British filmmaker of award-winning documentary, American: The Bill Hicks Story, Matt Harlock, and founding partner of No Mimes Media, Steve Peters of the Emmy Award-winning Fourth Wall Studios are confirmed speakers for SPAA2012.
American: The Bill Hicks Story, was theatrically released by the producers, day-and-date with VOD in the USA. The film was the second most successful documentary released in UK cinemas in 2011, played at over forty international festivals, and was released in thirty five US cities in April 2011, going on to achieve a top 10 iTunes Docs & Indy chart position for two months. Currently the film is seeing significant returns from pay-per-view in 100 million homes on the TimeWarner Comcast cable network. Harlock will be part of the breakout session VOD: Too Many Secrets? on Wednesday 14 November at 11:15am.
