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Tina Fey, Nancy Abraham, and More to Speak at PGA Event in NY

Tina Fey in “30 Rock”: NBC

Tina Fey is best known as a writer and actress, but she’s also a powerhouse producer whose credits include “30 Rock,” “Sisters,” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” It’s Fey’s role as an award-winning producer that landed her on the program for The Producers Guild of America’s 2016 edition of Produced By: New York conference.

According to Produced By: New York’s site, the one-day event sees “the most influential decision-makers in the entertainment industry gather as peers to educate, illuminate, and share new technological and economic innovations.” Held October 29 in New York, the event “is truly for producers, by producers.”

Other speakers at the event include Nancy Abraham, the Vice President of HBO’s Documentary programming, Donna Gigliotti, producer of “Silver Linings Playbook” and the upcoming NASA drama “Hidden Figures,” and Hanny Patel, AT&T Entertainment Group’s Vice President of Video Marketing.

Sessions will cover a range of topics, such as “The Truth Sells: Distributing Your Documentary and Building Your Audience,” “TV Today: Embracing the Second Medium,” and “It’s Show(runner) Time: A Primer from the Best in the Business.”

The event is open to the public, and Producers Guild members, industry members, and students may register for a reduced cost. For prices and to register, head over to Produced By: New York’s site.

See a list of the female speakers below. List adapted from Deadline.

Nancy Abraham — Vice President, Documentary Programming, HBO

Lauren Beck — (“Manchester by the Sea,” “Junkyard Dogs,” “From the Future with Love”)

Arianna Bocco — Executive Vice President of Acquisitions and Production for IFC Films, Sundance Selects and IFC Midnight

Susan Bodine — Partner and Co-Head, Entertainment Practice, Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard LLP

Kate Bowen — Talent & Lifestyle Partnerships, Twitter, Inc.

M. Blair Breard — (“Louie,” “Better Things,” “Baskets”)

Tina Fey — (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “30 Rock,” “Mean Girls”)

Donna Gigliotti — (“Hidden Figures,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” “The Fundamentals of Caring”)

Julie Goldman — (“Life, Animated,” “Weiner,” “Buck”)

Sarah Green — (“Loving,” “Mud,” “The Tree of Life”)

Glenda Hersh — Co-president and Co-CEO of True Entertainment and Original Media

Vassiliki Khonsari — Studio Head + Co-Creator, iNK Stories

Cynthia Littleton — Managing Editor Television, Variety

Lori McCreary — President, Producers Guild of America (“Madam Secretary,” “The Story of God with Morgan Freeman,” “Invictus”)

Lynn Novick — (“The Vietnam War,” “Prohibition,” “The War’)

Katherine Oliver — Principal, Bloomberg Associates

Hanny Patel — Vice President of Video Marketing, AT&T Entertainment Group

Lydia Dean Pilcher — Vice President, Motion Pictures, Producers Guild of America (“Queen of Katwe,” “Cutie and the Boxer,” “The Darjeeling Limited”)

Daphne Pinkerson — (“Class Divide,” “Hard Times: Lost On Long Island,” “Schmatta: Rags To Riches To Rags”)

Julie Rottenberg — (“Odd Mom Out,” “Sex and the City,” “Smash”)

Lisa Schomas — (“Silicon Valley,” “The Man in the High Castle,” “Castle”)

Kimberly Steward — (“Manchester by the Sea,” “Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers And The Emergence Of A People”)

Allyn Stewart — Managing Partner, Flashlight Films (“Sully,” “Madeline,” “Man of the House”)

Tiffany Lea Williams — Senior Vice President of Series Development, East Coast for MTV

Meaghan Wilson — Senior Producer, HBO Digital and Social Media


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