Akilah Green (Writer-Producer)
When: Monday, September 26, 2022 - 5:00-6:15 pm CT
Note: Speaker sessions are subject to change based on evolving guest schedules.
Please join us for a Q&A session where we discuss Akilah Green’s career trajectory, her roles and responsibilities, and her views on the current state of the media industries.
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Speaker Biography
Akilah Green is a lawyer-turned-TV writer who spent several years working as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. before switching careers. Akilah has written for Showtime's Black Monday, both seasons of HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show, for which she was nominated for an Emmy, and both seasons of Amazon's Yearly Departed, for which she won a Gracie Award and has been nominated for two Writers Guild of America awards. She has also written for NBC's Perfect Harmony and specials like The 72nd Primetime Emmys hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize, and NBC's A Legendary Christmas with John and Chrissy. She is currently a writer-producer on an Apple TV show that was developed by Taika Waititi.
Spring 2023 MIC Speakers
Feb. 6 - Neal H. Moritz
Producer & Founder of Original Film
10:00–11:15 am CT
Fall 2022 MIC Speakers
Aug. 29 - Launching Your Career, Corporate Side (Panel)
Guests include Ben Harizman (Assistant, William Morris Endeavor), Daniel Tuggle (Chief of Staff, Moment), Hemrani Vyas (Assistant Manager of Programming, TCM), and Rachel Wang (Project Artemis, Office Production Assistant, Apple Studios).
5:00–6:15 pm CT
Sept. 9 - Robert Iger
Retired Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company
Sept. 12 - Launching Your Career, Screenwriter & Agent
Jim Ehrich (literary agent, Rothman Brecher Ehrich Livingston) & Cindy McCreery (RTF faculty member, Honey Girls)
5:00–6:15 pm CT
Sept. 19 - Dr. Thomas Schatz
Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Austin
5:00–6:15 pm CT
Sept. 26 - Akilah Green
Writer-Producer, A Black Lady Sketch Show
5:00–6:15 pm CT
Oct. 3 - Andrew Wang
Head of Development & Production, Juvee Productions
5:00–6:15 pm CT
Oct. 10 - Jordan Levin
General Manager, Rooster Teeth
5:00–6:15 pm CT
Oct. 17 - Johannes Larcher
Former Head of International, HBO Max
5:00–6:15 pm CT
Oct. 24 - Barry Dale Johnson
Senior Vice President, National Publicity, Fox Searchlight
5:00–6:15 pm CT
Oct. 31 - Lucy Huang
Senior Production Executive, Amazon Studios
5:00–6:15 pm CT
Nov. 7 - Elaine Frontain Bryant
Executive Vice President & Head of Programming, A&E
5:00–6:15 pm CT
Nov. 14 - Entertainment Law (panel)
PJ Shapiro & Greg Slewett (lawyers and partners, Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole)
5:00–6:15 pm CT
Nov. 28 - Michelle Trujillo McKibben
Manager, Original Series Post Production at Netflix
5:00–6:15 pm CT