Feature on Andrea von FOERSTER─The Power of Music Supervision: Ambassador of Emotion in Visuals
Andrea von FOERSTER - Keynote Speaker
CEO/Music Supervisor of Firestarter Music
Andrea von FOERSTER is an award-winning music supervisor for film, television and online projects based in Los Angeles. Throughout her 20 years+ in the industry, her credits include independent films such as (500) Days of Summer, From Prada to Nada, Bellflower, Begin Again, Before We Go, The Bad Batch, Happy Death Day, and Happy Death Day 2U; studio films such as Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Chronicle, Chasing Mavericks, Fantastic Four, Going In Style, Breakthrough, Sweet Girl, Those Who Wish Me Dead and AIR; music documentaries such as The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights, Butch Walker: Out Of Focus, and Jaco. Her television work includes Daybreak, Dollhouse, Stargate Universe, Don't Trust The B In Apt. 23, Modern Family, Life In Pieces, Scream (TV), Queen Of The South, Run’s House, Life Of Ryan, Mayor Of Kingstown, Tulsa King, 1883, and Special Ops: Lioness.
Andrea collaborates with filmmakers to deliver their musical vision for their projects. She handles creative, clearance, pre-records, on camera performances, and commissioning original songs. Andrea is a dual citizen and able to work in the U.S. and U.K.
Mark FRIESER - Moderator
CEO of Sync Summit
Mark FRIESER is the Founder and CEO of the music licensing educational and events platform Sync Summit (https://syncsummit.com) and the music licensing agency, Disconic (https://disconic.com). Mark’s work in technology, music and entertainment began in high school as a journalist for the long-island based music magazine Good Times (https://goodtimesmag.com) in 1983. Since then, Mark’s worked as a technologist and executive at companies that include About.com, Nielsen, Jupiter Communications, News Corporation, iVillage, IDT, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Women Japan, Hachette and Llagardere and founded the mobile music consultancy Consect. Mark was educated at Queens College and the Sorbonne and continues to be obsessed with discovering and sharing the next big thing in tech and music.
