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MARYLAND FILM OFFICE BULLETIN BOARD - CLASSES / WORKSHOPS / EVENTS / MEETINGS

POSTED 01/13/2012

Producing the Indie Seminar with Academy Award winning Producer, Maureen Ryan - Feb 3/4

Producing the Indie will give you the info you need to get your film produced! Why rely on others when you can make it yourself?

Be a more valuable member of the film team, no matter your duties, by understanding the process.

Two-day seminar to include:
* Development/Fundraising
* Option agreements
* Legal documents
* Script Breakdown
* Scheduling principles
* Scheduling stripboard/daily schedule
* Budgeting
* Pre-Production/Production/SAG
* Deliverables/Marketing/Film Festivals

Friday, February 3, 2012 - 6:30 to 9:00 pm
Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 9:00 am to 5:30 pm
Media and Public Affairs Building, The George Washington University, 805 21st Street, NW, DC

EARLY BIRD PRICING to January 13, 2012 - $125 WIFV Members/$200 Public
After January 13, 2012 - $175 WIFV Members/$250 Public

MAUREEN A. RYAN is a NYC-based producer concentrating on feature films and documentaries. She is co-producer of James Marsh’s Man on Wire (2009 Academy Award for Best Documentary and the 2009 BAFTA Award for Best British Film) and co-producer of Project NIM (Best Director World Cinema Documentary at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and shortlisted for the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary).

She is also a producer of the independent narrative film BOMBER which premiered at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival, has won numerous film festival awards and is currently distributed by Film Movement. She produced a short film Red Flag that was written and directed by WIFV Member Sheila Curran Dennin. The film was honored as part of the Best of the Fest for Comedy at the 2009 Palm Springs International Shorts Fest and also won the 2009 Best Short Comedy award at the Woods Hole Film Festival.

Ryan’s other producer credits include The Gates, Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway, The Team, The King, Torte Bluma, Last Hand Standing and Wisconsin Death Trip. Additional awards have included a Peabody award, three AICP awards, a Billboard award, a Freddie, a CMA award, an ACM award, 11 Addys and 5 Tellys. She is on the full time faculty at Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program.

Venue sponsor The Documentary Center at The George Washington University

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WORKSHOPS and LABS

AC Teen Film Academy
AC Teen Academy was founded in 1978. This film acting academy serves youth from 13 to 20 years of age.

AFTRA SAG Conservatory

offers free classes to it's members taught by volunteer members. Go to www.aftrasagdcbalt.com to find out about other workshops and offerings.

Betsy Royall Coaching

1:1 Sessions with Betsy Royall, CSA

50 minute 1:1 monologue improvement sessions, career coaching session or life coaching session

IFP Independent Feature Film Project
IFP is 29 year-old organization serving filmmakers and film industry members by providing seminars, workshops, screenings and grants.

NALIP - National Association of Latino Independent Producers - Signature Programs
The National Association of Latino Independent Producers offer the Latino Writers Lab for members who aspire to work as professional writers. NALIP also invite applications for the Latino Producers Academy, a ten-day intensive seminar for feature film and documentary projects that are in advanced stages. NALIP also sponsor documentary workshops called Doing Your Doc held in various cities throughout the country.

NAPTE National Association of TV Program Executives
This global, non-profit organization is dedicated to the creation, development and distribution of televised programming in all forms across all mature and emerging media platforms. Projects include NATPE TV Producers Boot Camp and NextGenTV Competition.

Pat Moran, Casting Director - Private Acting Consultations
Fee: $100/hr.

Scheduled on an individual basis. Check out the web site, www.patmoranandassociates.com

PBS Public Broadcasting Service - The Producers Workshop
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in conjunction with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) conduct The Producers Workshop, a competitive seminar that covers a range of production skills open to independent filmmakers.

Sundance Institute Labs
The Sundance Institute offers unique and intensive programs in their Screenwriters, Directors, Theater and Filmmakers Labs.

Tribeca Film Institute
Tribeca All Access (TAA), a program designed to help foster relationships between film industry executives and filmmakers from traditionally underrepresented communities. The TAA Creative Promise Awards come with a prize of $10,000 for narrative and documentary and $5,000 for screenwriting.

WIF Women In Film
Women In Film empowers, promotes and mentors women in the entertainment and media industries. WIF's programs include a Fulfillment Fund Summer Internship Program and Pilot Mentoring Program.

Young Filmmaker Academy
Young Filmmaker Academy is organized to develop skills in self-expression and communication with filmmaking skills. This non-profit organization serves youth from 9 to 18 years of age.