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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…
Alexandra is an Actor, Writer and Producer. She has two production companies – Mirror Tree Productions produces Horror Films and Mustard Seed Entertainment produces Faith-based Family Films. Because there is room for both.
She moved to Albuquerque and started producing and distributing independent films, which kept growing in size and budget as she got bigger and better deals.
Alexandra is also a key contributor to Ms in the Biz, which you can have a look at here.
And this – your poster is way more important than you think.
“Sometimes you have to deconstruct your life in order to reconstruct it.”
Sasha and Inbal are filmmakers who have made a documentary called I Clown You. It’s a film about clowns that work in hospitals in Israel. Clowning is a beautiful art that is taken quite seriously and is respected as a legitimate occupation in the medical system.
Sasha had a long and winding road from law school in Russia to filmmaking in the United States. Inbal also had a long journey from production in Israel to living in Hollywood. We talk about their lives and careers, immigration and diverse families, and the art of clowning.
This is more than a film, it’s a mission - to explore and to bring awareness to healing and liberating powers of professional medical clowning and to spread the clown spirit of kindness and mischief.
To that end, they are celebrating I CLOWN YOU WEEK in Los Angeles – November 6-14, 2017. Two Israeli professional medical clowns, David Barashi and Rotem Goldenberg, are coming to Los Angeles for a series of events, lectures, hospital visits, workshops, and seminars. The program aims to grow awareness around the profession of medical clowning and its value both in the hospital and in the day to day life.
You can find out more here: http://www.iclownyoudoc.com/
You can see video of this interview here.
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?