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Episode 158: Ingrid Kleinig, Stunt Performer and Coordinator

April 30, 2019 by Julie Harris Oliver in Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, women, hollywood, Editorial, Studios, Immigration, VFX, Stunts, Action films, superhero, Marvel

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Ingrid is a stunt performer and stunt coordinator. She grew up in Australia and fell into the world of stunts while performing 140ft above the arena in the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games. Having toured the globe with renowned physical theatre company Legs on the Wall as well as the Sydney Theatre Company, she had formed a wealth of physical, technical & artistic vocabulary across multiple fields including directing & rigging that lent itself precisely to the stunt industry.

Ingrid hails from a long line of professional drivers so vehicles became an early niche. She was one of only two female stunt drivers on Mad Max: Fury Road, can drive a Big Rig truck & hold her breath underwater for five & a half minutes. She is also the first female to be officially graded as an Assistant Stunt Coordinator in Australia where, to date, no female has ever held the position of Stunt Coordinator. She is one of handful of female stunt coordinators here in the US.

Her story is remarkable and we talk about her journey, how it was to rise in this field as a woman, and how she is navigating motherhood as a stunt performer, proving once again that it is foolish to underestimated a working mother.

Her credits include: Captain Marvel, Ant-Man and Wasp, Justice League, Suicide Squad basically everything. She is formidable and she laughs at fear. Literally. Wait for it.

You can reach Ingrid here: info@ingridkleinig.com

April 30, 2019 /Julie Harris Oliver
women in film, immigration, editing, film festival, stunts, superhero, women in stunts, stunt coordinator, stunt double, action
Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, women, hollywood, Editorial, Studios, Immigration, VFX, Stunts, Action films, superhero, Marvel
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Episode 157: T.L. Quach, Filmmaker

April 23, 2019 by Julie Harris Oliver in Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, Post Production, women, hollywood, Directors, Editorial, Politics, Producer, Studios, Writers, Comedy, documentary, entrepreneur, human rights, AFI, DGA, family films, film festivals, Immigration, Independent Film, WGA

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T. L. is an independent filmmaker based in Los Angeles after studying Film Studies at UC Berkeley and working in production on major TV and Films in New York City.

Her short films have been all over the festival circuit and her short film, Rule of Threes, won an Award of Merit for Women Filmmakers at the Accolade Global Film Competition and an Award of Merit at One-Reeler Film competition.

She is currently developing a new screenplay and also producing her first screenplay, Crave, into a feature film. Which she will tell us all about. You can find more about TL here: http://www.tlquachfilms.com/

April 23, 2019 /Julie Harris Oliver
women in film, short film, immigration, indie film, editing, journalism, writing, acting, film festival
Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, Post Production, women, hollywood, Directors, Editorial, Politics, Producer, Studios, Writers, Comedy, documentary, entrepreneur, human rights, AFI, DGA, family films, film festivals, Immigration, Independent Film, WGA
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Episode 153: Mari Meyer, Writer, Journalist, Filmmaker and Actor

March 26, 2019 by Julie Harris Oliver in Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, Post Production, women, hollywood, Directors, Editorial, Politics, Producer, Studios, Writers, activism, Comedy, documentary, entrepreneur, Unscripted, human rights, AFI, DGA, family films, film festivals, Immigration, Independent Film, Reality, WGA, LGBT, theatre

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Mari is a writer, journalist, filmmaker and actor. She holds a BA in Journalism and completed the 3 Year Conservatory program at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York.

As a journalist, she has over ten years of experience in news, art and entertainment journalism, both in the Netherlands and in the U.S. She is producer and director of VAGILANT, a short documentary film about the Women's March on Washington and was the lead producer on music video project A Whole New World. She co-wrote, produced and starred in The Soothing System, an award winning narrative short film. In 2018, Female Filmmakers Fuse Film Festival in Los Angeles named her Filmmaker of the Year.

We talked about her new projects in development, her work within the prison system in New York and how finding your voice and telling your story, as cliché as that is starting to sound, is still imperative.

You can find more about Mari here.

March 26, 2019 /Julie Harris Oliver
women in film, short film, immigration, indie film, editing, journalism, writing, acting
Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, Post Production, women, hollywood, Directors, Editorial, Politics, Producer, Studios, Writers, activism, Comedy, documentary, entrepreneur, Unscripted, human rights, AFI, DGA, family films, film festivals, Immigration, Independent Film, Reality, WGA, LGBT, theatre
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Episode 152: Michelle Salcedo, Director/Writer

March 21, 2019 by Julie Harris Oliver in Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, Post Production, women, hollywood, Directors, Editorial, Politics, Producer, Studios, Writers, activism, Comedy, documentary, entrepreneur, Unscripted, human rights, AFI, DGA, family films, film festivals, Immigration, Independent Film, Reality, WGA

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Michelle directed a gorgeous short film called Piel Canela, that she shot in Cuba and which is screening at several film festivals this week. It will be premiering at the San Diego Latino Film festival March 23, as well as the Chicago Latino Film Festival March 29, and 31st, with a Miami screening happening first weekend in April at the Indie Pasión Film festival! So, if you are anywhere near any of those places, make a point of going to see it. I have seen the trailer and it is gorgeous. You can see the trailer here.

Michelle came up through marketing and editing at Miramax during the heyday, editing with Bunim Murray, and is now writing and directing full time. She tells us the whole story of scouting and then shooting in Cuba, counting all her cash in a bathroom stall at LAX to make sure TSA hadn’t taken any, and her Grandmother’s spirit yelling at her about all of it.

You can find more about Michelle and Piel Canela here.

March 21, 2019 /Julie Harris Oliver
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Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, Post Production, women, hollywood, Directors, Editorial, Politics, Producer, Studios, Writers, activism, Comedy, documentary, entrepreneur, Unscripted, human rights, AFI, DGA, family films, film festivals, Immigration, Independent Film, Reality, WGA
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Episode 151: Judy Jean Kwon, Creative

March 19, 2019 by Julie Harris Oliver in Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, Post Production, women, hollywood, Directors, Editorial, Politics, Producer, Studios, Writers, activism, Comedy, documentary, entrepreneur, human rights, DGA, film festivals, Immigration, Independent Film, WGA, Commercials, Digital content, webseries

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Judy calls herself a Creative. She’s an actress, a comic, a writer, producer, podcaster, creator…she does all the things. Her webseries, MILFriend will be screened on March 22nd at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres at the Golden State Festival. She tells us all about it on the show, along with her very interesting personal story, and being perfectly poised to have great success during the United Colors of Benetton advertising era.

And this: it’s not enough to just have representation. She wants to hear narratives of the other point of view. She calls it “the other point of views.”

You can find more about Judy here.

March 19, 2019 /Julie Harris Oliver
women in film, immigration, editing, webseries, women writers, comedy, women in comedy, commercials, acting, writing, producing, motherhood
Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, Post Production, women, hollywood, Directors, Editorial, Politics, Producer, Studios, Writers, activism, Comedy, documentary, entrepreneur, human rights, DGA, film festivals, Immigration, Independent Film, WGA, Commercials, Digital content, webseries
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Episode 64: Taylor Tracy Walsh, Editor/Post Supervisor

September 19, 2017 by Julie Harris Oliver in Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, hollywood, Commercials, Music Videos, Editorial

Taylor is an Editor and Post Supervisor for music videos and commercials. Here’s a new one - she was editing videos in her basement in Omaha until she reached out to a Director she admired and changed her life. She now has a successful career in Los Angeles, doing what she loves. 

She is working with big artists and learning how to navigate the boy’s club.  How often do you think about whether or not you should pop your hip?

Taylor is fearless, motivated, and talented. Go ahead and reach out to your idols.  What is the worst that can happen?

September 19, 2017 /Julie Harris Oliver
music video, commercial, WIF, women in film, women in post, editing, post production
Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, hollywood, Commercials, Music Videos, Editorial
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