"Q&A with Sundance Award-Winning Producer of 2019 Grand Jury Prize Film" 

Date
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
7:00-9:00PM

Location
Los Angeles Film School
Private Screening Room (Enter from Main Lobby)
6353 Sunset Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028
(Parking lot on Ivar is $6 or use nearby street meters)

About the Event
Are you producing film? Are you seeking funding for a feature film, short film or media project? Are you looking to partner with established producers, studios or production companies? Do you want to gain insider tips on how to produce a Sundance Award-winning film from an established producer that is relevant in 2019? If so, this is an intimate event that you do not want to miss! All participants will have an opportunity to ask candid questions directly to the speaker!

About the Speaker
Bronwyn Cornelius is a Sundance award-winning producer, and ardent supporter of female content creators and diverse voices behind and in front of the camera. She most recently developed and produced the critically-acclaimed Clemency, starring Academy Award-nominated Alfre Woodard, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival (US Dramatic Competition), and will be released in late 2019 by NEON and Focus International, accompanied by an awards push. Bronwyn is also attached to Taste of Power, which chronicles the journey of Elaine Brown, the only woman to ever lead the Black Panther Party. The film teams Bronwyn with Academy Award-nominated producer Robbie Brenner and Clemency director Chinonye Chukwu.

Bronwyn's overall career experience includes projects with Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros and Gracie Films, where her work in features began alongside a veteran studio line producer on such Academy Award-winning movies as Jerry Maguire and As Good As It Gets.

Her award-winning independent features include SXSW Jury Award-winner Made In China (IFC Films) and the LA-based immigrant drama Greencard Warriors (AMC Independent/HBO), which received nearly 2 million online views. Her other films include critically-acclaimed Never Here (Vertical / Starz), starring Mireille Enos and Oscar-nominated Sam Shepard in his final film (The Guardian, "Biggest Films of Autumn 2018." 4/5 stars), and several socially-minded documentaries. Bronwyn also Executive Produced short film Distortion, which was chosen to be part of Joe Biden’s White House initiative "It’s On Us," as part of their campus outreach to stop sexual assault.

She is currently developing coming of age feature The Bang Bang Girls (starring Rosa Salazar) and Kenya-based political thriller The Czar, as well as several television projects, including comedy series A Brief History of Misogyny, and a female-driven dark comedy series inspired by her time working on Wall Street.

Bronwyn is a member of SAG-AFTRA, BAFTA, and the Producers’ Guild of America.