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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