Webcasts
These conversations go beyond headlines.
Here, women in VFX speak candidly about the moments that shaped them, the obstacles they’ve navigated, and the systems they’re working to change. From first jobs to leadership roles, from personal sacrifice to professional breakthroughs, each webcast creates space for honesty, learning, and collective progress.
This is where lived experience becomes shared insight. And where awareness turns into action.
ASK ME ANYTHING: VFX PROS TELL ALL
ASK ME ANYTHING:
VFX PROS TELL ALL
Neishaw Ali
President, Executive Producer
Spin VFX
Cinzia Angelini
Director and Head of Story,
Cinesite Studios
Marge Dean
President of Women in Animation and
Head of Studio at Skybound
Nonny de la Peña
Founder,
Emblematic Group
Karen Dufilho
Producer,
Google Spotlight Stories
Sheena Duggal
VFX
Supervisor
Camille Eden
Vice President, Recruitment, Talent
Development and Outreach at Nickelodeon
Michelle Grady
EVP, General Manager,
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Lauren McCallum
Former Global Managing Director,
Mill Film
Ellen Poon
Visual Effects Supervisor,
Visual Effects Producer
Audrea Topps-Harjo
Producer and
InclusionFX Founder
Kaitlyn Yang
Visual Effects Supervisor,
Founder, Alpha Studios
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Achieving Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: In Conversation with Women Who Lead in Media & Entertainment Technology
FEATURING
Leona Frank
Director of Media & Entertainment Marketing
Autodesk
Nina Stille
Director of Global Diversity & Inclusion Partners
Intel
Barbara Marshall
Global M&E Industry Strategy Lead
Zby HP
Building the Next Generation of VFX Pros: In Conversation with Women VFX Leaders
FEATURING
Janet Lewin
Senior Vice President
Lucasfilm VFX
Janet Muswell Hamilton, VES
Senior Vice President of Visual Effects
HBO
Insights from Women in VFX Leadership
FEATURING
Lisa Cooke
Director of Media &
Entertainment Marketing
Janet Lewin
Senior Vice President
Lucasfilm VFX
Chrysta Marie Burton
Senior Vice President
Physical Production & Visual Effects
Kathy Chasen-Hay
Senior Vice President of Visual Effects