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Barbara Deutsch is the creator of the Barbara Deutsch Approach, a unique teaching and coaching concept for people in the film and television industry. As a successful acting teacher and coach, Barbara knows about dreams: the rewards of their pursuit, and the sorrows of feeling stuck. Bringing over 25 years of experience to the table, she works with those in front of the camera and behind the scenes acting as a Personal Champion, and consultant. She also happens to be our founder Helenna Santos-Levy's career coach. http://www.bdapproach.com2 Articles
Jenn Lederer is a Life + Career Coach to Creative Entrepreneurs who are ready to dive deep to co-create the Life + Career of their dreams. Play BIG, leap HIGHER and have FUN along the way. If you’re not having fun, why do it at all? Jenn is based in NYC and works in clients in NYC, LA, Pittsburgh, London, Switzerland and Australia. Feed Your Soul. Find Your Center. Create Your Success. Jenn is currently offering her signature FREE 5-Day Challenge: Kill it! (w/ Kindness) – start your challenge today by visiting www.Soul-Centered-Success.com/free2 Articles
Sarah McLean is an actor/writer who splits her time between Los Angeles and New York. She wrote and starred in the award-winning action/comedy ReAction and created the only scripted show about softball, 3 Strikes. The animated short Dragonfly is her directorial debut. You can follow Sarah on Twitter and Instagram at @iamsarahmclean2 and find out more about her at www.thesarahmclean.com2 Articles
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.2 Articles
Skilled in Makeup & Hair Styling, Erika Diehl loves working within her field of passion and possesses an intuitive ability to make everyone feel special. She is as dependable as she is enthusiastic. Her capability to bring ideas to life compliments her strong communication skills making her an ideal team player on set, whether utilized as a makeup artist, hair artist, or both.2 Articles
Carrie Certa worked on six independent films her most recent Line Producing gig had her in Ethiopia. Horror film “Bit Parts”, a political mockumentary “A New Tomorrow”, comedies "Target Audience 9.1" and "What If People Died", and the action thriller “Circadian Rhythm”, which had her working alongside Seymour Cassel, Jonathan Banks, Rachel Miner and David Anders. In 2009, she made her directorial début with “SpyForLove” which landed her a Best Comedy Short nomination at her first festival showing. Since then she’s had a modicum of success with her other shorts “Smiley” and “Undisconnected” which was nominated for Best in the Fest and winner of Best Director. She has also won numerous awards for her writing with her dramatic script “Life After”.2 Articles
Writer/Director/Producer - Los Angeles based Krishna Devine is an original content creator, film professional and fan of tiny snack foods. She thinks everyone should read her book Why He’s My Ex.2 Articles
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Denise Meyers began her professional career at the William Morris Agency as an assistant to literary agent, Judy Scott-Fox after graduating from Oregon State University in 1982. After working as a freelance story analyst for New Line Cinema, New World Pictures, Vestron, and several independent producers, Meyers launched a screenwriting career. After twelve years in the film business with nothing but a handful of free options to show for her efforts, she moved to Utah to pursue a wildly successful career as a full-time artist. When the economy bottomed out in 2009, Meyers returned to what she calls “the dream that wouldn’t die”. Her work as a screenwriter has landed her in the top fifteen percent of writers who submitted to the Nicholls Fellowships in 2014 and 2015. LUCKY 13, about the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots in World War Two, is currently in pre-development with a major film producer at Sony Studios, and RIDE THE WIND, a Second Rounder at last year’s Austin Film Festival, is currently seeking financing through award winning documentary producer, Cheryl Bedford and director, Craig Ross Jr. Meyers also won an eight week screenwriting scholarship to the New York Film Academy, and THE DARK OF NIGHT, a short screenplay she wrote for the NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Competition was the first in its heat. Meyers was recently awarded the Grand Prize for Short Screenplays from Table Read My Screenplay with THE DARK OF NIGHT as well.2 Articles
Sabrina is a writer and producer who considers herself a cultural mutt, growing up with a French Canadian father, Algerian mother, and living in Spain, Canada, Australia, and the US. A pop-culture aficionado, she graduated from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and has been working in the Film and Television industry ever since. Sabrina is a fan of coming of age stories, superheroes, and Disney princesses (especially the ones who do more than get a prince by the end of the movie). She can recite any Buffy The Vampire Slayer episode by heart, and she dares you to test her. Sabrina currently resides in Los Angeles, CA working for the writers of The CW’s iZombie from the creators of Veronica Mars.2 Articles