SPECIAL 3 PART WEBINAR SERIES
SAT, JUNE 24 • SAT, AUG 12 • SAT, SEPT 19 | 10 AM HST
featuring
Karen and Jim Covell
Karen is a producer, author, and founder of the Hollywood Prayer Network. Jim is a Hollywood composer. More…
Sat, June 24
Katherine Warnock
Associate Producer for The Chosen television series. More…
Sat, Aug 12
Shun Lee Fong
Actor, writer, producer, director. President of The Greenhouse. More…
Sat, Sept 19
Join us for a series of 3 free webinars when we talk with Hollywood insiders about upholding, affirming, and sharing biblical values in the writing room, on the production set, in the entertainment culture.
Our conversations will cover areas including:
The history of the entertainment/media industry and its impact on morality
The influence the media/entertainment industry has on morality today
Christians and the entertainment industry
Why and how you can be a Christian in Hollywood without watering down your faith
Evangelism, fellowship, discipleship and ministry in the entertainment industry
Stories of faith in Hollywood
How God is using The Chosen TV series inside and outside Hollywood
Praying for Hollywood
What is coming down the line that we can get excited about
SPECIAL 3 PART WEBINAR SERIES!
Registration includes access to the webinar video for two weeks after each webinar.
Karen and Jim Covell
KAREN is an independent Producer of films, Specials and Documentaries, Founding Director of the Hollywood Prayer Network (HPN) and Co-Founder and Producer for JC Productions, an independent film and music production company. She is also an active member of the Producers Guild of America and currently packaging a feature film. As Founding Director of HPN, Karen challenges Christians around the world to pray for the people, the projects and the issues in the world’s most influential marketplace, Hollywood. She also speaks and teaches around the country on how to pray for the people in the world’s most influential mission field; the entertainment industry. She is a published co-author of three books, two with her husband Jim and their writing partner Victorya Rogers entitled How To Talk About Jesus Without Freaking Out (the young people’s version called “The J Bomb”) and The Day I Met God, and the devotional book Hollywood, Jesus and You. More at karencovell.com.
JIM is a composer and graduate of the University of Southern California with a BFA in Music Composition. His career began with the live action/animated series McGee & Me, after which he then he worked extensively with Ron Howard in television. He scored 50 episodes of Tom & Jerry for HBO Max, and two seasons of the worldwide Netflix hit series Beastmaster. He also recorded the score for the feature motion picture Left Behind with the London Symphony (choir conducted by the ubiquitous Dr John Sutton).
Jim’s concert works and musicals are performed around the country. He is currently working on a 90-minute oratorio, “The Lynching of the Christ” for orchestra, chorus and gospel soloist, which compares the “crucifixion” to the “lynching” of 4000 African Americans. Learn more about Jim at jamescovell.com
The Covells’ two sons, Christopher and Cameron, who are filmmakers in Los Angeles and New York City.
Katherine Warnock
KATHERINE is Vice President of Original Content for The Chosen, a television series dramatizing the life of Jesus of Nazareth, which is now in preparation for seasons five and six. A senior-level strategist, Katherine holds a background in content, creative, marketing, and branding based leadership spanning film, television, digital, editorial, fashion, and social enterprise. She is a dual resident of the US and the UK and is passionate about positively affecting culture through purposeful, anchored, content-driven media.
Prior to this, she was senior director of content at MGM, and general manager at Darling Media. In addition to her media and creative gifts, Katherine also served as Director of Operations for Vintage Church in Los Angeles from 2014-2016
Shun Lee Fong
Shun Lee is an actor, writer, director, and the creative principal of Genuine Productions, LLC. He graduated summa cum laude from
Creighton University with a degree in journalism
& mass communications. After obtaining a Juris Doctorate at the University of Iowa, he practiced law for 5 years, focusing on intellectual property, media law, and corporate transactions, before pursuing his professional creative career. A member of SAG-AFTRA, he has performed in numerous film, theater, commercial, voiceover, and print projects. He is a producer of the
animated series The Dead Sea Squirrels and the feature films Sketch, Crosspoint, and Sun Moon, and spends time as a musician on stage and in the studio. He has written a number of articles, screenplays, and other works and is the author of The Saints & The Poets. A popular speaker on creativity & leadership, he teaches entertainment law at Elon University, John Paul the Great University, Asbury University, and Lipscomb University.
Shun Lee has served as the President and Creative Director of The Greenhouse Arts & Media since its inception in June 2007. Since then, he has successfully guided and expanded the organization by creating a number of acclaimed programs, performances, and projects, including The Greenhouse Studios, The Greenhouse Production Program, The Creative Lab, The Spotlight Workshops, The Filmmakers Lab, The Entertainment Alliance Mentoring Program, The Greenhouse: Music, and more. Under his leadership, The Greenhouse and its team have mentored and impacted over 9,500 creative artists from around the world. During that time, he has produced and/or directed over 120 short films, produced numerous music concerts and other entertainment community events, and led interviews of some of the industry’s most successful creative professionals. Added to these creative endeavors, he has regularly taught workshops on entertainment law, copyright & intellectual property, and film financing & distribution.
With his background in business, law, and the arts, and as an accomplished actor, writer, musician, and filmmaker himself, Shun Lee has deep insight and vision for equipping and mentoring artists, identifying and cultivating talent, leading effective creative teams, and developing high quality projects and performances that shape community and culture.