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At sixteen years old, Shane Stanley had already received his first Emmy Award for his work on Desperate Passage (1987) which starred Michael Landon. Over the next few years he learned filmmaking under his father Lee Stanley on what became known as The Desperate Passage Series (1988 to 1995) starring Sharon Gless, Edward James Olmos, Marlo Thomas and Louis Gossett Jr..The self-produced series earned a total of thirty-three Emmy nominations, (winning thirteen) as well as numerous Christopher Awards and CINE Golden Eagles. In 1994, the Stanleys feature film, Street Pirates (1994) was a two-time winner of the CINE Golden Eagle Award for best feature documentary and film editing.In 2001, Shane launched Visual Arts Entertainment, his own production company, most notably credited with Gridiron Gang (2006) starring Dwayne Johnson & Xzibit as well as the critically acclaimed independent film, A Sight for Sore Eyes (2004) with Academy Award nominee, Gary Busey.The film, (produced for under $10,000) marked Shane's directorial debut and went on to win the Gold Special Jury Award at Worldfest Houston, Best Dramatic Short Film at the International Family Film Festival, a Telly Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film and Television as well as two Aurora Awards for writing & directing. The film was also invited to Cannes to compete in the annual international film festival.Please enjoy my conversation with Shane Stanley.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/bulletproof-screenwriting-podcast--2881148/support.

In this episode of Girl, You So Random, I had the pleasure of talking with Nicaraguan-born Tania Romero, a writer-director, editor, and cinematographer. Her work has been selected at the 69th Cannes Film Festival Short Corner, Cine Las Americas, SXSW, WorldFest Houston, and ICARO International Film Festival among other festivals. As a visual storyteller, her work focuses on the concerns of marginalized communities and highlighting the contributions of women in our society. She is a world traveler, amateur cook, animal-lover, and multilingual artist-philosopher. Currently she is an assistant professor of media production and media studies at Villanova University. This episode is sponsored by Mommy Marayam, hair and body products that cater to mommy and child. You can buy products for you and your baby at www.mommymarayam.com Vocals by: Dian Sentino @belifuna Follow me on IG @drhollysfunny

Meet Matthew Paris - Matthew Paris is a native Texan. Born and raised in Houston, Texas. Matthew was always a film buff growing up. Matthew graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater and a minor in English Literature. Paris's first short film that he wrote, "Crisis" won the Platinum Remi Award at Worldfest-Houston and was sold for tv distribution with Shorts International on the ShortsHD Network, with AT&T U-Verse, and DirecTV. Matthew Paris second short film, "The Last Catch", won the Silver Remi Award at Worldfest-Houston, best short film at the Digitalmation Awards, the Orson Welles Award at the California Film Awards in San Diego, and was sold for distribution at Shorts International. The film is playing in the United States, Europe, Middle East, and Africa.Matthew Paris has also worked as an actor. He worked on Love & Death for HBO MAX, starring Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse Plemons. He spent two seasons working on the CW, Walker. A reboot of Walker: Texas Ranger. Matthew also directs and produces the Sunday church service for The Church on Congress Avenue in Austin, TX. Where he has directed over 100 videos for their YouTube page.Matthew Paris is also an avid sports fan. He has contributed over 300 articles at The Sports Column, an online blog about sports. He is the most read author on the column. LINKS:The Last Catch - teaser trailerhttp://vimeo.com/107003313 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/moviemakingpod/support

  On Tuesday's show: Recent efforts at the state legislature to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion programs on college campuses could end up costing the state billions of dollars, according to Chris Tomlinson of the Houston Chronicle in a recent column. He explains why. Also this hour: Privacy and convenience are often at loggerheads in the digital world. The apps we use require certain permissions to operate, which could put some personal data at risk. From online banking, to medical privacy, to recent concerns about “juice jacking” – how can we best protect our data at home, work, and everywhere in-between while still enjoying all of the conveniences the digital world offers? Then, as Houston Matters prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary this week, we talk about how the food and restaurant scene has changed here in the past decade with our panel of food writers from The Full Menu. And longtime acting coach Michelle Danner talks about her new movie, Miranda's Victim, which tells the story of the victim in the case that established Miranda rights. The film is being screened Saturday nigth at the WorldFest-Houston film festival.

Our guest on today's episode is Emmy award-winning filmmaker, actor, Filmtrepreneur, best-selling author, and instructor Shane Stanley. Shane's been in the business way before he could walk. He started off as a child actor at 9 months old when his father, who was a working actor volunteered him for national TV commercials, starring in commercials and films and even going on to win his first two Emmy Awards at age 16 and 19 for his role in the Desperate Passage (1987) series.Along with his outstanding talents in front of the camera, Stanley also had an eye out for the producer's seat. He learned and honed camera and editorial skills and could comfortably find his way around behind the camera by age 10, and has since clocked directing, production, editing, and acting credits for over 58 shows, films, commercials, and music videos.In 2001, he launched his production company, Visual Arts Entertainment under which he executive produced culture hits like the sports drama, and Box Office #1, Gridiron Gang starring Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson as lead, and critically acclaimed film, A Sight for Sore Eyes which was Shane's directorial debut.The film won several awards in 2004. It bagged a Special Jury Award at Worldfest Houston, won two Telly Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Film & Television as well as winning top honors at the International Family Film Festival, and ultimately won dozens of prestigious awards, and was invited to screen at Cannes Film Festival in 2005.Shane's latest book, What You Don't Learn In Film School: A Complete Guide To (Independent) Filmmaking, offers a wealth of knowledge for anyone who wants an entertainment industry insider's professional guidance on how to create a movie. I loved the book so much I decided to publish the audiobook version through my company IFH Books.The book is an especially invaluable tool for anyone thinking of going to film school. It is an in-depth, no-holds-barred look at making movies from ‘concept to delivery in today's ever-evolving climate while breaking down the dos and don'ts of (independent) filmmaking.Directed and written by Shane, Mistrust is about Veronica enjoys being a mistress. Having no commitments and never being vulnerable, She comes to realize her best friend holds the key to her heart and is the only one capable of extracting her emotions.His latest film, Break Even (2020) tells the story of four adventurous friends who find 50M in cash on a remote island only to discover it was left by the DEA for the Cartel in a rogue deal.Shane is a wealth of information and he drops some MAJOR knowledge bombs on the tribe in this conversation. If you are a filmmaker do yourself a favor and pick up his book What You Don't Learn In Film School: A Complete Guide To (Independent) Filmmaking, it is a GREAT companion book to Rise of the Filmtrepreneur: How to Turn Your Indie Film into a Moneymaking Business.Get ready to take notes and enjoy my conversation with Shane Stanley.

Shane Stanley is the guest on the podcast today. Shane is the living example of a person that loves what they do and never has to 'work' a day in life. We discuss Shane's upbringing, how he got into film, his relationship with Bret Michaels, and so much more. Here is Shane's biography:SHANE STANLEYFull BioShane Stanley is a multi-Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker and author who grew up in/around “the biz” in Hollywood. As a childhood actor he had appeared on-screen in over 100 projects, including with Hollywood legends June Lockhart, Lloyd Haynes, and David Arkin. By age ten, he was comfortably running an Arri 16mm camera, a flatbed-editor, and Moviola.Along with his father, Lee Stanley, Shane produced The Desperate Passage Series. The docu-drama series ran on KTLA with world-wide syndication from 1988 to 1994, was nominated for 33 individual Emmy® Awards and won 13 statues. Two episodes of the series went on to become successful feature films, Gridiron Gang was acquired by Sony Pictures and became the #1 box office hit starring Dwayne ‘The Rock' Johnson.Shane served as Vice President of Sheen/Michaels Entertainment where he produced several motion pictures starring Marlon Brando, Mira Sorvino, Thomas Hayden Church, Donald Sutherland, Marisa Tomei, Sean Penn, John Travolta and of course, Charlie and Martin Sheen. During that time, he also began writing and penned several episodes of Zalman King's Red Shoe Diaries, edited motion pictures, and created an original television series for Jeff Sagansky, former Head of CBS, before producing Dream Chasers for Discovery Channel - a television adventure program filmed in several different countries in the aftermath of 9/11.In 2004, Shane made his directorial debut with his own screenplay, A Sight For Sore Eyes. The film was honored with the Special Jury Award at WorldFest Houston, won two Telly Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Film & Television, as well as winning top honors at the International Family Film Festival along with Walden Media's The Chronicles of Narnia. It went on to win dozens of prestigious awards and was invited to screen at Cannes in 2005.Shane has also directed countless music videos, many which have aired on VH1's Top 20 Video Countdown, including two that went #1 and another that made the network's list of Best 100 Music Videos including “Go That Far” with Bret Michaels. The Michaels' video was used for the television series Rock of Love, where Shane also served as a consulting producer.Stanley has also produced and directed national television commercials including campaigns for Morongo Resorts, San Manuel, Westgate Las Vegas, Kimberly Clark, Snapple, Virgin Airways, Sony PlayStation, and mega-hit gaming franchise “Call of Duty.”Other directing credits to his name include The Untold Story, Mistrust, starring two-time Golden Globe® and Emmy® Award winner Jane Seymour, Break Even with Tasya Teles, Steve Guttenberg, James Callis and Golden Globe® nominee, Joanna Pacula which he also produced with Adam Kane (Prodigal Son, 24: Live Another Day, UnREAL). Recently, Shane completed Double Threat, an action-comedy he produced and directed starring Danielle C. Ryan, Matthew Lawrence, and Dawn Olivieri. The film was conceptualized and successfully executed during the height of the pandemic; positioning Stanley as the go-to resource on COVID safety and protocol on film sets. Recently The NewContent JefeA podcast that helps online business owners make better content and more money.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

At sixteen years old, Shane had already received his first Emmy Award for his work on Desperate Passage (1987) which starred Michael Landon. Over the next few years he learned filmmaking under his father Lee Stanley on what became known as The Desperate Passage Series (1988 to 1995) starring Sharon Gless, Edward James Olmos, Marlo Thomas and Louis Gossett Jr..The self-produced series earned a total of thirty-three Emmy nominations, (winning thirteen) as well as numerous Christopher Awards and CINE Golden Eagles. In 1994, the Stanleys feature film, Street Pirates (1994) was a two-time winner of the CINE Golden Eagle Award for best feature documentary and film editing.In 2001, Shane launched Visual Arts Entertainment, his own production company, most notably credited with Gridiron Gang (2006) starring Dwayne Johnson & Xzibit as well as the critically acclaimed independent film, A Sight for Sore Eyes (2004) with Academy Award nominee, Gary Busey.The film, (produced for under $10,000) marked Shane's directorial debut and went on to win the Gold Special Jury Award at Worldfest Houston, Best Dramatic Short Film at the International Family Film Festival, a Telly Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film and Television as well as two Aurora Awards for writing & directing. The film was also invited to Cannes to compete in the annual international film festival.His new film is Double Threat.After skimming money from the mob, a, well-trained fighter, Natasha (Danielle C. Ryan), finds herself on the run with a kind, naïve accountant, Jimmy (Matthew Lawrence) whose life is about to get more thrilling than he could ever imagine.

We had a great conversation with Filmmaker, Acting Coach,& Performer Michelle Danner on The Chris & Sandy Show. We talked about so many things from family, acting, sacrifices, she told some great stories even a story of a lesson her past student Chris Rock taught her plus a whole lot more!The legendary acting teacher and founder of the Creative Center for the Arts and the Los Angeles Acting Conservatory, Danner's also now well-established as a successful feature film director. Danner's latest film “Bad Impulse,” is a psychological thriller about family secrets and modern technology, starring Sonya Walger, Grant Bowler, and Paul Sorvino. The film won Best Narrative Feature at the 2019 International Independent Film Awards and the Best Director Award at the 2019 Culver City Film Festival.Her upcoming film “The Runner, “ is an action thriller and true-life coming of age story starring Cameron Douglas and newcomer Edouard Philipponnat as a troubled teenager forced to go undercover to expose a drug kingpin. The film has played at 28 festivals around the country including Cinequest, Worldfest Houston (winning Best Suspense/Thriller), the Suspense Thriller Festival winning (Best Feature) and the Flicker Festival in Rhode Island. Internationally the film was screened at the Ischia Global Fest (Italy), the London Independent Film Festival, the Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift and the Vancouver Independent Film Festival. Danner won Best Director at the Milan Gold Awards, the Montreal Independent Film Festival, the Paris Play Film Festival, the Vancouver Independent Film Festival, and L'Age d'Or.A dedicated mom of two (one is an aspiring filmmaker), Danner still has her “day job” – overseeing the faculty of the Los Angeles Acting Conservatory, and conducting her weekly acting class. Danner's list of students has included Christian Slater, Salma Hayek, Gerard Butler, Seth McFarlane, Penelope Cruz, Chris Rock, Gabrielle Union, and Zooey Deschanel. A longtime student of legendary acting teachers like Stella Adler and Uta Hagen, Danner's eclectic approach (which she calls “The Golden Box”) allows actors the freedom to employ a wide variety of techniques. Raised in a show business family and with a deep appreciation for all of the performing arts, Danner also continues to run the boutique “Cinema at the Edge” film festival and is currently preparing to direct a new one-person play, Bonnie Culver's “Norris,” starring Anne Archer, based on the memoirs of the widow of writer Norman Mailer.Simply put, there's almost no one in the business who knows as much about acting and success as Michelle Danner – and her continued success in multiple creative fields makes her one of the most successful women working in the industry today.

Guests are Singer/contestant from NBC's The Voice Pete Mroz (Team Blake). Second guests are Sarah T. Schwab (director) and Florencia Lozano (actress), the co-writers and producers of the film 'LIFE AFTER YOU."  Based on a true story, the film is centered around a suburban family's struggle with the death of their 19-year-old son following an overdose of heroin that was laced with fentanyl. The film is currently making the festival rounds and will be making its screening debut at WorldFest-Houston where it is being considered for a Remi Award. It has also been accepted into Sarasota International Film Festival and the Nice International Film Festival, where it is nominated for several awards. Visit the website:  www.lifeafteryoumovie.com

Our guest on today's episode is Emmy award-winning filmmaker, actor, Filmtrepreneur, best -selling author, and instructor Shane Stanley. Shane's been in the business way before he could walk. He started off as a child actor at 9 months old when his father, who was a working actor volunteered him for national TV commercials, starring in commercials and films and even going on to win his first two Emmy Awards at age 16  and 19 for his role in the Desperate Passage (1987) series.Along with his outstanding talents in front of the camera, Stanley also had an eye out for the producer's seat. He learned and honed camera and editorial skills and could comfortably find his way around behind the camera by age 10, and has since clocked directing, production, editing, and acting credits for over 58 shows, films, commercials, and music videos.In 2001, he launched his production company, Visual Arts Entertainment under which he executive produced culture hits like the sports drama, and Box Office #1, Gridiron Gang starring Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson as lead, and critically acclaimed film, A Sight for Sore Eyes which was Shane's directorial debut.The film won several awards in 2004. It bagged a Special Jury Award at WorldFest Houston, won two Telly Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Film & Television as well as winning top honors at the International Family Film Festival, and ultimately won dozens of prestigious awards, and was invited to screen at Cannes Film Festival in 2005.Shane's latest book, What You Don't Learn In Film School: A Complete Guide To (Independent) Filmmaking, offers a wealth of knowledge for anyone who wants an entertainment industry insider's professional guidance on how to create a movie. I loved the book so much I decide to publish the audiobook version through my company IFH Books. The book is an especially invaluable tool for anyone thinking of going to film school. It is an in-depth, no-holds-barred look at making movies from ‘concept to delivery in today’s ever-evolving climate while breaking down the dos and don’ts of (independent) filmmaking.Shane is a wealth of information and he drops some MAJOR knowledge bombs on the tribe in this conversation. If you are a filmmaker do yourself a favor and pick up his book What You Don't Learn In Film School: A Complete Guide To (Independent) Filmmaking, it is a GREAT companion book to Rise of the Filmtrepreneur: How to Turn Your Indie Film into a Moneymaking Business.Get ready to take notes and enjoy my conversation with Shane Stanley.

Peter Findlay, Jerry Dias and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Company Town, collective strength and the labour movement, false expectations, betrayal, raw capital without a conscience and resilience and resistance.TrailerWatch it on CBC GEM.Synopsis:In 2018, workers at General Motors plant in Oshawa were rocked by a bombshell just weeks before the Christmas holidays. After 100 years of production, GM announced it would be shutting down operations at the end of 2019 - despite receiving a multi-billion-dollar government bailout as recently as 2009. What was once known as ‘The City That Moto-vates Canada’ was shaken to its core.Unifor - the powerful national union representing the autoworkers - immediately went on a war footing.Launching a massive anti-GM media campaign, and calling for a boycott of GM vehicles, Unifor soon found an unlikely ally in rock superstar Sting, who – while in Toronto to perform in The Last Ship, his play about union struggles in England in the 1980s – stepped up to perform a solidarity concert for the GM workers. Firebrand Unifor leader Jerry Dias was adamant there would be no plant closure.Only two months later, in the late spring of 2019, GM came to the table with a new offer of enhanced settlement packages for its departing workers - and an agreement to retro-fit the plant to make automotive parts, but with the promise of only 300 jobs. While keeping any production at the plant was a partial victory for the union, the reality was that 2,300 GM workers would still be walking out of the plant for the last time at the end of the year.Equally devastating, the shutdown of the plant would also wipe out another 2,500 union jobs through a network of supplier companies whose existence was tied directly to GM assembling vehicles.Told through the wrenching personal stories of rank-and-file members of Unifor Local 222 in Oshawa, Company Town takes the audience on a roller coaster ride of emotions as the clock ticks down to the closure of the plant. With exclusive access to Unifor President Jerry Dias and his senior negotiators, it’s the dramatic fight to the finish, with the fate of 5,000 workers and their families hanging in the balance.About Peter and Jerry:Peter D. Findlay is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has appeared on the CBC, CTV, Discovery Canada, TVO, ZDF-ARTE, History Canada, the National Geographic Channel and PBS, among others.A proponent of immersive, character-driven storytelling, Findlay is also a former staff producer at CBC’s The Fifth Estate and The National Magazine, as well as an alumnus of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.Since leaving the CBC in 2000, where he produced and directed a range of award-winning social issue and current affairs documentaries, Findlay has written and directed documentaries for virtually every major Canadian broadcaster, including Justin, a 1-hour profile of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (W Five, CTV); The Life & Times of Maude Barlow, a biography of anti-globalization leader Maude Barlow (CBC); Who Do You Think You Are – Avi Lewis?, an investigative documentary on Avi Lewis and his family’s radical roots back in the Eastern Europe of the 1880s (CBC); and Raw Opium: Pain, Pleasure, Profits, a feature documentary on the failure of the war on drugs, shot in Vancouver, Washington, India, Tajikistan, and Portugal (TVO/ZDF-ARTE).Findlay has also directed a variety of documentaries in Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, Antarctica, and Scandinavia for Mighty Ships (Discovery Channel), traced the path of the Norsemen across Europe for The Real Vikings (History TV), and embedded in Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace to tell the story of the Ottoman Empire for Museum Secrets (Smithsonian Channel/History TV).A Gemini Award-winner for best sport documentary, the winner of three Remi Awards at Worldfest Houston, a Canadian Science Writers Award, and a finalist for best political/social documentary at HotDocs for The Paper King: The World of Conrad Black, Findlay’s film Raw Opium was also shown at the DOXO Documentary Film Festival and excerpted for broadcast on the PBS News Hour as part of the Economist Film Project.Jerry Dias is the Unifor National President, and is at the forefront of the fight for workers’ rights, equality and social justice.Jerry has been active in the labour movement since he started his work life at de Havilland Aircraft (now Bombardier Aerospace) where he served as President of Local 112. He went on to join the union’s national staff as aerospace sector coordinator and then became Assistant to the CAW National President. In 2013, he was elected as Unifor’s first National President at the union’s founding convention. Since then Unifor has grown to represent more than 315,000 workers in every sector of the Canadian economy. An effective negotiator, Jerry has taken on corporate giants to secure good jobs for members and create the economic basis for increased living standards and shared prosperity.Jerry assumed an active role in the USMCA as a consultant to the Canadian government and negotiating team where he consistently pushed to raise labour standards, maintain Canadian sovereignty and protect key domestic industries.A committed trade unionist, he has been vocal on emerging labour issues including precarious work, youth unemployment and underemployment, growing income inequality and lack of work-life balance while strongly advocating for LGBTQ rights, gender equality and the elimination of violence against women. Under his leadership, Unifor’s ground-breaking Woman’s Advocate Program has expanded into more than 350 workplaces.When he is not at the bargaining table, you can find him walking in a “Hope in High Heels” fundraiser for the Halton Women’s Place shelter or supporting a variety of local charities across the country.Called one of the most fearsome people in the country by Sun News, one of the most powerful by Maclean’s and Canada’s most influential union leader by Ottawa Life, Jerry has been named the Toronto Star Wheels’ 2016 Newsmaker of the Year and an Automotive News All Star for the past three years.Jerry’s mission is to strive to create progressive change for a better future.Image Copyright and Credit: Nomad Films and the CBC.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. 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Episode 59The smartphone camera is the window to your story. As your story unfolds on your screen you are watching your film as you record it. Acting in front of the iPhone camera was a lot like acting in theater on a stage. Blue Moon was shot in one location with a small crew. Mark Hadlow is the lead actor in the film, Horace Jones playing alongside Jed Brophy (Darren Cates) as co-lead. The 85-minute feature film is an incredible performance and a great story that begins in a gas station lit up like a spaceship in the dark night. Episode 59 of the SBP Podcast brings a deep conversation with actor Mark Hadlow.In this episode we speak about the making of Blue Moon and Mark shares some behind-the-scenes stories, including his real-life daughter Olivia Hadlow who plays Lucille Jones as Horace Jones’ daughter. Mark also shares a story about when he and Jed worked in The Hobbit, cast as Dwarf brothers Dori and Nori. One important part of the message from Mark is how you need to surround yourself with the right people and build a family that supports you.If you are thinking about making feature films with your smartphone you need to realize it’s not an easy task as a filmmaker. You need to take the focus of your story out of the technology and captivate your viewer closely by the performance. While the technology inspires anyone who has a smartphone to believe anyone can make a movie with a smartphone, it requires some skill in storytelling. But the story is king. And to deliver a good story, the performance has to stand out. Mark shares and emphasizes the work that actors need to put into their careers in order to deliver a good performance. “You can have the best camera and the best person that believes that they can actually film it because they’re really good at what they do. And they can see the magic of their camera angle and they can see what’s going on to film it. You could have the worst sound recording equipment but yet the person who’s doing the sound recording knows exactly—they’ve got the confidence to put it in the right place at the right time. You’ve still a good sound track, you’ve still got a good picture that you filmed.” Mark Hadlow.Mark Hadlow has been an actor for many years. His work is spread between Hollywood films and television to theatrical performances. It is no wonder after listening to the lead actor in Blue Moon why the film is doing so well. Not only does the film look and sound amazing, but the story absorbs its audience into a story through to the very end. That is the magic of making feature films with smartphones. You can make features with amazing landscape with cameras that cost almost as much as a house. You can carry your audience through mesmerizing footage in that sense and you can still deliver a good story. But with a smartphone camera, we are still limited by the size and capabilities of the lens. Take away all that footage and you may be left with a short film.Instead, focus on a great story and a great performance. Having confidence in your actors to develop their characters on screen and bring your audience inside the story to experience it as if they were there, in the middle of it…that is one of the virtues of smartphone filmmaking. “Mark Hadlow, ONZM, is one of New Zealand's best known actors. He has performed in countless theatre shows throughout New Zealand. Mark has made dozens of film appearances, several television series, commercials and radio voice-overs in the thousands. He has directed many plays throughout New Zealand, some independent productions and for the Court Theatre in Christchurch. Playing the dwarf Dori in The Hobbit Trilogy, was Mark's third Peter Jackson movie. Mark has been nominated for and won several awards,” Mark Hadlow “loves the one man show format and ‘MAMIL’ written by his best mate Gregory Cooper opened in 2014 and has since numbered 179 performances to over 40,000 people throughout NZ with a highly successful 2nd season in 2018 in Christchurch at the Isaac Theatre Royal.”"Blue Moon" by Stef Harris of Dark Horse Films is a thriller. It was filmed in Motueka, New Zealand and held its world premiere in the NZIFF in 2018 in New Zealand. It is currently in film festivals and won the Gold Remi Award at the WorldFest Houston film festival 2019. Special thanks to Richard Vizor, one of the Executive Producers of Blue Moon for connecting us to this wonderful team, or family, in New Zealand. SBP Podcast: The Voice of Mobile Film™ is for everyone who ever wanted to or is curious about making movies and videos using smartphones.Watch the trailer for Blue Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxmyCH8-ztkMark Hadlow on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352921/Mark Hadlow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealmarkhadlow/Mark Hadlow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mark_markhadlowBiography: https://www.nzonscreen.com/person/mark-hadlow/biographyListen to Jed Brophy podcast episode 55: https://sbppodcast.podiant.co/e/373e0139b4fe44/Listen to Stef Harris podcast episode 54: https://sbppodcast.podiant.co/e/37387c24b3e82c/Our Links: Subscribe, support and listen to bonus episodes and more on Patreon: http://patreon.com/sbppodcastSBP Podcast Blog: http://sbppodcast.wordpress.comSBP Podcast Website: http://sbppodcast.studioiTunes/Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sbp-podcast/id1296673665International Mobile Film Festival Website: http://internationalmobilefilmfestival.comFacebook: http://facebook.com/sbppodcastTwitter: http://twitter.com/sbppodcastHashtag: MobilizeStories Mobile Film Community Website: http://mobilizestories.comSusy Botello on Twitter: http://twitter.com/susybotelloSBP Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ISEF0SZOLyRpw20loXzlo#upsellSmartphone Filmmaking Publication on Medium: https://medium.com/smartphonefilmmakingAre you starting a Podcast? 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Melanie Wood and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Living in HOpe, people as people, human centered healthcare, learning to live with others and why you should never ye your hair grey. Trailer Watch the Series here on the Knowledge Network. Synopsis Living in HOpe is the culmination of more than a year of filming with unprecedented access at The HOpe Centre in North Vancouver. Each of the four Living in HOpe episodes offers a bold challenge to rethink how we perceive people living with mental illness. One in three Canadians will experience mental illness or a substance use disorder in their lifetime, while more than 600,000 Canadians have reported needing mental health care that isn’t provided. Despite this, and recent nationwide awareness campaigns to increase understanding of mental illness, there is still deep stigma associated with mental disorders, particularly those relating to psychosis or schizophrenia—as seen in the shame that many HOpe Centre patients experience. “Often we hear about mental illness only after someone has recovered. As a society we are used to hearing—and wanting—success stories, but the reality for many who experience mental disorders is that it is a long, sometimes lifelong struggle,” says Melanie Wood, writer and director of Living in HOpe. “By sharing stories of patients even when they are at their most vulnerable, we better understand that people living with mental illness are not ‘other’. They are just people. And they have a voice.” The documentary’s scenes are intimate, compassionate and dramatic. Patients share the circumstances that brought them to HOpe—and their dreams for the future. The series is surprisingly full of humour, jokes between patients, and witty remarks about their own illness. Biography Melanie Wood has written, directed, produced, and executive-produced a wide variety of current affairs and documentary programs. Her work as producer and documentary filmmaker reflects not only the pulse of the times, but the voices of those who inhabit them. Her work pursues themes that strike a personal chord, and indeed affect all of us in some way. Melanie’s produced and directed two documentaries on the borderlands between the Internet and the human spirit. Her documentary A Stranger In Our Home, the disturbing tale of two teenage victims of Internet predators, has been extremely popular for both broadcasters and educators around the world. The groundbreaking documentary O.com, on cybersex addiction, was a finalist at the New York Festival. It also won the Platinum Award at Worldfest-Houston, the Jury Award at the Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival and was selected to screen at the Montreal World Film Festival. Her documentary, School Of Secrets, presents a tale of truth – and its consequences – in the story of a Vancouver teacher and the teenage girls he seduced. School Of Secrets premiered on The Lens on CBC Newsworld and won a Remi Award in Houston and a Gracie Award in New York for Best Documentary under 60 minutes. Wood’s international documentary credits also include To Have and To Hold, profiling the victims of stalkers, The Sweet Assassin revealing the devastating effects of diabetes in the First Nations community, On Wings and Dreams: The Men Who Built Canada’s Airlines an historical documentary for Global Television, and Chasing The Cure: Brett Finlay, Man Against Microbe, a one hour science biography in a series for Paperny Films broadcast on Discovery Health. Recently Melanie produced Carbon Hunters, a film by director Miro Cernetig for CBC, and BBC International. She also produced and directed The Difference Makers: with Rick Hansen, a prime time mini documentary series for Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium. She is currently producing Liberia’77 in association with Knowledge Network. Liberia’77 is the personal photographic journey of director Jeff Topham that examines how despite time, war, distance and culture photography connects us all. Find out more about Melanie’s work here. Image Copyright: Melanie Wood and Stranger Productions. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Acclaimed actress Tanna Frederick returns to talk about her intriguing new movie, Train to Zakopané. An award-winning actress, director, and environmentalist, Tanna  was named Favorite Female Star by Movie Addict Headquarters listeners who voted in an e-mail election held in  2012. Her upcoming film, written and directed by Henry Jaglom, takes us back to 1928 Poland prior to World War II. Based on a true story, it deals with two strangers who meet on a train and fall for each other despite their very different backgrounds and attitudes. Tanna's impressive resume includes the following Jaglom films: Hollywood Dreams, The MWord, Irene in Time, Queen of the Lot, Ovation, and 45 Minutes from Broadway. Tanna made her directorial debut while also starring in a theatre production of Why We Have a Body at the Edgemar Center for the Arts. For her performance in Hollywood Dreams, her first feature with Jaglom (who is now her husband), Tanna was named Best Actress at WorldFest Houston, Montana International Film Festival, Fargo Film Festival and the Wild Rose Film Festival. Among Tanna’s other acting honors are Performer To Watch at Method Fest and a Maverick Award from the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival.  

Vernon and Steve discuss Food For Change, his current film production, and how he uses a variety of storytelling techniques to convey the stories of today's cooperative movement. Alves is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who graduated from the University of Southern California Film School. After working in Hollywood and New York City as a film editor for 10 years, he moved to western Massachusetts and started his own documentary company, Home Planet Pictures. Two consistent themes in Alves' films are the inter-generational ties, and the role of community in American life. Since 1997, Alves has written, produced, and directed six films about New England and what it means to have a sense of place. His 2001 production. Together in Time, won a CINE Golden Eagle, Best Short Documentary at the International Family Film Festival, and a Gold Award from WorldFest-Houston. Alves is also the 2015 recipient of the Austin Miller Cooperative Hero Award, given by the River Valley Market. Alves continues this theme in his current production, Food For Change which tells the history of the co-op movement in the United Sates and role food co-ops are playing in the development of local food systems.

artist: Vernon Oakes title: Vernon Interviews Steve A;ves, Producer/Director of Food For Change album: Everything Co-op. year: 2016 genre: Speech (id 101) track: 9222016 Vernon and Steve discuss the film, the production of the film and how the film is being used to educate people about food cooperatives, and the history of cooperatives in general. Alves is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who graduated from the University of Southern California Film School. After working in Hollywood and New York City as a film editor for 10 years, he moved to western Massachusetts and started his own documentary company, Home Planet Pictures. Two consistent themes in Alves' films are the inter-generational ties, and the role of community in American life. Since 1997, Alves has written, produced, and directed six films about New England and what it means to have a sense of place. His 2001 production. Together in Time, won a CINE Golden Eagle, Best Short Documentary at the International Family Film Festival, and a Gold Award from WorldFest-Houston. Alves is also the 2015 recipient of the Austin Miller Cooperative Hero Award, given by the River Valley Market. Alves continues this trend in his current production, Food for Change, which tells the history of the co-op movement in the United Sates, and role food co-ops are playing in the development of local food systems.

Gabriela Egito is a Brazilian filmmaker and journalist based in Los Angeles. Three of the films she wrote and directed won coast to coast across America. Her short film Stuffed won six awards and three nominations, including Best Foreign Short at the Las Vegas Film Festival. Synergy won the Platinum Remi Award at WorldFest Houston and the Merit Award at the Awareness Film Festival (LA). Taken for Granted won the Special Jury Remi Award in Houston and was nominated Best Foreign Project at Central Florida Film Festival. Follow Gabriela Egito on Social Media: @gabrielaegito Follow NYFA on Social Media: @NYFA Make sure to subscribe to Popcorn Talk! - http://youtube.com/popcorntalknetwork HELPFUL LINKS: Website - http://popcorntalk.com Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thepopcorntalk Merch - http://shop.spreadshirt.com/PopcornTalk/ ABOUT POPCORN TALK: Popcorn Talk Netwo

Join host Amy Zellmer as she chats wtih film maker, Diane Musselman. Born and raised in southern Illinois, Diane Musselman participated in music and drama throughout her childhood years. This includes playing first chair flute in her high school band as well as acting in school theater productions. She moved to California in 1981 and received her Bachelors and Master’s Degree at California State University, Northridge, in Speech Pathology. During those years, she continued to act on stage and in commercials, most notably in The Elephant Man and The Good Doctor. During her acting studies she met three other actors in search of good acting projects who decided to create a production company called Chocolate Old Fashioned Productions.  From there she moved on to create Dancing Forward Productions where she discovered a new love of writing and producing. This resulted in a script for Just Another Dance With My Father. She reached out to former Chocolate Old Fashioned Productions fellow-producer, Kay Yamamoto, as well as new friends Sheryl Hartman, Peyton Skelton, and George Ohan to help produce the film, starring Jerrika Hinton of Grey’s Anatomy.  The film is the proud recipient of the Gold Remi awarded at WorldFest Houston. https://vimeo.com/119706282  Diane is also pleased to be a co-executive producer on the feature film Last Call at Murray’s, and executive producer on the award winning web series Carbon Dating, both currently on the festival circuit. She is also pleased to have produced the 2016 music video, Look, for singer/songwriter Nina Paolicelli. This episode sponsored by: http://www.mnfunctionalneurology.com

In this lively conversation, Tanna Frederick shares how creative people can enjoy successful careers while doing what they love. Tanna Frederick can currently be seen starring in Henry Jaglom’s romantic mystery “Ovation” opposite James Denton. Frederick is also producing and starring in the virtual reality series “Defrost.” Directed by Randal Kleiser, series cast members include Bruce Davison, Harry Hamlin, Christopher Atkins and Carl Weathers. “Defrost” was presented at Sundance’s New Frontier Program and Cannes Film Festival. Next year, she’ll also star as a single mother who returns to Iowa (Frederick’s hometown) to deal with her past in “Garner, Iowa.” Frederick is a mainstay of the Los Angeles theatre community. In 2013, she won the LA Stage and Eddon awards for Best Actress for N. Richard Nash’s “The Rainmaker” at the Edgemar Theatre. The Los Angeles Times gave it Critics’ Choice and said, “The standout of this terrific cast is Tanna Frederick’s acerbically yearning Lizzie…It’s a transformation not to be missed.” This month Frederick will direct and star in “Sylvia” at the Odyssey Theatre opening on October 21st. In a previous run of the play, the Huffington Post said “Tanna Frederick is truly brilliant as Sylvia. She embodies the fun-loving, childlike spirit of the dog.” Frederick's performance in her first feature with Jaglom, “Hollywood Dreams,” earned her Best Actress at WorldFest Houston, Montana International Film Festival, Fargo Film Festival and the Wild Rose Film Festival. The film took Best Picture honors at the San Luis Obispo Film Festival and to Best Comedy at WorldFest Houston. She was named Method Fest’s “Performer to Watch” and has also received the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival’s “Maverick” Award. Off-screen, Frederick has proved just as driven and talented. A fitness aficionado who runs daily, Frederick ranked 52nd out of 1,321 women in her division in the LA Marathon. She is a second-degree Tae Kwon Do blackbelt and a passionate surfer. She founded “Project Save Our Surf,” a non-profit that promotes clean oceans and water. She is also founder of the Iowa Film Festival, now in its’ seventh year and was named recipient of the University of Iowa’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2012. http://www.tannafrederick.com/

Steve Cooper talks with comic/voice actor/writer/animator Ron Yavnieli. Ron trained at Cal Arts and Syracuse University and has worked with companies like Funny or Die, Bento Box, Disney, Warner Brothers, Machinima, Nintendo, College Humor, Nickelodeon and Nerdist over the years and continues producing original content. His original films have won awards at Worldfest Houston, Worldfest Flagstaff, Dogfest, The Toronto Jewish Film Festival, and The Miami Animation Festival. Ron co-created several cartoons for Yahoo's 'Sketchy' channel including the viral hit Disney/Star Wars Corporate Retreat which won Best Narrative Short at The 2013 Animation Block Party. He currently is the creator and executive producer of Gorillaville on DreamworksTV which is in it's second season.

Matthew Breen is the editor in chief of The Advocate and the deputy editor for Out. Breen was named Editor in Chief of The Advocate in March 2011. He first joined the Out staff in 2003.www.advocate.com———– Thomas M. Garnet is the owner of his own full time video production company in Miami, FL. Along with his partner of 22 years, he runs also two divisions of the company specifically catered to the LGBT community – Click Click Expose (Gay Entertainment Media) – which targets pageantry, podcasting and internet radio and the CCE Sports Network. Thomas is a former Managing Director of AMC Theatres and Loews Theatres, a former public school teacher and was the field producer for the 1993 March on Washington video which was produced by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. After leaving teaching, management and public policy – he devotes his efforts full time to his passion – which is video production and live web streaming.Kevin Majoros is the contributing sports writer for the Washington Blade and the host of Capital Sports TV on the CCE Sports Network. As an athlete, Majoros is an 8-time Gay Games medalist in the sports of swimming, track and field and open-water swimming.Fund Drive:  http://www.mainplayersystem.com/radio/player/93?size=miniWe’re Making Sports HistoryThe CCE Sports Network is the nation’s first and only LIVE web streaming on-line sports website dedicated exclusively to broadcasting the Gay and Lesbian Sports community. Did you know there are more than 200 tournaments, matches and games happening somewhere across the United States? Every month, more than 100,000 LGBT athletes have their choice of dozens of tournaments that can participate & compete.WE HAVE CREATED A FLEXIBLE AND MOBILE LIVE WEB STREAMING PRODUCTION TEAM CAPABLE OF FILMING, EDITING, LIVE STREAMING AND PRODUCING VIDEO CONTENT COVERING THE BREATH AND DEPTH OF THE GAY AND LESBIAN SPORTS COMMUNITY.The Production Vision1) To create a multi-camera broadcast complete with play by play commentary, on-screen scoring, music, commercials and interviews;2) To create an engaged audience through live chat and live photography updates during the live web broadcast;3) To produce monthly content that will drive on-line viewership which includes news & sports shows, documentaries and instructional videos;4) To create diversity in programming by showcasing a number of different sports including tennis, soccer, hockey, basketball, swimming, wrestling, figure skating, water polo, diving. By the end of 2016, we wish to add volleyball, softball, bowling, rowing, rugby & flag football to the live broadcast schedule.WE ARE A FREE SERVICE TO ALL LGBT SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTED BY SPONSORS, ADVERTISERS, DONATIONS & COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.Our Web Audience1) There are more than 8 LGBT national association governing bodies who promote, host, train and advocate for their member sports. Each association has thousands of members, hundreds of individual clubs and dozens of tournaments, matches and events throughout the year.2) With more than 100,000 active LGBT sports athletes (competing in more than 200 tournaments, matches & games) who have family, friends, fans & supporters – the CCE Sports Network has the ability to attract more than 500,000 viewers to its live broadcast & archived content. Expanding to the LGBT community at-large and sports fans across the world, we have a potential audience of more than 1 million viewer interactions through live broadcast, archived content, live chat & live photography updates.WE HAVE STARTED OUR 4TH YEAR OF BROADCASTING AND HAVE ACHIEVED:30 LIVE broadcasts;123,422 viewers (as of 09/19/2015);81 days of live streaming; and568 hours of live web streaming.Broadcast Event Focus and TimetableBroadcast Year 1 – May 1, 2012 – Dec 31, 2012 — TennisBroadcast Year 2 – Jan 1, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013 — Tennis, Soccer, Swimming, Diving, Water PoloBroadcast Year 3 – Jan 1, 2014 – Dec 31, 2014 — Tennis, Soccer, Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Wrestling, Basketball, Figure Skating, Hockey & monthly sports showBroadcast Year 4 – Jan 1, 2015 – Dec 31, 2015 – Tennis, Soccer, Basketball & monthly sports show – Goal to add: Flag Football & SoftballBroadcast Year 5 – Jan 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016 – Our goal for 2016 is to have Tennis, Soccer, Basketball, Flag Football, Softball, Volleyball, Rugby & SwimmingBroadcast Year 6 – Jan 1, 2017 – Dec 31, 2017 – Our goal is to be the exclusive live web streaming provider for World OutGames Miami in Miami, Florida May 26 – June 4 along with providing coverage for Tennis, Soccer, Basketball, Flag Football, Softball, Volleyball, Rugby, Swimming, Water Polo & Diving.———–Charlie David:Charlie David has been a host for E! Television, NBC, OutTV, LOGO, here! TV, Pink TV, EGO, Fine Living and Slice Networks on such shows as FYE!, SpyTV, Crash Test Mommy and his travel series Bump which shot over 100 episodes around the world and garnered a Hugo Television award. He has appeared as musical guest on VH1, BBC, CBS’s The Early Show, and dozens of radio shows.In 2005 Out Magazine recognized Charlie in the ‘Out 100’ at their gala in New York. In 2007 the Philadelphia Film Society awarded Charlie with their Rising Star Award. In 2008 the Festival del Sol in Gran Canaria awarded their Best Male Actor Award to Charlie and the male cast of A Four Letter Word. Formerly in a rock band… okay, actually it was a boy band, Charlie opened for Destiny’s Child, Pink, Snoop Dogg, Rick Springfield and Black Eyed Peas.A love of storytelling led Charlie to start Border2Border Entertainment Inc., a production company whose film and television credits include Mulligans, Judas Kiss, I’m a Stripper (series), Studlebrity and Positive Youth. Border2Border Entertainment’s films have been licensed to Showtime, Super Channel, HBO Canada, MTV/LOGO, Sundance Channel, Condé Nast Entertainment, Discovery Networks, The Movie Network, Movie Central, Encore Avenue, and OutTV in North America as well as finding a worldwide audience through international distribution partners.He is a graduate of the Canadian College of Performing Arts and his current passions include motorcycle cruises, high adrenaline encounters with wildlife, SCUBA diving and sports. He resides in Toronto and Montréal, Canada when he’s not living out of a suitcase. Element Twenty TwoPresentsARed Headed RevolutionProductionPaternity LeaveDirected by Matt RiddlehooverWritten by Matt Riddlehoover and Dustin TittlePublicityElement Twenty Twofilm@elementtwentytwo.comSales RepresentationBorder2Border Entertainmentinfo@border2border.caPATERNITY LEAVEStarringGreg JACOB YORKKen CHARLIE DAVIDThomas CHRIS SALVATORECo-StarringAlex RAFAEL SOCHAKOVConnie REBECCA LINESDr. Elliot SUSANNAH DEVEREUXFilmmakersWriter/Director MATT RIDDLEHOOVERCo-Writer DUSTIN TITTLEProducerExecutive ProducerCo-Executive ProducerAssociate ProducersDirector of PhotographyProduction DesignerEditorStill PhotographyCAMERON MCCASLANDDAVID PETERSMICHAEL PERRINEJASMINE MCATEEJONATHAN OWLUCA RACITIJOSH ICKESLORI PURYEARMIRANDA MEGILLETHAN JAMESPATERNITY LEAVESynopsisMatt Riddlehoover’s Paternity Leave is a romantic comedy about Greg (JacobYork), Ken (Charlie David), and a moment of passion on the eve of their fouryear anniversary that changes the course of their lives forever.Greg begins feeling nauseated, fatigued, moody and – most unfortunately –fat. At his wit’s end and Ken’s insistence, he sees a doctor who’s stumped andrefers the couple to a specialist. To everyone’s amazement, Greg is pregnant.Shock, stress, and fear settle in, and Greg’s relationship gets put to theultimate test.Co-starring Chris Salvatore (Eating Out: All You Can Eat, Drama Camp, TheOpen Weekend), Paternity Leave poses a modern answer to the age oldquestion: “Are we ready to be parents?”About the Production“What Paternity Leave does,” co-writer Dustin Tittle explains, “is co-opt thetraditional family and some of its roles. There’s a total blurring of the linesand it’s easy to forget it’s about two men – it’s about two people.”“When I first read the script, I laughed so much,” actor Charlie David recalls.“It’s such a wild and fun concept… Obviously, we live in a world where theidea of having babies isn’t out of the norm – but two dudes doing it is veryout of the norm. And yet, it also largely mirrors the reality of where we are…looking at gay marriage and adoption and surrogacy. It’s very relevant.”Shot in seven days, principal photography of the film began on September 1,2014 – Labor Day – in Nashville, TN. It made its world premiere at theNashville Film Festival on April 19, 2015, and its West Coast premiere atFilmOut San Diego on May 30, 2015.PATERNITY LEAVEAbout the CastJacob York (Greg), a native of Benton, KY, moved to Atlanta, GA sevenyears ago to participate in the Shakespeare Tavern’s Apprentice Program.Some of his roles include Macbeth (The Atlanta Shakespeare Company),Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest (Tennessee RepertoryTheatre), Bennett Riggs in Angry Fags (7 Stages), Tubbs in Middle School:The Musical (Alliance Theatre), and Tom in Fat Pig (Aurora Theatre). Inaddition to acting, Jacob is a playwright whose first show, Homers,premiered at the Georgia Ensemble Theatre & Conservatory in early 2015.Charlie David (Ken) is an actor and filmmaker, perhaps best known for hisrole on the LGBT horror series, Dante’s Cove. His feature film acting creditsinclude A Four Letter Word, Mulligans, 2 Frogs in the West, Judas Kiss, andMore Scenes from a Gay Marriage. He has also worked as a host on anumber of TV shows, like F.Y.E!, SpyTV, Bump!, and Crash Test Mommy.More recently, he has produced and directed a number of acclaimeddocumentary features, including Positive Youth, I’m a Porn Star, and I’m aStripper.Chris Salvatore (Thomas) is a singer/songwriter and actor. After graduatingfrom The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts in 2008, Chris made hisfeature film debut in Eating Out: All You Can Eat, a romantic comedydirected by Q. Allan Brocka. He then went on to star in two successfulsequels to Eating Out, both of which premiered on Logo in 2011. Chrisrecently appeared on stage in an original play, Pieces, which received ravereviews from New York critics during its sold-out run. His music has beenfeatured on MTV and is now available through iTunes and other onlinestores.PATERNITY LEAVEWriter-Director Matt RiddlehooverPaternity Leave 2015/director, screenwriterFilmOut Audience Award nominee, Best FeatureFilmOut Audience Award nominee, Best ScreenplayMore Scenes from 2014/director, screenwriter, actora Gay Marriage TLA Gaybie nominee (& winner), Best Gay ComedyTLA Gaybie nominee (& winner), Best DirectorTLA Gaybie nominee (& winner), Best Lead ActorWest Hollywood 2013/director, screenwriter, actorMotel TLA Gaybie nominee, Best Gay ComedyScenes from a 2012/director, screenwriter, actorGay Marriage TLA Gaybie nominee, Best Gay ComedyGaze 2010/director(documentary) TLA Gaybie nominee, Best Gay DocumentaryBookends 2008/director, screenwriter, actorTo a Tee 2006/director, screenwriter, actorReading Into It 2005/director, screenwriter, actor(short)PATERNITY LEAVEAbout the FilmmakersMatt Riddlehoover (writer/director) is an award-winning, Nashville-basedfilmmaker. His work has appeared on Late Night with Conan O’Brien,Out.com, and in Filmmaker Magazine. He is married to Dustin Tittle, aNashville native and co-writer of Paternity Leave. They have two cats; one ofwhom is very sweet.Dustin Tittle (co-writer) was raised in the open sewer called “the musicindustry,” where he learned from a young age to take as few things seriouslyas possible. A published writer, Dustin’s wit miraculously disappears duringany and all attempts to “try to write,” so most of his contributions to PaternityLeave have been the result of impromptu one-liners written without hisknowledge but with his permission.Cameron McCasland (producer) is a filmmaker whose work has garneredawards at Crossroads Film Festival, Worldfest Houston, Fearless FilmFestival, as well as a special humanitarian award from the Rondo HattonClassic Horror Film Board, and five Emmy nominations.Josh Ickes (director of photography) is a premiere cinematographerspecializing in the phantom camera, high end car rigs, and steadicamoperation. He has photographed several film, television, live concert andspecial event productions for clients like Honda and Verizon. Ickes has alsolensed Olympic athletes, country music superstars, and rock ‘n’ roll legends.Miranda Megill (editor) is a Nashville-based film editor and sound designer.Paternity Leave marks her fifth collaboration with Matt Riddlehoover.Ethan James (still photography) is a published photographer whose imageshave appeared in magazine and book publications nationally and across theseas (Brazil, Australia, London, Germany, etc.).PATERNITY LEAVEReviews“Paternity Leave might be the world’s funniest‘gaymantic’ comedy… it is hilarious through and through.The entire cast is superb… the writing is so crisp.”-Timothy Rawles, San Diego Gay & Lesbian News“…a laugh-filled film about the ups and downsa pending newborn would add to any relationship.”-Jonathan Pinkerton, Examiner.com“Satiric, yet heartfelt… well worth seeing.”-Brad Hart, Rage Monthly“A little bundle of cinematic joy…it’s a labor of love, laughter, and a few tears.”-Kansas City LGBT Film Festival“If you’re looking for LGBT comedy…Paternity Leave is your pick.”-James Grady, Out & About Newspaper

Alan R. Baxter graduated from Chapman University with a BFA in Film/TV Production. He got his first break as a page at Paramount Studios and later worked as an assistant on the hit shows, “Frasier” and “ER.” His scripts won awards in the Action on Film Festival, Worldfest Houston and Ventura Film Festival. One of his scripts was a finalist in the Carl Sautter Memorial Television Outreach Program. Alan has been a screenplay finalist at Shriekfest in 2006, 2007, and 2014!  He currently lives in Santa Clarita, CA with his wife and they're expecting their first child. 

Alexander Galant was the historical researcher for the novel 'Dracula the Un-Dead', which was on the New York Times Best Sellers list in October 2009. Alexander also co-wrote the screenplay adaptation that was optioned briefly by Jan de Bont and adapted the novel into a dramatic stage reading for the Toronto book launch of Dracula the Un-Dead, which brought out the highest turnout for any event on the book tour. Alexander has also written and directed several short films including "The Jigsaw Puzzle", which won the Festival Buzz Award (most talked-about film) in the New York Independent Film Festival; "First Light", Winner Bronze Remi Award for Fantasy Horror at the WorldFest Houston, USA, Special Commendation Award at the Festival of Fantastic Films, UK, and Best Technical Achievement from the International Festival of Cinema and Technology; "The Missing Piece", Winner Silver Remi Award for Suspense Thriller at the WorldFest Houston, USA; and co-wrote and directed "Star Wars: Blasted Behavior", a finalist in the Atom Films/LucasFilm Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge (George Lucas was one of the judges), which also won the Best Foreign Sci-Fi Film Award at the New York International Film Festival and continues to make the festival circuit this year. Alexander's love of historical details can also be seen in some of the stage productions he has directed, such as the silent film era of "Singin' in the Rain" (Act-Co Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement in Live Theatre), a 50-year span in "Love Letters" and the World War II Amsterdam annex for "The Diary of Anne Frank". Website: http://www.depthofdeception.com/

Heather Hale got on the Hollywood map in 2000 when The Courage to Love, the $5.5 million dollar Lifetime Original Movie starring Vanessa Williams, Diahann Carroll, Gil Bellows and Stacy Keach (now available on DVD), was produced off her spec screenplay, Quadroon Ball. Since then, she's written and/or produced 45-hours of award-winning television including The Evidence, a news magazine docudrama series (along the lines of What the Bleep Do We Know?) that won "Best New Series Pilot” at the 2001 WorldFest Houston International Film Festival and Lifestyle Magazine, a holistic health talk show hosted by Clifton Davis (Amen, Any Given Sunday), that won two Tellys and a Gold Award from the 2001 WorldFest Houston. Prior to that, Heather was on the writing staff of two PBS edutainment series: Psychology: The Human Experience, which won an Emmy Award for Best Instructional Series, a Bronze Telly Award, The Videographer Awards, International Film & Video and an Aegis Award of Excellence and Dollar$ & Sense: Personal Finance for the 21st Century which won an Emmy Award for Best Instructional Series and an Aegis Award of Excellence. www.HeatherHale.com Heather served as the Director of Event Programming for the National Association of Television Program Executives which included producing NATPE '05 which attracted an estimated 8,000 attendees to the Mandalay Bay Resorts in Las Vegas to hear the over 200 speakers including Ted Turner, Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and the CEOs and Presidents of virtually every major network, cable, and satellite station as well as converging digital technologies (AOL, Yahoo! TV, Microsoft, Verizon, etc.). Heather also programmed NATPE' 2004 TV Producers' Boot Camp. www.HeatherHale.com