Join us for a screening of the documentary “Whitney” followed by a Q&A discussion with the film’s producer, Lisa Erspamer.

ABOUT LISA ERSPAMER:

Lisa Erspamer is a New York Times best-selling author and the creator of “Pickler & Ben.”  She is a three-time Emmy-nominated producer for her work on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and her documentary film “Running from Crazy” about the Hemingway family. She recently produced the highly acclaimed documentary “Whitney,” based on the late Whitney Houston, which premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival. She is known for her influential 19-year collaboration with Harpo Productions, as chief creative officer and executive vice president of programming and development for The Oprah Winfrey Network. While there, she brought over 40 original series and seven original documentaries to air in less than two years, and served as co-executive producer of “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” where she produced some of the show’s most memorable episodes, including the famous car giveaway, biggest flash mob in history, Oprah’s after-Oscar specials and Whitney Houston’s final interview.

Lisa is the founder of Lisa Erspamer Entertainment and co-founder of Happy Street Entertainment, both Los Angeles-based multi-media production and consulting companies focused on creating compelling scripted and non-scripted content for television, digital and film. Lisa and team have brought their unique media and storytelling expertise to clients including Starbucks, Sony, People Magazine, Pinterest, Apple and more. In addition to the national syndicated talk show “Pickler & Ben,” Lisa has several other projects in production under the moniker Happy Street Entertainment, such as a documentary on legendary songwriter Diane Warren with two-time Oscar winner Barbara Koppel.