Celia Aniskovich
Documentary Film Director-Celia Aniskovich is a New York based director and producer. Her career began in live broadcast news as an NBC Page before she transitioned into narrative and documentary filmmaking. She has directed, produced, developed and consulted on numerous US & UK projects and her films and series have been broadcast around the world. In April of 2020, How to Fix a Drug Scandal, which Celia co-produced, broke the top 5 most-watched shows on Netflix three days after it premiered. In July of 2020, Fear City: New York vs the Mafia, which Celia field produced, became the #1 most watched show on Netflix at that time 24 hours after it premiered. Celia also produced the successful, Surviving Jeffrey Epstein, for Lifetime.
In 2021, she released Spy Affair, a 6-part podcast series for Wondery Originals based on the story of alleged Russian spy, Maria Butina. She also wrote, directed, and produced BURN IT DOWN!, a feature documentary about Woodstock 99, for MRC Studios/Rolling Stone that had its world premiere at the 2021 BFI London Film Festival. Her other 2021 premiers include a feature documentary she executive produced and directed for Discovery+, Fruitcake Fraud (Nominated for a Realscreen Award), and a film she produced for HBO Max, Beanie Mania. Her most recent feature release, a documentary entitled Call Me Miss Cleo (Nominated for an Astra Award), premiered in December 2022 on HBO Max. In 2024 she had two short documentaries Oscar qualify - Facing the Falls, EP'd by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton and Taking Back the Groove, EP'd by Raekwon of Wu-Tang Clan. This year, she launched a new longform nonfiction digital magazine, Switchboard, which serves as an IP incubator for TV and Film properties.
Brand Jeopardy – The Risk and Reward of Brandstorytelling featuring Who is Watson? The Day AI Went Primetime
B2B marketing has a reputation problem. In a category where rational, feature-led messaging dominates, most brands play it safe—and most audiences tun…B2B marketing has a reputation problem. In a category where rational, feature-led messaging dominates, most brands play it safe—and most audiences tune out. But a growing number of marketers are placing a different bet: that the biggest risk in B2B i…B2B marketing has a reputation problem. In a category where rational, feature-led messaging dominates, most brands play it safe—and most audiences tune out. But a growing number of marketers are placing a different bet: that the biggest risk in B2B isn’t telling a bold story, it’s not telling one at all.This session puts that thesis to the test. We’ll open with the premiere of "Who Is Watson?", a short documentary produced by global B2B agency Tr…B2B marketing has a reputation problem. In a category where rational, feature-led messaging dominates, most brands play it safe—and most audiences tune out. But a growing number of marketers are placing a different bet: that the biggest risk in B2B isn’t telling a bold story, it’s not telling one at all.This session puts that thesis to the test. We’ll open with the premiere of "Who Is Watson?", a short documentary produced by global B2B agency Transmission that captures one of the most audacious brand moments in tech history—when IBM bet its reputation on putting Watson on Jeopardy! and brought an enterprise AI into the cultural mainstream.After the screening, we’ll move into a candid panel discussion on what it actually takes to make brand storytelling happen in B2B: the decision to invest, the craft behind great stories, the internal politics of getting alignment, and the business outcomes that justify the risk. Moderated by Transmission’s David Reid with perspectives from a documentary filmmaker, a brand leader at Qualcomm, and a marketing effectiveness expert from the ANA, this is a conversation about what separates the brands that play it safe from the ones that break through.Show MoreClick the title to see all detailsShow More
