IAFC x Dejero: Staying connected to mission-critical communications

Brandon Cooper has spent much of the last twenty years finding solutions to help creative people produce innovative work. His background in the ever evolving fields of image acquisition and camera technology have led him to develop a keen sense of assessing technical challenges and finding creative solutions. After years of outfitting some of the best cinematographers in the business with tools and technical support to create stunning images he now endeavours to find innovative ways to get those same images where they need to be as quickly and securely as possible.

Before opening Pitch 5 Productions, Brian began his career at Fox Sports and CBS Sports, producing live games and programs. After 10 years in the sports arena, Brian partnered with former Los Angeles Laker, Rick Fox, to form 1744 Entertainment, a production company. They created and produced unscripted original content and independent features.

Brian forged strong relationships within the Entertainment community and was offered a position at Skip Film, a Scott Free Company, as Senior Vice President of Development. He started their Original Programming Division from the ground up, developing a slate of projects and selling 12 network shows that went into production. Three years later, he was named COO, guiding the company as a whole. After building a solid infrastructure at Skip Film, Brian decided to start his own production company and in 2015 opened Pitch 5 Productions.

Hannah Shellswell is a broadcast journalist and presenter who also leads an award-winning creative communications and media agency based in Jersey in the UK. Hannah is in her element when she is in a studio interviewing people. Over the course of her career she has interviewed Prime Ministers, numerous business leaders and celebrities, but she loves nothing more than talking to people in the industry about the industry that she is so passionate about.