Michel Gondry,Peter Hedges ,James Brooks,Barbara Hall,Alan Ball, Sam Mendes, Nora Ephran,Paul Haggis,Nancy Meyers,Andrew Wagner, Alexander Payne,Harold Ramis, Mark Travis,
Directors
Jane Campion, Niki Caro, Sam Mendes, Cameron Crowe,Tony Gilroy,Michel Gondry,Christopher Nolan,Spike Jonze, James Brooks,Rob Reiner, Ron Howard,Ron Shelton,Joss Whedon.Steven Spielberg,Chris and Paul Weitz,Paul Haggis,Norman Jewison,Spike Lee,Chris Eyre,Curtis Hanson, Harold Ramis,Robert Lee Zemeckis,Gus Van Sant
Awards
Moondance: Best Short Screenplay for Kids, IFFF: Best Short Screenplay, Finalist Burbank Children’s Film Fest, Midwest American College Theatre Conference: Third place playwriting.
Festivals
Arizona International Film Festival, Green Valley Film Festival, Thunderbird Film Festival,
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Whale Rider, Akeela and the Bee, The Great Debaters, Crash, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Millions, Roger and Me, The Sixth Sense, On Golden Pond, Pleasantville, Frida, Like Water for Chocolate, The Girl in the Cafe, The Savages, Strictly Ballroom, The Color Purple, Sound of Music, Memento, Adaptation, West Side Story, The Piano, When Harry Met Sally, Clueless, Wonder Boys, Broadcast News, Sweet Land, Hoosiers, Tootsie, Moonstruck, What the Bleep Do We Know?, Bull Durham, Remember the Titans, The Notebook, Almost Famous, Norma Ray, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, The Namesake, Dances with Wolves, To Kill a Mockingbird, American Beauty, The Lives of Others, Chocolat, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, It's a Wonderful Life, Little Miss Sunshine, Mr. Holland's Opus, Shawshank Redemption, Hotel Rwanda, Shindlers List, Harry Potter, Do the Right Thing, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Bend it like Beckham, About a Boy, Breakfast Club, Defending Your Life, Groundhogs Day, Real Women Have Curves, The Wizard of Oz, The Pursuit of Happyness, Goonies, Lost in Translation, Lars and the Real Girl, Juno, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Michael Clayton, Under the Same Moon, The Bands Visit, Caramel, Starting Out in the Evening, Persepolis, The Visitor,Kenny, Then She Found Me,
Brick Lane, Smoke Signals,La Vita e Bella (Life is Beautiful), Transsiberian, The Women, The Secret Life of Bees,Milk,Frost/Nixon, Yonkers Joe, Rachel Getting Married, Sunshine Cleaning, Wendy and Lucy, Tulpan, Sugar, Departures,
Television
Judging Amy, Joan of Arcadia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Project Runway, Top Chef, Actors' Studio, The Medium, CSI, The Starter Wife, The West Wing,
Books
Writing Down the Bones, Linda Seger's "Making a Good Script Great", Michael Hauge's "Writing a Screenplay that Sells", A Return to Love, Beyond the
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The Humanitarian Media Foundation seeks to tap into the power of the media—film, both documentary and narrative; art and music; print, web, television, and photojournalism—and extend their influence more broadly on humanitarian issues.
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Reel Inspiration's Schools
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
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Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Dramatic Writing
1986 to 1988
Avila University
Kansas City,MO
Graduated: 1986
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Speech and Theatre
Minor: Film
About me: I love good movies of all kinds. Sometimes I'm in the mood for a film that leaves me inspired or makes me think. I founded Reel Inspiration because I believe film patrons can have a voice in what kind of movies are screened at the movie theater. Would you like to see more meaningful films? Send a message to Hollywood by attending these films when they first open and encouraging your friends to do the same. Join our grassroots promotional campaign by becoming a REEL MEMBER and receive free reviews of diverse, thought provoking, uplifting films. To become a REEL MEMBER, e-mail: reelinspiration@hotmail.com. Reel Inspiration's mission is to encourage and promote the production and theatrical success of diverse films with entertaining, powerful stories that uplift, challenge, give hope or inspire the human consciousness. Check out more movie reviews at: http://reelinspiration.blogspot.com/
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Who I'd like to meet: Filmmakers, independent filmmakers, video-makers, movie reviewers, screenwriters, movie lovers: WHO LOVE INSPIRING, MEANINGFUL FILMS.
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"The Union" - 4 Nominations - 2009 Terror Film Festival!! Hey EVERYONE!! Everyone has been asking about the film, so here's the festival news update! So far, here's a recap:
* *4 Nominations - 2009 Terror Film Festival - Best Script, Thriller Short Film, Cinematography, and Original Score. (Philadelphia, PA.) on Oct 24-25th.
* Official Selection - 2009 Vampire Film Festival - (New Orleans) on Oct 23-26th.
* Official Selection - 2009 Madison Horror Film Festival (Madison, WI.) on Oct 3-4th.
* Official Selection - 2009 Tromadance (Summer) Film Festival (Shelbyville, Indiana.) Sept. 13-19th. Screened twice.
* Official Selection - 2009 Johnstown Wine & Film Festival (Johnstown, PA.) July 9-11th.
* Official Selection - 2009 Zompire Film Festival (Portland, OR.) May 13-15th
Video documentation of a performance piece by my friend Nate Kassel who rode around on his bike slapping high-fives to people who were trying to hail taxi cabs in NYC. Enjoy!
FIRST - EVER BOLIVIAN SHORT FILM EXHIBITION IN U.S. / Sept. 4 2009 (L.A.)
For the first time in the U.S. - the Broadway International Film Festival presented an Evening of Award-Winning Bolivian Short Films at the Los Angeles Theater Center. This memorable event was organized by Bolivian-born filmmaker Anthony Rivero Stabley and Festival Director Emilio Vega with the participation of the Bolivian Star Carla Ortiz and Bolivian Consul Marco Antonio Cuba.
This important exhibition featured work from Bolivian Directors based in the United States - Sergio Bastani (Yard of Blonde Girls), Jose Sanchez-H. (Road to the Coast, News For Manuela), Adriana Montenegro (From The Core), Rodrigo Patiño (Fine Line), Bernardo Peña (Get Outta Here!!), Nelson Serrano (Drastic Change) and Anthony R. Stabley (Electronica, This is Not a Film).
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