Peter Chernin

Peter Chernin is an advisor at Baobab Studios and a successful producer, public speaker, and CEO. Peter has over 25 years of experience in the film and television industry, with a focus on animation and interactive programming. Peter is a member of the Producers Guild of America and the World Economic Forum, and has served on the jury for the Emmy Award for Innovation in Interactive Programming.

Chernin is the CEO and co-founder of Baobab Studios, an award-winning immersive entertainment company that creates virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality experiences. Baobab Studios has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the "World's Most Innovative Companies" and by Forbes as one of "America's Best Small Companies."

Chernin is also a public speaker who has given talks at major film, gaming, and tech conferences such as Tech Crunch Disrupt, F8, SXSW, D.I.C.E. Summit, Web Summit, GDC, VARIETY, Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, VIEW Conference, E3, THU (Trojan Horse Was a Unicorn), Shanghai Film Festival, CTN (Main Stage Opening Night Presenter), Business Insider's Ignition, Samsung Developer Conference, Oculus Connect, Vision Summit, TedX, Women in Animation, Future of Storytelling, Grace Hopper Women in Computing, and Grace Hopper.

In addition to their work at Baobab Studios, Chernin has also produced several films that have been nominated for Oscars, including The Dam Keeper (2015 Oscar nominated Best Animated Short).

Peter Chernin has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science from Stanford University. Peter has worked in the tech media and entertainment industries for many years.