Diane Cornell

Diane worked in film and television production beginning in production accounting. She is a member of the Directors Guild of America as a Unit Production Manager, and the Producers Guild of America. She works as a UPM, Line Producer, and Producer, all over the world. Diane has worked with NBC, ABC, CBS, Showtime, HBO, Universal Pictures, Columbia-Tristar, Trimark, Promark, Hallmark (RHI), Alliance Entertainment, John Davis Entertainment, Forecast Pictures (France), TF1 and Archlight Productions. She is often hired to review finance packages, prepare budgets and cash flows for other Producers films and to bring run-away productions back on budget and schedule. She has expertise in both film and animation. Recently, she formed Cornell/Linecker Media and with her partner is developing a slate of films for production in the U.S. and abroad. "The Virus" and "Leech"(a Canadian Co-Production), will be the first films on the slate. She is also producing with Back Fence Productions in Atlanta the feature film "Done It All". She has a slate of 22 film projects in development. She has guest lectured at AFI, UCLA, USC and Chapman University in both their Producer and Director Degree programs.