Photos & Videos: 2016 U.S.-China Film Summit & Gala Dinner

From left, CAO Baoping, Writer, Director and Producer, Wang Jin, Chinese Cultural Attache at Consulate, LU Chuan, Writer, Director and Producer and Thomas McLain, Chairman Asia Society Southern California pose during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner, Los Angeles, California - 2 Nov 2016 From left, Dawn Hudson, CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Melissa Cobb, Head of Studio and Chief Creative Officer Oriental DreamWorks pose during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
Seagull Song speaks during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
Paul Steinke speaks during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
Dominic Ng, East West Bank speaks during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
Janet Yang speaks during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
Dawn Hudson, CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences speaks during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
From left, honorees LU Chuan, Writer, Director and Producer, CAO Baoping, Writer, Director and Producer, Melissa Cobb, Head of Studio and Chief Creative Officer Oriental DreamWorks and James Wang, Co-Founder, Vice Chairman and CEO Huayi Brothers Media Corporation pose during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
From left, Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Director Kung Fu Panda 3 and Melissa Cobb, Head of Studio and Chief Creative Officer Oriental DreamWorks arrive during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner, Los Angeles, California - 2 Nov 2016 From left, Thomas McLain, Chairman Asia Society Southern California and June Wei, Managing partner, Hogan Lovells Beijing office arrive during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
From left, hosts actors Kara Wang and Jeff Locker arrive during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner, Los Angeles, California - 2 Nov 2016 From left, Thomas McLain, Chairman Asia Society Southern California, June Wei, Managing partner, Hogan Lovells Beijing office, Dawn Hudson, CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, actress Janet Yang, Melissa Cobb, Head of Studio and Chief Creative Officer Oriental DreamWorks and Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Director Kung Fu Panda 3 pose during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Wednesda
From left, Thomas McLain, Chairman Asia Society Southern California, Wang Jin, Chinese Cultural Attache at Consulate, James Wang, Co-Founder, Vice Chairman and CEO Huayi Brothers Media Corporation and Dominic Ng, East West Bank pose during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner, Los Angeles, California - 2 Nov 2016 From left, Seagull Song, Wang Jin, Chinese Cultural Attache at Consulate, CAO Baoping, Writer, Director and Producer, Thomas McLain, Chairman Asia Society Southern California and Celeste McLain celebrate during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
Host Jeff Locker poses in a Kung Fu Panda suit during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
The ballroom interior during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
Jonathan Karp speaks at the 2016 U.S.-China Film Summit held at UCLA on November 1, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
Michael Ellis, Asia-Pacific President and Managing Director of Motion Picture Association, speaks during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Summit held at UCLA on November 1, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
CAO Baoping in conversation with Tom Nagorski during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Summit held at UCLA on November 1, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
Lindsay Conner, Partner of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, ZHOU Yuan, Founder and Executive Vice President of Linmon Pictures, Jonah Greenberg, Managing Director of Creative Artists Agency China, Michelle Yang, President of Vantage Entertainment and William Pfeiffer, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Globalgate Entertainment speak during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Summit held at UCLA on November 1, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
ZHANG Wei, President of Alibaba Pictures, Jeff Small, President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Amblin Partners in conversation with Janet Yang, Managing Director of Creative Content of Tang Media Partners during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Summit held at UCLA on November 1, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
Jon M. Chu, director of Now You See Me and Step Up movies in conversation with John Penotti, Co-Founder of Ivanhoe Pictures, and President of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Summit held at UCLA on November 1, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
Stephen Saltzman, Partner of Loeb & Loeb, Melissa Cobb, Head of Studio and Chief Creative Officer of Oriental DreamWorks, Bob Bacon, Chief Executive Officer of Alpha Animationand Harley Zhao, President and Chief Executive Officer of Original Force speak during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Summit held at UCLA on November 1, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
Sanjay Sood, Director of Center for Management of Enterprise in Media, Entertainment and Sports at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, Charlie Coker, Managing Director of Dasym Media, Mark Lazarus, Head of Creative and Acquisitions of Arclight Films Australia, Sheri Jeffrey, Partner of Hogan Lovells, LIU Kailuo, Chief Executive Officer of Heyi Pictures and MIAO Xiaotian, President of China Film Co-Production Corporation, speak during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Summit held at UCLA on November 1, 2016 in Lo
2016 U.S.-China Film Summi, Los Angeles, California - 1 Nov 2016 From left, Tom Nagorski, Executive Vice President of Asia Society, WU Manfang, Dean of Beijing Film Academy School of Management, CAO Baoping, and Thomas McLain, Chairman of Asia Society Southern California, pose during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Summit at UCLA on Tuesday, November 1, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
JStuart Ford, Chief Executive Officer of IM Global in conversation with Bennett Pozil, Executive Vice President of East West Bank during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Summit held at UCLA on November 1, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
Thomas E. McLain, Chairman of Asia Society Southern California and Attorney of Hogan Lovells, Joshua Wexler, Chief Executive of Fun of iP2Entertainment, Michael Corrigan, Managing Director of CP Enterprises, Lisa Wang, General Counsel of Huayi Brothers Media Corporation and Ray Braun, Principal of Entertainment + Culture Advisors speak during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Summit held at UCLA on November 1, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
LU Chuan in conversation with Jonathan Landreth, Managing Editor of ChinaFile during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Summit at UCLA on Tuesday, November 1, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
Bing CHEN, Digital Pioneer and Entrepreneur, Luke Xiang, Vice President, Beijing Weiying Technology Co., David Hutkin, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of The Weinstein Co., Victor Wang, Co-Founder of ZhenFund, YANG Ming, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Papi and Andy Zhang, Chief Operating Officer, Panda TV speak during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Summit held at UCLA on November 1, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
Q&A during the 2016 U.S.-China Film Summit at UCLA on Tuesday, November 1, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
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VIDEO GALLERY

Spotlight: The World’s Two Biggest Film Markets – a Contrast in Styles

Michael Ellis, Asia-Pacific president and managing director of the Motion Picture Association, opens the seventh annual U.S.-China Film Summit with an address explaining China’s controls on foreign film distribution and the process of making co-productions that avoid any quotas. (15 min., 21 sec.) 

Treasure Hunt: China Seeks Global Talent, Hollywood Seeks Sources of Finance

Lindsay Conner, Zhou Yuan, Jonah Greenberg, Michelle Yang, and William Pfeiffer discuss China’s search for producers, executives, and storytellers, among other talent in Hollywood, as well as Hollywood’s deepening collaboration with China. (Portions of this video are spoken in Chinese) (56 min., 50 sec.)

Executive Spotlight: Wei Zhang and Jeff Small 

Producer Janet Yang interviews Wei Zhang, president of Alibaba Pictures, and Jeff Small, president and co-CEO of Amblin Partners, about the new partnership between Jack Ma’s Alibaba and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin, one of the highest profile China-Hollywood deals to date. (26 min., 30 sec.)  

Talent Spotlight: Director Jon M. Chu

Jon M. Chu, director of the Now You See Me 2 and the Step Up films, talks about his Asian-American identity and his upcoming movie, based on the book Crazy Rich Asians, with John Penotti, co-founder of Ivanhoe Pictures and president of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. (27min.)

Animation’s New Realm: The Rising Opportunities and Stakes

Stephen Saltzman, partner at Loeb & Loeb, Melissa Cobb, head of studio and chief creative officer of Oriental DreamWorks, Bob Bacon, CEO of Alpha Animation, and Harley Zhao, president and CEO of Original Force, share insights on creating animated content, brand-building, and bridging the U.S. and Chinese markets. (42 mins., 33 sec.)

Doing the Right Thing: The Evolving Art of Making International Co-Productions

Sanjay Sood, Charlie Coker, Mark Lazarus, Sheri Jeffrey, Liu Kailuo, and Miao Xiaotian discuss Skiptrace’s success in China, why so few co-productions are international hits, and how to navigate the challenges of cross-border collaborations. (Portions of this video are spoken in Chinese). (54 min., 10 sec.)

U.S.-China Film Summit Honoree: Cao Baoping

Wu Manfang, dean of the School of Management at Beijing Film Academy, introduces honoree Cao Baoping, an award-winning writer, director, and producer, as well as a screenwriting professor at Beijing Film Academy. (Video in Chinese). (2 min., 57 sec.) 

Talent Spotlight: Director Cao Baoping

Writer, director, and producer Cao Baoping discusses his new film Cock and Bull and how he balances his artistic vision while still appealing to mass audiences. Tom Nagorski, executive vice president of Asia Society, moderates the discussion. (Portions of this video are spoken in Chinese) (23 min., 29 sec.)

Executive Spotlight: Stuart Ford

Stuart Ford, CEO of IM Global, discusses IM Global’s past, present, and future relationship with China’s film market and how to appeal to Chinese audiences, with Bennett Pozil, executive vice president of East West Bank. (20 min., 48 sec.)

The Future of Filmed Content: Virtual Reality, Location-Based Entertainment and Beyond 

Thomas E. McLain, Joshua Wexler, Michael Corrigan, Lisa Wang, and Ray Braun discuss how innovation and peripheral industries are enhancing audience experiences of filmed content. (Portions of this video are spoken in Chinese) (47 min., 49 sec.)

Talent Spotlight: Director Lu Chuan

Writer, director, and producer Lu Chuan discusses the differences between directing Chinese and international films and his first English-language feature River Town, with Jonathan Landreth, managing editor of ChinaFile. (23 min., 22 sec.)

Film’s Digital Frontier: China’s Digital Content Promise and Lessons for Hollywood

Bing Chen, Luke Xiang, David Hutkin, Victor Wang, Yang Ming, and Andy Zhang explore three facets of the digital marketplace: content development, distribution, and eco-system. (Portions of this video are spoken in Chinese). (52 min., 46 sec.)

U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner Honoree: Lu Chuan

Paul Steinke, senior vice president of Walt Disney Studios, introduces honoree Lu Chuan, a writer, director, and producer whose critically acclaimed works include his first international project, Born in China, produced by Disneynature. (5 min., 17 sec.)  

Academy CEO Dawn Hudson Speaks at the U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner

Dawn Hudson, CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and producer Janet Yang, talk about diversity and change in Hollywood. (5 min., 34 sec.) 

U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner Honoree: Melissa Cobb

Jennifer Yuh Nelson, director of Kung Fu Panda 3, introduces honoree Melissa Cobb, Oriental DreamWorks head of studio and chief creative officer, who discusses leading the Kung Fu Panda franchise and building U.S.-Chinese collaboration at Oriental DreamWorks, a pioneering joint venture. (9 min., 29 sec.) 

U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner Honoree: James Wang

Dominic Ng, chairman and CEO of East West Bank, introduces honoree James Wang, vice chairman and CEO of Huayi Brothers Media, who discusses his role in building an entertainment conglomerate and his hopes for collaboration with Hollywood. (Portions of this video are spoken in Chinese) (7 min., 53 sec.)