Do you ever get that feeling like you’re sleepwalking through your day. Maybe another commitment, the weather or even a foul mood has made you unproductive? Well, that was totally me today. I skipped my morning workout due to the rain, even though my husband said I’d look like a badass Nike ad if I went running, and now it is past noon and none of my ‘to do’s’ are checked off. It started on my way back from dropping the kids off at school. I was listening to the news and no surprise, there was a sad story. Some…
Author: Erin Leigh Neumeyer
Erin Leigh Neumeyer
Erin Leigh Neumeyer is a family and headshot photographer and actress-VO artist-director-writer, you know the all around multi-hyphenate “maker" type. Erin’s favorite phrase is "Imperfect Action beats Perfect Inaction every time.” She has a background in PR and Marketing and has worked with non-profits like The Humane Society and Project Angel Food, fundraising, running events and managing communication. She is also the Communications Director of Connect Film Festival. Her training began in theatre and improv and she’s a graduate of the Second City Conservatory in Chicago as well as iO Chicago and iO west. She is a proud member of Women In Film, Women in Animation and is a huge fan of Seed and Spark, Film Powered and of course, Ms. in the Biz. Living in LA she feels at home and loves the creative energy. She has two children who she adores and who also work in the entertainment industry and her adorable Siberian Husky, Thunder, has been called in to audition from time to time. Erin is currently filming a web series with her kids called Your Neighbors The Neumeyer’s, in pre-production on a social activism themed short film that she wrote and regularly works on projects at HitRECORD. Keep up with Erin: Entertainment: ErinNeumeyer.com Instagram: @ErinLeighNeumeyer Twitter: @ErinNeumeyer Photography: ErinLeighPhotography.com & ePhotoLA.com Instagram: @ephotla Twitter @erinLEIGHphotog
Recently my son was “pinned” for a series lead in a brand new show. It is part of the new trend of streaming platforms filling up their schedule with fresh content. It is very exciting for us but also very confusing. Up until now we had mostly booked independent films, TV co-stars, web series and most of all commercials. So between the three of us, we’ve signed plenty of contracts but nothing that would require more than a week of work. This, however, was a whole new thing. Not long ago I sat in a Q&A with a casting director…
If you’re into commercial acting at all you’ve probably been told to take an improv class. It is solid advice. As an alumni from several improv schools, I think it’s great for every type of actor(ess) because it teaches you to stay in the moment and really listen. When my kids are playing pretend I find myself eavesdropping to see if they are following improv’s Golden Rule. Yes, and… Prior to their foray into improv classes I noticed that there was a lot of negating each other’s ideas. More of a… No, but… Like, I don’t like your idea and…
My husband and I were living in Boulder, Colorado where we met. It was 2003 and the tech market had fallen apart a couple of years earlier so I had left my job in high-tech marketing and gone back to school for anything and everything arts related, including theatre, at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Looking back, I think prior to this moment I was suffering from a severe lack of confidence. Thanks to the convergence of many things completely out of my control I found my voice and convinced my husband to leave all of our friends, our…
When I was in middle school I auditioned for a community theatre. The auditions were at the elementary school that was located on the K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base. I was so excited to play Staggio the patriarch of the family, who with my 13-year-old skill had a spotty Russian accent. “Velkome! I am thinkink you will lovf it.” My parents were not so excited because that meant they had to drive me to rehearsals for weeks. “Sweetheart, we can’t wait ‘till you can drive yourself” they would say as they drove the onto the military base which required…
Connect Film Festival has grown into an international phenomenon with multiple screening locations— its current home base of Los Angeles and its founding city of Melbourne Australia, with Connect Screening events in Boston, MA and Austin, TX. It has been a Top 100 Best Reviewed Festival on Film Freeway in 2016, 2017, 2018. An actor and working photographer myself, I was interested in the festival’s focus on “connecting” cast and crew and filmmakers internationally. I was also very interested to learn more about its ties to Australia! After meeting with Lindsey Lune Ricker in mid 2016 through Women in Moving Pictures, I…