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So You Think You Can Stage Manage?
Filmnut 234 Guest: Debbie Williams Crew Position: Stage Manager A partial list of credits: “American Idol”, “So You Think You Can Dance”, “ER”, “The West Wing” Link of interest: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930406/ Who do you want around you when what can go wrong does go wrong? A top Stage Manager. And Debbie Williams is one of a more »
Read MoreLee Zahavi Jessup
Want to sell your screenplay? Questions about pitch festivals and pitching? Lee Zahavi Jessup of Scriptshark & Baseline Studio Systems lectures across the country in conjuction with Final Draft on the creative and busines aspects of screenwritng. We covered a lot in this power packed hour. See the Filmnut message board for this show for more »
Read MoreDocumentary Filmmaking
Filmnut 232 Guest: Udy Epstein Company: Seventh Art Releasing A partial list of credits: “Family Inc.”, “Heart of Fire”, “X’s & O’s”, “The Last Western”, “Oswald’s Ghost”, “Daughters of Wisdom”, “The Long Way Home”, “Bad Faith”, “Ten Commandments, The Musical” and many more. Websites: http://www.7thart.com http://www.imdb.com/company/co0048319/ Documentary filmmaking has come a long way in the more »
Read MoreBret Ernst
Stand-up Comedian Bret Ernst talked about his recent film, Vince Vaugn’s Wild West Comedy show. We had to pay homage to the recent passing of comedy legend George Carlin. We also hit on pitching tv shows to hollywood and the difference between stand-up comedy and filmmaking. But admittedly suffering from ADD we also found time more »
Read MoreDana Gonzales
Director of Photography Dana Gonzales shared his experiences working with directors Tony Scott, and Paul Haggis. Also his early work on NYPD Blue to his upcoming project, “Felon” starring Val Kilmer. Digital versus film cameras, some of his most challenging shots, advice to filmmakers and more… Stay tuned to the Filmnut by liking us on more »
Read MoreProduct Placement w/ Jay May of Feature This
Filmnut 229 Guest: Jay May Product Placement and Branded Entertainment Company: Feature This A partial list of credits: ‘Superman Returns’, ‘The 40 Year Old Virgin’, ‘The Terminal’, ‘Fifty First Dates’, ‘Terminator 3’, ‘Austin Powers In Goldmember’ Websites: http://www.featurethis.com/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0561990/ With the advent of Tivo and the proliferation of cable dvr, product placement is fast on more »
Read MoreYou Can Help Save the Internet! Net Neutrality with Patric Verrone
Filmnut 228 Guest: Patric Verrone Position: President of the Writer’s Guild of America West Credits: ‘Futurama’, ‘Muppets Tonight’, ‘The Simpsons’, ‘Pinky and Brain’. 2 time emmy award winning writer. Current Project: Net Neutrality and the Future of the internet Youtube video that briefly explains Net neutrality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWt0XUocViE Website: http://www.freepress.net/conference Thousands are on their way to more »
Read MoreAdrienne Wilkinson
Filmnut 227 Guest: Adrienne Wilkinson Crew Position: Actress/ Producer Current Projects: ‘Seconds’, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, ‘Reflections’ Past Projects: Xena: Warrior Princess, ER, Charmed, Reflections, Expectation. Websites: http://www.adriennewilkinson.com/ http://www.myspace.com/adriennewilkinson http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929330/ http://www.gamesforsoldiers.com (Adrienne supports this site. Go here to find out how you can help Adrienne’s friend, Cat Taber send games to our troops serving more »
Read MoreWilliam Paul Clark
Kill Bill, Crank, & Jackie Brown 1st A.D. William Paul Clark was the guest tonight. Clark was also a second A.D. on Pulp Fiction. Prior to the show we showed a fun youtube link that was a great parody of a 1st a.d. that you can see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMPpqHODG6A Clark was informative and fun covering many more »
Read MoreSteven Poster
Combine passion with experience and what do you get? Wisdom. Steven Poster, the President of IATSE Local 600, perhaps best known as the Donnie Darko Director of Photography, spoke from his head and heart about cinematography. Working on the upcoming Cameron Diaz film The Box and Ashton Kutcher feature Spread, Poster also delights in working more »
Read MoreHeroes Writer/Producers: Armus & Foster
Filmnut 224 Guests: Adam Armus & Kay Foster Crew Position: Writers/ Co-executive Producers Current Project: NBC show Heroes, features ‘Heat’ and ‘Amazon’ Past Projects: Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, The Practice, Night Stalker, Keven Hill. (for the rest of their many credits see their imdb links below.) Website: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035952/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287986/ Adam Armus and more »
Read MoreBianca Bezdek: Financing Feature Films
Filmnut 223 Guest: Bianca Bezdek Crew Position: Entertainment Lawyer, Advisor & Consultant (Licensed to practice in the state of New York and Europe) Company: Bezdek Law Website: http://www.bezdeklaw.com Bianca Bezdek is not your father’s entertainment lawyer. Intelligent but not stuffy, informative but not condescending, (unless she is friends with you and then all bets are more »
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