Producers Guild’s Produced By Conference 2026 Speakers List: De Luca, Blum, More

The Producers Guild is out with the list of speakers and moderators for the 2026 Produced By Conference, which is set for Saturday, May 30, on the Universal lot in Los Angeles. Have a look below.

Among the big names are Michael De Luca, co-chair (with Pamela Abdy) of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, which is in the thick of the Paramount merger; Blumhouse founder and CEO Jason Blum, with horror such a hot genre at the moment; and Neon founder and CEO Tom Quinn, whose company has released the past six Cannes Palme d’Or winners.

Here are all of the Produced By 2026 speakers and moderators in alphabetical order by first name. The PGA notes that the list is subject to additions and changes:

Alex Garcia
EVP Creative Affairs At Legendary Entertainment | Producer, Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla Vs. Kong

Ash Sarohia
Producer, The Gallerist, The Freshening, Unt. Hirokazu Kore-Eda

Bob Greenblatt
Founder and Producer, The Green Room | Executive Producer, Six Feet Under, The Gilded Age

Carol Mendelsohn
Showrunner and Executive Producer, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Executive Producer, The Faithful: Women of the Bible

Charles Roven
Founder of Atlas Entertainment | Producer, Oppenheimer, The Dark Knight trilogy

Chris Slager
President, Film, Fifth Season | Producer, Friendship, Nonnas

Cleo Abram
Creator and Host, Huge If True

Cynthia Littleton
Co-Editor-In-Chief, Variety

David Friendly
Producer, Friendly Films | Producer, Little Miss Sunshine, Executive Producer, Queen of the South

Donna Gigliotti 
Producer, Hidden Figures, Silver Linings Playbook

Ellen Goldsmith-Vein
Founder and CEO, The Gotham Group | Producer, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Juror #2, The Julia Set

Erica Lee
President and Partner, Thunder Road | Producer Sicario and John Wick franchises

Hawk Koch
Executive Producer, Wayne’s World, Producer, Keeping the Faith

Jana Winograde 
CEO, Atwist

Jason Blum 
Blumhouse, CEO and Founder

Jay Roewe 
SVP Production, Global Incentives & Production Planning, Hbo/Warner Bros. Discovery

Jed Weintrob 
Co-Founder and Partner, 30 Ninjas

Jennifer Howell 
Chief Creative Officer, Deep Voodoo

Joanna Popper
CEO, Laurel Beach

Joe Farrell 
Executive Producer, American Vandal, Producer, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Joe Lewis 
CEO, Amplify Pictures | Executive Producer, 100 Foot Wave, Fleabag

Julina Tatlock 
Partner, 30 Ninjas

Lauren Neustadter 
President, Film and TV, Hello Sunshine

Lori Mccreary 
CEO, Revelations Entertainment | Co-Founder, Foodfight USA

Michael De Luca 
Co-Chair and CEO, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group

Michelle Khare
Creator and Host, Challenge Accepted)

Mike Farah 
Executive Producer, Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, Producer, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Poppy Hanks 
EVP Development and Production, Macro Film Studios | Producer, Freaky Tales, Blue Bayou

Sam Pressman 
CEO, Pressman Films | Producer, Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo, Dailland

Sara Murphy 
Producer, One Battle After Another, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Sev Ohanian 
Founder and Producer, Proximity Media | Producer, Sinners, Searching

Stephanie Allain
Producer, Hustle & Flow, Exhibiting Forgiveness

Tom Quinn
CEO and Founder, Neon

Tommy Oliver
Filmmaker, Fancy Dance, Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Will Schildknecht 
Partner, Latham & Watkins