Top Creative Minds Share Their Secrets

After a seven-year hiatus the Portland Creative Conference is back. The conference, which ended its initial 12-year run in 2001,was a full immersion into the spirit of creativity - where extraordinarily talented people came to share personal insights into the creative process. There were multimedians, producers, directors, writers, composers, artists, actors, advertising legends, and more, all gathering for an electrifying and interactive exchange of ideas. When they revealed their failures as well as their successes, they convinced us that anything is possible.

> View a promotional video from the initial conference run narrated by Marting Sheen (1990-2001)
> View photos from the initial run (1990-2001)

Past Speakers

1990 Ed Asner Glenn Gordon Caron Caleb Deschanel Bob Gale Monte Merrick Christopher Monger Walter Murch Dennis Muren Donald Petrie Gus Van Sant Will Vinton John Willett Vilmos Zsigmond	1991 Rick Baker Matt Groening Chuck Jones Danny Elfman Terry Louise Fisher Kohei Oguri Donald Petrie Martin Sheen Caroline Thompson Robert Watts	1992 Jim Blashfield Joe Dante Richard Gibbs Ray Harryhausen Bill McAllister Dana Olsen Barry Primus Joe Pytka Dan Wieden
1993 Chris Arnold Michael Backes Wes Craven Buck Henry Debra Hill Amy Holden Jones Barry Primus Gus Van Sant Michael Tolkin	1994 Michael Beach Amy Brenneman Martha Coolidge Barry Corbin Syd Field Robert Greenberg Peter Lord Tony Seiniger Karen Sillas Brad Silberling	1995 Hal Barwood Chris Carter Peter Dunne Peter Gilbert Bruce Greenwood Judith James Gary Johns Marta Kauffman Spike Lee Rob Legato
1996 Tricia Ashford Ed Asner Bill Buxton Charlie Hauck Gregory Harrison Jonathan Hensleigh Randal Kleiser Gary Larson Greg Roach	1997 Rosemary Brandenburg Michael Brook Bonnie Bruckheimer Steve Buscemi Lee Clow David Kennerly Chris Montan Dennis Muren James Sheldon Rob Siltanen Kevin Townsend	1998 Alf Clausen Denny Dent Anne Flett-Giordano Cliff Freeman Nicholas Kazan & Robin Swicord Rob Legato David Siegel Mike Slade Kenneth Turan Gus Van Sant Peggy Van Pelt Saul Zaentz
1999 John Callahan Seymour Cassel Jill Goldsmith Matt Groening Don Hahn Alexandra Rose Tiffany Shlain Rich Silverstein Jonathan Taplin Eugenio Zanetti	2000 George Meyer Linda Wallem Mike Rich Liz Dollan Brad Johnson and Julie Beeler Joe Rohde Michael Curry Tammy Tiehel Stedman	2001 Hilary Bader Barry Braverman Frank Capra, Jr. Cynthia Hargrave Karen Dietz Michael Rymer Charles Schwartz John Schwartzman Peggy Van Pelt