Moss Bresnahan
CEO
Illinois Public Media (PBS-NPR)
Maurice "Moss" Bresnahan is the CEO of Illinois Public Media, home of the PBS and NPR stations based at the University of Illinois. Illinois Public Media is home to IPM's Midwest documentary unit, the new regional independent film series Reel Midwest, and the multiplatform Illinois Newsroom collaborative. Moss previously served as CEO of PBS stations in Seattle (KCTS), South Carolina (SC ETV), and Virginia (Virginia Public TV), and on the boards for ITVS, INPUT and America's Public TV Stations.
Sessions in which Moss Bresnahan attends
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- Special Pre-conference Screening: Food Inc
- Signup required Samuel Goldwyn Theater - Theater
- 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours 30 minutes
- Screening
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Welcome to Getting Real '18 Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
9:15 AM
9:15 AM
- Keynote: Molly Thompson Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Making a New Reality with Kamal Sinclair
- Signup required Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
- Presentation
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- International Co-Producing: The Silence of Others
- Signup required Arena Cinelounge - Theater
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Case Study
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- A Conversation with Morgan Neville and Judd Apatow Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Conversation
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Whine Before The Wine Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- Registration Cinerama Dome - Lobby
- 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 9 hours
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Keynote: Michèle Stephenson Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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9:45 AM
9:45 AM
- Frederick Wiseman Master Class Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | 1 hour
- Workshop
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Journalists Under Threat ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Sally Jo Fifer Mini-Keynote
- Participant Sally Fifer (ITVS) |
- 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM | 15 minutes Part of: 2018 State of the Documentary Field Study: Presentation of Findings
- Keynote
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Reenactment Reconsidered: Staged Realities and Nonfiction Fantasies
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
- Getting In Early: Development Funding ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Regional Sustainability Models ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Not Your Grandmother's Historical Doc
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- Is Short The New Feature? How Short Digital Content Can Further Your Story, Impact and Career ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- NEH Funding: Tips from Filmmakers and the NEH
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Keynote: Chi-hui Yang Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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6:30 PM
6:30 PM
- Gimme Truth!
- Signup required The Montalbán - Theatre
- 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Game Show
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Keynote: Orwa Nyrabia
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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9:45 AM
9:45 AM
- Creative Courage in Non-Fiction Storytelling
- Signup required Arena Cinelounge - Theater
- 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Conversation
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Impact Producers Convening
- Signup required LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) - Gallery
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
- Convening
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Broadcast Production Pipelines ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Equity Investment in Documentary Film ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Working with International Public Broadcasters ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Role of Documentary in the Public Sphere
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- Special Closing Night Event: 35mm restoration of Salesman
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 2 hours
- Screening