Forbidden City

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Tribeca All Access® 2005

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Reclusive book editor Soliel Li inadvertently saves a strange woman from an assault, but is unprepared for the surreal consequences that follow. Producers Jane Chen and Mia Riverton.  Suspense Drama.

Forbidden City

Georgia Lee

Director/Screenwriter

Georgia Lee has directed five short films. Her first two, and Bloom have shown at numerous film festivals and was broadcast as part of series on PBS. In 2000, she was selected as Martin Scorses's apprentice on in Rome. Her short-film won Best Short Film at the Durango Film Festival and was also broadcast as part of the series. Lee recently completed two short films, and Diagnosis, and her first feature film Red Doors, which screened at the Tribeca Film Festival. Lee graduated cum laude with a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Harvard University.

Jane Chen

Producer

Jane Chen was most recently Vice President of Strategy at American Vantage Media, the parent company of Hypnotic, producers of The O.C., and video game developer YaYa. Prior to AVM, Chen was Director of Research at <kpe>, an interactive marketing agency for the media and entertainment industry, serving clients such as Sony, Carsey-Warner-Mandabach, and World Wrestling Entertainment. She has written numerous articles on entertainment marketing and is one of the foremost experts on the subject within the interactive space. She has been featured in The Hollywood Reporter, The Industry Standard, The Harvard Business Review, and The New York Times. In 1999, she was involved in the production of Georgia Lee’s short film Bloom. In 2001, Chen co-wrote and co-produced the short film Educated. She also served as Executive Producer on Lee’s most recent short Diagnosis. Chen graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies from Harvard University.

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Mia Riverton

Producer

Mia Riverton is an accomplished producer and actress, having worked in film, television and theater for over a decade.  She most recently produced and starred in the critically-acclaimed film Red Doors, which was theatrically released in the fall of 2006 and is now available on DVD. Red Doors won Best Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival, a Special Jury Prize for Acting at CineVegas, and the Audience Award and Grand Jury Award for Screenwriting at Outfest 2005. A singer-songwriter since childhood,  Mia wrote and performed a song for the film’s soundtrack. She also cowrote and coproduced a one-hour pilot for CBS based on Red Doors.