Visiting Filmmakers 2009

Glenis has worked as a producer of film and television projects over the last twenty years through her company Oliver Giles Productions. She has been at the forefront of cross-media development with her 13 part science series for kids, QTV - featuring interviews with scientists and technologists throughout New Zealand. Her most recent film, Mokopuna, was directed by Ainsley Gardiner and won a medal at the Vancouver Indigeouns Film Festival. She has worked on many projects with director Clare O'Leary, they formed Gogo Media in 2007. They are currently working on a documentary about Wellington 88 year old artist, Gordon Crook.

See more info at www.olivergiles.co.nzwww.qteam.co.nz and www.gogomedia.co.nz

Clare O'Leary is a documentary filmmaker and digital strategist from New Zealand. Her film, Michael King: A Moment in Time is a documentary about the New Zealand writer Michael King who wrote many books about Maori leaders, Maori culture, the art of 'moko' or facial tatooing and New Zealand cultural and literary history. In this documentary, King discusses the effect of colonisation on New Zealand and the ongoing relationship between Maori and Pakeha (non-Maori) in New Zealand. He was also instrumental in getting one of the first indigenous documentary series about Maori culture onto mainstream television, Tangata Whenua (The People of the Land). He was killed in a car accident with his wife in 2004 and this film is a tribute to him and his work.

See more info at www.gogomedia.co.nz and www.nzonscreen.com

Chrysalis Award Winners (Sodium Babies -2009)

Big Screen's sensational vampire thriller, "Sodium Babies," and the award winning, action packed film, "Target Practice," have also received additional festival attention and awards. "Sodium Babies," directed by the French directing team, The Deka Brothers, is piling up stellar reviews:

http://taliesinttlg.blogspot.com/2009/08/sodium-babies-review.html

http://www.horrornews.net/reviews/Review_Sodium_Babies.htm

His considerable experience covers a wide spectrum of work which has taken him all over the world, and has involved him in all kinds of programme making. He worked on the acclaimed series Walking with Dinosaurs, its sequel Walking with Beasts, and several dinosaur spin-offs including the major BBC drama The Lost World.

He shot The Last Dragon, a science-fiction drama-doc about yet more impossible animals, for C4 and Discovery. He has recently produced, directed and shot all the timelapse footage for Discovery's series The Science of Plants. Documentary projects include an episode of European Roots - a music doc for BBC4 about Portuguese fado, True Bible Stories for C4 - two films about an extraordinary present-day Indiana Jones, and Ride the Wild Surf - a story about unbelievably brave Hawaiian surfers, also for C4.

He is currently co-producing, directing and shooting a film about the Californian artist Jack Mays, and shoots and directs corporate work for various clients. His work ranges from actuality documentary to fully-lit drama, with all the variations in between. He has experience with all film and video formats, from DV to DigiBeta and HD, from Super-8 to 35mm.

Producer/Actor/Editor - The Mirror, Babysitter Wanted.

Eckelberry also produced the films Nothing Compares to You (2008), Forget About It (2006) (co-producer), Two Faced (2005) (producer), and directed the films Double Duty (2008), Edna McCoy's Festival (1999), Charades (1998), Going Home (1997), and Movies Money Murder (1996).

(Writer/Director/Producer, the Black Rock aka Black Alcatraz- 2009) http://www.blackalcatraz.com.

Kevin Epps is a community activist and award-winning filmmaker, and producer of new media projects. Kevin Epps’ (2002) documentary “Straight Outta Hunter’s Point” won local and national acclaim, and established him as a leader in digital, independent film and new media. His other most recent work ranging from gun violence to black fatherhood, can be seen airing nation¬wide on Current TV, a network founded by former Vice President Al Gore. Epps is a member of the (DMAC) Digital Media Advisory Council, tirelessly advocating for underserved communities; A boardmember, San Francisco Black Film Festival, and have have partnered with governmental and corporate entities such as: Golden Gate National Parks, Yahoo, Google, Discovery Channel, Boys and Girls Club, City of Richmond, Current TV, and other well known organizations.

Writer/Director, recently directed I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell(2009)

Bob Gosse founded independent film company The Shooting Gallery with Larry Meistrich in 1991. His collaborators included Hal Hartley, Ted Hope, Nick Gomez and Michael Almereyda. The company’s first feature was Gomez’ Laws of Gravity (1992). It gained wide notice for a low-budget, independent production and impressed not only critics but filmmakers—Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Sidney Lumet, and Woody Allen. At The Shooting Gallery, Gosse supported other first-time filmmakers including Morgan J. Freeman, Danny Leiner and Billy Bob Thornton. In 1995, Gosse directed his first film- Niagara, Niagara, which premiered to critical acclaim. In 2001, Gosse released Julie Johnson, starring Lili Taylor, Courtney Love, Mischa Barton and Spalding Grey. This past September Bob’s newest film, an adaptation of the controversial book, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, hit screens across the United States.

Local documentary filmmaker and friend to Jack Mays of One More Line. She is a long-time Ferndale resident and worked on Walking With Dinosaurs, in 2000, when it was filmed in Humboldt County.

Writer, Rule of Three - 2008

Writer/Actress in almost a dozen films Was in a Coolio music video. Sister of jazz soloist Stanley Jordan. She is half black and half Filipino. Wrote "Rule of Three" after tiring of roles in B-horror movies. Studied Film Writing at Emerson College (Boston, MA).

Producer (Big Screen Pictures, Paramount) - The Mirror, Babysitter Wanted.

Kates has also produced Dirty Love (2005), Forget About It (2006), and William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet (2008). Kates is also an actress who has appeared in numerous TV shows and films, including Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), in which she played Princess Elizabeth.

Richmond has worked on dozens of features, starting with Dick Tracy, in 1990, John Carpenter's Vampires, Pay it Forward. His background is predominantly with Editing or Sound Department, until his directoral debut with Target Practice.

A California-based writer-director, best known for authoring intense fiction. Eric Shapiro's short film 'Zero' played at a Cannes Film Festival Kodak Screening in 2000. In 1998, Shapiro won a national award for Screenwriting from the International Radio and Television Society ('Male Revenge Fantasy'). In '97, he was nominated for Emerson College's Evvy Award in Screenwriting ('Staircase').

AProducer - Nina & the Mystery of the Secret Room (2007) In addition to working in film and teleivision as an actor and various capacities, Zappone was on for producing William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet.

The documentary, a co-production with Shatner's Melis Productions and Special Entertainment offers a fascinating look into the iconic actor's music career, and features performances by Ben Folds, Brad Paisley, Henry Rollins and Joe Jackson. The ballet was choreographed by Margo Sappington. "Gonzo Ballet" had its festival premiere at the Nashville Film Festival, where it received an excellent review from Variety. Negotiations are currently underway for multiple distribution channels.

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