The final Ermantourage Hollywood Q&A and mixer event of 2018! Join our Film, TV, and Music industry night for an evening of networking and getting inspired by leading professionals in the entertainment industry. Event is to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention LA.
We are also celebrating Erman Baradi's 29th birthday!
Lineup (subject to change):
Women in Film & Television:
Cortney Wilson, producer, Jill Soloway's Topple Productions ("Transparent")
Cortney Wilson is a writer, director, and an Emmy-nominated producer. As a producer at Jill Soloway's Topple Productions she was behind Golden Globe and Emmy-winning Amazon Original series Transparent and I Love Dick. She developed original content including The Skinny, a Refinery29/ Wifey TV web series that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2016. Wilson also helped produce the Emmy-nominated doc series: This Is Me for Amazon Prime. She was also hired by NYLON Studios to produce and direct their first original show: NYLON News: This Just Happened, a millennial-focused news show exclusive to Amazon Prime.
Kristen Murtha, production executive, Warner Bros. theatrical animation
Kristen is a producer with a Boston heart and a Hollywood mind. Her work has been seen by audiences on large and small screens around the globe, receiving recognition at over seventy-five film festivals, including Sundance 2017, as well as millions of views online. Kristen's projects span all mediums: live action feature, animated feature, documentary, short film, web series, branded content and more.
Kristen's theatrical release this year is THE OATH, Ike Barinhotlz's feature directorial debut. Her two theatrical releases last year were BAND AID (IFC Films) and THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE (Warner Bros). She's also currently serving as a Production Executive for Warner Bros. Theatrical Animation division. Her passions are compelling stories and unique experiences.
Kira Snyder, co-executive producer/writer, "The Handmaid's Tale"; writer, "Pacific Rim Uprising"; producer/writer, "The 100"
Kira Snyder is an Emmy- and WGA Award-winning writer and Co-Executive Producer on the TV show The Handmaid’s Tale for Hulu. Her other film and television work includes the movie Pacific Rim: Uprising, pilot scripts for Hulu, FX, and Amazon, The 100 on the CW, Incursion for Starz, Syfy’s Eureka and Alphas, and the CBS vampire cult hit Moonlight. Kira is a graduate of the Writers Guild of America’s Showrunner Training Program and the Warner Bros. Television Writers’ Workshop. The Parish Mail ebooks, Kira’s interactive Young Adult supernatural mystery series, are available for Kindle. Formerly a game designer, Kira has created games for Microsoft, the MIT Press textbook Rules Of Play, and Electronic Arts, including the seminal alternate reality game Majestic. Kira loves science, sci fi, and computer games, reading and playing when she’s not writing and designing.
Kristen Barnett, original programming coordinator, Starz Network
Jordanna Guarino, Director of Original Programming, Marvel Entertainment
Writers Room:
Tamara Becher, co-executive producer/writer, Netflix's "Daredevil"
Rodney Barnes, writer/producer, "American Gods," Marvel's "The Runaways"
Cami Delavigne, writer, "New Amsterdam," "Quantico," "Blue Valentine"
Music in Film & TV:
Tangelene Bolton, composer.
Tangelene Bolton is a film composer from Los Angeles known for her powerful and distinctive melodies. Upon moving to Los anglees, she worked at Remote Control Productions (Hans Zimmer) and now spends her time composing for film, TV, and commercials as well as writing additional music for film, TV, and video game composer, Bobby Tahouri (Rise of the Tomb Raider/Crystal Dynamics, Girlfriends/Netflix, Shimmer and Shine/Nickelodeon). Tangelene is already making an impact in Hollywood through her deeply intuitive musical sensibilities. Her goal is to continue to create an experience that lingers into the subconscious of the viewer, impacting and shaping their experience.
Alexander Vangelos, First Artists Management
Alexander Vangelos is a talent agent at First Artists Management
specializing in the representation of film, television, and video game composers.
First Artists’ roster includes composers such as Oscar winner Vangelis, Oscar
nominated Carter Burwell, Grammy winner David Arnold, Golden Globe winner
Craig Armstrong, John Ottman, Golden Globe nominated Rolfe Kent, and Lyle
Workman, just to name few. Since becoming an agent at First Artists Management,
Alexander has signed clients such as four time Grammy award winner and Golden
Globe nominee, Antonio Sanchez, Laurent Eyquem, Nathan Halpern, Frank Ilfman,
and Rael Jones, amongst others. As an up and coming agent in the business,
Alexander focuses on identifying the next wave of filmmakers and showrunners,
while strategizing on how to create new, meaningful relationships for his clients.
Through this approach, Alexander has successfully cultivated relationships for
many of his clients. Whether it’s delivering hand written notes from his clients,
along with their music, to filmmakers and showrunners they are keen on working
with, or lunching with managers of up and coming creatives, Alexander is always
thinking of new ways to create career defining opportunities for his clients.
Andrew Cohen, Director of Publicity, Impact24 PR=
Actors - Landing Representation & Success in the Audition Room
Matt Martin, Scale Management
Chantal Thuy, actress, "Black Lightning"
Kade Wise, actor, "Empire"
Angelique Pereira, actress, BET's "Only for One Night"
Michelle Seamon, casting director/associate, "Fresh off the Boat"
& more to be announced!
Event is 21+. Business casual dressed.
And be sure to check out what else we have going on at the links below!
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http://thefilmempire.com/diversity-screenplays/
http://thefilmempire.com/horror-film/
http://thefilmempire.com/diversity-film/
http://thefilmempire.com/horror-screenwriting/
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