Call Saul" and an Editorial Intern at Pixar Animation Studios for the upcoming film "Soul." Nicholas graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, with a degree in Film and Television Production.

Sara Lennon, Video Producer, zSpace (and Film/TV Department alumna). She currently works full time as the sole Video Producer at a startup virtual reality edtech company zSpace to support the marketing and product teams with filming, writing, editing, archiving, and publishing brand-consistent video content (customer testimonials, internal training, social media, etc.). She also does freelance videography, video editing, and work as a production assistant for various features, corporate videos, events, weddings, and music videos.

Erika Svennson, Freelance filmmaker from the Bay Area. Has worked professionally in the film industry for 5 years now. Key Set Production Assistant and Assistant Production Coordinator for Feature Films (Last Black Man in San Francisco, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Sonic the Hedgehog, Goodyear) and Television (The Voice, Man in the High Castle, Wheel of Fortune, Alive; and Film/TV Department alumna).