May 16, 2006

Latino Producers Academy™
August 8 – 18, 2006 Tucson, AZ
Application Deadline – June 7, 2006

A NALIP National signature program, in association with UCLA School of Theater, Film and TV Professional Certificate Program and the University of Arizona Department of Media Arts, Time Warner, Nielsen Media Research, Southwest Airlines and the Rockefeller Foundation

A documentary or narrative feature Producer is the person who causes a film to be made, and made well. NALIP believes that a Producer is the creative originator of films, a self-starter who recognizes ideas that have creative or commercial merit. Producers must have passion, a sensitivity for story and audience, plus the organizational ability and practical smarts to put together a project and guide it to and through the marketplace. The goal of NALIP’s Latino Producers Academy is to give our Fellows the practical skills and knowledge to accomplish their personal goals and artistic dreams as filmmakers.

The LPA Invites Applications from Documentary Producers in two categories:
Documentary producer/directors in development or production who have proposals and sample tapes, invited with their producer/director partners Documentary producers in post-production, who have rough cuts, invited with their editors

The LPA Invites Applications from Narrative Feature Producers in two categories:
Feature producers (including producer/directors or producer/writers) in development who have viable scripts ready for packaging and advancement towards production
Feature producers and their directors who have scripts in advanced stages of development with or ready to package (e.g. budget, executive summary, attachments)

The 2006 LPA includes hands-on practicum for Producers at all stages of their professional development. Documentaries in post-production will have opportunities to re-cut and score sequences with intensive mentoring on their rough cuts and completion plans. Feature projects with directors will work with crews and casts to rehearse, shoot, cut and score scenes from their upcoming production. Documentary and Feature projects in development will benefit from comprehensive skills development with an opportunity to return with a rough cut or director in a future year.

This program is competitive and highly selective. It is open exclusively to NALIP members, and only to filmmakers with produced work on which they played a key creative role. All Accepted Fellows are invited on full scholarship: materials, lodging, meals and local transportation provided by our supporters, plus honoraria for documentary editors. Applications are evaluated by a professional panel that considers the viability of each project, the type and quality of your prior work, your creative plans and commitment to a career in producing & media leadership, plus your potential to benefit from the Academy curriculum and opportunity.

The 2006 Latino Producers Academy is made possible by the generous support of:
Access Tucson; the AMPAS Foundation; ASU; Cox Communications; FedEX-Kinko’s; Ford Foundation; FOX Broadcasting; Hanson Arizona Film Institute; Hollywood Foreign Press Association; Latino Public Broadcasting; The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; MPA; Nielsen Media Research; Nosotros; Packair; POV; The Rockefeller Foundation; Southwest Airlines; Tucson Film Office; UCLA Department of Theatre, Film and Television; University of Arizona Department of Media Arts; Screen Actors Guild; Univision; and the Walt Disney Company.

2006 LATINO PRODUCERS ACADEMY™

If you qualify and would like to apply, please read the following carefully:

  • Applicants must be current NALIP members. Full application, essay, recommendation, & project materials must arrive TO the NALIP OFFICE not later than Wednesday, June 7, 2006 (NO EXTENSIONS) NOTIFICATION by Friday July 7, 2006.
  • Each applicant must include a $25 non-refundable processing fee
  • Accepted Feature Fellows (producers & directors) must commit to arrive in Tucson, AZ on Tuesday afternoon, August 8, ready for orientation at 5:00 p.m.. Advanced preparation, including casting & crew consultations will be required for the 4 Feature Directors. Accepted Documentary Fellows (producer/directors & editors) must arrive in Tucson, AZ on Thursday afternoon, August 10 ready for orientation at 6:30 p.m., and will be asked to read all Fellow proposals in advance.

**Travel to Tucson is each Fellow’s responsibility**

  • Each accepted Fellow will be sent a list of items they should bring, but producers will need a laptop, a hard copy and an electronic copy of their script or documentary proposal and draft project budget, and be prepared to do assignments and revisions. Documentary Fellows will bring their rough cut and/or current sample tape to screen and edit on Final Cut Pro 4. Editors are provided $300 honoraria to work @ LPA.
  • Core curriculum for the 2006 LPA Documentary Fellows will include:
    Documentary story structure and development
    Review and mentoring of Rough Cut & sample tape trailer
    Evaluation of proposals, budgets and fundraising plans
    Clearances, scoring, outreach and distribution
    Production and post-production technology, crew and relationships
  • Core curriculum for the 2006 LPA Feature Producers and Directors will include:
    Script development and pitching
    Cast and crew management, scene preparation for production
    Production package and funding plan
    SFX and composer collaborations
    Director Fellows will select 2-4 challenging scenes to cast, shoot, edit, score and review

TO APPLY PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION

 


GAYTINO!
April 26 – June 11 Kirk Douglas Theatre

NALIP member Dan Guerrero is GAYTINO

At a certain point in his life, would-be Broadway star-cum-talent manager-cum-producer Dan Guerrero decided to dedicate himself to improving the depiction of Latinos in the media. In his one-man show "Gaytino!" -- part of Center Theater Group's "Solomania!" festival -- he lands on a good way of putting forth such a positive image: He tells his own, upbeat story. This man has lived an extremely charmed life, and he offers up a quite charming depiction of it.

One-person shows often -- maybe even usually -- deal with identity politics, and since Guerrero is both gay and Mexican-American, the subject informs his life and therefore his story. But what's nice about "Gaytino!" is how unfettered it is with obstacles or regrets. Did being Latino inhibit his performance career? Perhaps, but he soon went on to a great career as a talent manager instead. Was it hard, even lonely, growing up gay in East L.A.? Maybe it would have been, if he didn't have a fantastic best friend.

To read more visit: http://www.variety.com/review/

For tickets and schedule information visit: http://www.gaytino.com/solomania.html

SEE CUBA WITH YOUR OWN EYES

Meet the people of Cuba; their hearts, their souls, their homes.
Now available on DVD
The full length movie...LOVE & SUICIDE "The Revolution's with in you."

A MAN GOES TO CUBA
AND DISCOVERS THE ONE THING
BETWEEN LOVE & SUICIDE.
Available at
www.EverythingCuba.com and
www.LuisMoroProductions.com

DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR CURRENT NALIP MEMBERS
THE ABC & WALT DISNEY STUDIOS NEW TALENT GRANT
APPLICATION MUST BE RECEIVED at NALIP BY MAY 22!

NALIP would like more of you to apply to this program for EMERGING ARTISTS WHO SHOW PROMISE IN FILM WRITING AND DIRECTING for the Fifth annual Talent Development Grant Program sponsored by ABC and the Walt Disney Studios.

Interested? E-mail NALIP Membership Coordinator, Monica Espinosa at membership@nalip.info. She will E-mail you the application form. You must submit the form with a work resume, 500-800 word personal essay describing your expectations of this grant and how it can support your project/career goals, and a notarized legal form included in the application package.

If your project is a screenplay or TV script, you will ALSO include a treatment, first 10 pages of script, and budget totaling $20,000 (research trips, equipment, paying you as a writer to take part-time off work, etc.) If your project is a video/directing sample, you will include a sample reel on something previously completed in VHS or DVD, a proposal and a budget of $20,000 (to complete the video). No docs, no polished scripts, no videos ONLY needing post-production or previously submitted to festivals will be accepted. If you are in a writing team, each partner submits a separate, notarized package and resume; if selected, you'll receive one grant of $20,000.

QUESTIONS? Feel free to call Kathryn Galan, Executive Director 310-457-4445.
DEADLINE: Packages MUST be to NALIP by May 22.
1323 Lincoln Blvd, Suite 220, Santa Monica, CA 90401

 


PBS/CPB
Producers Academy
TWO NALIP members are selected

Laura Varel and Kristy Guevara-Flanagan

NALIP members, Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Laura Varela were selected to participate in the PBS Producers Academy.

LPA Documentary Fellow Kristy Guevara-Flanagan was accepted to the prestigious PBS/CPB producers Academy. Which is held each summer at the WGBH studio in Boston, this program provides in-depth project mentoring along with comprehensive introductions to the inner workings of the public television system. As reported in SPOTLIGHT story by Cristina Ibarra, NALIP members afforded this opportunity make invaluable professional connections while advancing their projects and careers.

Kristy is finishing her LPA documentary A GIRLS LIFE, and credits her acceptance to meeting Judith Vecchione of WGBH at the 2006 NALIP Conference 7 in Long Beach this past March. We hope she'll send us a report on her experience -- along with an update on when we can all see the completed doc!

NALIP- SA Program Director and LPA 2004 Fellow LAURA VARELA was also selected
to participate in the very competitive PBS Producers Academy taking place in June. As you know, Laura's doc "As Long As I Remember" is in post-production. Once again, we all benefit from her success, as always you can be sure she will share the knowledge gained at the Academy.

 


LBA NEWS May 2006
Moctezuma Esparza to Serve as Honorary Chair of LBA Sol Awards
Hollywood producer Moctezuma Esparza, whose credits include “Selena” and the “Milagro Beanfield War,” has agreed to serve as the Honorary Chair of the LBA’s 30th Anniversary Sol Business Awards, June 9, at the Rose Chateau in Bel Air.

“We’re absolutely thrilled that Moctezuma has lent his name, talents and business credentials to the organization as we celebrate our 30th anniversary,” said LBA Chairman Rick Sarmiento. “He stands alone among Latino producers and business people in Hollywood and has an incredible track record to prove it.”

Sarmiento said that Esparza will add a “Hollywood Flavor” to the gala and help attract celebrities, entertainment industry officials and other local business leaders. Esparza’s producer credits include “Walkout,” the 2006 HBO film chronicling the 1968 East Los Angeles high school boycott and walkout; “Introducing Dorothy Dandridge,” the 1999 biopic staring Halle Berry; “Selena” starring Jennifer Lopez and Edward James Olmos; and the landmark 1982 film, “The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez.”

ADOLESCENT ADJUSTMENTS
When Linwood Boomer wrote the pilot for "Malcolm in the Middle," he never considered the practical aspects of producing a series about a boy genius. Once in pre-production, he realized how difficult it would be to find a child actor capable of pulling off the script's technical requirements.

'West Wing' Ends With Graceful Transition
Sun, 14 May 2006 09:46 pm PDT
AP - It was an orderly transition Sunday night as President Jed Bartlet left office and "The West Wing" came to a graceful end. Full Story

Longoria Still Hot
It's déja vu all over again as Eva Longoria tops Maxim's Hot 100 list of the most successful women in film, TV, music, sports and fashion.

 

Looking for TWO experienced News Directors
for Hispanic Language Stations in L.A. and Phoenix

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY As a senior executive at the station, this individual leads and manages the station's news position, direction, growth, and daily operations of the department. This executive shall always strive to set and exceed leadership standards not only in the coverage and quality of news production and journalism, but in the maximization, nurturing, efficient deployment and managing of station resources including personnel, operating expenses, capital and research. This executive knows how to win and enjoys growing the organization. Individual must recruit, train and supervise all news department personnel in a manner consistent with the station policy and the law.


SPECIFIC DUTIES Fosters an environment for coverage leadership in local breaking news, enterprised stories and local weather. Participates in the strategic implementation and conception of marketing and positioning plans for the news product on an ongoing basis. Responsible for compelling promotional campaigns utilizing all the available assets, including radio and television. Oversees the editorial content of the news broadcasts providing for maximum integrity, quality, accuracy and relevance. Ensures high standards in broadcast judgment. Follows local, regional, and national events; ensures that key issues and stories are addressed in a highly professional, contemporary and relevant way.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE The candidate of choice must have an established record of success in responsible positions in television news. There is a strong preference for an individual who has already functioned as a News Director, Assistant News Director, or Executive Producer in a major market. The finalist must have proven ability as a creative thinker capable of formulating, communicating, and overseeing the implementation of a strategic vision. The candidate of choice must have honed his/her leadership and managerial skills. Reasonably well-developed financial oversight and budgetary skills are required.

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS The successful candidate will be an exceptionally skilled, self-motivated team player. Smart and aggressive, this individual must possess excellent people skills. This person must be adept at team building, motivating members of the team to perform at their best, and promoting teamwork among departments. The finalist must have the flexibility and maturity to work well with a range of personalities and styles. This person must be capable of working effectively with others during times of high pressure and/or short deadlines.

For further information call Bob Miggins (310) 641-4292 or email: themig@comcast.net

NOTES FROM THE INSIDE presents JUNE SCRIPT CLINIC
NALIP Member Discount
DEADLINE: May 22nd

NOTES FROM THE INSIDE is a consulting firm designed to serve the needs of screenwriters and filmmakers in search of competent, reliable help with screenplay/story development, script/project coaching, script evaluation, etc.

When: Sat., June 24, 2006, 12:00 – 2:00 pm lecture/discussion. Consultations to follow
Where: School of Visual Arts, 209 East 23rd Street at 3rd Avenue, New York, NY. Room TBA
Here’s how it works: Writers should submit their scripts to Nolan by May 22 nd. On the day of the Clinic, writers will each receive a set of story revision notes. The first two hours of the Clinic will be devoted to a lecture/discussion on writing issues that cropped up in the Clinic scripts. Each writer will then meet with Nolan for a 15-min. consultation. (Please note: Writers have the option of having their consultations later, via phone – in case they want to study their revision notes first.)

NOTES’ chief analyst and consultant, Maureen Nolan, has a background in the film industry that includes eight years as a top script/story analyst for Miramax Films; during that time, she read and evaluated thousands of screenplay and book properties, and worked on some of the company’s most notable projects. Her other clients have included HBO, Columbia Tri-Star, IFP, and Esperanza Films.


FEE: $200 General $150 for current NALIP Members
For details on the event or info on how to register, write to maureen@notesfromtheinside.com or phone 917-620-6502. For more info on Nolan’s background and credentials, visit the NOTES website at www.notesfromtheinside.com

ASSISTANT POSITION AT MUSIC COMPANY

Bad Ass Music Inc, a fast growing music production, licensing and music supervision company, in Encino, CA is seeking a Full time administrative assistant / sales rep. Candidate must have knowledge of film and TV licensing and/or scoring. Industry contacts a plus.

Hourly, plus commission and health benefits. The start date will be June 12, 2006. Compensation to be discussed upon interview.

No phone calls please. To apply, be sure to mention you heard about this from Jeff Gund/the Info List, and email resumes, contact information and salary history to: info@badassmusic.net

DANCER AUDITIONS FOR "CIRQUE STYLE" BURLESQUE SHOW

Showdates: June 15-July 3, 2006 (10 shows)
Casting: Week of May 15, 2006

Pay: EQUITY 99 seat waiver

Outstanding reviews crowned the last two runs of this show, and we are seeking strong actors, dancers, singers for this new run. The show is currently being work shopped and has interest from Off-Broadway, Europe and Vegas tours.

SEEKING:

MADAME CLAUDETTE: Female, 40-65 plus.
Ambitious Stage Manager of the Club who hilariously transforms from mousy and spinsterish to a fabulous star. Great sense of comedy and Improvisation. Strong comedienne. Must sing - Has a character song. GREAT COMEDIC ROLE. NAMES PREFERRED.

MIMI AND SOPHIE: Sexy Females, Ages 20-35
(Professional DANCERS only, SINGERS-strong Alto belt- and comedic ACTORS.)
They play the SEXY Burlesque strippers/dancers (no full stripping - down to bikini type costume only). We are open to Specialty acts. ie: Contortionist, Belly dancing, pointe shoes, hula hoop, juggling, tap dancing (NO CIRCUS or aerialists) *Contortionist skills a plus for Mimi.

GUILLAUME: Male 16-20
Young innocent boy at the Club who discovers his sexuality. Must be comfortable with idea of portraying a gay male -no gay scenes. Prefer extremely sweet and innocent and skinny . Must have strong tenor singing voice, and dance well enough to blend in cast.

Storyline: Paris, 1897. The audience enters into Le Club Sous-Deuce (Seduce), a new Burlesque club. Sexy trapeze artists arrive to perform at the club, the strippers are not happy, the MC has gone missing, Claudette takes over, the audience must help put the show together, and many surprises will happen throughout the night...

SUBMISSIONS:
Be sure to mention you were sent by Jeff Gund, and email Pics and resume to:
nathalie@gaulthierartists.com

CASTING VOICE TALENT

Voice Over: Favored Nations Contract, recording Thurs. May 18th in Santa Monica CA
Submit NAME talent only to susansitcom@yahoo.com.
Pantocyclus - deep, evil and cunning voice.
King of Lineland -extremely high pitched, narcissistic and unhuman voice
Best to you, Susan Johnston-President www.selectservicesfilms.com
www.susanjohnstoncasting.com 323-833-2088

Sponsorship: (Regional and National) are available for ActorfestLA. 10% compensation for each sponsorship attained. Call: 323-525-2080

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