Keynote: Ze Frank, Buzzfeed & producer Michael Shamberg - MIP Digital Fronts 2015

• published: 14 Apr 2015
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BuzzFeed Motion Pictures President Ze Frank will be joined by Oscar-nominated producer Michael Shamberg to discuss “the future of digital Hollywood” and address the exciting shifts in production and distribution that are challenging traditional TV and studio models. Frank is the driving force behind BuzzFeed’s expansive video division and a pioneer of online video. Shamberg is an advisor to BuzzFeed Motion Pictures with experience in producing innovative Hollywood movies and TV. Frank joined BuzzFeed in 2012 as the site’s EVP of video, where he focused on finding new formats in social video. A web pioneer since 2001, he is known for creating viral projects like “Earth Sandwich”, “Young Me/Now Me”, and “Chillout Song”. In 2006, he created “The Show with Ze Frank”, which was an early template for the modern video blog. In August 2014, BuzzFeed launched BuzzFeed Motion Pictures, of which Frank is president. The video division focuses on all moving images from a GIF to a feature film. Michael Shamberg is a movie and TV producer, and advisor to BuzzFeed Motion Pictures. With a string of credits across a wide range of genres, four of his films have received Best Picture Oscar nominations: “Django Unchained”, “Erin Brockovich”, “Pulp Fiction”, and “The Big Chill”. His other movie credits include "Contagion," "Gattaca," "World Trade Center," "Get Shorty," and "A Fish Called Wanda. Shamberg was an Executive Producer of "Reno 911" and he is in preproduction on a futuristic martial arts series for AMC called “Badlands”. ZE FRANK, PRESIDENT, BUZZFEED MOTION PICTURES MICHAEL SHAMBERG , OSCAR-NOMINATED PRODUCER, ADVISOR/FILM & TELEVISION, BUZZFEED MOTION PICTURES INTERVIEWED BY Jocelyn Johnson, Founder, VideoInk, USA