Film Independent's 9th annual Directors Lab will include Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) as a mentor!
“It’s exciting to have a group of filmmakers in the Directors Lab that not only have such varied artistic backgrounds, but also can bring a diverse slate of projects to the table,” said Director of Talent Development Josh Welsh. “We’re also so grateful to have Catherine sharing... expertise and guiding them through the directing process.”
Some of the awesome films being created through the project this year include thrillers like SarahN_12 by Sasie Sealy and The Prettiest Girl by Sasha Isaac-Young. Read on for detailed descriptions of these awesome new films...
SarahN_12 – Obsessed with finding her boyfriend’s murderer, Sarah takes her investigation into the virtual world where she discovers his online doppelganger was murdered just two days before his real life murder.
Sasie Sealy is a writer/director, and alumna of the Nyu graduate film program,...
“It’s exciting to have a group of filmmakers in the Directors Lab that not only have such varied artistic backgrounds, but also can bring a diverse slate of projects to the table,” said Director of Talent Development Josh Welsh. “We’re also so grateful to have Catherine sharing... expertise and guiding them through the directing process.”
Some of the awesome films being created through the project this year include thrillers like SarahN_12 by Sasie Sealy and The Prettiest Girl by Sasha Isaac-Young. Read on for detailed descriptions of these awesome new films...
SarahN_12 – Obsessed with finding her boyfriend’s murderer, Sarah takes her investigation into the virtual world where she discovers his online doppelganger was murdered just two days before his real life murder.
Sasie Sealy is a writer/director, and alumna of the Nyu graduate film program,...
- 2/12/2010
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
- Rodrigo Garcia, Keith Gordon, Catherine Hardwicke, and Alfredo De Villa to Serve as Lab Mentors -
Los Angeles (February 10, 2010) - Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, has announced the filmmakers and film projects for its 9th annual Directors Lab, sponsored by Kodak. Taking place in Los Angeles from now until the end of March, the Directors Lab is an intensive nine-week incubator designed to assist directors with strong, original voices develop new narrative feature films, improve their craft, and advance their filmmaking careers in a nurturing yet challenging creative environment. This year's Lab Mentors include Rodrigo Garcia (Mother and Child), Keith Gordon (The Singing Detective, Waking the Dead), Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Thirteen), and Alfredo De Villa (Adrift in Manhattan, Washington Heights).
"It's exciting to have a group of filmmakers in the Directors Lab that not only have such varied artistic backgrounds,...
- 2/11/2010
- by maint
- Film Independent
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Film Independent has selected eight filmmakers for its 9th annual Directors Lab, which runs through the end of March. Rodrigo Garcia, Keith Gordon, Catherine Hardwicke and Alfredo De Villa are serving as mentors in the nine-week program designed to assist emerging directors.
The filmmakers receive a cash stipend for the projects and access to production resources provided by Moviola, NBC Universal and Mode HQ.
Under the tutelage of the mentors, the filmmakers learn to work with actors, collaborate with cinematographers and crew, refine scripts and shoot scenes from their projects. They then become Film Independent Fellows, receiving year-round support including access to Film Independent's annual educational offerings, on-staff filmmaker advisor, and the Los Angeles Film Festival.
The 2010 Directors Lab filmmakers and their projects are: "Dish," writer/director Brian Harris Krinsky; "El Flaco," writer/director/editor Jeff Seymann Gilbert; "Forbidden Steps," writer/director Iram Parveen Bilal; "Grievous Angel," Jessica Hundley; "Saigon...
The filmmakers receive a cash stipend for the projects and access to production resources provided by Moviola, NBC Universal and Mode HQ.
Under the tutelage of the mentors, the filmmakers learn to work with actors, collaborate with cinematographers and crew, refine scripts and shoot scenes from their projects. They then become Film Independent Fellows, receiving year-round support including access to Film Independent's annual educational offerings, on-staff filmmaker advisor, and the Los Angeles Film Festival.
The 2010 Directors Lab filmmakers and their projects are: "Dish," writer/director Brian Harris Krinsky; "El Flaco," writer/director/editor Jeff Seymann Gilbert; "Forbidden Steps," writer/director Iram Parveen Bilal; "Grievous Angel," Jessica Hundley; "Saigon...
- 2/10/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Apparently Sundance isn't the only kid on the block for Screenwriting Labs, Film Independent (the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and Los Angeles Film Festival) have announced eight lucky projects that get to take part in “an intensive five-week incubator designed to help writers improve their craft, and take their current scripts to the next level in a nurturing, yet challenging creative environment.”The eight participants (see after the jump) will be mentored by The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys' producer Meg LeFauve will be joined by guest speakers: Allison Anders (pre-prod with Smile Now Cry Later) , Shauna Cross (wrote the novel and screenplay for Whip It!), Rodrigo Garcia (Mother and Child is having its world preem at Tiff), Dito Montiel (in pre-prod with The Brotherhood of the Rose), Kay Schaber-Wolf, Michael Sucsy (in pre-prod with The Goree Girls), and Ligiah Villalobos (scribe for La misma
- 8/18/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
![Meg LeFauve](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTk4MjE3ODg1MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDk2MjYwNzE@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,1,140,207_.jpg)
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Film Independent, the L.A.-based indie film organization, has selected eight projects for its 19th annual Screenwriters Lab, sponsored by the WGA West, which runs through Sept. 16.
The lab is a five-week incubator designed to help writers improve their craft, and take their current scripts to the next level. Screenwriter and producer Meg LeFauve returns as this year's Lab Instructor, and Lab Mentors and Guest Speakers include Allison Anders, Shauna Cross, Rodrigo Garcia, Dito Montiel, Kay Schaber-Wolf, Michael Sucsy, and Ligiah Villalobos.
The 2009 Screenwriters Lab participants and projects are:
"El Flaco," written by Jeff Seymann
"The End of Something," Rory Kelly and Tim McCarthy
"Grievous Angel," Jessica Hundley
"Gringita," Monica Bider
Future Weather, Jenny Deller
"I Am Not Werner Ernhard ," Steven Schardt
"The Prettiest Girl," Sasha Isaac-Young
"Touchback," Philip Flores...
The lab is a five-week incubator designed to help writers improve their craft, and take their current scripts to the next level. Screenwriter and producer Meg LeFauve returns as this year's Lab Instructor, and Lab Mentors and Guest Speakers include Allison Anders, Shauna Cross, Rodrigo Garcia, Dito Montiel, Kay Schaber-Wolf, Michael Sucsy, and Ligiah Villalobos.
The 2009 Screenwriters Lab participants and projects are:
"El Flaco," written by Jeff Seymann
"The End of Something," Rory Kelly and Tim McCarthy
"Grievous Angel," Jessica Hundley
"Gringita," Monica Bider
Future Weather, Jenny Deller
"I Am Not Werner Ernhard ," Steven Schardt
"The Prettiest Girl," Sasha Isaac-Young
"Touchback," Philip Flores...
- 8/18/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If you’re an aspiring screenwriter which, let’s face it, you may be, one way to break into the “business” is through a lab where you work with established mentors and advisers on honing your work and getting it in the hands of the right people. One of the most prestigious and famous of these labs is the one sponsored by Film Independent, a non-profit group dedicated to fostering and nurturing creativity that also produces the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Spirit Awards.
Today, they’ve announced a new group of writers who will participate in this year’s lab. Here’s all the info about the lucky 9 participants from the official press release.
Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and Los Angeles Film Festival, has announced the screenwriters and film projects selected for its 10th annual Screenwriters Lab, sponsored by the Writers Guild of America,...
Today, they’ve announced a new group of writers who will participate in this year’s lab. Here’s all the info about the lucky 9 participants from the official press release.
Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and Los Angeles Film Festival, has announced the screenwriters and film projects selected for its 10th annual Screenwriters Lab, sponsored by the Writers Guild of America,...
- 8/17/2009
- by Joe Gillis
- The Flickcast
NEW YORK -- Zeze Gamboa's The Hero was named best feature at the ninth annual Urbanworld Film Festival in New York, which announced winners Monday in its feature, documentary, short film, screenplay and music video categories. The Hero, about a war vet who loses his prosthetic leg, brought together a film production team from Angola, Portugal and France. Best feature-length documentary went to Jonathan Hock's Through the Fire, which tells the story of young hoop dreamers, and best short docu went to Sasha Isaac-Young's Foster Stories. Best short was awarded to Enrique Arroyo's The Other American Dream, best music video went to Len Peterson's Keep on Moving, Andre Wiggins received the best screenplay prize for Holy Shyster, and the Audience Award winner was Jordan Walker-Pearlman's Constellation.
- 6/28/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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