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Synapse to Screen 1.0 Pre-Production Tools Conference |
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Featured BiographiesTom Musca ~ Producer and co-writer of Stand and Deliver, was raised and schooled (Phi Beta Kappa, Rutgers) in New Jersey. After stints in advertising, publishing and the music business, Musca earned an M.F.A. from UCLA Film School. While a film student, he won the Rod Serling Award twice and was a national award winner in the AFI Festival for a feature-length video he wrote and directed. After film school, Musca worked as producer, writer and director of magazine segments at the Mommoth Lakes television station until he sold his first screenplay, Little Nikita, which starred Sidney Poitier and River Phoenix. Other writing credits include the HBO pilot Adam and Eve and several episodes of the NBC television series You Again? starring John Stamos and Jack Klugman. Musca and Ramón Menendez continued their respective writing/producing/directing collaboration on Hollywood Pictures' Money for Nothing, which starred John Cusack, Debi Mazar and Michael Madsen. In theater, Musca was executive producer for Mark Kamble's Names, a "Hollywood blacklist" drama starring Dixie Carter, which won 12 Drama-Logue Awards including best writing, acting, directing and production. National Public Radio applauded Names as one of its Top Ten Plays for 1995. Musca has several film and television projects in development including Angels With Dirty Faces, a musical adaptation of the classic Warner Brothers film to star Michael Jackson; Botanica, a prime-time series for Warner Brothers and CBS television; The Chico Cervantes Project for Columbia and ABC television; The Sal Aunese Story for TriStar; Rubirosa for Rome's Erre Produzioni; Flight of Fancy, a whimsical fantasy for Casa Grand Productions; and Melting Pot, an urban political drama to be directed by Musca. In addition to producing his own projects, Musca has lectured on screenwriting at Loyola Marymount University and is also employed as a private tutor, consultant and script doctor for screenwriters and directors. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0615556/ Danielle Louise Reddick ~ Santa Fe based performing artist, writer and teacher Danielle Louise has spent her life in the theater, acting in classic and contemporary plays, touring in Broadway productions and the self-produced shows of RedQuyn Zoom Productions. Productions vary from traditional theater, plays created in ensemble, marionette theater, improv variety shows, oracle theater, dance and percussion, multimedia, children’s theater and trunk shows. She also teaches theater and creative movement to pre-k though high school students. Terry Borst's traditional screenwriting credits include co-credit on the TV movie sequel to the Robert DeNiro film "Midnight Run" (MIDNIGHT RUNAROUND), the independent feature film PRIVATE WAR, and numerous episodes of the BBC action-adventure television series BUGS, syndicated in over 30 countries. He also co-wrote a fantasy/adventure series pilot for the BBC titled THE NEW ADVENTURES OF KING ARTHUR. In addition, he has performed uncredited rewrites on USA Cable movies and independent features, and developed screenplays for the producers of "The Hunt for Red October" and various independent producers in Hollywood. Terry also co-wrote the interactive movies WING COMMANDER III and WING COMMANDER IV. (The screenplay for III won the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences "Cybie" for Best Writing; the screenplay for IV was nominated for a Computer Game Developers Association Spotlight Award; both games have been honored with numerous awards.) His commercial videogame work includes co-writing much of the screenplay for Microsoft's epic space adventure FREELANCER. More recently he wrote the screenplay and collaborated on the game design for: 1) LEADERS, a Paramount Digital Entertainment R&D videogame set in newly liberated Afghanistan that trained Army captains in leadership; and 2) FULLY INVOLVED, a Compelling Technologies simulation training firefighters in incident command. This work has resulted in the co-authoring of *Story and Simulation for Serious Games* and *End to End Game Development*, both for Focal Press, and both available on Amazon. For more than a decade, Terry wrote alt.screenwriters – a regular column in the Writers Guild trade magazine Written By. He currently teaches screenwriting for the College of Santa Fe, the Santa Fe Community College and the Screenwriting Conference at Santa Fe; and has previously taught screenwriting at Moorpark College, USC's School for Cinematic Arts, UCLA Extension Writers Program, and the Banff Centre for the Arts. Larry N Stouffer ~ Uniquely qualified in communications, Mr. Stouffer has demonstrated his expertise in the Motion Picture, Video and Stage industries as a Writer, Producer, Director and Film Editor. He has a feel for the moving picture and an ear for believable dialogue. He is an award winning screenwriter and filmmaker. He entered the motion picture industry in January 1966. Mr. Stouffer’s artistic and technical experience as a communicator is extensive, and he understands that creativity is not strictly a function of dollars. Founder/Executive Director: The Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe, LLC (SCSFe.com). Writer: “HORROR HIGH — The Remake” (Larry directed the original). A campy Teen Horror script about a nerdy teen who discovers the Jekyll-Hyde formula for physical transformation, and becomes the revenge-crazed demon of Oak Hills High School. Status: Inventory. Writer: “RISING STAR,” a family drama about an orphaned teenage girl with a severe stuttering problem who dreams of becoming a singing star. FINALIST IN THE RED INKWORKS SCREENPLAY OPPORTUNITY (placed 21st overall) Status: Inventory. Writer: “THE KILLINGS AT EL DIABLO,” an action/adventure screenplay about warped men who hunt illegal aliens along the Rio Grande river. Status: SOLD. Writer/Producer/Director: SANDS OF ECSTASY, a romantic drama set on the Texas Gulf Coast. Status: PRODUCED. Writer: “A MESSAGE FOR MARTINEZ,” an action/adventure screenplay about a teenage boy in Nicaragua who vows to get revenge on the Sandanista colonel who ordered the deaths of his parents. TOP 10 FINALIST IN THE NATIONAL SCREENWRITING COMPETITION, QUARTERFINALIST IN FADE IN MAGAZINE’S FADE IN AWARDS, FINALIST IN THE ACES COMPETITION, FINALIST IN THE RED INKWORKS COMPETITION, QUARTERFINALIST IN THE STORYPROS COMPETITION. Status: Inventory. Writer: “MR. PRESIDENT, JR.,” a fast paced drama about a young man who rallies and inspires the youth of America to foil a corrupt billionaire. HONORABLE MENTION IN THE WRITER’S DIGEST SCREENPLAY COMPETITION. Status: Inventory. Writer: “QUANAH,” a true action/adventure story about the life of Quanah Parker, the heroic half-white/half-Indian boy who became the last Comanche war chief. Status: Step Outline. Writer: “HiTAN,” an action/adventure television mini-series script set in 5th Century Persia. Status: In progress. Co-Writer: “DANCE MAGIC,” a character-driven drama about people turning their lives around in the competitive world of ballroom dancing. Status: Inventory. Producer/actor: WAITIN’ TO LIVE, a stage play dramedy about reincarnation. Performed in Dallas at both the Pegasus Theater and at the Bath House Cultural Center . Status: PRODUCED Co-Writer/Associate Producer: WAITIN’ TO LIVE - the movie. Co-wrote the adaptation. The picture starred Lee Majors, Barry Corbin, Derek Hamilton, Reginald ValJohnson, Margaret Avery and Alison Eastwood. Status: PRODUCED Producer/Director: HORROR HIGH, a feature motion picture. Distributed by Crown International Pictures, Hollywood, CA. Winner: 1973 International Horror Award. Status: PRODUCED Second Unit Director on the movies, Don’t Open the Door and Keep My Grave Open. Status: Both PRODUCED The following five drama/documentaries were produced for THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CHILDREN Writer/Producer/Director: WHERE DO THE CHILDREN PLAY?, on the quality of life for mentally retarded children. Winner: The Council on International Nontheatrical Events’ GOLDEN EAGLE. Producer/Director: SOMETHING SHARED, about Citizen Advocacy as it relates to the mentally retarded population. Producer/Director: WOULD WE NOT LONG FOR THE FAIR?, on the subject of community based residential facilities for mentally retarded citizens. Narrated by Mr. John Forsythe. Producer/Director: JUSTICE AND THE ART OF GENTLE OUTRAGE, about Citizen Advocacy with special emphasis on protecting the rights of the mentally retarded protégé. Narrated by Mr. George Kennedy. Producer/Director: THE BIG YELLOW SCHOONER TO BYZANTIUM, on the rights of the mentally retarded child to a public school education. Narrated by Mr. Henry Fonda. Winner: CHRIS PLAQUE, Columbus Film Festival, Columbus, Ohio. Woven throughout all the events mentioned above, Mr. Stouffer has functioned in various capacities in hundreds of television commercials, industrial films/videos, sales films/videos, theatrical and television endeavors. PUBLICATIONS: • The Young Soul of Texas, an anthology of poetry. Published by Rubert-Wray Publications, Fayetteville, AR a long time ago. SELF ASSESSMENT: All-around good guy. Lotsa heart. Capable. Ted Slampyak ~ Freelance Illustrator with over twenty years of professional experience in storyboards, comic strips and books, and spot illustrations for magazines, posters and events. His most recent storyboard experience includes work on Terminator Salvation and Swing Vote. I use Storyboard Artist for sorting my frames. I use Photoshop for adding gray tones or color, but the actual drawing of the frames is still on good old paper. I have a lightweight, reliable scanner that goes with me and my laptop, and it all works out. I love the new drawing tablets. I still like getting the sides of my hand dirty! Storyteller's Workshop, Inc. 505-341-1289 http://www.StorytellersWorkshop.com HOLLY V. ADAMS ~ Filmmaker, grew up in Texas but never became the debutante her parents were raising her to be. She escaped into the ballet studio as a child where she could live in her imaginary world. At 13, she won a scholarship to the San Francisco Ballet and lived at a nun’s convent in the middle of Haight Ashbury while dancing with the company. Big city life opened its arms to Holly and she inevitably found herself investigating other sides of the huge world out there aside from the sheltered life of a ballet dancer. http://www.myspace.com/wouldholly http://www.youtube.com/user/HollyWoodAdams Hank Rogers ~ Producer, Director, Writer, actor and teacher who works both in documentary and fiction film. Hank directed SHAKESPEARE BEHIND BARS, which picked up 11 awards on the festival circuit, was broadcast world-wide and had a theatrical run of over 25 U.S. cities. Hank also co-produced, directed and edited HOMELAND , an award-winning documentary about four families on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, as well as CIRCLE OF STORIES , a cutting edge multi-media project that brings to life the vibrant art of Native American storytelling at pbs.org. Hank has freelanced as a writer, director and producer within the film industry, and has twice been a Sundance Institute Fellow. His freelance work includes producing, directing and writing 2 seasons of MEDICAL DIARY for the Discovery Health Channel. He currently teaches filmmaking at The College of Santa Fe, and has also taught film production at University of Southern California. As an actor, Hank has performed in film, television and theater and improv. You can see him most recently on the USA Network series, IN PLAIN SIGHT and the Starz series, CRASH. Here is a link to my website, a how-to for documentary filmmaking. http://www.documentaryhowto.com/ Stephen Koncelik ~ Product Manager for Movie Magic Budgeting and Scheduling, has played a key role in the products' development for the past six years, focusing on meeting the needs of filmmakers. His history with these products stems from being an actual user in the field as an Assistant Director, which evolved into working on the product teams at Movie Magic technologies (formerly Creative Planet). Stephen's other roles at Entertainment Partners include Community Manager and host of the popular Movie Magic training videos available on EP's YouTube channel: BroadcastEP Giuseppe Quinn ~ First began making and editing film in the early seventies and now has seventeen films on his resume. Most of his involvement has been as editor but also as director, director of photography, gaffer, camera operator, sound editor, special effects, grip and titles. He has shared his skills in mentoring programs at both Santa Fe School for the Arts and Santa Fe Institute's G.U.T.S. Program. |
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