Cathy Schulman, producer of this year’s Academy Award Best Picture Crash, is the first Keynote Speaker to be confirmed for the 2006 SPAA Conference commencing 14 November at the Sheraton Mirage on the Gold Coast.
Schulman, who has been working in the film business for almost 20 years, produced Crash with her Bull’s Eye Entertainment partners Tom Nunan and Bob Yari. As well as winning the 2006 Academy Award for Best Picture it also won Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing. The film has won numerous other awards and been released internationally since its world premiere at the 2004 Toronto Film Festival.
