How can we, as hiring managers and producers, build a more diverse ecosystem by learning how to better use everyone's strengths and create a safe and productive environment for all types of people?

Joyce Boll, Executive Producer at Break + Enter, and Aline Lima, VFX Pipeline Technical Director at Nice Shoes, will talk about their professional dynamic and the added value of working with neurodiverse individuals, as Aline identifies. David Siegel, Executive Director at Exceptional Minds, will also join us in this conversation to talk about his experience in supporting neurodivergent individuals put their talent and their strengths to use in the Post Production Industry.

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Guest Speakers:

Joyce Bell - Executive Producer at Break + Enter

With deep roots in the New York post scene, Joyce helms the Features & Episodic VFX department of Break+Enter, a Nice Shoes’ company.
Joyce has successfully launched entertainment ventures on 5 continents for studios and entities within the film, television, music, advertising, gaming, and immersive arenas. Joyce has overseen studios responsible for creating major titles including “Black Swan”, “Moonrise Kingdom”, “Life of Pi”, “Captain America”, bringing a diverse array of projects to BREAK+ENTER: “The Many Saints of Newark”, “Pennyworth S2”, Netflix’s upcoming “and Amazon’s “Outer Range” as well as an array of series for Netflix and Showtime.
Some of the more prominent launches include the first woman-owned cable network in US history, Oxygen Media, as well as Sir Richard Branson’s V2 Music’s online presence. Making British history, Joyce produced London’s first webcast - V2 Music’s Granddaddy Concert.
Always keen to bring up future rock stars, Joyce has taught and developed curriculum for New York University’s CADA & SCPS programs, the School of Visual Arts and served on the panel for creating The Ringling School’s Business of Art & Design Department (BOAD). While launching an animation studio in Tel Aviv, Joyce taught at Bezalel Design Academy in Jerusalem and lectured at the Interdisciplinary College in Herziliya, Stevens Institute of Technology and UNCSA Film School.

Alline Lima - VFX Pipeline Technical Director at Nice Shoes

Based in Brazil, Break + Enter’s VFX Pipeline Technical Director, Aline Lima brings 16 years of pipeline and programming expertise, working with artists and producers to create cutting edge pipeline solutions. Aline’s technical guidance supported a multitude of film & television projects for studios such as 02 Filmes, Vetor Zero, and Casablanca.

Aline, was diagnosed with mild autism later in her adult life, following the diagnosis for her daughter. Since Aline's diagnosis, she has become an advocate raising awareness on neurodiversity in the workplace.

Tim Dailey - Associate Dean at Exceptional Minds

He manages part-time programming, different committees and clubs in the organization, and is currently overseeing technology functions within the academy. When he began working for Exceptional Minds, Tim taught courses related to VFX and Motion Graphics and was involved in providing students guidance in career planning. His background before Exceptional Minds consists of teaching and completing freelance work in the VFX industry. He's previously worked for different companies across the LA area ranging from Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, Baked FX, to CBS Digital. In 2013 he received his MFA in Digital Art from The Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.

Moderator:

David Siegel - Executive Director at Exceptional Minds

David is the Executive Director of California nonprofit of the year Exceptional Minds - an academy and studio preparing people on the autism spectrum for careers in animation and the digital arts.
A former Disney cast member of nearly a decade where he led marketing for Disneytoon Studios, Siegel began his career in talent representation at the William Morris Agency before segueing to a producing deal at a major studio and film financier.
Through his career, Siegel has also served as an advisor to world-class media companies having crafted branding, marketing, and new business strategies for a portfolio of clients that have included award winning marketing and licensing agencies, leading animation studios, Universities, and technology start-ups.
As an active philanthropist and social entrepreneur, Siegel in partnership with his author/philanthropist son Dylan, has raised $1.5 million and unprecedented global awareness toward eradicating a rare genetic disease that will now be cured in the next several years.