Careers in the Entertainment Industry (Film)

When: Friday, 3:30 - 5:20 p.m.
Where: University of Washington, Savery Hall 239
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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The focus of this year's entertainment industry program is FILM! Seattle is
a city of film aficionados, and many students dream of finding careers in the
film industry. The problem is finding out what a film career might look
like. If you don't stand in front of the camera, what exactly do you DO in
film?
And how in the world do you ever catch that elusive "big break"? Finally,
here's a rare chance to meet a panel of experts who have acted, written,
produced,
publicized, and worked ibehind the scenes in this industry. Come learn about
some great careers and obtain tips for forging your own career in show biz!

WARREN ETHEREDGE -- Moderator
Warren Etheredge is a founding member of TheWarrenReport and the man behind
the
name. In addition to curating, organizing and hosting all events for
TheWarrenReport, Warren is the Coordinator/Curator for the 1 Reel Film Festival
(at
Bumbershoot) - the nation's best-attended celebration of short films. Warren
is also one of the founding faculty of TheFilmSchool, Seattle`s populist
response to the Sundance Institute. From 1997-2000, he worked for Cinema
Seattle-producers and organizers of the Seattle International Film Festival.
For two
years, he was the Host and Curator of Sneak, a monthly screening series
on independent and arthouse flicks. Warren has also appeared in four feature
films (but, please, don't call him an actor.)

Panelists:

JENNIFER ROTH -- Producer, Line Producer
Jennifer Roth cut her film production teeth as the secretary to Ismael
Merchant and James Ivory in the Merchant Ivory offices in New York City in 1990.
She went on to production coordinate and production manage numerous films such
as Bad Lieutenant, Smoke, Deadman, The Crow and Lawn Dogs. She served as
line producer/co-producer on the films Chinese Coffee (directed by Al Pacino),
Black and White (directed by James Toback), Songcatcher (directed by Maggie
Greenwald), and Dreaming of Julia (produced by Harvey Keitel). Roth and her
husband have owned a vacation home on Seattleā€™s Capitol Hill since 1992 and
permanently moved to Seattle from New York in 2000. Since becoming a full time
Seattle resident she has produced projects for various local entities, joined
the board of the Northwest Film Forum and was the co-producer of the Fly
Films series at the 2003 & 2004 SIFF

JOHN HELDE -- Writer, Director, Producer
John Helde got his start in film with the New York documentary-makers
Laysles Films (Gimme Shelter, Salesman). His editing credits include
independent
favorite Alan Rudolph's 2001 feature Investigating Sex (Nick Nolte, Neve
Campbell, Julie Delpy) and Bringing it All Back Home, a documentary by director
Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals, Skins). In 2003 John's documentary Halibut Heads
was
one of several shorts commissioned by Seattle International Film Festival's
"Fly Film Challenge". Independent Feature Project/Seattle selected John's
short dramatic script for its first annual Spotlight Award grant; Hello,
starring Eric Stoltz, Susanna Thompson and Kevin Tighe, which premiered in
2004.
John has directed three other shorts, as well as non-profit projects for
schools
and teen outreach.

STACY JONES -- Executive, Long Format and Independant Film, Modern Digital
Stacy Jones is currently the executive of long format and independent film
at Modern Digital, a premiere post house in Seattle. A graduate of the
University of Washington, she majored in Broadcast Journalism, with a passion
for
interviewing. In her first post-college job, she honed her people skills
dusting lint off the shoulders of on-air talent as a floor director and
graphics
operator at King Broadcasting (BELO). Before landing at Modern Digital,
Stacey worked for the 1990 Goodwill Games, wrangled athlete interviews and
international broadcasters at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996, and coordinated
film projects for a local creative agency in Seattle.

LAURA BOBOVSKI -- Publicist, Allied McDonald Entertainment
One of the premiere publicists in the Seattle region, Laura Bobovski is
flying in from Sundance and will provide a bio soon.

For a complete list of Career Discovery Week sessions, go to:

http://depts.washington.edu/careerwk/sessions.shtml

Career Discovery Week is presented by the UW Alumni Association, the Office
of
the Vice President for Student Affairs, the Center for Career Services, and
numerous campus partners. Special thanks to our community sponsors,
University
Book Store and Kaplan.




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