Caroline Ceniza-Levine is a business and career expert , an independent film producer, and a stand-up comic .

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Sense8 is being produced by Georgeville Television, in association with Studio JMS. Georgeville Television is a Reliance Entertainment company and independent television studio, formed by veteran film and television producer Marc Rosen, in partnership by Motion Picture Capital's Leon Clarance and Producer Deepak Nayar.

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Raddon was an independent producer for many years, and served as director of the Los Angeles Film Festival for a decade.

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To kick things off, the SFF will present actor, writer, director and producer Eli Roth with its first Visionary Award for his contributions to independent film.

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