Producers Name “Digital 25” Of 2009

PRODUCED BY CONFERENCE, Sony Pictures Studios (June 6, 2009) – The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced “The Digital 25: Visionaries, Innovators and Producers of 2009,” an honor which recognizes individuals and teams that have made the most significant contributions to the advancement of digital entertainment and storytelling over the past year. The announcement was made by the PGA’s New Media Council at the inaugural Produced By Conference at Sony Pictures Studios.

“The Digital 25: Visionaries, Innovators and Producers of 2009” were not ranked. In alphabetical order:
• Sandy Climan, Steve Schklair, Jon Shapiro, & Peter Shapiro – 3ality Digital
• Jeff Bezos, CEO – Amazon (Amazon Kindle)
• Steve Jobs, CEO – Apple computer (iPhone)
• Henry Selick, Creator/Director – Coraline
• Alex Albrecht & Kevin Rose, Co-founders – Diggnation
• Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO – Dreamworks Studios
• Mark Zuckerberg, CEO – Facebook
• Seth MacFarlane, founder – Fuzzy Door Productions
• Jason Kilar, CEO – HULU
• Roger Guyett, Mike Sanders, Steve Sullivan – Industrial Light & Magic
• Evan Spiridellis & Gregg Spiridellis, Co-founders – JibJab
• Jason Goldberg & Ashton Kutcher, Co-founders – Katalyst Media
• Yair Landau, Founder – Mass Animation
• Tom Anderson & Chris DeWolfe, Co-founders – MySpace
• Fred Seibert, Creative Director – Next New Networks
• Shigeru Miyamoto, Video Game Designer – Nintendo
• James Cameron, Chairman and CEO – Lightstorm Entertainment
• Ed Catmull, Pete Docter, John Lasseter, Jim Morris, Andrew Stanton – Pixar
• Laura Michalchyshyn, President/General Manager – Planet Green
• Jonathan Kaplan, Founder – Pure Digital
• Jim Jannard, Founder – RED digital Cinema
• Sam Houser, founder/director – Rockstar Games
• Philip Rosedale, Co-founder – Second Life
• Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone & Evan Williams , Co-founders – Twitter
• Steve Chen & Chad Hurley, Co-founders – YouTube