Tiffany Shlain
Emmy-nominated filmmaker and Webby Awards founder, Tiffany Shlain’s films and work have received over 65 awards and distinctions, including being named by NPR as having delivered one of the Best Commencement Speeches, Ever, and by Newsweek as “one of the women shaping the 21st Century.” Four of her films have premiered at Sundance, including her acclaimed feature documentary Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology, for which Shlain’s signature style was hailed by The New York Times as “high-tech Terry Gilliam.” The US State Department has also selected three of Shlain’s films to represent America at embassies around the world for the American Film Showcase. Her hit series on AOL, The Future Starts Here, received over 20 million views in its first season, and was nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy Award in the category of New Approaches: Arts, Lifestyle, Culture. The second season launches on Oct 23, 2014. Follow her: @tiffanyshlain.