Disney’s Jennifer Lee, AMPAS CEO Bill Kramer to Headline BFI London Film Festival Industry Forum

The 67th BFI London Film Festival’s annual industry forum has assembled a lineup of heavyweights.The forum events, which take place through the festival, kick off with a conversation between Bill Kramer, CEO, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and Jane Millichip, CEO of BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) and Ben Roberts, BFI chief executive.The first of the forum’s three spotlight conversations will see Jennifer Lee, chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, speak with Tricia Tuttle, head of directing fiction at the National Film and Television School, to talk about her career, her time working at Disney and the creative vision behind the upcoming animated musical comedy adventure “Wish,” which Lee co-wrote and executive produced.In the second, Carole Baraton, co-founder and CEO of French sales company Charades will talking about making editorial choices, the relationship with talent, and…

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