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2026 North Fork TV Festival Programming
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Kelly AUCOIN
Billions, The Americans, Clipped
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Kelly
Kelly AuCoin is most well known as a series regular on Showtime’s Billions as 'Dollar' Bill Stern. He starred in the FX miniseries, Clipped, and he will appear in the Muhammed Ali biopic series, The Greatest, for Amazon Prime.
Recent recurring TV roles include Scott Gordon on HULU's The Girl from Plainville, Scott Galloway on WeCrashed, Declan Armstrong on Elsbeth, Pastor Tim on FX’s The Americans, Warren Sloan on The Bold Type, Hercules Mulligan on AMC’s TURN, and Gary Stamper on House of Cards. Other TV includes Blacklist, The Slap, Madam Secretary, Person of Interest, The Following, The Good Wife, Elementary, Blue Bloods, Unforgettable, Body of Proof, Gossip Girl, White Collar, The Sopranos, Without A Trace, and many Law & Order episodes of various suffixes. His film credits include, among others, The Holdovers, The Good House (Amblin), False Positive (A24) A Shot Through The Wall, The Post, The Wizard of Lies, Julie & Julia, The Kingdom, All That I Am (SXSW Award; Ensemble Acting), Drunk Parents, Benji The Dove, Police State, The Music Never Stopped, and The Word. Theatre credits include Octavius Caesar in Julius Caesar on Broadway opposite Denzel Washington, The 24 Hour Plays Broadway, and the first national touring company of Copenhagen.
He is represented by Artists and Representatives and Industry Entertainment.
The Library Sound View Greenport
Wednesday October 21
6:30pm
Moderator
TBA
TBA
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In March of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread and lead to stay at home orders around the globe, Ken quickly began hosting a thought leadership series called Coffee with Ken. The conversations have been intended to address a broad spectrum of topics from issues in business, politics, social impact and innovation. The CWK conversation series has a regular audience and has had thousands of listeners. Previous speakers include Joe Stigliltz (Nobel Economist), Suzanne Clark (CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce), Dr. Carla Hayden (Librarian of Congress), Jonelle Procope (CEO of the Apollo Theater), David Rubenstein (Co-Founder of the Carlyle Group) and dozens of others. As the former Chairman of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, Ken believes strongly in the power of convening thought leaders for timely discussions on the most relevant topics.
Frasier, Boss, Avengers: Doomsday, X-Men: The Last Stand
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Kelsey
Kelsey Grammer is one of television's most decorated actors, best known for playing Dr. Frasier Crane across Cheers, Wings, and Frasier. His honors include six Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes, and a SAG Award. He remains the only performer Emmy-nominated for the same role on three different series, and he won his third Golden Globe for playing a corrupt Chicago mayor in Starz's Boss. On Broadway, he earned a Tony nomination for La Cage aux Folles and won a Tony as producer of The Color Purple revival. On film, he played Beast in X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: Days of Future Past, and appeared in Toy Story 2, Anastasia, Transformers: Age of Extinction, and The Expendables 3. He has also voiced Sideshow Bob on The Simpsons since 1990.
The Library Sound View Greenport
Thursday October 22nd
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Moderator
Ron Zayas
Ron Zayas | CEO, Ironwall by Incogni
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Ron
For more than three decades, Ron Zayas has been an entrepreneur focused on innovative security and technology solutions. His forward-thinking approach to the protection of personal data inspired the founding of Ironwall by Incogni, which developed the online privacy protection service now being used by some of the largest public and private sector organizations in the country.
As CEO of the most comprehensive online privacy protection provider in the U.S, he advocates a holistic approach to protecting clients. Ironwall combines removal of personal content with preventative tools and emergency support to stop online threats from becoming real-world attacks.
In addition to addressing the Federal Trade Commission and the National Association of Attorneys General on issues of internet privacy and security, and being interviewed on '60 Minutes' about his company's protection of the judiciary, Ron is an attorney as well as a frequent speaker and blogger on the future of online safety technology. He is also a published author (Lessons from the Len Master).
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American Beech Greenport
Wednesday October 21st
6:30 pm
Moderator
Dade Hayes
Business Editor, Deadline
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Dade
Dade joined Deadline as a New York-based contributor in 2017. He leads business and Wall Street coverage as well as writing about film, TV, regulation, advertising and other East Coast happenings. Dade has spent two decades tracking the entertainment industry as a writer and editor for Variety, Entertainment Weekly and Broadcasting & Cable. His freelance work has appeared in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, and he is the author of two books and an installment of the Wondery podcast Business Wars.
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MELISSA NAVIA
Star Trek: Strange New World
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Melissa
Melissa Navia is the 2026 BioAstra XX500 Arts and Science Inspiration Award and stars as Lt. Erica Ortegas, helmsman of the USS Enterprise, in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. A Colombian-American actor, writer, and producer born and raised on Long Island, she has also appeared on Billions, Dietland, Bull, New Amsterdam, and Homeland.
Off screen, Navia extends her work into STEM outreach and space advocacy. She partnered with NASA to interview astronaut Michael López-Alegría aboard the International Space Station, hosted the National Space Society's International Space Development Conference, and works with the Geena Davis Institute to champion inclusive, research-backed on-screen representation. Navia will receive The Arts and Science Inspiration Award, presented by BioAstra XX500 and Columbia University Professor Cody Paig during her In Talks With…conversation, honoring her role in bridging storytelling and scientific imagination.
The Library Sound View Greenport
Thursday October 22
10:00am - 10:45am
Co-Moderator
Elias Plagianos
Producer and Director
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Elias
Writer / Director / Producer Elias Plagianos has received over 75 international awards for his work, including wins at multiple Academy Award qualifiers and more than 10 of MovieMaker Magazine’s Top 25 Festivals. He recently won Best Director at SeriesFest for Hit Man, based on the novel by Lawrence Block. He is currently developing a series with ITV Studios—the global production powerhouse of the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster—in partnership with international bestselling author Harlan Coben, whose Netflix productions have topped the platform’s charts (including several global #1 spots) and garnered hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide.
Co-Moderator
Jonathon Shafter
CEO of Ankarana and Founder
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Jonathon
]Jonathan Shafter is a Co-Founder of XX500-Bioastra, which seeks to advance biomedical discovery through terrestrial extremophile expeditions, and a member of the Explorers Club. He is the CEO of Ankarana which is developing AI technologies. He is also an active special situations and financial sector investor after several decades managing hedge funds. Jonathan co-founded the North Fork Television Festival. A lawyer, scholar, and filmmaker, researcher, and entrepreneur Jonathan Shafter holds degrees from Brown and Columbia Law and has published on global debt relief for countries emerging from autocratic rule.
SESSION 1
Storytelling And Television
In The Age Of AI
The Library, Sound View Greenport
Hosted by Mark Ghuneim and Christina Wayne, this panel will lead the audience in an active, human-led storytelling environment.
This dynamic 60-minute session shatters the binary trap of automation versus total avoidance, replacing it with an actionable L0–L5 autonomy spectrum anyone can use.
Grounded in industry-standard workflows, the session will kick off with a high-stakes look at how fast the clock is running for modern creators and what the landscape looks like from both an industry and a tools perspective across the development pipeline. This conversation is not to be missed and promises to be an exciting and supportive look at how technology and creativity are converging.
In Talks With…Star Trek's Melissa Navia
The Library, Sound View Greenport
Join us for an intimate conversation with Melissa Navia, who plays Lieutenant Erica Ortegas on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Navia will reflect on her journey into acting, the road that led to the Star Trek universe, and what it's meant to step into a role beloved by generations of fans. Expect candid stories about craft, career, and the surreal experience of joining one of TV's most iconic franchises.
Moderated by Elias Plagianos (Netflix Writer/Producer) and Jonathan Shafter (Co-Founder, North Fork TV Festival).
To close the panel, Navia will receive The Arts and Science Inspiration Award, presented by BioAstra XX500 and Columbia University Professor Cody Paige, honoring her role in bridging storytelling and scientific imagination for audiences everywhere.
The Piano Bar, Sound View Greenport
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Matched
Dating is hard. Fraud is easy.
Directed by Elvira Ibragimova
