He has produced 24 films, beginning in 1998. Most recently, he has produced Truth (2015), Romeo & Juliet (2013), Nebraska (2013), The Numbers Station (2013), and Afternoon Delight (2013).

Nebraska was nominated for 6 Academy Awards and 5 Golden Globes. In 2002, Mankoff was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for the film Things Behind the Sun (2001).

Additionally, she is a founding member of the Unusual Suspects, a non-profit organization, which teaches youths in juvenile hall and group homes how to create and stage group-written plays via improvisation and collaboration. She has taught writing and improvisation workshops to underserved students and adults in New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC.

A married father of four, Jeff is the author of the bestselling book on story structure “My Story Can Beat Up Your Story” and has taught both the art and the business of the film and television industry all over the world.

Born and raised in New York City, David Sacks attended Harvard College, graduating with a degree in Government in 1984. While there he began his comedy writing career as an editor of the school’s humor magazine, The Harvard Lampoon. Upon graduating, David moved to Los Angeles and began writing for television.

Among the shows he’s worked for are “The Simpsons”, where he won an Emmy Award, and “Third Rock from the Sun” for which he won a Golden Globe Award, “Malcolm in the Middle”, and “Lewis Black: The Root of All Evil”. David is the co founder and Senior Lecturer of The Happy Minyan of Los Angeles. David is married and raises his family in Beverly Hills, CA.

Greenstein is a graduate of the University of Central Florida – College of Business Administration, where he majored marketing with a concentration in sales.

Prior to entering the film business, he was an Assistant Trainer for the Anthony Robbins Foundation, owned and published a performance driven magazine for young professionals, and owned and operated a commercial carpet cleaning company he started at the age of 19.

Eric Kaplan is currently a writer and co-executive producer on the hit-tv series The Big Bang Theory. He has also worked on shows such as Late Show with David Letterman, Futurama, Malcolm in the Middle and runs Mirari Films, an animation studio and VFX house.

David Kirschner is the producer and creator of the Chucky films, currently being rebooted at Universal. David has also produced films such as An American Tail, Feivel Goes West, Pagemaster, The Flintstones, Titan A.E., Frailty, Secondhand Lions, Miss Potter, Martian Child, and the Curious George films and TV series.

Adam Lebovitz was born and raised in Highland Park, Illinois. He graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2003. In 2005, he graduated from the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC’s School of Cinema-Television with a Masters in Fine Arts.

In November 2006, Lions Gate theatrically released the horror film “Unrest” which Adam produced in Utah. In the Fall of 2008, Sony released the crime thriller “Tortured” starring Laurence Fishburne and Cole Hauser which Adam produced in Vancouver. In November 2010, Fox Broadcasting Company and 20th Century Fox bought Adam’s half hour comedy tv show based on the book “How to Feel Manly in a Minivan”.

Adam also co-founded the website http://www.QuickFilmBudget.com to be the first technology to automate the film budgeting process.

Michael Borkow is a television comedy writer/producer whose credits include “Malcolm in the Middle”, “Friends” (Executive Producer, ’97-’98 season) and “Roseanne.”

Michael is a graduate of Harvard College and the Columbia University School of Law, and is the founder of the annual explanatory High Holiday experience, The “I Wish I Got More Out of Services” Services.