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Peter Marshall Pt 9 The Director's Series - The nuts & bolts of directing film and television with Peter Marshall. Peter has had a 35-year career and has worked as a PA, dolly grip, electrician, assistant cameraman, commercial production manager, first assistant director, TV series creative consultant, television producer and director. He has worked on industrial films, documentaries; television commercials, music videos; Emmy Award nominated TV series and features. Peter has directed over 30 TV episodes and written, directed or produced over 50 hours of documentary educational programs. His works have won, or been nominated for 14 International awards. He's worked for directors such as Zack Snyder, John Woo, Ed Wick, Phillip Noyce, John Balham, Roger Adam, Anne Wheeler, Bobby Roth & Kim Manners. He has worked with actors including Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, John Travolta, Mel Gibson, Kathy Bates, Adam Sandler and Peter O'Toole. Other credits inclurde scores of television series

Peter Marshall Pt 8 The Director's Series - The nuts & bolts of directing film and television with Peter Marshall. Peter has had a 35-year career and has worked as a PA, dolly grip, electrician, assistant cameraman, commercial production manager, first assistant director, TV series creative consultant, television producer and director. He has worked on industrial films, documentaries; television commercials, music videos; Emmy Award nominated TV series and features. Peter has directed over 30 TV episodes and written, directed or produced over 50 hours of documentary educational programs. His works have won, or been nominated for 14 International awards. He's worked for directors such as Zack Snyder, John Woo, Ed Wick, Phillip Noyce, John Balham, Roger Adam, Anne Wheeler, Bobby Roth & Kim Manners. He has worked with actors including Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, John Travolta, Mel Gibson, Kathy Bates, Adam Sandler and Peter O'Toole. Other credits inclurde scores of television series

Richard Peterson has worked for years in the music and entertainment industry beginning in 1999, Richard worked as an independent music promoter, with his self owned company Icon Entertainment, booking regional and national touring acts in venues in Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota. He took over as the booking agent for Luther’s Blues and The Annex, both prominent music venues in Madison, WI. He developed the Icon Entertainment Battle of the Bands that took place in 2003 and 2004. After the first years run in Madison, he took the show to two additional Wisconsin cities Appleton and Milwaukee. The second year featured 58 bands throughout the year. He is also the sole creator of what is now know as the Maximum Ink Halloween Spooktacular a Halloween concert that has sold out shows each year for the ten years. In 2008, Richard hung up his musical ties and began a career in the horror industry as the director of the Madison Horror Film Festival which showcases short and feature horror films. In 2009 Richard

Paul Battista, Esq PT 2  has provided legal services to over 95 feature film, documentary and television projects in which he has represented either a producer/production company or an individual providing services to the project.  He has been a guest speaker at film festivals and conferences, including Slamdance Film Festival and Film Independent’s Filmmaker Forum. He lectures at film and law schools in the Los Angeles area. Paul wrote, directed and produced the low budget independent feature film Crooks (2002) which was released by Warner Home Video. His book Independent Film Producing: The Outsider’s Guide To Producing A First Low Budget Film is required or recommended reading at film, business and law schools throughout the country including:  UCLA MFA Producing Program;  NYU Film School; University of Utah Film;  Columbia College of Chicago Film; Colorado Film School;  California Institute of the Arts;  Art Center of Pasadena; NYU Stern Business School; Southwestern Law School; and Chapman University Law

Orly Ravid, PT 3 Co-Executive Director The Film Collaborative At TFC, Orly works primarily on distribution, sales/licensing and contract/negotiation services with a focus on new media digital distribution. She also handles theatrical releases. A “big picture” thinker, Orly created TFC in response to a dominant and overarching structure that favors middlemen, not filmmakers. Her intense diligence in protecting filmmakers' rights and revenues is equally matched by her passion for art film and socio/political issue-focused documentaries. Orly is committed to helping artistically and intellectually rigorous and important films reach their respective audiences via a financial model that is sustainable for filmmakers. She is also a programming consultant at Palm Springs International Film Festival and a Programming Associate for documentaries at Sundance. Her past affiliations include Senator Entertainment (VP Acquisitions and Distribution); Wolfe Releasing (Director: Acquisitions, Theatrical, Non-Theatrical, Busin

Mick Rossi actor, writer, musician & producer began his career in Manchester, England by forming the cult British Punk rock band Slaughter and the Dogs. Mick has written & produced several albums with Slaughter and the Dogs to date and they are considered to be one of the founders of the Punk Rock movement in Britain today. Mick  transition into acting under the direction of famed British actor/director Keith Allen for the BBC. Since moving to LA, Mick continues to work as an actor in independent Film. As a writer he has penned scripts with actors Gabriel Byrne, Joanne Whalley & Patrick Bergin, etc Mick is the author of several original screenplays including the Lionsgate hit PLAYED. Mick stars in the lead role of “Ray Burns” in “Played” opposite a star studded cast including Val Kilmer, Gabriel Byrne, Vinnie Jones, Anthony LaPaglia, Patrick Bergin, the late great Bruno Kirby, Joanne Whalley, and Patsy Kensit. “Played” took home awards for Best Picture at the Hollywood Film Festival & Best Ori

Joke and Biagio (PT 2) are married, and best known for creating and executive producing “Scream Queens” on VH1 and Co-Executive Producing Beauty and the Geek. The duo earned their documentary wings under acclaimed filmmaker R.J. Cutler (The War Room, The September Issue) and honed their reality TV skills working with luminaries like Mark Burnett and J.D. Roth of 3Ball Productions. They've produced several hundred hours of film and television, working as writers, producers, directors, and editors as they earned their Executive Producer titles.This husband and wife team (Joke's the wife, Biagio's the hubby) make film and TV.  Their current documentary Dying to do Letterman has been invited by the International Documentary Association to qualify for an Academy Award® at DocuWeeks™11. To fund their indie Oscar® run, they launched a Kickstarter campaign which runs through September 4, and raised $40,000 from 400 backers in just one week. Having just completed their second season of the world-wide hit SCREAM QUEENS

Gary Marsh founded Breakdown Services in 1971, creating the process that is used around the world to cast feature films, television shows, commercials, theater and other projects that require actors. Marsh began his career as an actor after emigrating from England in 1963 appearing in such films as “Camelot” and Shampoo,” but he terminated his acting career to begin Breakdown Services. He is a 1976 graduate of UCLA and a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.  Since Breakdown Services inception it has developed many other services for the industry, including the Virtual Channel Network that uses the power of the Internet to transmit original content developed specifically for members of the entertainment community. Actors use Breakdowns’ Shadowfax service to obtain audition material at as well as Actor’s Access that allows for actors to update their pictures, resume and demo reels to submit for specific roles posted at the request of casting directors. Casting About is an up-to-date source f

Drew Rosas is an independent filmmaker and owner and CEO of The Surgery Room Production Company. His work experience includes several feature length film projects including Public Enemies, Modus Operandi, Handmade Nation, Hamlet ADD and his directorial debut Blood Junkie (recently selected for distribution with Troma Entertainment). Rosas has produced and directed dozens of commercials and several Television pilots. Currently, Rosas lives in Los Angeles, CA where he works as a Director, DP and Editor on TV development projects for the TV production company Four Henrys. He is currently in Pre-Production on his 2nd feature film Billy Club, slated to shoot in Wisconsin in September 2011. Nick Sommer is an independent filmmaker living and working in Milwaukee, WI.Sommer has appeared in several feature and short film projects including Modus Operandiand Blood Junkie. Sommer has directed and produced several commercials and music videos in Milwaukee. He is a lead actor in the television pilot Paranormal Midwest, a

Joke and Biagio are married, and best known for creating and executive producing “Scream Queens” on VH1 and Co-Executive Producing Beauty and the Geek. The duo earned their documentary wings under acclaimed filmmaker R.J. Cutler (The War Room, The September Issue) and honed their reality TV skills working with luminaries like Mark Burnett and J.D. Roth of 3Ball Productions. They've produced several hundred hours of film and television, working as writers, producers, directors, and editors as they earned their Executive Producer titles.This husband and wife team (Joke's the wife, Biagio's the hubby) make film and TV.  Their current documentary Dying to do Letterman has been invited by the International Documentary Association to qualify for an Academy Award® at DocuWeeks™11. To fund their indie Oscar® run, they launched a Kickstarter campaign which runs through September 4, and raised $40,000 from 400 backers in just one week. Having just completed their second season of the world-wide hit SCREAM QUEENS (playi

Jack Perez, PT 4, is a 20-year veteran of the motion picture and television industry. He has directed nine feature films, is the recipient of awards for both writing and directing, and has received the critical praise of Roger Ebert, Harry Knowles from Ain’t It Cool News, drive-in critic Joe Bob Briggs,Fangoria, Film Threat, The LA Weekly, The Austin Chronicleand The New York Times. Perez graduated with honors from New York University’s Department of Film and Television. In his early career, he was hired by Sam Raimi & Universal Studios to direct the pilot for the popular television series, Xena: Princess Warrior.   Following his work on Xena, Perez directed two acclaimed feature films: The Big Empty, a revisionist private eye tale which competed at the AFI International Film Festival (winning the WGA’s Best New Writer Award); and the black-comic thriller, La Cucaracha, which was honored with the Best Feature Award at the Austin Film Festival and was released theatrically to excellent reviews. In recen

Peter Marshall Pt 7 The Director's Series - The nuts & bolts of directing film and television with Peter Marshall. Peter has had a 35-year career and has worked as a PA, dolly grip, electrician, assistant cameraman, commercial production manager, first assistant director, TV series creative consultant, television producer and director. He has worked on industrial films, documentaries; television commercials, music videos; Emmy Award nominated TV series and features. Peter has directed over 30 TV episodes and written, directed or produced over 50 hours of documentary educational programs. His works have won, or been nominated for 14 International awards. He's worked for directors such as Zack Snyder, John Woo, Ed Wick, Phillip Noyce, John Balham, Roger Adam, Anne Wheeler, Bobby Roth & Kim Manners. He has worked with actors including Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, John Travolta, Mel Gibson, Kathy Bates, Adam Sandler and Peter O'Toole. Other credits inclurde scores of television series

Peter Pastorelli grew up in show business. His father, Peter Pastorelli Senior, was a major presence in the film community, location managing films shot in New York City, titles like Sea of Love and Presumed Innocent and production managing Stephen King’s The Stand for television.   Being surrounded by the excitement of film making at such a young, impressionable age, Peter realized that there was nowhere else he wanted to be than on a movie set.  Starting in the location department, managing a variety of projects from the independent classic Garden State to the FX hit show, Rescue Me with Dennis Leary, Peter quickly moved into production managing and, most currently, producing.  His credits include New York I Love You, Salvation Boulevard, and 2011 winner at Sundance for the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, Another Happy Day, written and directed by Sam Levinson.  Peter is currently developing projects for major studios, as well as for his own production company, Long Road Films. Stay tuned to Rex Sikes Movi

Jack Perez, PT 3, is a 20-year veteran of the motion picture and television industry. He has directed nine feature films, is the recipient of awards for both writing and directing, and has received the critical praise of Roger Ebert, Harry Knowles from Ain’t It Cool News, drive-in critic Joe Bob Briggs,Fangoria, Film Threat, The LA Weekly, The Austin Chronicleand The New York Times. Perez graduated with honors from New York University’s Department of Film and Television. In his early career, he was hired by Sam Raimi & Universal Studios to direct the pilot for the popular television series, Xena: Princess Warrior.   Following his work on Xena, Perez directed two acclaimed feature films: The Big Empty, a revisionist private eye tale which competed at the AFI International Film Festival (winning the WGA’s Best New Writer Award); and the black-comic thriller, La Cucaracha, which was honored with the Best Feature Award at the Austin Film Festival and was released theatrically to excellent reviews. In recen

Helen McCready, PT 2, casting director, C.S.A., began working as an actor in 1985 in British Columbia. as an extra on 21 Jump Street. She assisted in extra casting at Denise Love Talent Agency. In 1999, Helen launched Helen Wheels Productions, LLC in Arizona. Now in Burbank  Helen’s success as a casting director has continued with projects such as Director Sam Mendes’s Away We Go, Nancy Meyer’s - Meryl Streep’s and Alec Balwdwin’s It’s Complicated. McCready is casting director for a number of films Margarine Wars with Doris Roberts, Robert Loggia, Terri Moore, Dee Wallace, Zombie Drugs and Suspicion. She is currently casting two SAG web series The Resolve and “Writers Block”. She is casting Just Like Me, starring Chris Kattan and location casting for Sleeping Around  along with eight other feature films in 2011. She is VP of casting for two inde production companies, Bengal Pictures and DB Rich Productions. Helen will executive produce  and cast her screenpla Racetrack in 2012. Helen uncovers everything an ac

Paul Provenza, PT 3, an accomplished comedian, classically trained actor and an innovative filmmaker has worked TV, movies, theater and stand-up comedy for more than 2 decades. Paul has gone back and forth between acting and stand up comedy in every medium from TV to theater to film. He has been a guest on every major talk show from The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson to The Tonight Show starring Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Jimmy Kimmel Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and was a favorite on Live with Regis and Kathy Lee.  Paul was a series regular on the NBC hit Empty Nest, and starred in his own ABC series, The Pursuit of Happiness, was a series regular on The Facts of Life. He co-starred with Keanu Reeves & Andy Griffith in the critically acclaimed CBS feature Under The Influence, receiving rave notices for his dramatic performance. He starred as ‘Doc Capra’ on CBS’s Northern Exposure, and as ‘Parker Meridian’ on the Showtime hit series, Begg

Jack Perez, Part 2, is a 20-year veteran of the motion picture and television industry. He has directed nine feature films, is the recipient of awards for both writing and directing, and has received the critical praise of Roger Ebert, Harry Knowles from Ain’t It Cool News, drive-in critic Joe Bob Briggs,Fangoria, Film Threat, The LA Weekly, The Austin Chronicleand The New York Times. Perez graduated with honors from New York University’s Department of Film and Television. In his early career, he was hired by Sam Raimi & Universal Studios to direct the pilot for the popular television series, Xena: Princess Warrior.   Following his work on Xena, Perez directed two acclaimed feature films: The Big Empty, a revisionist private eye tale which competed at the AFI International Film Festival (winning the WGA’s Best New Writer Award); and the black-comic thriller, La Cucaracha, which was honored with the Best Feature Award at the Austin Film Festival and was released theatrically to excellent reviews. In rec

Peter Marshall Pt 6 The Director's Series - The nuts & bolts of directing film and television with Peter Marshall. Peter has had a 35-year career and has worked as a PA, dolly grip, electrician, assistant cameraman, commercial production manager, first assistant director, TV series creative consultant, television producer and director. He has worked on industrial films, documentaries; television commercials, music videos; Emmy Award nominated TV series and features. Peter has directed over 30 TV episodes and written, directed or produced over 50 hours of documentary educational programs. His works have won, or been nominated for 14 International awards. He's worked for directors such as Zack Snyder, John Woo, Ed Wick, Phillip Noyce, John Balham, Roger Adam, Anne Wheeler, Bobby Roth & Kim Manners. He has worked with actors including Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, John Travolta, Mel Gibson, Kathy Bates, Adam Sandler and Peter O'Toole. Other credits inclurde scores of television series

Dr. Barry Sandrew, PT 2,  founded Legend3D, Inc., and is an internationally recognized visual effects pioneer and digital imaging expert with more than 14 VFX patents and 23 years of feature film and TV experience. In 2001, he developed the Company’s technology for the original patented digital systems and processes for colorization which he then later utilized as the platform from which he created Legend3D’s proprietary 3D conversion software.  He was previously the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of American Film Technologies (AFT), a pioneer colorization company and utilizing his patented technology, AFT colorized more than 200 motion pictures, 170 television programs and 90 animated cartoons under his management, accounting for over 80% of colorized product worldwide. After leaving AFT, Sandrew was a founder of Lightspan, Inc. in 1993, one of the largest educational software companies in the U.S.  From 1978 to 1986, Sandrew was on the faculty of Harvard Medical School where he established three l

Phil Brock, Talent Agent, opened his own talent management firm, the Studio Talent Group, in 1995.  The STG client list includes many actors whose professional careers have flourished under his guidance. Clients include Richard Moll (Night Court), Charlene Tilton (Dallas), Irwin Keyes (Intolerable Cruelty, The Jeffersons, The Flintstones), and Brett Stimely (Watchment, Transformers: Dark Of The Moon), STG also represents a few screenwriters. The Studio Talent Group is both a management firm and a state-licensed agency.  This format allows Phil and his associates to combine thorough career shaping management with the legal credential to submit actors on projects, negotiate and sign contracts. Phil had a successful career as an actor. He is a proud member of SAG, AFTRA, AEA and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Today Phil is in high demand as a speaker on the business of acting in the entertainment industry at universities and dramatic academies throughout the country. Phil is also president of the T