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New Members since January 2009
Elizabeth Harrington, Professional
Peggy Cronshaw, Professional
Ann Mendenhall, Professional
Karen Hunt, Professional
Debra Haller, Professional
Heather Ayres, Associate
Dawn McLellan, Friend
New Members:
Justice Kurihara, Student
Ellen Heile, Student
Kristi Date-Dopps, Professional
Sharon Williams, Student
Victoria Riley, Professional - editor
Nicole Beaudoin, friend
Anne Walker, associate
Member News April
Laura Jean Cronin and Shannon Hart-Reed were selected as SIFF Fly Filmmakers 2009 by a Seattle International Film Festival panel and Seattle film industry professionals. Barbara Brown will produce Laura Jean’s narrative film and Ilona Rossman-Ho will produce Shannon Hart Reed's documentary movie.
Seattle producer extraordinaire Jennifer Roth was an executive producer on The Wrestler, which won Independent Spirit Awards for Best Feature, Best Male Lead (Mickey Rourke) and Best Cinematography (Maryse Alberti) plus the Academy Award for Mickey Rourke
Jennifer also executive produced World's Greatest Dad and produced The Whole Truth, which both filmed in Seattle in 2008. We're blessed to have such a talent in our community and can't wait to see what she continues to do in 2009.
Production Manager Heather Murphy is currently consulting for a reality show and just finished producing a shoot for the Canadian band Nickelback. Heather continues to work on Comcast ON DEMAND content that she produces and directs, as well as breaking down a couple of scripts. She's a busy girl!
www.bettythemovie.com
Grace Stahre, Versant Media, Inc. will be attending the annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana, which runs February 13-22. Grace will be traveling with a longtime friend and filmmaker, Ben Kempas from Munich, Germany, who will be showing his film Upstream Battle.
Kris Keppeler plays the role of Ava in Episode 7 parts one and two, of the webseries Family.
Here is the link to the website.
She also voiced the role of Amity in the 19 Nocturne Blvd audio drama,
The Deadeye Kid, to be released later this year.
Sharron Sellers reports The Everett Women's Film Festival is showing their little film, “She's baseball mad!” Sharron created this film as a student at UW EXT, Instructors: Ben Saboonchian, Virginia Bogert, and Krk Nordenstrom.
Hallie Shepherd's movie, “GPS” comes out on DVD on March 31st and can be ordered at www.GPStheMovie.com Shipping is FREE and you can use this family and friends coupon code to save $5. COUPON CODE: gogpsgo (free shipping and coupon code is good only on their website).
The DVD has over 2 hours of bonus features on filmmaking, actor profiles, GPS treasure hunting, breaking down the stunts with our stunt team, staging of a scene, and more. Feel free to spread the word, Fireshoe thanks you for your ongoing support.
Hallie Shepherd 888-7-FIRESHOE ext. 3 www.Fireshoe.com
Heather Ayres wrapped filming on her short narrative My Time with Betty last month, shooting nearly 40 scenes in 4 days on 35mm, with a cast and crew of over 60. The film stars Seattle actress Davie-Blue and was produced with NYWIFT member Annie Flocco. Many thanks to WIF/S members who have contributed to the making of Betty. For more info, please visit bettythemovie.com.
Von Piglet Productions, Sue Corcoran, Director - Susan LaSalle, Producer, won an Addy Award for Visa Internet Commercial Campaign, created 7 commercial spots for Microsoft OneNote, and produced a 2-D and 3-D Launch video for Windows Embedded.
Member News January
Staci Bernstein of Hero Labs, gears up for February production of A Face
for All Occasions -
a film about a career obsessed clown, Monte, who surrenders his ambitions to reunite with the daughter he abandoned many years ago. For his daughter's sake, Monte returns to Middleton to attend his estranged wife's funeral. He infuriates the guests at the memorial when he uses his
clowning skills to cheer up his grown daughter. Clown tricks are not enough to fill the void of his long absence and her mother's death. In the end Monte surrenders his career to accommodate the emotional needs of his daughter.
How can you help?
This little production needs several things right now:
- a caterer willing to sponsor with time in exchange for promotion
- a camper -older and a bit beat up but that can be moved to where it's needed
- a small church that will let us shoot in their space for free
- a “church” (or public type) bathroom with a window on the ground floor big enough and low enough for a man can crawl through
- Clown costumes for a clown family: Dad, Mom, and a kid
- Lots of extras. Come be an extra! It's a great way to find out what it's like on set without having to make a big commitment to a production
Please contact Staci 206.841.2029
staci@herolabs.net
www.herolabs.net
Heather Renee Ayers begins filming IFP Spotlight Award winning film in February and is seeking cast, crew, and production help.
A letter from Heather:
Dear Friends,
My Time With Betty is filming in late February. A film like this is a labor of love. Those closest to the project, co-writer Ixaac Paul Ackley, producer Annie Flocco, and director of photography Sean Porter have devoted so much time and talent, and everyone attached to it has put their full belief in Betty.
A few months ago it seemed our film would not get made. We were unable to complete Betty in 2008 so we lost our IFP/Seattle grant support; but in the beautiful way the universe works, we are finding that most of the vendors associated with the grant award are still extending in-kind donations of rentals and services and we still maintained our Kodak film grant support, as well as the CityArtists grant awarded last year.
We've begun casting with Stephen Salamunovich of Complete Casting and Academy Award nominated Craig McKay (Silence of the Lambs, The Manchurian Candidate) came on board as Executive Producer.
Now we need your support. I need your support.
There are times when I have wondered if filmmaking is the best path for me personally to affect change or inspire awareness. I haven't been able to make things move forward quickly as a working mother, but I see how patiently moving through all of life's experiences continue to shape my voice, my vision, my spirit, and my tenacity.
Your donation is tax-deductible go to: www.ifpseattle.org
No donation is too small, for it brings with it a belief in this project getting made.
Donations of any amount will land your name (or the name of your choice) in the film's credits!
We have come a long way and have thousands of dollars to raise. There are so many ways you can cut a film budget, but ultimately, you have to feed your crew, pay them at least a stipend for their precious time, and manage the myriad of expenses associated with making a film (even one made with as much support as we have).
My deepest gratitude.
Blessings for the New Year,
Heather Ayres
Co-writer/Director
My Time With Betty
Grace Stahre's production company, Versant Media, just finished a 6-minute promotional video for The Samarya Center. Versant Media is currently working on another promotional video project for the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest and just launched its new web site at versantmedia.com
Producer Jane Charles of Here and Now Productions is the Executive Producer for Von Piglet Productions.
Brand new member, Annie Walker, who donated her skills to the making of the PSA for Operation School Bell with Jane Charles last month, is working on the documentary Female Faces of War, to help get it ready for the Seattle Human Rights Film Festival.
“Female Faces of War, Mothers, Sisters, Soldiers,” is produced by Kiya Bodding in association with Moni T. Law. For more information, and if you wish to lend a helping hand go to: wildirismedia.com
Member News December
Best Production yet!
Theresa Jones gave birth to a healthy baby girl on Sunday, November 23rd
Here's pix of Theresa, daddy Chris Mendez, and baby Isabella.
WIF members Barbara Brown, Susan LaSalle, Ilona Rossman Ho, Marie Vershveren, Dorothy Sekabira, and Vanessa Eng took advantage of the special WIF benefit and attended the 4-day intensive production- UPM/AD Tom Kane seminar at Victory Studios.
Crew photo green screen at Victory Studios
WIF/Seattle's VP Barbara Brown has been very busy the last half of 2008. She worked with Robin Williams on the filmed in Seattle World's Greatest Dad. Please read about working with Robin, Bobcat and the rest of the WGD cast in the related article Rockin' Robin – feature article.
Digital Kitchen shoot
Glee
In addition to WGD, Barbara has been busy with commercials and corporate videos for Von Piglet, Digital Kitchen, Superfad, and PBJS. In October she traveled to Los Angeles to work on the Ryan Murphy (NipTuck) pilot Glee. Glee, a comedy, is set in Ohio and is about high school glee club competitions. For Fox TV, look for some awesome musical numbers.
Barbara, as director, also completed a six minute fundraising video for Art with Heart, a non-profit organization that designs and publishes books and also trains professionals in the use of art for children in distress.
Elliat Graney-Saucke's first feature “Travel Queeries” will have its international premier at the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival in March/April '09 and will screen at the Milan and Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festivals.
Kris Keppeler will be playing the role of Madeline in the play Last Cup of Sorrow which opens Dec. 11 and runs through Dec. 21 at the 4th Floor Theatre at the Seattle Center.
In late December or early next year, she can be heard in two of 19 Nocturne Blvd's audio dramas, It's Lonely at the Top and For Arts Sake. Kris also just completed narrating 4 DVD's for Biotanical Health.
Jody Laine and Shad Reinstein returned from Paris where Mom's Apple Pie played at the Paris Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival on their 25th anniversary! It was the 20th anniversary of the festival which seeks out films with strong women characters and has a fondness for political docs.
Tracey Conway performed in a not-for-broadcast tribute honoring Deborah Rosen's many years of generous philanthropic efforts through the American Jewish Club. Tracey's segment: impersonating erstwhile VP contender, Sarah Palin (she really looked like her!) was the comedic relief amongst messages from Northwest luminaries like Christine Gregoire and Bill Gates Sr.
Tracey also recently played the bishop's wife for the return of Seattle Radio Theatre which presented the charming old chestnut, The Bishop's Wife live at Town Hall Dec 7. Originally screened in 1947 with dashing Cary Grant, lovely Loretta Young, and elegant David Niven, “The Bishop's Wife” was remade in 1996 as “The Preacher's Wife” starring Denzel Washington as the charming super handsome angel, lovely Whitney Houston (before Bobby) and Courtney Vance as the minister.
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Von Piglet Productions with Producer Susan LaSalle and Director Sue Corcoran completed a launch video for the SQL Server 2008 PASS conference and a project for Microsoft Standards of Business Conduct.
Zita Mazzola went to Hong Kong in October where she celebrated her birthday with her whole family. It was an amazing experience showing her kids the place of her birth. It was the best birthday ever she says!
The day after she returned, Zita started a Digital Kitchen job for Dick's Sporting Goods and North Face shooting in Portland, then she worked on a Johnson & Johnson industrial for The Joneses of New York, shot at UW Medical Center and Virginia Mason Medical Center. Now Zita’s on to another job for Digital Kitchen to be done in time for Christmas.
Virginia Bogert has begun creating new content for the impressive Skychurch of EMP|SFM. If you haven't been to this fabulous museum there are new exhibits and a permanent Jimi Hendrix room which is an experience in itself!
Lindy Boustedt, First Sight Productions announced that Kris' (her husband) December and January Final Cut Pro classes at Media 911 still have room in them. Click here to sign up for the three day classes
Indie film advisor, Anna-Mária Vág is currently wrapping up post production on IPSO FACTO
a Super16 TV pilot she Directed in NYC. A Slamdance Script Competition 2nd Round Finalist, the pilot was shot by Rachael Levine, a recent ICG Emerging
Cinematographers Award recipient, and was Co-Produced by Vincent D'Onofrio and Erika Hampson of Brooklyn Hazelhurst. Email Anna-Mária Vág
Member News November
After representing Flow in LA Susan LaSalle, our WIF Treasurer will host the premiere screening of “The scariest movie at the Sundance Film Festival,” in Seattle on November 7 at the Landmark Varsity Theater.
More info on Corporate Accountability International website
www.flowthefilm.com
Watch the Flow trailer on YouTube
DON'T MISS THIS AMAZING FILM!
Barbara Brown is in LA script super of Glee, now shooting in LA, a pilot for a series about HS Glee Clubs.
Cornelia Moore takes home $2500 for The Dark Horse at the Bend Film Festival. Cornelia took home the newest award Best Of The Northwest sponsored by Integra Telecom of Portland. Women win 60% of monies awarded at the Bend Film Festival. $18,500/$30,500.
Carrie Lanza has finished up work at UW Dep. Of Social Work and continues work as Production Coordinator for Radio8Ball live shows monthly at Little Red Studio. 750 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109, (206) 328-4758
www.radio8ball.com
Oct 31 - R8B on 1150AM with The Wet Spots, Allena Gabosch of the Center for Sex Positive Culture & John DeGraf (author of “Affluenza”)
Nov 07 - R8B on 1150AM with Polka Dot Dot
Nov 14 - R8B on 1150 AM with Lili Haydn
Nov 19 - The Radio8Ball Show at Little Red Studio with Polka Dot Dot
Dec 17 - The Radio8Ball Show at Little Red Studio with Andrea Wittgens
Jan 17 - The Radio8Ball Show at Little Red Studio with Sandman: The Rappin Cowboy
Melanie Melanie has an article in upcoming Media Inc. about runways trends in fashion this season!
Virginia Bogert created a tribute to Robbie Robertson, one of the founding members of The Band for Experience Music Project Museum. Also check out pix came from the fabulous Port Townsend Film Festival. Next year is PTFF's tenth anniversary. Plan on attending. It is a delightful fest in a gorgeous little historic town on the water. You will LOVE it! Virginia also juried RENTON FILM FRENZY a 50-Hour Filmmaking Frenzy Debut in Renton. Local filmmakers were invited to compete for Curvee Awards
First Annual Renton FilmFrenzy, a 3-day filmmaking competition. The top ten films will be screened at the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center October 28. Competing filmmakers had from 5 p.m., Friday, October 17, through 7 p.m., Sunday, October 19, to write, shoot, edit, and submit a completed short film for judging. Participating filmmakers were presented challenges: incorporate a line of dialogue, a task and film at a specific Renton location.The First Annual Renton FilmWalk 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, October 29, and Thursday, October 30, with a special screening of all films entered in the RentonFilmFrenzy at participating Renton theatres, restaurants and businesses
More info on RENTON FILM FRENZY website.
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Kat Kasinger has been out of town June-Sept working on a new NBC comedy called Kath & Kim. Molly Shannon of SNL fame and Selma Blair (Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde, The Sweetest Thing and Hellboy) play the title roles in the upcoming US remake of the popular Australian sitcom.
Kat had the pleasure of working on a show with a large group of women: among them executive producers, a couple of directors, the production designer, art director, etc. Kat says it’s awesome to see so many women in major positions. The Kath & Kim series premiere is Thursday, October 9 on NBC.
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World's Greatest Dad films in Seattle
Zita Mazzola wrapped World's Greatest Dad starring Robin Williams in September as production supervisor. It was great working on a movie that was shot entirely in Seattle with mainly Seattle crew. Right now she's enjoying some down time along with the beautiful weather we are having. In October, Zita goes to Hong Kong with her whole family, celebrating her birthday. Email Zita |
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Barbara Brown was the Script Supervisor on World's Greatest Dad
Bobcat Goldthwait directed Robin Williams and half dozen of their funny friends cameoed.
Storyline:
Williams plays a high school poetry teacher and failed writer whose son dies in a freak masturbation accident. Not wanting to expose his family to embarrassment Williams' character decides to cover it up by writing a fake suicide note claiming that his son took his own life. When the story and the suicide note becomes a sensation, Williams' character decides to revive his writing career by fabricating an entire journal written by his son before his death.
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Bobcat Goldthwait
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Laura Jean Cronin is in post-production - just finished the rough edit - of her short film. One Night, A thriller in Seven Minutes! “Misguided girl. Murky boundaries. Tragic consequences. One Night.”
Laura Jean is also wrapping the first thirteen episodes of the second season of Biz Kid$. Laura Jean is 1st AD on the show. Biz Kids is the fun, fast-paced public television series where kids teach kids about money and entrepreneurship. Whether it's a podcast host, beekeeper, or a catering company owner, the young business owners on the series inspire young viewers. Every half-hour episode of BizKids features success stories and illustrates the importance of saving, budgeting, investing and giving back to the community.
Season one is airing Wednesdays at 7:30 on channel 12.
Laura Jean Cronin and Virginia Bogert were interviewed on Radio 8 Ball Show by host Andras Jones September 5, 2008 with musician singer song-writer Crosby Tyler.
Ask the Pop Oracle. Musical Divinations.
Hey! Play the podcast and listen to Laura Jean and Virginia Bogert with Carrie Lanza calling in. www.radio8ball.com
Elayne Wylie was the production coordinator for the Gay & Lesbian Film Festival trailer directed by Gina Mainwal. Elayne focused chiefly on locations and also took a turn as an extra.
Elayne Wylie and Virginia Bogert attended the Port Townsend Film Festival (Sept 26-29) where The Delivery screened on two nights. Elayne produced, Virginia directed and WIF member Heather Renee Ayres co-wrote The Delivery. Lead actress Natasha Sims, and DP Tim Tyler were also in attendance.
And I am pleased to announce The Delivery won the award for Best Short Film ~Virginia
Bogert's The Delivery is also screening at Northwest Film Forum's 11th Annual
Local Sightings Film Festival, October 3-8
NWFF 1515 12th Ave, Seattle 98122
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Ksenia Oustiougova Founder & CEO of Lilipip, has changed her entire business model. Lilipip's new website - www.lilipip.com features their work: animated summaries of products, value props, or business models; like this one at othersonline.com
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Shannon Hart-Reed is in the final post-production phase of an animated short story entitled A Trip to Nowhere. Illustrated, written, and edited by Shannon, and narrated by Ali Ormiston, the film depicts the intense surreal life experiences of children living in Soviet prison camps during World War II.
Shannon's short film entitled, My, My, Hey, Hey; A Let's Talk-u-mentary, screened in August as an official selection of the 2008 Los Angeles Short Film Festival.
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Ann Coppel just shot another comedy mockumentary! If you’ve seen I Am Ann you know she has a gift!
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Laurel Spellman Smith's new film The Corporal's Diary screened at The Grand Illusion, Sept. 26 - Oct 2, 2008
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Movies filmed in Seattle summer 2008:
World's Greatest Dad
Dear Lemon Lima
Call state film office - Heather Doran - for info: 206-256-6151
Barbara Brown was the Script Supervisor on World's Greatest Dad, starring Robin Williams. Next month will post pix and tid bits about the shoot.
Laura Jean Cronin just completed shooting on her new short film, One Night.
Cheryl Slean’s latest movie, a SIFF Fly film, played at Bumbershoot.
Von Piglet Productions just finished multiple videos for: Extreme Meetings and PepsiCo, DriveCam, Xerox, Applied Discovery, Mediterranean Shipping Company, and BaltiKa Beer. Executive Producer: Susan LaSalle, Creative Director: Sue Corcoran. The Directors: Sue Corcoran, Virginia Bogert, and Douglas Horn. Editing team: Cindy Sangster, Tracy Detlefs, and Jay Montgomery. Shooters: Andres Garetton, Mark Simon, and Tim Tyler.
Nan Avant teamed with Meredith Binder and Przemek Pardyak from last year's 48 hour team and created the musical score for The Past, the Future, and the Paparazzi Permit, which won Best Musical Score. “The Past, the Future…” also received an Honorable Mention in acting, and was one of several films to be acknowledged with a Future Watch Award.
nanavant.com
Tom Skerritt with director, Virginia Bogert
Virginia Bogert, Laughing Dog Pictures interviewed Tom Skerritt for FreshFilms at NWFF. FreshFilms is an organization that has teens make movies in 9 cities throughout the US.
WIF member, Carrie Lanza coordinated/PA’d the shoot. Jeannie Kobayashi did make-up, Tim Tyler was the DP, Dave Cramton the Gaffer.
Virginia directed a two camera shoot at EMP|SFM of the Oral History Live SubPop guys Bruce Pavitt and Poneman, an interview with Daniel Myrick director of Blair Witch Project and The Objective, and an interview in LA with Robert Matheson, screenwriter, I am Legend, What Dreams May Come, Somewhere in Time, and some of the most popular original Twilight Zone episodes. “Robert Matheson is a charming and totally fascinating man in his 80’s who I had the pleasure to spend a day with along with his son, a prolific writer since he was 21 and the rest of his family just outside of LA.” ~ Virginia.
Virginia also directed a script reading of Abilene at Northwest Film Forum. The script by Michael Raymond is a WA State Screenplay competition runner-up.
The cast included some of the top actors in Seattle. Thank you artists for your time and talent!
Shawn Telford
Montana Von Fliss
Susan Bouchard
Khan Doan
Terisa Greenan
Todd Jeffrerson Moore
Tim Hyland
Emily Cowgill
Renata Friedman
Brandon Perry
Brand new member, Piper Bagley, Production Accountant, who recently moved to Seattle from Los Angeles, worked for the last 3 years as an accountant at HBO (in the comedy department - comedy festivals: The Comedy Festival, held in Las Vegas every November, and The US Comedy Arts Festival held in Aspen every March) and most recently was Head Accountant for a Chris Rock comedic documentary which shot in India. Piper would like to introduce herself and say she is available for work! Contact her at pips55@aol.com or (310) 503-5175. Welcome to Seattle and WIF Piper!
Carrie Lanza continues her work as production associate for The Radio 8Ball Show.
On August 21st Andras Jones’ musical guest at The Triple Door was Jon Auer, co-founder of the power pop band The Posies.
Heather Renee Ayres’ new website for the short film, My Time with Betty is live. Please visit bettythemovie.com
The Church on Dauphine Street, a documentary by Seattle-based filmmakers Ann Hedreen and Rustin Thompson about post-Katrina New Orleans, screened at the Grand Illusion Cinema August 22-28, 2008. It was broadcast on PBS stations including KCTS (Tues, Aug 26 + Aug 28).
in recognition of the 3rd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina,
Melanie Melanie worked Laura Jean Cronin’s newest film, One Night, Shot the Sea Hawks for United Way with Victory and did a commercial for Shrek the Musical for Pravda. (Illusions by Melanie.)
Heather Doran is the Interim Managing Director at the Washington State Film Office. Heather reports that three feature films are currently crewing up. If interested, please send your resumes to the following email addresses, indicating your area of expertise, or desire to work as a production assistant or intern:
*also looking for production office space this summer for 20-25 people. If you can help, please email Dear Lemon Lima or Heather Doran at the state film office - 206-256-6151.
4 WIF members Shannon Hart-Reed, Rachel Nussbaum, Rebecca Van Pelt (Production Board Chair) and Dawn McLellan won two 2008 Telly Awards for the Ladies Who Lunch Trailer: Excellence in Production and Excellence in Art Direction.
Sue Corcoran and Carl Weathers
The Von Piglet month in review:
Sue Corcoran (WIF board) directed, and Susan LaSalle (WIF Officer) produced the following projects for Von Piglet Productions: three videos for the Certified Partners for Learning Solutions, 5 videos for the Microsoft Standards of Business Conduct, a horror video for Genetech – San Francisco, and a 30 minute show for Windows Mobile. Sue also took a quick break from directing and starred opposite Carl Weathers in a web commercial for the Washington Credit Unions.
Virginia Bogert directed a shoot for EMP|SFM, interviews with horror fiction writers and director, John Carpenter, Halloween, Escape from NY, The Thing, in Los Angeles. www.laughingdogpictures.com.
Member Shanda Smith launches Blog Soup, a place to air your creativity.
Based in tropical Seattle, Pixel Soup Creative is a full service design studio that promises to give you a pleasant and fulfilling creative experience.
Composer, Nan Avant, scored music for the Seattle comedy short, Alistair MacLean: Y’did Nefesh, directed by Andy Spletzer, produced by Meredith Binder.  “Alistair…” had it’s premier at The Philadelphia Independent Film Festival June 2008 and will be screening in Israel in October at the Jewish Eye 2008 World Film Festival. In May Nan collaborated with WIF-Seattle president Virginia Bogert on the Moyer Foundation PSA, Camp Erin. Nan will again be creating music for her team on The 48 Hour Project with director Przemek Pardyak on the weekend of July 11. Last year's 48 Hour Film, The Last to Remember also directed by Pardyak, screened at STIFF, Seattle’s True Independent Film Festival. Nan will be scoring a feature film from Portland, Oregon this summer.
Check out Nan's website and the Alistair MacLean: Y’did Nefesh website.
Shad Reisntein/Jody Laine are on the organizing committee for “Doc Farm,” a film group that gets together to watch docs and discusses production, at an old farm in Darrington, WA. More info about this and how to be a part of the fun next month!
WIF member Kay D. Ray would like to recommend Douglas Miller Musical Services, Composer-Internationally renowned Bassist Doug Miller who is available to create the perfect music for your film. Email Doug to discuss your project and rates and check out Doug's website.
Elliat Graney-Sauke reports that Bend-It was a success and got over 400 people registered. There is a fun article in The Stranger about it too.
Corrie Moore’s feature film The Dark Horse is playing at SIFF Cinema, June 4 at 6:30pm.
Barbara Brown, Vice President WIF/S worked on Procerin with Cesari Direct; a T-Mobile job with Loaded Pictures; and Providence Everett Medical Center with Superfad. Barbara also is in pre-pro on her video project with Art with Heart, which she is directing.
Virginia Bogert, WIF/S President just won a Telly Award - first place - for her documentary short, Fields of Plenty.
After 3 years in the making, “The Corporal’s Diary” directed by Patricia Boiko and WIF member Laurel Spellman Smith is complete and will screen at this year’s Seattle True Independent Film Festival. The Corporals Diary “Most Powerful Documentary Award” Seattle True Independent Film Festival. thecorporalsdiary.com
Tuesday, June 10th 4 PM Jewel Box Theatre, Rendezvous, 2322 2nd Ave Seattle, WA 98121 (206) 441-5823 and Sunday, June 15th at 7PM Capitol Hill Arts Center 12th Ave. and E. Pine St. 1621 - 12th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122
Jane Winslow, FireDancer Productions is leaving her position at Shoreline Community College for an assistant professorship at State University of New York Oswego. She will teach Broadcast TV and Filmmaking (including screenwriting). It is a wonderful opportunity but will miss the great community of media and filmmakers here in Seattle who she’s had the pleasure to work/play with for the last 12 years. Jane will keep her whidbey.com email
(cause who back there has that!) so she will still be easy to find in cyberspace.
Ruth Gregory’s team won at the 2008 International Documentary Challenge. April 26th, team Reel Grrls, 10 Seattle-area female filmmakers, accepted the award for Best Film of the 2008 International Documentary Challenge at the Hot Docs International Documentary Festival in Toronto. The documentary challenge is a timed filmmaking event where teams had five days to make a documentary after being given a theme and choice between two genres. Team Reel Grrls chose to make a documentary about Polaroid's decision to stop producing film and its effects on artists and ordinary citizens. Their film, Click Whoosh, along with other finalists, will screen at the Northwest Film Forum on July 10 at 8pm.
Women in Film member Lorraine Montez, producer, actor, writer for film and video, co-stars in Book Club bookclubtheshow.com an original TV-to-Web show filmed in Seattle for women 30, and older, and those interested in book clubs. See feature article
Annie Mendenhall and her son Brett are biking again from San Francisco to LA (545 mi/7 days) June 1-8. They each need to raise $2500 with your help. Last year all participants raised $11M to help in the fight against AIDS and HIV. Annie is proud of her son who continues at USC taking Masters courses in the Public Health program in Health Communication with emphasis on AIDS and HIV prevention and research. For donations:
Donations for Annie
Donations for Brett
Melanie Melanie worked on “Shut Eye,” a SIFF Fly Film, a multi-day shoot for Univera with Pravda Studios, and a multi-day PSA commercial for KBTC on domestic violence -- a good and rewarding experience. She and a crew of 7 girls then did hair and makeup for a charity function for “Little Bit” riding establishment which offers riding lessons to children with physical and mental disabilities. Then Melanie and husband went to Amsterdam! Ya ya!
Producer Liz Russell just completed the
Seeds of Compassion project that brought the Dalai Lama to Seattle for five days in mid-April. Liz was in charge of organizing 1,200 volunteers for the event itself, creating job descriptions, reporting structures and training. “Crazy! But one of the best projects I’ve ever worked on!”
Email Liz
Hair & Make-up artist Mimi Pettibone received a great compliment from HGTV with whom she has done several jobs. After traveling all over the country, using local crew for hair & makeup for the on camera host, the new program director is distributing a still photo of the host as the gold standard for what this host should look like: Mimi’s styling! The show’s segment producer wrote: “We love working with Mimi. Not only is she fun and friendly, she’s also the epitome of professionalism. We always look forward to having her on our shoots because we know our people will look GREAT! In fact, Mimi is so good, we use her work as an example of how we want other hair and make-up artists to style for our show.” StellarStyle.com
SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE
Corrie Moore’s feature drama “The Dark Horse” will have its world premiere at SIFF 2008. Screening times TBA.
Tal rears with Dana
“Talk about the dream being fulfilled: getting to premiere at home with an all-local crew and cast - pretty darn sweet.” – Corrie Moore
After wrapping the Universal feature “Traveling” in March as POC, Zita Mazzola went right into Production Managing a Credit Union of Washington commercial for Bridge Productions. The entire crew was from Washington as was the client, agency and production company. Zita also Production Supervised a WA State Lottery Commercial shot in Seattle at PGL for Sticks+Stones, an LA production company; and Production Managed again for Bridge Productions for the Puyallup Fall Fair. This too, an all Washington project.
Zita is now prepping another WA State Lottery job for Sticks+Stones that shoots here in May.
Vice-President, Barbara Brown recently finished a month of second unit filming on the feature film, “Twilight,” being shot in and around Portland. She also worked on spots for the Washington State Lottery, Cesari Direct, Blue Plate Digital and Kiro. Barbara is Producing and Directing a video for Art with Heart, an organization that publishes books and creates materials for professionals working with children in distress.
Sue Corcoran directed a commercial for Credit Unions of Washington for Bridge Productions and Big Bang Electrical.
Cheryl Slean is finishing writing and directing her new Fly Film documentary for Seattle International Film Festival 2008, “Creativity in Context” which will premiere at SIFF on or around May 25.
Amanda Bontecou graduated from the Art Institute in Video Production and is headed to Africa for four weeks to shoot a documentary on pediatric healthcare in rural Uganda and Rwanda as well as paint a picture of what life is like there. She and crew hope for other exciting side projects they’ve been actively researching: one having to do with animal and nature conservation in Tanzania, and the other about Kenyan refugees. Amada is actively fundraising for these projects.
Carbon Arc Productions website
www.tymigota.com
Mischa Jakupcak is still in the process of fundraising for The Off Hours, Megan Griffith's film (theoffhoursfilm.com). In the meantime, she accepted a full time position at North By Northwest as Line Producer and isrelocating to Spokane. She just wrapped a Christian Slater/Cuba Gooding, Jr action film and is gearing up for a high school comedy called Norman. Mischa is very excited about working for NXNW, but sad to say goodbye to Seattle.
And speaking of goodbyes, Alesia Glidewell is off to Hollywood. Bon chance talented girl!
Melanie Melanie’s recent creations:
Illusions by Melanie
www.ibmel.com
Kelly King has been busy for the past three months Producing the short film, “Image Mind Light” written and directed by Bogdan Darev. Kelly did double duty as Producer & 2nd AD. After 5 days of shooting in historic Pioneer Square, filming wrapped on 4/22.
Click here for more information and updates on the film.
kelly@studiotrifusion.com
Chris DeBoer had a reading of her short film Tom Ka Gai in Hood River Oregon on April 24th. After which it will be submitted to short film contests.
Ellait Graney-Sauke marched May 1st in solidarity with LGBT/Queer and immigrant rights
Ron Leamon and friends, “The Joe Leamon Team,” walked in the “2008 MS LifeLines Walk MS.” April 13th, Seattle and raised over $4000.00!
Sue Corcoran on the MS Vista set
Sue Corcoran directed the Puyallup Spring Fair commercials to be aired on Komo, Fox, Kiro and King. She also directed a music video comedy for Microsoft Vista as well as the Microsoft Standards of Business Conduct. Sue will be directing a commercial spot for Bridge Productions and the Washington Credit Union the last week in March. Her music video “Alibi” for Seattle Artist Andrea Wittgens played at the Vancouver Women in Film Festival and was featured on Zoom-in.com.
Director Virginia Bogert’s short film, The Delivery, about an isolated hermit writer and a sweetly shy delivery girl who communicate via notes and the promise of chocolate, received a 2008 Accolade Award.
“Never underestimate the power of the written word, nor a little bit of chocolate, because some notes, a mouse, and a leap of faith work their magic, and two misfits find love.” The Delivery was a SIFF Fly Film written by WIF member Heather Renee Ayres and Ixaac Paul Ackley.
Director of Photography: Tim Tyler
Executive Producers: Carl Spence/Deborah Person
Producer: Amy Lillard Dee
Co-Producer: Gregory Wylie
Editor: Cindy Sangster
Composer: Rebecca Wolf-Nail
Casting: Stephen Salamunovich
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Starring Shawn Telford and Natasha Sims who got nominated for best actress in “November” in a recent LA film festival.
Richard Sanders and Natasha Sims |
WIF Board officer and intellectual property, entertainment, and sports law professional, Heather Morado, announces she has joined Invicta Law Group, PLLC.
More about Heather on the firm's website.
The Dove Cream Oil competition may be over and the winner selected, but WIFS member Shannon Hart-Reed's submission entitled “Feel Beautiful Everyday” will be featured in Microsoft's View My World site which contains video, pictures, copy, web links, blogs, showing how Microsoft Employees affect the way people work with technology and how the Microsoft technology impacts and changes the world. The women appearing in the ad are all Microsoft employees from various corners of the world.
Michele Mansfield’s ART of AGING hosted by Ron Reagan aired
On KCTS March 30, 2008 - Leaping Media Productions
WIFS member Shannon Hart-Reed won this year's SPFF poster design competition and her graphic artwork will be representing this year's festival. The 16th Annual Seattle Polish Film Festival is scheduled to begin April 18th through April 27th at the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall at McCaw's Hall.
Wendy Ashford is Assistant Stage Manager and Make-Up Artist working on ‘Waiting for Godot’ at the Balagan Theatre 1117 E. Pike Thursday - Saturday at 8pm. Get there at 7:30pm to make sure you can get a seat. The show runs until April 20th.
Seattle Women Filmmakers will screen at Northwest Film Center
Portland, OR: The Film Center will be screening a selection from the filmmaker compilation
on Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 7pm. More info on Northwest Film Center website
SEATTLE WOMEN IN FILM DVD
New York Magazine plugs the “Seattle Women in Film, One City, Twenty-one Amazing Filmmakers” DVD.
NY, NY: The popular New York Magazine chose “I Am Ann” to stream on their website. Congratulations to WIF member, former prez, filmmaker Ann Coppel!
SEATTLE WOMEN IN FILM DVD IS A 911 MEDIA ARTS PRODUCED COMPILATION and is available at 911 Media Arts Center.
Check out this quarter's edition of OnScreen magazine containing guest editor Virginia Bogert's article and other mind-expanding stories about women in the film community. Available at 911 Media Arts, Scarecrow, and other film friendly locations around town.
April 3, 2008
Women in Film/Seattle and SIFF FutureWave:
Expanding Cinema through Education,
with Antioch University hosted a unique panel discussion focused on the extraordinary documentary,
FLYING: Confessions Of A Free Woman.
Director Jennifer Fox will explore the topic, “What is a Free Woman?” with other remarkable women from the Seattle community. Using clips from FLYING as a catalyst for discussion, this promises to be an outstanding interactive event!
Moderated by B. J. Bullert, Ph.D. communication scholar, documentary filmmaker, oral historian. B.J. is a senior research fellow at the Center for Communication and Civic Engagement at the University of Washington and an Adjunct Professor in the University of Washington's Masters in Digital Media program.
With intros by Virginia Bogert and Sue Corcoran, the panelists included:
- Jennifer Fox, Director, FLYING: Confessions Of A Free Woman
- Dr. Pepper Schwartz, Professor of Sociology, University of Washington, Chief Relationship Expert, Founding Group Member of Perfectmatch.com
- Barbara Spraker, Associate Faculty, Center For Creative Change, Antioch University
- Vivian Philips, Arts and Communications specialist, Director: Langston Hughes Performing Art Center, co-director ACT Theatre's Hansberry Project.
- Cathy Allen, President/Owner of The Connections Group, Ltd. and Board Member of The Center For Women and Democracy
April 4&5, 2008
FLYING: Confessions of a Free Woman screens at
SIFF Cinema – McCaw Hall, Seattle Center
321 Mercer Street at 3rd Ave
“A vibrantly sexy, politically savvy, and personally revealing look at what it means to be a woman in the early 21st century.”
Pound Studios Invites You!
Saturday April 19, 6pm-11pm
1216 10th Avenue Seattle 98122
For info call 206 323-0557
www.poundpictures.com
painting, photography, tattoo art, film, video, music, jewelry, fashion,
food, and drink!
…and LJ Cronin just returned from a shoot in Jamaica.
Vice-President Barbara Brown script supervised a Qwest commercial with Superfad, a Windows Server 2008 video with John Moffitt Productions, and an infomercial for Grout Star with Envision Response.
Carrie Lanza, WIF member, doctoral student at the University of Washington School of Social Work and former WIF and curatorial intern for American Sabor at EMP, returned to Experience Music Project Museum as the instructional designer for the American Sabor distance learning course, implementing content distribution with Tony Gomez, Community Outreach Coordinator for KCTS
Carrie has experience working with distance education for the UW School of Medicine and is also currently working at UW as a contractor and leading their video project revolving around family attachment.
Virginia Bogert directed a three-camera shoot documenting a presentation by El Vez at EMP museum for the museum's Oral History program. El Vez was accompanied by the lovely Thelma Houston, best known for her 1977 smash hit, “Don't Leave Me this Way.” Both Houston and El Vez are performing at Teatro ZinZanni in Seattle. El Vez and the Elvettes
AWARD-WINNING SEATTLE FILMMAKERS TO COMPETE IN INTERNATIONAL
DOCUMENTARY CHALLENGE
Husband-wife team Rustin Thompson and Ann Hedreen will make a short nonfiction film in FIVE DAYS:
MARCH 6-10, 2008
The International Documentary Challenge is a timed filmmaking competition in which filmmaking teams from around the world have five days to make a 4-7 minute nonfiction film. The competition begins 8 a.m. Thursday, March 6 and ends Monday, March 10. Filmmakers are given two choices from a list that includes 1st person, historical, music, sports, social issues, first-person, biography and art. All writing, shooting and editing must be completed during the five-day period.
With their roots in broadcast journalism and more than two decades of experience producing documentary and advocacy films, Thompson and Hedreen couldn't resist the unpredictability and excitement of the International Doc Challenge. They intend to shoot in the Seattle area and will edit at their home-based studio.
Winners of the competition will be premiered at the Hot Docs Festival in Toronto in April 2008.
Thompson and Hedreen own White Noise Productions and are known for both long and short-form filmmaking. Films include “The Church on Dauphine Street,” “Quick Brown Fox: an Alzheimer's Story,” and “30 Frames a Second: the WTO in Seattle.”
More information on White Noise Productions' website and at docchallenge.org.
Photo by Sean Porter
WIF/S filmmaker Heather Renee Ayres and co-writer Ixaac Paul Ackley won the IFP/Seattle Spotlight Award for their short script My Time with Betty.
They are producing the film with long-time NYWIFT member, Indie producer Annie Flocco (Super Troopers, Acts of Worship). My Time with Betty is an intense, character-driven exploration of captivity, the chase for freedom, and truth vs illusion. The Spotlight award gives one filmmaking team a comprehensive production and services package to shoot on 16mm or 35mm.
Our WIF/S Interns are working!
About two years ago I decided to make a career change - to find a career that suited me better and to put my Fine Arts degree to some use. I enrolled at Bellevue Community College in their Animation and Graphics degree program. One of the graduation requirements was to complete an Internship. In my research for fulfilling this requirement, I kept seeing the name Women in Film/Seattle. I quickly became a student member and went to the annual meeting in February 2007. My hope was to meet some fascinating women and hopefully some of those women might be able to help point me in the right direction. I found what I was looking for and so much more. Each woman I met offered to help me and by the end of the evening I had been introduced to Rachel Nussbaum, the Education Chair for WIF/Seattle. Rachel had connections with Victory Studios and by the end of that week I had an interview with their graphics department. I could not have made the transition from school to Internship so smoothly without the help of the women I met through WIF/Seattle. My Internship was completed at the end of June and I was offered a full-time position with the Victory Studios Graphics Department as a 3D artist/animator. ~Dawn McLellan
Rachel Nussbaum, WIF/S Education and Outreach Chair leaves the board of WIF.
Rachel is now working with Russell Investment Group in Tacoma creating presentations for their many events and helping implement new print and on-line media branding for their London, Japan, and Australia offices. The exigencies of her job and travel prevent her from serving on the board and handling our scholarship and internship programs, but she will still remain an active member of WIF. Among her many talents, Rachel is also an audio engineer and is on the coveted Bad Animal's contract audio engineer list and credits her former position at Victory Studios for helping her hone her skills. Rachel plans a trip to Korea soon to visit family and plans to strike up a relationship with WIF-Korea, something she always hoped to accomplish.
Bon Voyage and cheers to you, Rachel, and thank you for your contributions to the workings of WIF. You will be sorely missed.
Cheryl Slean, Barbara Brown, Heather Griffiths, and Virginia Bogert’s speaking engagement on January 17, for the Center for Women and Democracy was a super success. The topic: women in the film industry. The panel enlightened a dynamic group of interested women, creating more solidarity and support for women filmmakers that evening.
Along with all her other work and talent, Alesia Glidewell is the model for the face and body of Chell, the only human character in Valve Software's acclaimed Portal, a single-player first-person action/puzzle video game developed by Valve. The game was released in a bundle package known as The Orange Box for PC and Xbox 360.
Melanie Melanie, make-up diva, just finished a shoot for People Magazine.
Ron Reagan on location |
Michele Mansfield and Leaping Media just finished two more programs in the Art of Aging series.
The Art of Aging, hosted by Ron Reagan is an informative program about issues we face as we age. Leaping Media’s goal is to provide information that we can apply to our lives in order to age well. Animation of glucose in the bloodstream, and prostate anatomy, created by Karen Lewis help illustrate the interviews.
The programs were filmed in and around Seattle. Along with researchers and experts, the shows feature some very engaging seniors, Rainier Pickle Ball players, strollers at Seward park, swimmers and families who share their experience with Alzheimer's.
www.artofaging.org
More info
Kelly S. King’s company Studio Trifusion is busy finishing post-production on their latest short film, “Trust Issues”. Keep an eye out for the film in 2008/09 festivals. Kelly also recently was hired by Snappy Productions as Talent Coordinator on two new commercials for BECU (Boeing Employee Credit Union).
Kelly is also very active musically, still rehearsing with the Blues bands and sang a lot of jazz over the holidays, at the Crepe de Paris and at KCC in Kirkland.
Kay D. Ray finished edit and audio post of her documentary, LADY BE GOOD: Instrumental Women In Jazz. With the help of editor Cathy Wadley, Red Jet Films edit suite (thank you to Sue Feil Erwin), Clatter and Din audio guru Eric Johnson and his fabulous ear, and the creative talents of Flying Spot graphic designer Lucy Woodworth; the film is complete and seeking music clearances and distribution.
Kay also recently completed a shoot for Cisco Systems, on Blu-ray disc in San Francisco and Seattle, a shoot for Business.com, and is creating employee profiles for T-Mobile across the US from Atlanta to Honolulu.
Donna Andrews, teamed up with Ken Slusher to produce the documentary, The Seike Garden: An American Story. The film recounts the five-year community effort to relocate the Seike Japanese Garden, which had to be moved and sold off because of the SeaTac airport runway expansion. The documentary chronicles the history of the garden, the cooperative efforts by local governments, nonprofits, and citizens to save it, and the physical challenge of relocating and replicating a 45 year-old living work of art. It also highlights the important role that immigrant families played in building the Highline community.
The Highline Botanical Garden Foundation and the Highline Historical Society are co-hosted the premiere showing of the film on February 2, at SeaTac City Hall. Donna’s past work has included educational programs for Iowa Public Television, instructional videos for Iowa State University, and corporate videos, including a recent promotional video for Boeing where she works as a writer.
Barbara Brown, script supervisor and our vice president, recently worked on a FX/20th Century Fox Television pilot with Ryan Murphy, the writer, executive producer and creator of NipTuck.
Barbara and NipTuck camera dept
Pretty Handsome, is co-executive produced with Brad Pitt and Dede Gardner of Plan B. It is an unusual and ambitious drama about the metamorphosis of a man who realizes he is a transsexual. The protagonist is a gynecologist who shares a medical practice with his father. Shot entirely on location in Los Angeles.
Barbara mentoring a future script supervisor
WIF/S filmmakers Shannon Hart-Reed, Ali Ormiston, and Rachel Nussbaum won first place in the 911/On Screen Magazine's Music in Film Shorts Contest. Their film, My, My, Hey, Hey; A Let's Talkumentary, met the challenges of the competition: communication breakdown, an original song, and a musician as a character. Telling the true story of a father and son relationship broken apart by rock music, the film was screened at SIFF in 2008. The filmmakers send a special thanks to Jeremy Miller, Eric Miller, Tim Nussbaum and Kevin Christiansen for their critical contributions to the project.
Annie Mendenhall has been 2nd Unit Director for four weeks of principal photography with John Sinno's (Iraq in Fragments) new feature, a political satire, “ZMD” - Zombies of Mass Destruction and directed the “Behind the Scenes.” Anne also assisted Michael Wohl, author of Final Cut Pro, Beyond the Basics teaching the Advanced Final Cut Pro Certification Course. She still teaches at the Art Institute, “Intermediate Editing,” and “Producing & Directing,” and works on a variety of projects, most recently with the Suquamish Tribe. Anne attended the DVExpo for HD workshops taking the Motion Certification Course at Moviola in Hollywood taking advantage of the WIF discount.
Support Annie riding her bike from San Francisco to LA from June 1-7, 2008, for AIDS/LifeCycle 7!
More Information at: www.aidslifecycle.org
Email Annie at: ann@redwavemedia.com
Wendy Ashford just completed a series of ads for an Oregon based casino’s Porsche Give-away. Lana Veenker Casting Agency of Portland sent out a call for little people for a Christmas elf theme. Wendy was one of four Seattle actors selected.
Kelly S. King and her company, Studio Trifusion, have completed principal photography on their latest short film, “Trust Issues.” Kelly played a lead role and produced the film. The team is now busy with post-production and prepping for 2008 festival submissions.
studiotrifusion.com
www.ksking.com
Von Piglet news:
Director Sue Corcoran's Von Piglet Productions along with Producer Susan LaSalle and Propmaster Kat Kasinger created :30 second spots for Dove Cream Oil Body Wash.
Edited by Cindy Sangster, the spots air on the web for Dove's ongoing Real Beauty Campaign which challenges real women to create a TV spot that will be seen on the night of the Academy Awards.
(For more contest info go to the website.)
Von Piglet has completed videos for PepsiCo, Dove and Microsoft's Windows CE Launch for 2007.
Virginia Bogert directed the interview shoot with the mesmerizing Mr. Clive Barker for EMP/Science Fiction Museum. Best known for his Hellraiser film series, Clive Barker is one of the leading authors of contemporary horror and fantasy fiction. (PinHead!!!) Virginia also directed interviews with five fantasy/horror authors at the World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs, NY for an upcoming EMP/SFM exhibit. She also directed a case study for Microsoft for Worktank, Seattle, and judged the 911 Short Film Contest. Virginia is the guest editor for the next edition of On Screen Magazine.
Cheryl Slean’s DIGGERS (now in 35mm) has been bopping about the festival circuit, from L.A. to Canada, and will soon be seen in India, Wisconsin, and cyberspace. It was also selected as this week’s semifinalist for the NOW film festival you'll be able to download DIGGERS. Digital Diggers will also be featured on myspace starting FRIDAY, at film.myspace.com, myspaceTV, and myspace.com/ nowfilmfest.
Lisa Hardmeyer Gray just completed her most ambitious, most exciting, and biggest production ever. Welcome to this world Antonia and Aiden Gray!The babies were born on Thursday, October 18. Aiden Sherrard at 3:30pm (weighing 6.7) and Antonia Susanna at 4:30 weighing 5.6.
“You done good sister!”
Sue Feil-Erwin of Redjet just finished video production at the International Malaria Forum held at the Sheraton, Seattle. Jeff Erwin is in India with BMGF ( Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) and headed to Amman in November to cover Muslim women being elected to office with NDI (National Democratic Institute – Chairman Madeleine K. Albright). Redjet videos currently in production: T-Mobile, Microsoft, Pandemic Flu (King County), Energy Star.
Sue is also attending the International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam; the world’s largest documentary festival. Nov. 22 – Dec. 02, 2007. Since 1988, more than 250 international documentaries are screened at the festival, an exciting meeting place for directors, producers, buyers, financiers and audiences alike. IDFA is unique for its international film programme, the variety of genres, its politically committed programme, and the many European and world premieres featured each year. Add to that the presence of filmmakers, sizeable audiences, all the discussions and debates, workshops, master classes and the experienced staff, IDFA is established as the pre-eminent festival for creative documentaries.
Here’s what Von Piglet is doing. Sue Corcoran with Susan LaSalle…
- in development of Sci Fi Feminist High Adventure Feature Film Produced the “PepsiCo Need 2 Know Show,” with distribution of 61,000 DVDs
- in production for the Windows Mobile Japanese Launch Webcast
- in production for comedic launch video for Visual Studio 2008
- in pre-production for the London Stock Exchange
www.vonpiglet.com
And Virginia Bogert has created four films for American Sabor, the newest Experience Music Project Museum exhibit. The short docs she wrote and produced: The Palladium, They Call it Salsa! (David Wulzen: editor) Dance Dance Dance; (editors: V. Bogert and Traci Dethlefs) and Latino Artists and Performances will run continuously throughout the 10 months.
“American Sabor, which opened last week at EMP and will run until Sept. 7, 2008, is a joyful, colorful, interactive study and celebration of the long-overlooked contribution of Latino music and rhythms to American pop music since World War II.” – University Week
You can learn more about the exhibit at www.empsfm.org
Bogert directed a three camera shoot for EMP of Santana Rhythms: a performance with commentary by Michael Carabello and Michael Shrieve, original percussionists of Santana, joined by Abraxas bassist, Alphonso Johnson, and Chepito Areas's son, Adrian Areas, on the timbales. In between songs the musicians discussed how they created arrangements for Oye Como Va, Soul Sacrifice, and Black Magic Woman, to name a few. Virginia Bogert/Laughing Dog Pictures also directed a case study for Worktank and Microsoft.
Carrie Lanza, fabulous WIF intern, coordinated and researched footage for the EMP American Sabor films and will continue research at the Science Fiction Museum for the next EMP exhibit.
Recent projects for Barbara Brown, script super include: Acura of Bellevue with Destination Marketing, “Brainetics” with Cesari Direct, Cadillac with the L.A. company Supply & Demand, and Barbara is soon to begin work on a pilot for 20th Century Fox Television Productions: “Pretty Handsome,” with creator/writer/director Ryan Murphy (who is also the creator/writer of NipTuck on FX).
Laura Jean Cronin’s “Free Parking” (poundpictures.com) will be screening at the Vine Entertainment Short Film Festival November 1 at the Promenade Playhouse, 1408 3rd Street Promenade. Two filmmakers will be awarded a feature film production deal with Vine Entertainment at the closing night gala.
The Vine Shorts Fest (VSF) is a new annual Short Film Festival dedicated to discovering Who’s Next. It is an explosion of media technology joining forces with great creative minds to expand consciousness by sharing stories in the dark. Who’s Next, a quest to find tomorrow’s filmmakers, showcases original fresh voices, from around the world, whether an actor, a writer, financier, distributor, director, composer, editor, or company. The Vine, is always asking, “Who’s Next?”
Other fab WIF intern, JJ. Frees is AD-ing a local 3 day video shoot and producing an indy feature.
Three Chicks Media, Inc. launches All Terrain Brain
The project includes twenty-five one-minute mixed media episodes for web and television, an interactive web site, and an educational outreach program for after school groups. With topics like motivation, passion, perseverance, leadership, goal setting and more, ATB is designed to help kids discover they have the power to do whatever they want in life.
Funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, All Terrain Brain is created and produced by Seattle’s Three Chicks Media. The web site was produced with Weatherhead Experience Design Group in Seattle, with animation by Global Mechanic in Vancouver, B.C., and the educational outreach activity guide was produced in conjunction with WGBH-TV, Boston.
For more information contact: Deb Haller at dhaller@threechicksmedia.com
Wyatt Bardouille, producer, director, editor of Bardouille Productions, www.bardouille.com, launched a web-based TV talk show called WhitneyandWyatt.com. The magazine-style show is a mix of “serious stuff and girly fluff” for women on the web with a new episode posting each Wednesday. All episodes are under five minutes long and range from how to redesign your home to whether or not we will have a woman president in our lifetime. Bardouille co-produces and co-hosts the show with Whitney Keyes. For more information, to be on the weekly newsletter mailing list, or to pitch new show ideas, please visit www.WhitneyandWyatt.com or email info@WhitneyandWyatt.com.
Studio Trifusion, led by WIF-Seattle member, Kelly S. King is preparing to shoot their next short film “Trust Issues.” The film was written by Sacha Kenton and will be directed by Zach Paul. Kelly will produce and star in the film. Shooting will take place over two weekends in September. www.studiotrifusion.com
Susan LaSalle, producer, and Sue Corcoran, director of Von Piglet Productions completed:
15 webisode series for Pedigree Dog Food’s Adopt a dog program featuring Andrea Arden, Dog Trainer; 3 spots for .NET; 2 image spots for Microsoft’s MGX Launch., 4 Documentary case studies for Microsoft: Virgin Megastores, Xerox, Emerson Insikerator, British Petroleum .
Barbara Brown, script supervisor, recently worked on Toyota (regional & national commercial) for Strader Films, a UC Communication Scenario for Integrated Talent, a Mervyn's Back to School spot for Digital Kitchen, and a Mogul Training Video for Worktank, Seattle.
Melanie Melanie, make-up artist, worked on a video for Casey Foundation who help foster kids at every level including legislative; a 5 day shoot for Zenobia Agency, working with three famous photographers, one local, one European, and one from NY. Melanie Melanie also reviewed and helped edit a new makeup book which will surely become the new industry standard text book, all encompassing for the beginner and a wonderful reference guide for the seasoned professional.
Kat Kasinger, Art Director/Prop Mistress is now in Boston working on a Kate Hudson movie after working on Stephen Frears’ “The Queen” pilot this spring, as well as several Sue Corcoran projects including Teched 200, the Back to the Future spoof, and a Pedigree webisode.
WIF member, Rosa Tyabji with Michel Tyabji, were sound recordists and audio post for the feature Apart From That, a Nell Shipman best feature award winner 2006. Apart… premiered at SIFF 2006 and had its NY Premiere July 25, 2007 at Cinema Village as part of the IndieWire: Undiscovered Gems Series, sponsored by the New York Times and Emerging Pictures in association with the California Film Institute and the Sundance Channel.
Apart from That was Rosa and Michel’s first feature production with theatrical distribution. It will be in cinemas across the country.
www.emergingpictures.com/gems07_films.htm.
For more info: www.foreignamericanpictures.com and www.myspace.com/apartfromthat/
Kelly S. King recently completed filming as PM/AD on a training video for Salon Dewi on Capitol Hill. Her company, Studio Trifusion, is in post-production on three commercials for National Shipbuilding Research Program and in pre-pro for 2 more commercials for Alabama Technology Network. The shoot is scheduled for August/September.
Kelly also just completed the voiceover for the highly anticipated online video game, “Pirates of the Burning Sea.”
WIF@SIFF
Congrats to WIF filmmakers screening at SIFF!
WIF/S congratulates members director Cheryl Slean for her film Diggers with producer
Susan LaSalle. Diggers premiered Monday, June 4, 7:00 PM in the shorts program: Northwest Ties at the Egyptian Theater on Capitol Hill.
Diggers
USA, 2006, 16 Minute Running Time
World Premiere
What do you talk about while digging a grave?
DIRECTOR: Cheryl Slean
Producer: Mark Titus, Susan LaSalle
Editor: Jeff Erwin
Screenwriter: Cheryl Slean
Cinematographer: Sean Kirby
Music: Paul Benoit
Principal Cast: Phil Davis, Marie Matiko, Jimmi Parker, Austin Farwell
*****
Lisa Hardmeyer, 2007 Fly Filmmaker, and Alesia Glidewell, producer, for The Bridge,
The 2007 Fly Filmmaking Challenge, Monday, May 28, 7:00 PM and Wednesday, June 13, 4:30 PM at the Egyptian Theatre
The Bridge
USA, 2007, 10 Minute Running Time
World Premiere
Jeremy and Julia are imperfect strangers. Facing her mortality, Julia, an aspiring artist, seeks spiritual answers wherever they may lurk. Dying on stage, Jeremy, a perspiring comic, seeks resolution on his own terms. When the two cross paths on a bridge, will either end up on the other side?
DIRECTOR: Lisa Hardmeyer
Producer: Lisa Hardmeyer, Amy Lillard Dee, Jannat Gargi
Editor: Tracy Dethlefs
Screenwriter: Lisa Hardmeyer
Cinematographer: Heath Ward
Principal Cast: Carol De Salles, Nathan Vetterlien, Chloe Bacik, Tony Curry, Suzi Jacobs-Higgins , John Keister
Make-up: Melanie Melanie WIF member
*****
Celebration of WIF filmmakers screening at SIFF!!
Filmmakers convened at VonPiglet’s enjoying fabulous music by Carrie Clark, and singer, songwriter Andrea Wittgens (www.andreawittgens.com) with amazing guitar by Vincent Gates - great food too courtesy of Vincent and Sue Corcoran. Partygoers enjoyed a fun raffle and member movies. Among the screenings were Alesia Glidewell’s On the Lot challenge film, Sue Corcoran’s recent Back to the Future spoof starring Christopher Lloyd, and Virginia Bogert’s Fly Film, The Delivery.
WIF hosted director Cecilia Miniucchi (and her producers, Jeffrey Coulter and Antoni Stutz,) whose bent comedy, EXPIRED, branded by Women in Film Seattle as part of WIF/S support of women filmmakers and our international festival -- screened at SIFF 2007.
“Smart writing, excellent performances... A meter maid and a parking officer...comedy and pathos...Expired offers searing insight into the complex mechanisms that obstruct human intimacy.”
The performances are at times astounding. Jason Patric is superb and “borderline.” Samantha Morton - tender, painful and arresting …and it’s always a treat to see Teri Garr and Illeana Douglas, neither of whom could ever deliver a middling performance.
Miniucchi’s direction is bold and unflinching, the characters layered; the film at times “indy uneven” and not elegant but neither are her characters. Look for this movie! This lady can write dialogue. -vbb
Congratulations Cecilia, Brave story, script, and casting! For more information about Expired and Cecilia go to:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488535/
*****
Seattle PI Article on SIFF Opening Night Gala.
By ATHIMA CHANSANCHAI
P-I REPORTER
…Besides reps from the catalog-size list of sponsors, some familiar faces poured into VIP: James Keblas, director of the Mayor's Office of Film + Music; Winfield Ezell Jr., one-third of 3films 3visions; councilman Nick Licata, and lots of Women in Film, a local non-profit that supports women film professionals.
“This is extra gala, gala, gala,” said Cathy Wadley, a member of Seattle Women in Film. Like a lot of local filmmakers, her bread and butter is corporate work, but she also has something going on the side: a documentary on female jazz instrumentalists.
Deserving of stalkerazzi: up-and-coming creative types like Sean Pecknold, a filmmaker whose Milk team put together “Manquer,” which won the Best Film of 2006 in the Seattle 48 Hour Film Project. Or Alesia Glidewell, a producer/director who tried out for Fox TV's new reality show “On the Lot” and made it to the top 200 -- out of 12,000.
Full story on Seattle PI Website
Sue Corcoran directs Christopher Lloyd (Delorian in BG) |
Susan LaSalle produces
and Sue Corcoran Von Piglet Productions directs Christopher Lloyd in Microsoft Tech Ed 2007 launch video.
Christopher Lloyd in Seattle on a two-day shoot with Producer Susan LaSalle and Director Sue Corcoran from Von Piglet. Lloyd played his iconic character Doc Emmett Brown from the 1985 smash hit Back to the Future. Playing opposite Lloyd was Microsoft Vice President Bob Muglia. The video aired on June 4th at the Microsoft Tech Ed 2007 launch in Orlando, FL.
Other Women in Film members on the project: Amy Vanderbeck (Executive Producer), Kat Kasinger (Art Director), Annie Grosshans (Script Supervisor) and Mimi Pettibone (Hair/Makeup) and Women in Film “honorary members”: Ron Leamon and Gerard Parr (Costumes).
To view Press regarding the video and event,
click here
To view the video go to:
www.vonpiglet.com
click on “view our reel”
click on “commercials”
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Christopher Lloyd (Doc Emmett Brown) and Director Sue Corcoran from Von Piglet Productions, LLC. |
From L to R: Kat Kassinger (Art Director) and Susan LaSalle (Producer) |
Check out Crosswinds Productions projects “Go Where Your Booster Takes You”, an educational program by member Linda Regan writer, director and co-producer for Mary Bridge Hospital. Linda received a grant from 4Culture to support post-production of her informational arts documentary, “Journey to Creativity.”
World Premier at New York's Tribeca Film Festival 2007.
Seattle Composer, Nan Avant, composed original music for the documentary feature, Postcards from Tora Bora, by New York directors Wazhmah Osman and Kelly Dolak, editing by Stephen Jablonsky. www.postcardsfromtorabora.com
Postcards documents the personal journey by co-director Osman as she travels back to Afghanistan to find her father and search for her past. After the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Osmon‚s family took flight from Afghanistan to America taking with them only a handful of photos and movies as reminders of the lives they left behind. Now she returns home to search for her
past and her father, who never left the country. Her quest reveals the history of this war-torn country in a very layered, personal film. In English and Farsi. Original music composed by Nan Avant, Seattle composer and musician.
Women in Film members Shannon Hart-Reed, Rachel Nussbaum (WIF Education Chair), Rebecca Van Pelt, (WIF Production Chair) and Dawn McLellan share an exciting and moving documentary in the making, Ladies Who Lunch. www.youtube.com/profile?user=victorystudiosreel
Virginia Bogert, WIF President is new Producer/director of Film and Video at Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum. Bogert was also recently nominated for a NW Emmy for her short documentary, Fields of Plenty.
WIF and SIFF
Members Alesia Glidewell, Cheryl Slean, Rachel Nussbaum, Lisa Hardmeyer, Melanie Melanie, Susan LaSalle, Barbara Brown all worked on films screening at SIFF. Alesia Glidewell produced Lisa Hardmeyer’s Fly Film, The Bridge. Joy Saez Line-Produced and Rebecca Van Pelt AC’ed. Alesia also was the Production Designer for Elliot’s Wake (a short film by Mark Price). Rachel Nussbaum was the Sound Engineer and Rebecca Van Pelt also crewed. Melanie Melanie provided make-up expertise on two Fly Films at SIFF: The Bridge and Numb and for Joe’s Acton’s film “Courage Doesn’t Ask”, which not only went to Cannes but it also 19 or 20 other festivals..
“Go Where Your Booster Takes You”, an educational program that member Linda Regan wrote, directed and co-produced for Mary Bridge Hospital, has received two 2007 Telly awards. It is part of a campaign on the new 2007 Washington State booster seat laws and is being well received in K-1st grade classrooms in King, Pierce and Kitsap counties and televised in Pierce County.
Linda also received a grant from 4Culture to help support post-production of her informational arts documentary, “Journey to Creativity.” This program features Seattle artists, their creative processes, and their experiences at an innovative, Portugal residency. Northwest Film Forum is the non-profit fiscal sponsor of “Journey to Creativity” and enables the you (or someone you know who supports the Arts) to make a tax-deductible donation to help support the completion of this program. Donors receive a special thank-you in the credits. You can make a check payable to Northwest Film Forum and mail to: 1515 12th Avenue Seattle, WA 98122. There is a $50 minimum which helps the sponsor keep administrative costs low. Important: Please write in the memo line of your check “Journey to Creativity”. If you would like to learn more about the program, contact Linda at crosswind@att.net.
Reel Member News/Updates
Makeup Artist, Melanie Melanie, will be doing two of the four SIFF Fly Films this go round! Make sure to show your support & check them out when they are completed.
Virginia Bogert’s short documentary, Fields of Plenty, a visit with a sustainable farmer lovingly known as The Potato Man, aired on KCTS All About Us series October 19, 2006. KCTS Public Television will continue airing the show throughout the year.
Nation Son Holmes, WIF-Seattle member, will be having screenings of her feature-length film, "W.O.E. (Walking On Eggshells)"
Friday August 18th 2006: Wild Palms 901 1st Avenue in Pioneer Square. 6:30- 9:30pm
Saturday August 19th 2006: Henry Art Gallery (UW) 15th Ave and 41st Avenue 1:30- 5:00pm
Sunday August 20th 2006: Henry Art Gallery (UW) 15th Ave and 41st Avenue 1:30- 5:00pm
Come early for free appetizers
Contact Nation Son Holmes for more information (206)850-2721 or (206)324-3435
Written, Directed and Produced by Nation Son Holmes
WIF- Seattle member and Events Chair Alesia Glidewell just wrapped production of her third short film, "Hang on St. Christopher". Way to go, Alesia!
Cassandra Chamberlain, Chair of the Women In Film - Seattle Fundraising Committee, has an on-going offer to
anyone who is looking for property or wishes to list their property. For sales generated from a WIF/Seattle referral to
Cassandra that results in a sale, she will donate a generous portion of her commission to WIF/Seattle.
If you or anyone you know needs a Realtor, please contact Cassandra at:
Windermere Real Estate/ Mercer Island
Cell: 206-276-1947
www.mymercerislandrealestate.com
Member Sue Corcoran is shooting humor/dialogue spots for Microsoft's Tech Ed in house and just finished 88
(count ‘em) internet spots for VISA www.lifetakesvisa.com. Sue is
also writing a feature script she plans to shoot later this year or early next.
Member Susan LaSalle just completed production of a series of political spots for Cross Films shot in
California.
Susan is also producer for member Cheryl Slean's new film Diggers, an IFP
Spotlight Award Grant winner. She also produced Douglas Horn's short, Full Disclosure, Official
Selection of Palm Springs Film Festival 2005.
Make-up queen Melanie Melanie is presently working a new product commercial Microsoft shoot. M. M. recently
worked with Victory Studios, the “Home Team” show with Troy McClain, a music video for
Lucid Spiral, and a shoot for Getty.
WIF VP Virginia Bogert just completed shooting her Fly Film The Delivery, a
romantic comedy short for Seattle International Film Festival. Bogert was one of four Seattle directors
chosen. The Flys will be screened Memorial Day weekend at SIFF.
Bogert also just completed a project for Eyeplay for Children's Hospital at Providence, in Alaska.
Bogert screened at Hazel Wolf Festival
Documentary filmmaker Virginia Bogert’s short film “Fields of Plenty” screened at the matriarch of environmental festivals: Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival in Leavenworth, WA. March 23rd-26th.
“The film was judged on its environmental message, effectiveness to inspire and inform, and production values
...outstanding work.” - The HazelWolf Environmental Film Network
Bogert is just back from recent screenings of two documentaries “Fields of Plenty” and “Pike Place Market:
Soul of a City” at Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, the largest environmental film festival on the west
coast, in Nevada City, California.
Fields of Plenty is a profile of farmer Gene Thiele of Joseph, Oregon, a gentle practitioner of the art of sustainable
agriculture - known from Seattle to Portland as the Potato Man. Excerpts from “Fields of Plenty” can also be seen
on special features in Deborah Garcia’s 2006 DVD release of the documentary “The Future of Food”
“Pike Place Market: Soul of a City,” is a passionate portrayal of Seattle’s beloved, soon to be century-old,
public marketplace and the people who inhabit it and give it life, produced by KCTS-TV and Bogert’s company Laughing Dog
Pictures, LLC.
Sue Corcoran was named “One to Watch” in The Stranger's Third
Annual Genius Awards (Film). The Genius Award bash was Saturday,
October 15th at the Seattle Art Museum, 9pm.
Film: Ones to Watch
Director, writer, and one half of the production team Von Piglet Sisters,
Sue Corcoran specializes in cartoonishly garish melodramas. Her first short
explored desire through a clown-on-clown love triangle. Her first feature,
2003's Gory Gory Hallelujah, skewered religion through the collision of an
Elvis-impersonating motorcycle gang and a town of nefarious Christians.
Corcoran's 2005 short, Circus of Infinity, cowritten with fellow Von Piglet
Sister Angie Louise and created as part of SIFF 2005's Fly Filmmaking
Challenge, compressed the whole of a woman's life-from birth to death and
beyond-into 10 minutes, presenting human existence as a vast, colorful
practical joke ending with a glamorous splat. Corcoran is now at work on a
second feature. “It's a sci-fi gothic horror movie, somewhere between The
Silence of the Lambs, Frankenstein, and The Twilight Zone,” says Corcoran.
“It's gonna be pretty... something.” DAVID SCHMADER
More Info
Independent Film Premiere
by Women in Film-Seattle Member Nation Holmes
Synopsis:
W.O.E. (Walking On Eggshells) is the story of newlyweds Paris & Darnell Franklin, who discover they each have skeletons
in their closets that must be dealt with in order to move forward with their marriage. W.O.E. is a story about
relationships, choices, and domestic violence – physical, verbal and psychological – and how we are responsible for our own
choices, right or wrong.
Premiere was held at The Wonder Bar in Seattle on October 6, 2005.
FifthavenwFilms@yahoo.com
Snow Day Bloody Snow Day
Tangent Productions in association with Gadzook Films have completed
post-production on Snow Day, Bloody Snow Day, the short zombie comedy
written and directed by WIF-S members Jessica Baxter and Faye Hoerauf. They have already
begun submitting the film to festivals and genre conventions around the country and the world.
The trailer is posted on www.tangentproductions.net, and will
also soon be
available on www.gadzookfilms.com and www.storypipe.com (home of many other short films and music videos by
Seattle filmmakers including Tangent Productions past work Love and 145 Watts and Terry).
Please visit the Tangent Productions site, www.tangentproductions.net, for information on upcoming
opportunities to see Snow Day, Bloody Snow Day.
Wild Porcupine Designs
by Multi-talented WIF-S Member
Sarah Cook!
Unique Holiday Gifts
Sarah has been mastering the art of jewelry design since 1995 and enjoys
using a variety of materials and techniques in her work. One of her favorite
and most accomplished jewelry techniques is the cold connection process
which is displayed in many of her pieces. In some of her work the pieces
take on an industrial look while others offer a bit of whimsy and playfulness.
Order Online at www.wildporcupine.com
Cornelia Moore of Leap of Faith Productions is getting close to finishing up her short film, “Dancing
With You”. She reports that she'll do the online edit next week, with final sound to follow. www.CorriesLeapofFaith.siteblast.com
Joy Saez, a casting assistant for the Oxygen Network and Gonzo Productions, has been casting, scouting
locations and writing concepts and spec commercials for Fluid Nine. From August through November she will be producing an
independent feature film for Akina Films - and recruiting as many industry women into WIF-S as she can!
Mary Jane Gasdick has kept busy this summer working as the executive producer on the latest series of
Seahawks commercials and most recently as the project manager for Maverick Productions on the Microsoft MGB Conference.
Donna Westfall of Cobblestone Pictures reports from Southern California that she is a bit preoccupied with
her real estate projects to spend time on screenwriting - but she has the bug and knows she'll soon be back to
producing/writing more films in the future.
Natalie Wallace has completed the rewrite of her original comedy script “The Finkles” which will
be marketed to the major studios later this month by her management team, Class 3 Entertainment in Los Angeles. She has
started work on her 14th feature length screenplay, “Vinnie & Joey,” another original high-concept comedy.
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