So you just encountered a great speaker at an event that you learned about through Hollywood Connect? To get more information about some of the entertainment industry professionals who have appeared at entertainment industry events recently, check out their bios below!

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  Stanley D. Williams

  Author, Producer, Filmmaker

  Stan Williams is an international award-winning video producer, filmmaker and show creator. Since 1972, he has managed hundreds of industrial and dramatic productions, including numerous documentaries, live shows, theater, live and broadcast television as producer, director, writer, editor, and executive producer. Because of The Moral Premise Stan is frequently asked to consult on major motion picture projects, most notably since 2008 he has worked with Will Smith as a story and script consultant on various motion picture projects. In addition to The Moral Premise Stan has written, compiled, and edited dozens of other book and print projects for corporations and his own distribution-publishing entity, Nineveh's Crossing. Stan resides in S.E. Michigan with his first, one and only wife, Pam, a cat, and a menagerie of yard mammals. As of this writing they have 3 children and 9 grandchildren residing nearby in Farmington Hills and not so nearby in Iowa.

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  Jonathan Perkins

  Jonathan Perkins is an independent producer, focusing on writing, structure, and creative development for feature films. After graduating from Colorado State University with a double major in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, he spent two years as a youth pastor before moving to Los Angeles. He attended the Act One Executive Program in 2008 while working at Alcon Entertainment; then went on to work at Dreamworks Animation, where he was the effects coordinator for Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special and Kung Fu Panda 2. He has written and produced features and shorts, worked in commercials, and teaches improv on the side.

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  Phil Cooke

  Producer & Media Guru

  Cooke Pictures

  Phil Cooke has produced media programming in more than 40 countries around the world, and in the process, been shot at, survived two military coups, fell out of a helicopter, and in Africa, been threatened with prison. And during that time – through his company Cooke Pictures in Burbank, California – he’s helped some of the largest non-profit organizations in the world navigate periods of dramatic disruption and change. He’s also a founding partner in the commercial production company TWC Films, which produces national advertising for some of the largest companies in the country. TWC Films produced two TV commercials for Super Bowl 2008 and was selected to unveil the revolutionary electric Chevrolet Volt. According to former CNN journalist Paula Zahn, Phil is rare – a working producer in Hollywood with a Ph.D. in Theology. He’s appeared on MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, and his work has been profiled in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Wall Street Journal. His book: Branding Faith: Why Some Churches and Non-Profits Impact the Culture and Others Don’t is changing the way non-profit and religious organizations use the media to tell their story. And his new book Jolt!: Get the Jump on a World That’s Constantly Changing shares his secrets of making today’s culture of disruption and change work for you. He’s lectured at universities like Yale, University of California at Berkeley, UCLA, and is an adjunct professor at the King’s College & Seminary, and Biola University in Los Angeles.

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  Brian S. Chan

  Visual Artist, Pastor & Teacher

  One Thing Church

  Brian S. Chan was born and raised in San Francisco as a first generation Chinese American. He has been married to Ellen for 11 years, and they live in Hollywood. He graduated from the University of California in Davis with B.A. degrees in psychology and sociology. He graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary with a Th.M. in historical theology and a M.A. in Christian Education, and there he completed his thesis research on the beauty of God. Presently, he is the founding and lead pastor of One Thing Church in Hollywood. He leads discussions on faith & film and beauty & theology in the Hollywood community. He is on the faculty at Biola University, teaching Beauty and Spirituality. He also is a doctoral candidate at Talbot School of Theology, studying philosophy and culture. In addition to his ministry and teaching endeavors, he has also been an exhibiting visual artist in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago and Dallas; he was a juror for the 168 Film Festival in 2011. With two black belts in kung fu, he is the instructor of a Wing Chun kung fu studio in Hollywood. He recently authored a book on the impact of beauty on personal, spiritual and social life entitled The Purple Curtain: Living Out Beauty in Faith and Culture from a Biblical Perspective, released in 2011.

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  Caren Bream

  Film Producer, Programs Coordinator, Production Coordinator

  Hollywood Prayer Network, The Greenhouse, Genuine Productions, LLC

  Caren Bream is a film producer, the Programs Coordinator for Hollywood Prayer Network, and the Production Coordinator for The Greenhouse. She grew up in South Central Pennsylvania. She attended school in upstate New York, including several months at the New York School of Urban Ministry in New York City. Among her many travels, she spent six months in Sydney, Australia exploring film production. Her wide range of interests has connected her love for serving people in the inner city, theological studies, and helping to create film and other media productions. After returning to Pennsylvania to serve in an administrative position for a few years she finally realized that it was time to pursue her nine-year dream by moving to Hollywood. Caren loves to enable others to put their dreams into motion and to encourage and challenge people to use their creative abilities to transform culture in Hollywood and around the world. Caren was an associate producer with RB Davies, Inc., in North Hollywood, and currently is a producer with Genuine Productions, LLC, an independent entertainment company.

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  Shun Lee

  Actor & Writer

  Genuine Productions, The Greenhouse, Hollywood Connect

  Shun Lee is an actor, writer and musician. He is the President & Creative Director of The Greenhouse Arts & Media, Inc., the Director of Hollywood Connect, and the CEO & Creative Principal of Genuine Productions, LLC. He graduated summa cum laude from Creighton University with a degree in journalism & mass communications. After obtaining his Juris Doctorate at the University of Iowa, he practiced law for five years, during which he also taught Mass Media Law for three years at Creighton University. In 2003, he left his law practice in Omaha, Nebraska, and moved to Los Angeles to pursue his creative opportunities full-time. He has acted in various film, stage, commercial, and print productions, and is a member of the Screen Actors Guild. He has spent a significant amount of time on stage and in the studio as a songwriter and musician. He has written a number of screenplays, articles, essays, and other works and is an often-requested speaker.

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  Ralph Winter

  Producer

  Ralph Winter, a producer of motion pictures and television, has become one of Hollywood’s most profitable assets. He has worked on some of the biggest box office successes, including the X-Men trilogy, Wolverine, Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes, and the Fantastic Four movies. Now a partner at 1019 Entertainment, Ralph has produced or executive produced over 25 films throughout his career, including Mighty Joe Young and Star Trek (films 3 through 6). He has produced and directed television for Steven Spielberg at DreamWorks. He is a founding partner in the commercial production company, TWC Films, where he and his partners have successfully pioneered branded entertainment with product integration ranging from global beverage brands to automobiles. A graduate of UC Berkeley, Ralph is married with two children. He is active in community affairs and performing arts projects, speaks at universities and film festivals around the world, and serves on several film advisory boards. He is an active member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, the DGA, and the PGA.