Mr. Cones has lectured more than 275 times to an aggregate audience of approximately 5,250 on topics relating to film finance and distribution at lectures and/or panel discussions sponsored by the universities, film industry organizations and bar associations listed below.
Mr. Cones is available to lecture or participate in panel discussions relating to Film Finance and the more narrow topics of Investor Financing of Independent Film or Investor Financing of Business Startups. You may contact him at 310/477-6842 or by e-mail at jwc6774@gmail.com
American Film Institute
American University (Washington, D.C.)
Asheville Film Festival
Austin Film Society
Barnes & Noble
Beverly Hills Bar Association Entertainment Law Section
Black Talent News
California Lawyers for the Arts
California State University, Los Angeles
California Western School of Law (San Diego)
Caribbean Film Institute (Puerto Rico)
Charleston Film Festival
Cinetex ‘90 International Film and Television Festival (Las Vegas)
Cleveland Bar Association
Cleveland Film Commission
Cinewomen (Los Angeles)
Columbia College/Chicago (Semester in LA Program)
Columbia College/Hollywood (12 week courses)
East Lansing Film Festival
Equitable Securities Corporation
Filmmaker Magazine
Founders National Bank of Los Angeles
Georgia Bar Association
Georgia Lawyers for the Arts
Hollywood Film Festival
Hollywood Black Film Festival
Hollywood Film Institute
Idaho Department of Commerce
IFP/West
IFP/West Producer’s Group
International Wildlife Film Festival
Institute for International Film Finance (IIFF)
Latin Entertainment Media Institute
Latin Heat Magazine
The Los Angeles Film School
Los Angeles Texas Exes Annual Hollywood Seminar
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival
Loyola Marymount University
Nashville Bar Association
Nashville Film Festival
NationsBank, Music Row Branch
North Carolina School of the Arts
Northwest Film Center
Occidental College
Oregon State Film Office
Peoria (AZ) Film Festival
Pepperdine University
Portland Creative Conference
Santa Clarita Independent Film Festival
ScreenwritingExpo
Sherwood Oaks College
ShowBiz Expo
Silver Lake Film Festival
Southern Methodist University
Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP)
Texas Association of Film and Tape Professionals
The Nashville Film/Video Association
UCLA Extension (seminars and 11 week courses)
UCLA graduate level Producer’s Program (12 week courses)
UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management
University of Puerto Rico (Continued Education Division)
University of Texas Annual Entertainment Law Institute
UT Austin MBA Texas+ Program
UT Los Angeles Center (Semester in LA Program)
USC Cinema-Television Alumni Association
USC School of Cinema/Television
Whittier Law School Entertainment & Sports Law Society
Women In Film
Writers Boot Camp
Mr. Cones is available to lecture or participate in panel discussions relating to Film Finance and the more narrow topics of Investor Financing of Independent Film or Investor Financing of Business Startups. You may contact him at 310/477-6842 or by e-mail at jwc6774@gmail.com.