Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson Join IndieWire Summit

Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson are set to appear at IndieWire’s Future of Filmmaking summit this Saturday. The two producers have worked on a long list of major projects, including “The Hunger Games” and “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette.”

Jacobson was once president of Disney’s Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, where she oversaw films like “The Sixth Sense,” “The Princess Diaries,” and “Pirates of the Caribbean.” She launched Color Force in 2007 and has spent the last two decades producing big movies and prestige TV. Simpson, who previously led Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions, joined Color Force as a partner in 2012.

Together, they have also produced “Crazy Rich Asians,” “The Shards,” and “American Crime Story.” In a session moderated by IndieWire editor-in-chief Brent Lang, they will talk about producing in a changing film industry and their current slate, which includes “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” and a new “Crazy Rich Asians” series for HBO.

The summit will be held at Penske Media’s headquarters at Lumen West LA and will include panels and networking focused on storytelling, technology, and the people shaping film and TV today.