DOUGLAS WICK '78

Douglas Wick is an award-winning motion-picture producer whose films have earned $3.5 billion at the box office, as well as 22 Academy Award® nominations and seven Academy Award® wins. He is the Founder of Red Wagon Entertainment and serves as Co-Chair. Wick is best known for producing the Ridley Scott-directed film GLADIATOR, which earned Wick an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA award, all for "Best Picture." Wick teamed up again with Scott to produce its recent sequel, GLADIATOR II, His other films include Golden Globe winner WORKING GIRL, THE GREAT GATSBY (2 Academy Awards), MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (3 Academy awards) THE DIVERGENT SERIES, GIRL INTERRUPTED (1 Academy Award), SPY GAME, THE CRAFT and THE STUART LITTLE franchise.

LUCY FISHER

Lucy Fisher is an award-winning motion picture producer and Co-Chair of Red Wagon Entertainment. Her iconic films include the recently released GLADIATOR II as well as international blockbusters THE GREAT GATSBY, which earned two Academy Awards; MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, which garnered three Academy Awards, and THE DIVERGENT SERIES. Fisher’s past roles include Vice Chairman of Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group at Sony and previously VP at Twentieth Century Fox, President of Worldwide production at Zoetrope Studios, and Executive VP at Warner Bros, where she was the driving force behind the on-site Warner Bros Studio Children’s Center, which has since provided care for over 3000 children. In addition, she has served as President of The Producers Guild for 4 years.

MATT THUNNELL '07

As President of Skydance Television, Matt is responsible for leading all aspects of the studio’s expansive slate of series, including oversight of the company’s creative, production, finance and business affairs groups. Prior to Skydance, Matt served in a variety of leadership positions at Netflix, where he worked for eight years.  Matt and his team were responsible for bringing to life a number of groundbreaking series including Stranger Things, Wednesday, One Piece, The Umbrella Academy, All the Light We Cannot See and Three Body Problem.

Before joining Netflix in 2015, he served as a creative executive at The CW, guiding development of the DC Comics universe (Arrow, The Flash) as well as critically acclaimed series like Jane the Virgin. In 2014, he was named to The Hollywood Reporter’s Next Gen list of 35 executives under 35. 

ERIN MCDONOUGH '14

Erin McDonough is the Senior Vice President of Global Strategy and Insights at Paramount Pictures, where she oversees strategic research that helps bring Paramount’s films to a global audience. Erin and her team leverage data and insights to shape development and marketing strategy across the studio’s film slate, including many of its leading franchises, such as A Quiet Place, Mission: Impossible, and Sonic the Hedgehog. Prior to her tenure at Paramount, Erin held leadership roles at several research & insights agencies in the media, entertainment, and tech industries, most recently at National Research Group (NRG).  At Yale, Erin received her degree in English and was a Yale Journalism Scholar.

STEVEN C. BEER

Steven Beer is a partner in the New York office of Lewis Brisbois and a National Chair of the firm’s Entertainment, Media & Sports Practice. Steven concentrates his practice on film, television, and music matters, where he represents industry-leading film, television, and music companies and has acted as counsel to numerous award-winning writers, directors, producers, and multi-platinum musical artists. Steven has been listed annually in Super Lawyers New York Metro edition. He is an advisory board member of Producers Without Boarders, Dances with Films, and a trustee of New York’s City Parks Foundation, which oversees the Central Park Summerstage events series.

BOBBY FRIEDMAN

Bobby is a 30-year entertainment veteran, who has held an array of senior executive positions including President of Radical Media  & Entertainment; President of AOL, Interactive Marketing, TV & Ad Sales; Co-Chairman of New Line Cinema in charge of worldwide Theatrical Marketing and Licensing;  President of New Line Television, which he launched for the company.​​​​​​​​

BILGE EBIRI '95

Bilge Ebiri is a film critic for New York magazine and Vulture. His work has also regularly appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Bloomberg Businessweek, the Village Voice, and the Criterion Collection. He graduated from Yale in 1995 with a degree in film studies.