Inaugural Keynote Speech by James Schamus
The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival in association with Skillset, is pleased to announce that the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA winning producer and screenwriter James Schamus will deliver the inaugural keynote speech. His talk is on the following theme:
"MY WIFE IS A TERRORIST: LESSONS IN STORYTELLING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
This industry event is taking place on Tuesday 27 October (available to industry delegates).
Festival Artistic Director, Sandra Hebron said,
‘We are delighted to be working alongside Skillset on this event. James in not only someone with an enviable track record in our industry, he is also a scholar and an original thinker, and was our obvious first choice to deliver this keynote speech. I am thrilled he accepted our invitation, and am very much looking forward to what promises to be a fascinating and thought-provoking address.
Neil Peplow, Director of Film at Skillset, said:
‘James is the perfect person to deliver the inaugural LLF/Skillset Industry Keynote Address. Combining a hugely successful career, in his words, "helping run the studio, screenwriting, producing films, and teaching at Columbia", he has a truly unique perspective to present, and one that I'm sure we'll all be fascinated to learn from. By establishing this Industry Keynote Address I'm delighted that Skillset is able to build on our partnership with the LFF and complement the many other initiatives that we support at the festival."
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