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ADC104 Experiential Design Jury
Diana Williams
CEO
Kinetic Energy Entertainmnet
Los Angeles, United States
Diana Williams is the CEO & Co-founder of Kinetic Energy Entertainment. She has
a wide range of experience in the entertainment industry, developing IP and
producing creative content for distribution across all media. Throughout her
career she has been at the forefront of working with emerging and established
creators to ensure a diversity of voices and talent are included in an ever-evolving industry.
Kinetic Energy Entertainment is a multi-platform venture studio specializing in
building businesses around the development, production and marketing of IP that
is entertaining, culturally impactful, and accessible across all media. Kinetic’s
slate includes a TV series in development at HBO set in the world of K-Pop, TV
series adaptation of The Gatecrashers comic, political sim videogame Political
Arena, podcast series Founder Hustle inspired by venture fund 1863 Ventures’
focus on entrepreneurs of color, Crimson an epic fantasy/thriller take on Alice in
Wonderland, YA sci-fi adventure Space Hoppers, recipe-memoir Adventures in
Starry Kitchen, creative studio and publisher Shifting Tides, and a documentary
feature film in post-production with Apple+. Kinetic is also an advisor to
companies that are utilizing cutting-edge technologies to innovate in traditional
entertainment categories.
Prior to Kinetic, Diana was the Creative Development and Franchise Producer for
Star Wars at Lucasfilm, where she developed film and tv (including Star Wars
Rebels, Rogue One), mobile and console videogames (including 2015’s
Battlefront), and publishing (Marvel’s Star Wars comics and novel expansions).
While at Lucasfilm she was on the founding team that launched start-up
ILMxLAB, an immersive entertainment and VR/AR/mixed reality lab, with projects
including Vader Immortal for Oculus/Meta, Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire for
The Void, and Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Academy Award winning VR
experience Carne y Arena. Diana has also worked with BET Networks as a
production consultant on Let the Church Say Amen, Gun Hill Road, and The
Kenya Barris Project.
Diana produced the critically acclaimed feature film Our Song, which earned her
a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award in the Producer category. Other
credits include documentaries Room 237, the Emmy award-winning Sylvia Drew
Ivie, Student Academy Award-nominated Another First Step, Industrial Light &
Magic: Creating the Impossible, Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis, and Dear
Mom Love Cher.
a wide range of experience in the entertainment industry, developing IP and
producing creative content for distribution across all media. Throughout her
career she has been at the forefront of working with emerging and established
creators to ensure a diversity of voices and talent are included in an ever-evolving industry.
Kinetic Energy Entertainment is a multi-platform venture studio specializing in
building businesses around the development, production and marketing of IP that
is entertaining, culturally impactful, and accessible across all media. Kinetic’s
slate includes a TV series in development at HBO set in the world of K-Pop, TV
series adaptation of The Gatecrashers comic, political sim videogame Political
Arena, podcast series Founder Hustle inspired by venture fund 1863 Ventures’
focus on entrepreneurs of color, Crimson an epic fantasy/thriller take on Alice in
Wonderland, YA sci-fi adventure Space Hoppers, recipe-memoir Adventures in
Starry Kitchen, creative studio and publisher Shifting Tides, and a documentary
feature film in post-production with Apple+. Kinetic is also an advisor to
companies that are utilizing cutting-edge technologies to innovate in traditional
entertainment categories.
Prior to Kinetic, Diana was the Creative Development and Franchise Producer for
Star Wars at Lucasfilm, where she developed film and tv (including Star Wars
Rebels, Rogue One), mobile and console videogames (including 2015’s
Battlefront), and publishing (Marvel’s Star Wars comics and novel expansions).
While at Lucasfilm she was on the founding team that launched start-up
ILMxLAB, an immersive entertainment and VR/AR/mixed reality lab, with projects
including Vader Immortal for Oculus/Meta, Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire for
The Void, and Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Academy Award winning VR
experience Carne y Arena. Diana has also worked with BET Networks as a
production consultant on Let the Church Say Amen, Gun Hill Road, and The
Kenya Barris Project.
Diana produced the critically acclaimed feature film Our Song, which earned her
a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award in the Producer category. Other
credits include documentaries Room 237, the Emmy award-winning Sylvia Drew
Ivie, Student Academy Award-nominated Another First Step, Industrial Light &
Magic: Creating the Impossible, Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis, and Dear
Mom Love Cher.