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About Helenna Santos
Helenna Santos is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Ms. In The Biz. She is also an actor and producer with Mighty Pharaoh Films and can often be found on panels at conventions such as San Diego Comic-Con, and has been interviewed by major press outlets including CNN. Her work as a contributing writer has been featured in MovieMaker Magazine, Backstage Magazine, IndieWire and BUST Magazine. She has produced numerous award winning short films, digital series, and feature films. As an actor, she can be seen in CW's "The Flash," as well as ABC's "A Million Little Things" and "The Good Doctor", and the highly anticipated Netflix limited series "The Baby-Sitters Club". Her latest feature film as producer and actress "The Shasta Triangle" is now available via VOD.
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About Francesca Manzi
Francesca is a British actress and voice over artist. She has worked on stage, screen and in numerous voice over campaigns for companies including South Park, Bank of America, MasterCard, Accenture and Marriott International. Her video game and animation credits include Halo: The Fall of Reach, The Unspoken, Enchantimals, and a soon-to-be-released virtual reality project that she’s desperate to talk about, but can’t! She is a proud member of 2Cents Theatre Company and works on stage regularly at their home base, The Hudson Theatre in Hollywood. Their annual festival “Acting Out Ink Fest”, a celebration of female playwrights, is one of her favorite events of the year. She lives on the eastside and is obsessed with 85% dark chocolate and cheddar popcorn.
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About Rosie Howe
Rosie Howe is an L.A. based music supervisor, licensor, and entertainment administration manager. Her clients include filmmakers, producers, film & tv production companies, advertising agencies, tech companies, as well as brands in various industries. Rosie advises on music selection and original music production, licensing strategies, artist relations, and serves as a proficient arbitrator. Rosie is an active member of the Guild of Music Supervisors and the California Copyright Conference. She has a background in music performance, legal administration, peer education, customers service, and sales. As a firm believer in social investment, Rosie spends her free time providing helpful feedback and educational resources to people starting out in the entertainment industry through workshops, panels, and one-on-one sessions. She has been featured on Behind the Music podcast, panels for Music Biz Mentors, and is a regular contributor to the magazine style blog Ms. In The Biz.
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About Hannah Barefoot
Hannah Barefoot was born and raised in Cody, Wyoming to Anita (a teacher) and Joe (an engineer and semi-professional singer). Always encouraged to perform from a young age, Hannah grew up dancing, singing alongside her talented father, and creating backyard plays with her sisters and neighborhood friends. She pursued a BFA in Theatre and Dance with a minor in Vocal Performance at the University of Wyoming, then finished her education with a degree in Drawing and Painting at Portland State University. Hannah has always been an athlete, both a competitive swimmer and an accomplished dancer for all of her childhood and well into college. Hannah continues to dance and sing, both professionally and for the love of it. She is also a kick boxer and has begun incorporating this into her films. She landed her first leading film role in the LGBT cult favorite, 'The Falls: Testament of Love', as the jilted Mormon housewife of a man learning to own his sexuality. Her performance earned excellent reviews for it's grounded nature and raw emotional power. She has since continued to make a name for herself as a leading lady in indie features, with six lead roles in psychological thrillers in the past two years. She acted opposite David Tennant in the dark horse thriller ‘Bad Samaritan’ and has appeared in numerous television shows ranging from a recurring role on Amazon's 'Good Girls Revolt' to TNT's 'The Librarians'. In her writing and producing, she gravitates toward creating complex female characters who are basically good but who do bad things. She wrote, produced, and starred in the dark action comedy, 'Incendio', which screened in 17 festivals internationally and won 'Best Short', 'Best Stunt Choreography', and was nominated for many others (more at www.incendiofilm.com). Hannah is the Development Associate of two-time Emmy winning director/producer, Scott Winant, and together they are creating projects that promote a complex feminist world-view. She is in development of her own series, a feature, and several shorts. Hannah believes that gratitude and persistence win the day. Every time.
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About Julia Camara
Julia Camara is a Brazilian award-winning writer/filmmaker living in Los Angeles. She has a B.A. in cinema from Columbia College-Hollywood. Julia is also a UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting alumna. She has written the features films 'Area Q' (starring Isaiah Washington), 'Open Road' (starring Andy Garcia, Camilla Belle and Juliette Lewis), and 'Occupants' (starring Star Trek Voyager's Robert Picardo). Julia's feature directorial debut 'In Transit' won Best Experimental Film four times and is available on Amazon Prime. Julia is an adjunct professor of screenwriting at UCLA Extension.
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About Helenna Santos
Helenna Santos is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Ms. In The Biz. She is also an actor and producer with Mighty Pharaoh Films and can often be found on panels at conventions such as San Diego Comic-Con, and has been interviewed by major press outlets including CNN. Her work as a contributing writer has been featured in MovieMaker Magazine, Backstage Magazine, IndieWire and BUST Magazine. She has produced numerous award winning short films, digital series, and feature films. As an actor, she can be seen in CW's "The Flash," as well as ABC's "A Million Little Things" and "The Good Doctor", and the highly anticipated Netflix limited series "The Baby-Sitters Club". Her latest feature film as producer and actress "The Shasta Triangle" is now available via VOD.
Making a film in your hometown might be the rebirth to your filmmaking you didn’t…
About Jen Prince
JEN PRINCE (Producer, Director, Editor)- Jen Prince is an independent producer who hails from south Texas, where her love for music, theatre, movies and tableside guacamole began. Jen produced and co-edited the indie feature QUALITY PROBLEMS (Chris Mulkey, Mo Gaffney, Brooke Purdy), available on VOD, winner of Best Independent Spirit Feature at Sedona Film Festival, Best Feature at Women Texas Film Festival and Hell's Half Mile Festival, among other awards and critical acclaim. Jen recently produced the feature AND THEN THERE WAS EVE, (Tania Nolan, Karan Soni, Mary Holland, Rachel Crowl) together with Jhennifer Webberley (Metamorfic Productions), winner of a Jury Award at the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival. She produced the micro budget award-winning indie- road feature, EVE OF UNDERSTANDING (Bellamy Young, Rebecca Lowman), distributed through Vanguard Cinema and screened at over twenty festivals worldwide. Jen is currently in pre-production on her feature directorial debut, MILES UNDERWATER (2018), which received a Hometown Heroes grant from the Duplass Brothers/Seed&Spark, teaming up again with the Metamorfic filmmakers who created Quality Problems. She is a graduate of the MFA Film Production Program at USC. She received her BFA in Acting and a BA in Liberal Arts in the Plan II Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin. Jen has also worked in post-production television. Credits include the Emmy Awards, The Contender (Mark Burnett Prods), and The Amazing Race (CBS). Jen is a mother of four boys and loves trying to keep up with them and, at times, watching the grass grow.
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About Joanna Ke
If grace married silliness, their child would be Joanna Ke. Joanna is an award-winning filmmaker that thrives in the industry as an actor, writer, professional script reader, and producer. She champions diverse stories led by women both behind and in front of the camera. Joanna has been creating stories ever since she was a child, performing skits for her sisters and scribbling in journals before she even know how to write. She studied the craft of screenwriting with the late, great Syd Field. As a professional script reader, she is known for her ability to masterfully analyze screenplays. Joanna runs the twitter account @femcharacters, highlighting the unfortunate way women are often portrayed on screen. She also isn’t too shabby as a stunt performer and sword fighter. Wielding her broadsword is a favorite both on camera and off.
