Brian Grazer, Academy Award-winning Producer
Paul Farmer CBE, CEO of Mind
Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of Coursera
Adm. Timothy J. Keating, USN (Ret.) and Brig. Gen. Robert S. Spalding III, USAF (Ret.)
An Update on Therapies and VaccinesBrian Grazer discusses the films and television shows that have defined his career; the future of the constantly evolving entertainment landscape; and insights from his latest book, Face to Face: The Art of Human Connection.
On the making of the Academy Award-winning film A Beautiful Mind: “I thought about mental disability and I thought about how we look at people, just how we see each other...I just thought, I'm going to try to find something, a story that can help destigmatize mental disability.”
On how he wanted to tell the story of Apollo 13: “I chose to see it singularly as a survival story… I love to celebrate greatness. I love to celebrate human capacity and capability, and I love to celebrate bravery and stuff like that. So, I thought, this has both things.”