Requirements

Timeline

Project Format: Feature Films & TV Pilots 

Submission materials:

• Required:

  • Pitch Deck (synopsis, genre, characters, references etc.)

  • Contact information - Phone number, email

• Optional:

  • Treatment/Lookbook/Scripts/Sizzle Reels

  • Any other materials that can support their project

Timeline

• Project Submission: By Nov. 20

• Project Selection: Rolling Basis, by Nov. 21

• Selection Notification: By Nov. 27

• Pitch Session: First Week of Dec. (Exact time to be determined on executives’ availability)

Pitch Session Schedule

• Projects to be pitched: 6-7

• Time: Weekday evening from 7pm to 9pm (TBD)

• Duration: 15 mins for each pitch (presentation + Q&A), total session less than 2 hours

Roger Nygard is perhaps best known for his acclaimed documentary Trekkies, about the most obsessive fans in the Universe. Nygard’s previous documentary The Nature of Existence, addressed the subject of the world’s philosophies, religions, and belief systems. Nygard has also directed television series such as The Office and The Bernie Mac Show. His work as a film editor includes Grey’s Anatomy, The League, and Emmy-nominated episodes of Who Is America? and Veep and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Nygard has made several other award-winning films, including the car-salesman cult-film Suckers, and a profile of UFO fanatics Six Days in Roswell, and now the documentary The Truth About Marriage, accompanied by The Truth About Marriage book. Most recently he co-produced and edited The Comedy Store, a documentary about the comedians who came though this world-famous LA club, as well as editing scenes from Borat 2 (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm). Next up: Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 11.

Alex Foster

A graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Alex Foster transitioned his career to film, serving to produce on numerous New York based independent films including Starting Out in the Evening, Lost Revolution, and Descent. After attending USC School of Cinematic Arts' – Peter Stark Producing Program, Alex co-produced Lionsgate’s THE VOICES (2014). Alex joined Vertigo Entertainment as Vice President at the beginning of 2014, and Executive Produced the Open Road/Vertigo Entertainment film Sleepless (2016) starring Jamie Foxx & Michelle Monaghan. Before joining ABC Signature based P3 Media in June of 2020, Alex served as President of Production at The Middleton Media Group, where he has crafted a diverse IP driven film and television slate with notable talent such as Seth Gordon, David Mackenzie, Margot Robbie, and David Oyelowo.

Lifeng Wang is Chief Operating Officer, and the head of Media, Entertainment and Sports division of Yintai Investment, overseeing its investments in media related companies as well as individual film and tv projects.

Mr. Wang is an active producer working on numerous US-China co-production live action film and TV projects. In 2006, Mr. Wang produced a documentary The Long March which won the 50th Cine Golden Eagle award. Mr. Wang also represents various companies to buy films for distribution in China and co-finance film/TV projects with China.

Calvin Wu is a film & TV producer and Head of Production at China Lion Entertainment Production Inc. He was the U.S. co-producer of The Way We Were and the former producer of Alpha Animation Inc (United States). His works include Extinct, Significant Strangers, The Way We Were, Lost in the Pacific, Last Flight, Little Daddy etc. He received his MFA degree from School of Motion Pictures & Television in Academy of Art University and his undergraduate Cultural Industry Management degree from Communication University of China.