Photos & Videos: 2014 U.S.-China Film Summit & Gala Dinner

Chairman, Asia Society Southern California, Tom McLain; Executive Vice Director, Asia Society, Tom Nagorski; Executive Director, Asia Society Southern California, Jonathan Karp. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

Chairman, EMASIA, Peter Shiao. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

Chief Content Officer, Netflix, Ted Sarandos. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

Partner, Loeb & Loeb, Stephen L. Saltzman. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

Actress, Asia Society Southern California Honoree, Sarah Li. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

Chairman and CEO, East West Bank, Dominic Ng. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

Actor, Asia Society Southern California Honoree, Huang Xiaoming. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

Executive Vice President, East West Bank, Bennett Pozil; Co-Chief Operating Officer, Lionsgate, Brian Goldsmith. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

Principal, Ernst & Young LLP, Todd Moody; Senior Vice President, iQIYI.com, Yang Xianghua; Asia Bureau Chief, The Hollywood Reporter, Clifford Coonan; Board Member, WeChat Film, Jack Gao; Chairman, EMASIA, Peter Shiao. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

Chairman, EMASIA, Peter Shiao; President, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Miao Xiaotian. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

Asia Bureau Chief, Variety, Patrick Frater; President/CEO, Ivanhoe Pictures, John Penotti; Head of Production and Strategic Development, Sony Pictures Entertainment, China, Dede Nickerson; Film Producer/Entertainment and Media Consultant, Janet Yang; Producer, Wei Han; CEO, Legendary East, Peter Loehr. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Charles H. Rivkin. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

Partner, Loeb & Loeb, Stephen L. Saltzman; President/CEO, Metan Global Entertainment Group, Larry Namer; Senior Vice President, Youku Tudou, CEO, Heyi Film, Allen Huilong Zhu; Co-Founder and EVP, Linmon Pictures, Zhou Yuan. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

Founding General Partner, IDG Capital Partners, Hugo Shong; Chief Investment Officer, China Culture Industrial Investment Fund, Tang Xiao Min; CEO, Shanghai New Culture Media Group Beijing, Liu Xiaolin. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

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LOS ANGELES, November 5th, 2014 - As Hollywood scales new box-office heights in China and Chinese investors and creative talent deepen their roles in Hollywood, Asia Society Southern California presented its Fifth Annual U.S.-China Film Summit on Tuesday, November 5, 2014. The highly anticipated event, the flagship of the Asia Society’s Entertainment and Media in Asia (EMASIA) series, took place at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel.

Featuring five insightful panel discussions, this year’s timely Summit focused on trends in U.S.-Chinese co-production and examine new dynamics in cross-border entertainment, including film finance, development of television programs and the rapid convergence of old and new media in China. The program also featured individual presentations by:

Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer, Netflix
Charles Rivkin, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs and former CEO of Jim Henson Company
Miao Xiaotian, President of the China Film Co-Production Corporation

As in the past, the Gala Dinner featured high-profile honorees:

2014 Film Partnership of the Year:
Fosun International and Studio 8
Maggie Huang, Managing Director, Pictures, Entertainment and Derivatives Division, Fosun, and Jeff Robinov, Founder, Studio 8.

2014 Film Ensemble of the Year:
Zhao Wei, Huang Xiaoming, Tong Dawei and Sarah Li

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