With DeVon Franklin, Franklin Leonard, Debra Martin Chase and Phillip Sun
WHAT:
Part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Academy Aperture 2025 initiative, “Academy Dialogues: It Starts With Us” is a new series of virtual panels, with conversations about race, ethnicity, gender, history, opportunity and the art of filmmaking.
The latest episode in the series, “Academy Dialogues: Owning Your Brand,” features a conversation with Academy governor and producer DeVon Franklin (“Breakthrough”), Franklin Leonard, founder and CEO of the Black List, producer Debra Martin Chase (“Harriet”), and M88 president, managing partner and co-founder Phillip Sun discussing their professional journeys and finding success outside of the traditional Hollywood system. They address the importance of having a vision, investing in yourself, and building a business brand by taking control to tell new and authentic stories.
For more information on this Academy Dialogue and others in the series, please click here.
WHO:
DeVon Franklin, Academy governor and producer Franklin Leonard, founder and CEO of the Black List Debra Martin Chase, producer
Phillip Sun, president, managing partner and co-founder of M88
