NYWIFT is hosting our first Fiscal Sponsorship Brunch Meeting in partnership with Flagstar Bank!
Meet fellow filmmakers in the program and learn about tools designed for film and television production, including Incentiviiz (helps productions of all sizes maximize tax incentives) and Conduiit (cloud-based purchase order, payment request and file management system).
Speakers include Shawn Hamilton (Founder of Conduiit, Inc.), Peter Marra (Senior Vice President and Group Director, Flagstar Bank), and Easmanie Michel (NYWIFT Director of Artists’ Programs and Finance).
All NYWIFT Fiscal Sponsorship Filmmakers are welcome. And Filmmakers interested in learning more about our program are invited to attend and build community with creators!
Date: Monday, June 30, 2025
Time: 1:00 – 3:00pm ET
Location: Flagstar Bank (1400 Broadway, 27th floor, NY 10018)
RSVP is needed to attend. There is limited seating. Open exclusively to NYWIFT Members.
Shawn Hamilton is Founder and CEO of Conduiit – a fintech company dedicated to helping media and entertainment companies minimize cost while maximizing revenues. He is passionate about bringing cutting edge technology to the film and television industry, one plagued by antiquated technologies.
Prior to launching Conduiit, Shawn was a production controller and consultant for networks including Sesame Street, HBO, Netflix, and Amazon.com. Prior to his roles in entertainment, Shawn worked in audit at Deloitte and Touche. He holds a B.S. in accounting from Hampton University and is active on the board of Educational Arts, a non-profit dedicated to engaging the next generation in the Arts to drive educational benefits.
Peter Marra started his banking career at Republic National Bank in 1987. Throughout his career, Peter has worked extensively with middle market commercial clients, high net worth individuals and their advisors. Peter’s clients have operated in a wide variety of industries including entertainment, temporary staffing, manufacturing, importing and real estate. He possesses extensive experience with personal and professional services firms such as business management firms, law firms and accounting practices. Peter provides his clients with multitude of financial services to assist them in meeting their diverse banking and credit needs. Credit solutions have included working capital lines of credit, term loans and extensions of credit to intellectual property owners collateralized by IP assets such as music copyrights. Peter and his Flagstar Private Client Group are always available to meet with prospective new clients to discuss how their team can assist with fulfilling deposit, cash management and credit needs.
Easmanie Michel manages NYWIFT’s fiscal sponsorship program; works closely with NYWIFT’s CEO and treasurer on the monthly profit and loss statement and annual budget; handles the day-to-day tasks of recording financial transactions; works with the Finance Controller on reconciliations and the yearly audit; co-produces the Muse Awards and Designing Women; coordinates the Animation Series; and curates the Immigrant Screening Series. Easmanie has worked continuously in the film and television industry since 2004. She worked in the production office for the feature films Transporter and Miami Vice. She worked as the location assistant on the film Hoot. She worked as the assistant production coordinator on TV Series Miami Ink. She also worked on TV show Burn Notice and CSI: Miami. Easmanie is currently producing the feature Caroline’s Wedding, which she co-wrote. The script was a finalist for the New York University Fusion Film Festival and it was also one of the scripts selected to participate in the Women at Sundance Financing and Strategy Intensive in 2016. In February of 2018 the script was the Grand Prize Winner of the American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest. The script was also a finalist for the New Renaissance London Film Festival in 2021. Easmanie also received the New York Council on the Arts Individual Artist grant for Caroline’s Wedding. She has MA in Cinema Studies from New York University and and she is currently completing a Certificate in Financial Accounting at NYU. A list of Easmanie’s production credits can be found at https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm1890668
Thanks to our partners:
Flagstar Bank
1400 Broadway, 27th floor, NY, NY 10018
programs@nywift.org
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NYWIFT programs, screenings and events are supported, in part, by grants from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
