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Episode 211: Austin School of Film, Faiza Kracheni and Carrie Cates

October 20, 2020 by Julie Harris Oliver in Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, hollywood, webseries, women, Independent Film, animation, Writers, WGA, advancing women, business, Commercials, Digital content, Directors, entrepreneur, gender equity, Music Videos, Post Production, Producer, VFX, LGBT, Studios

For this episode, I got to meet Faiza Kracheni and Carrie Cates of Austin School of Film, which for nearly two decades has provided alternative education programs and workshops for all ages interested in the arts & film. Faiza Kracheni is the Programs & Education Director, and Carrie Cates is the Artist & Community Director. These women have taken their passion for filmmaking and created a completely accessible space for a growing community of creators, breaking down barriers inherent in our society.  

They launched their newest program Play At Home as a direct response to the ongoing pandemic. Play At Home is an online/offline interactive experience featuring live workshops, events, screenings, and talks by artists and filmmakers from around the globe. Since the launch of Play At Home in April 2020, it has hosted 40 workshops and events with over 900 participants in 14+ countries. 

October 20, 2020 /Julie Harris Oliver
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Episode 210: Kelli Miller, Co-Founder And/Or Studio

October 13, 2020 by Julie Harris Oliver in Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, hollywood, webseries, women, Independent Film, animation, Writers, WGA, advancing women, business, Commercials, Digital content, Directors, entrepreneur, gender equity, Music Videos, Post Production, Producer, VFX, LGBT, Studios

Kelli is the co-founder of creative studio And/Or, and has worked in motion design and branding for 15 years with brands like MTV, Netflix, and Amazon. She is a graduate of Cranbrook Academy of Art and has taught and lectured at the College for Creative Studies, Pratt, NYU, SVA, Yale, and RISD.

Kelli has directed show titles for FX, HBO and Paramount’s Lip Sync Battle, as well as designing title sequences for a number of films and documentaries including The Assistant, Certain Women and critically acclaimed drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

https://and-or.co/

October 13, 2020 /Julie Harris Oliver
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Episode 209: The Wolf of Snow Hollow: Riki Lindhome, Chloe East and Natalie Metzger

October 08, 2020 by Julie Harris Oliver in Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, hollywood, webseries, women, Independent Film, animation, Writers, WGA, advancing women, business, Commercials, Digital content, Directors, entrepreneur, gender equity, Music Videos, Post Production, Producer, VFX

For this episode, I spoke with a producer and two stars of Jim Cummings’ much anticipated new film The Wolf of Snow Hollow, which opens October 9th in theatres around the country and streaming in the comfort of your living room.

Natalie Metzger, whom you will remember from an earlier episode of this podcast, Produced this movie under her shingle Vanishing Angle where she also produced Jim Cummings’ Thunder Road that won the SXSW Grand Jury Award along with about a million other awards. Riki Lindhome plays Officer Julia Robson in the film. You may also know her from Duncanville, Knives Out, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and the comedy musical duo Garfunkel and Oates, just to name a few. And finally, we also have Chloe East who played the role of Jenna Marshall in the film. Chloe made her TV debut in True Blood, playing Sheriff Andy’s daughter. Lately, she has been shooting Generation for HBO, Next Level, and Kevin (Probably) Saves the World.

Natalie, Riki and Chloe joined me from three different locations in this time of covid, so the audio is what it is, but have a listen to what it takes to actually make a film in tricky conditions, and how it is to work with Jim Cummings, then go out or order in and see this film tomorrow.

October 08, 2020 /Julie Harris Oliver
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Episode 208: Stephanie Sanditz, Actor, Writer, Director

October 06, 2020 by Julie Harris Oliver in Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, hollywood, webseries, women, Independent Film, animation, Writers, WGA, advancing women, business, Commercials, Digital content, Directors, entrepreneur, gender equity, Music Videos, Post Production, Producer, VFX

Stephanie Sanditz is a writer, director, actress and producer from BROKEN HEART, MO - the name of her feature screenplay that won a Tribeca Film Festival All Access Award for New Voices in Screenwriting. She recently optioned feature film DANCE PARTY, a body-positive dance comedy she co-wrote, with Queen Latifah set to star.

Recently, Stephanie wrote, starred and produced her pilot, THE HIGH LIFE pilot, starring opposite Amy Landecker, Linda Purl, Ron Perkins and Jesse Garcia then won BEST PILOT and BEST ACTRESS in the IMDB Independent Shorts festival, and the We Make Movies International and Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festivals and Dances With Films. She has just been hired to adapt an edgy female boxing feature, the PERFECT ADDICTION, with Constantin Films.

As an actress she is currently co-starring in 37 PROBLEMS, which you may remember from when I interviewed the writer Lisa Ebersole. It was just bought by Amazon Prime, Xfiniti, and Elizabeth Banks, Whohaha, and was accepted in the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival New Media category.

She has her hands in too many things to even list here, but a quick google search will lead you to many articles about her work.

Stephanie is prolific and busy, adapting to quarantine, and made some time to talk to me.

October 06, 2020 /Julie Harris Oliver
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Episode 207: Deborah Sullivan, Executive Producer, Managing Director

September 29, 2020 by Julie Harris Oliver in Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, hollywood, webseries, women, Independent Film, animation, Writers, WGA, advancing women, business, Commercials, Digital content, Directors, entrepreneur, gender equity, Music Videos, Post Production, Producer, VFX

As The-Artery’s Managing Director and Executive Producer, Deborah Sullivan channels her extensive background in advertising, production, design, and visual effects into each and every project that she brings to life. Formerly at DDB New York, FCB New York, Berlin Cameron & Partners, RadicalMedia, as well as PeepShow Post Productions (to name a few), her global body of work spans throughout feature films, television programs, commercials/branded content, and music videos.

Since joining The-Artery and helping to lead their team of artists, Deborah has partnered with some of the world’s leading brands including Pepsi, Under Armour, Verizon, Skyworth,  AppGallery, Johnnie Walker, Mercedes-Benz, Stella Artois, and more. She has also garnered an impressive roster of accolades across the Cannes Lions, Effie, Clio, AICE, AICP, D&AD, and The London International Awards.

https://www.the-artery.com/

September 29, 2020 /Julie Harris Oliver
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Episode 140: Jill Gilbert, Head of Creative Affairs

January 15, 2019 by Julie Harris Oliver in Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, hollywood, WGA, women, Writers, PGA, Producer, Studios, VFX, animation, business, Commercials, family films

This episode is brought to you by:

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I sat down with Jill Gilbert, who is Head of Creative Affairs at Luma Pictures, a visual effects and original content company. Jill has had an amazingly interesting career coming up through development, animation, theme park development, and producing. She has credits that range from Disney animated titles to Grandma’s Cats Are Trying to Kill Her and a Spongebob movie. This episode is full of good advice, interesting stories, and a career well built.

Her career is an example of take the opportunity – you never know where it will lead.

Check out the BRIC Foundation Summit here: https://bricfoundation.org/2019summit/

January 15, 2019 /Julie Harris Oliver
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Episode 113: Sarah McGrail, VFX Producer

July 17, 2018 by Julie Harris Oliver in business, animation, Commercials, Consulting, Digital content, Diversity, Editorial, entertainment, Film & TV, hollywood, horror film, Independent Film, Studios, women, VFX, Post Production

This episode generously brought to you by:

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Sarah is the Director of VFX Sales at Picture Shop and has been a Supervising VFX Producer for the last decade. She is a wealth of knowledge of that side of the business, which is a side not that many people are expert in.

Some of her credits include Veep, House of Cards, Orange is the New Black – basically my streaming queue.

And she taught me the word sanctamom. Talk about descriptive…

July 17, 2018 /Julie Harris Oliver
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