Tina Fey, Chris Rock Selected as Featured Speakers for 2016 Produced By: New York

According to Variety, The Producers Guild of America has selected Tina Fey and Chris Rock as featured speakers for the 2016 Produced By: New York. The event will take place on October 29th at the Time Warner Center in New York City.

The duo will headline in-depth discussions titled "Triple Threat: Conversation with Tina Fey" and "Dying is Easy. Comedy is Hard." with Rock and Red Hour Films' Stuart Cornfeld.

Commented PGA presidents Lori McCreary and Gary Lucchesi, "Tina Fey and Chris Rock are each living proof that you can be an excellent producer while being the funniest person in the room. The PGA is thrilled to welcome two of the city's most practiced and proven artists to Produced By: New York. We are looking forward to each speaker's unique insight into their careers as actors, writers, storytellers and the path which led to them BECOMING producers."

Produced By is the signature event of the Producers Guild of America where the most influential decision-makers in the entertainment industry gather as peers to educate, illuminate, and share new technological and economic innovations. This event is truly for producers, by producers. This one-day event will showcase the best of the vibrant and diverse New York creative community working in film, television, and new media.

Attendees have the opportunity to network with Oscar-winning filmmakers, Emmy-winning showrunners, and the next generation of creative entrepreneurs during a full day of panel discussions, group mentoring sessions, and an evening cocktail reception.

Produced By is held through the Producers Guild of America's charitable entity, the PGA Foundation, as it epitomizes the Foundation's core mission to educate those who work in the producing profession.

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