Photos & Videos: 2012 U.S.-China Film Summit & Gala Dinner

The ‘Year in Review: Panel of Key Players in U.S.-China Co-Production’ panel. L to R: moderator Jonathan Landreth, Managing Editor, ChinaFile.com; William Feng, General Manager and Chief Representative, Motion Picture Association-China; Leon Gao, President Entgroup. (Molly Ann/Asia Society)

Participants in the 'Globalization of Talent' panel discussion at the Asia Society's Third US-China Film Summit at UCLA on Oct 30. L to R: Larry Galper, Creative Artists Agency; Pang Hong, CEO, Kylin Network (Beijing) Movie & Culture Media Co., talent agent; Janet Yang, film producer/cultural ambassador; David Unger, International Creative Management, talent and literary agent; Andrew Ooi, President of Echelon Talent Management; Stephen L. Saltzman Partner Loeb & Loeb. (Molly Ann/Asia Society)

Participants in the 'Investments in U.S. China Co productions: Meet the Chinese Investors' session. L to R: Peter Shiao, CEO Orb Media Group; Wang Lifeng, Partner, Wuxi Jinyu Investment Management; Zhang Zhao, CEO, LeVision Pictures; Ivy Zhong, Vice Chairman, Galloping Horse; Zhao Yifeng, President Huace Media; Jeff Lin, Managing Director, Strategic Bang Group; Liu Yuan, Co-chair, China Mainstream Media; Bennett Pozil, Executive Vice President, East West Bank. (Molly Ann/Asia Society)

Han Sanping (L), Chairman, China Film Group; Peter Shiao, CEO, Orb Media Group. (Molly Ann/Asia Society)

Han Sanping, Chairman, China Film Group. (Molly Ann/Asia Society)

L to R: Han Sanping, Chairman, China Film Group; Peter Shiao, CEO, Orb Media Group; Lewis Coleman, President, Chief Financial Officer, DreamWorks. (Molly Ann/Asia Society)

L to R: Thomas McLain, Chairman, Asia Society Southern California and Partner, Arnold and Porter; Han Sanping, Chairman, China Film Group; Peter Shiao, CEO, Orb Media Group; Lewis Coleman, President, Chief Financial Officer, DreamWorks. (Molly Ann/Asia Society)

Lewis Coleman, President, Chief Financial Officer, DreamWorks. (Molly Ann/Asia Society)

Peter Shiao, CEO, Orb Media Group (L), and Lewis Coleman, President, Chief Financial Officer, DreamWorks. (Molly Ann/Asia Society)

L to R: Zhang Zhao, President Le Vision Pictures; Ivy Zhang, Vice Chairman, Galloping Horse; Zhao Yifang, Director and General Manager, Zhejiang Huace Film & TV Co; Peter Shiao, CEO, Orb Media Group. (Molly Ann/Asia Society)

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LOS ANGELES, October 30, 2012 — Hundreds of guests attended the third annual Asia Society Southern California U.S.-China Film Summit on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, to celebrate connections made and deals to come between Hollywood and China, soon to be the largest overseas consumer of tickets to big budget American-made movies in the world.

An afternoon of discussion about the benefits and pitfalls of Sino-U.S. film co-productions, the flow of acting talent between the two film industries, and Chinese investments into the U.S. entertainment business culminated in a private gala dinner honoring Han Sanping, chairman of the China Film Group, and Lewis Coleman, president and chief financial officer of DreamWorks, the Hollywood studio that aims to open up shop in Shanghai in 2013.

Reported by Jonathan Landreth

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