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PANEL: The Marriage Between Creative and Business
Moderators 
Executive Director, Lone Star Film Society
Filmmaker and founder of the Hill Country Film Festival in Fredericksburg, TX, Chad Mathews joined the LSFF team in 2015 as the organization's film society and festival director. Having worked as a screenwriter, actor and director, Chad spent 15 years in Los Angeles before moving back to Texas to pursue a career in the film festival world.
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Principal, HM Risk Group
I started my career in insurance after receiving my undergraduate degree in Music Theory and Composition from Centenary College of Louisiana, and my graduate degree in Finance from Texas A&M University. So, I am certain that you can see the connection! I was like many college graduates who started in the business – it was the only industry willing to pay liberal arts majors an outrageous salary for a non-desk position.
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Producer
Christian Sosa – resides in Austin, TX and graduated from Red McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas in Austin with a degree in Finance. Early industry experience began in post-production/production accounting, foreign sales agreements, line producing/production management, and royalty accounting. In 2008, Sosa produced 2 features (The Eves, Buck Wild) in Goliad, Texas for 39 oil/gas investors, handling everything from...
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Dr. Timmer has worked for the Federal Communications Commission and for a consulting firm that provided business and regulatory advice to major entertainment companies. Other professional experiences include stints as a business writer, a commercial credit analyst, and a salesperson of TV advertisements. Dr. Timmer specializes in government regulation of the media business. His published work in Communication Law and Policy has dealt with...
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