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Tower of Youth Featured Speaker:

Debbie Denise

Executive Vice President, Production Infrastructure
& Executive Producer, Sony Pictures Imageworks

Debbie Denise is the executive vice president of production infrastructure and executive producer at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Denise is responsible for fostering and supervising the implementation of creative, technical and operational innovations for the company. Currently, Denise is the visual effects executive producer on BEOWULF, the next film to use Imageworks' proprietary performance capture technology, Imagemotionª. Most recently, she completed work on MONSTER HOUSE, SUPERMAN RETURNS and CLICK in addition to the 3D stereoscopic versions of MONSTER HOUSE (in Real D) and OPEN SEASON, the first animated feature from Sony Pictures Animation (in IMAX 3D).

Since joining Imageworks in 1995, Denise has been the visual effects executive producer on films such as THE POLAR EXPRESS, THE FORGOTTEN, SEABISCUIT, ANGER MANAGEMENT, HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE, CAST AWAY, SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS, and the Academy Award (R) nominated STUART LITTLE.

Prior to joining Imageworks, Denise was the head of production at ILM and visual effects producer on the 1994 Academy Award(R) winner for Best Visual Effects, FORREST GUMP as well as the 1992 Academy Award(R) winner for Best Visual Effects, DEATH BECOMES HER.

Denise holds a BFA in Broadcasting from the University of Cincinnati.

We have been immensely inspired with visions from Carl Rosendahl and Richard Chuang of PDI Dreamworks, Bryan Singer and Mike Daugherty (X-Men and Superman), Randy Nelson Dean of Pixar University) Bob Sabiston (Waking life and Scanner Darkly), Leo Chu Sr. VP Feature Animation at Disney Studios, Frank Gladstone (Dreamworks), Rick Dallago (Blue Crush), Sid Ganis (AMPAS), Tom Sherak (Revolution Studios), Jonathan Sanger (Cruise Wagner Productions), Kokayi Ampah Location Director for Dreamworks, Cecelia Hall Sound.