Ike Holter is a Chicago writer. Some of his work includes “The Rightlynd Saga”, a series of 7 interconnected plays that the Chicago Tribune called “one of the most significant literary achievements in modern-day Chicago.” For Television, he won the WGA award for “Best Adaptation” for his work on the Emmy-award winning FX series “Fosse/Verdon”, and his miniseries “Harold” was recently picked up by Wayfarer studios. He recently worked with Kid Cudi on the "To The Moon" tour. He is a lecturer and teacher at Yale University, and Winner of the Windham-Campbell prize for drama, one of the highest literary awards in the world. Repped by WME and M88.
The keynote address, followed by Q & A, will be Thursday, Jan 12 at 1:00 p.m. and will take place in the main stage theatre on the UM - Flint campus.