Special and Particular. ONE TIME ONLY EVENT.
My name is Chazda Albright. I'm an American screenwriter living in Germany and for this May I had planned to fly into New Mexico for the Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe - which was canceled.
I decided to organize a sort of last minute, from the hip, completely free, guerilla style get together for those who didn't want to just sit home and cry.
The Guerilla Screenwriting Circuit.
May 27 - 31, 2011.
If you missed it, you wouldn't be the only one.
After only the first hour of classes, I got a call overseas. My 4 year old daughter was in the hospital with a lung infection. I delegated what I could and took the first plane home. An irony. A sad and ridiculous happenstance. (Not to worry, she has fully recovered.)
The event is done, but the project has just begun.
We are now in the process of editing the documentary film of what took place in New Mexico. And it was great... even though I wasn't there. Ahem.
Chazda Albright is an American screenwriter (read: writer, painter, designer) who has been living in Germany since 2002. Two of her feature length scripts are represented by Whitt Brantley. Currently, Chazda is writing several new scripts, working with a couple of directors about the possibility of getting her work into production.
Previously to focusing her efforts on filmmaking in 2009, Chazda wrote, edited and published material in the erotica genre, working with over fifty creative writers and artists.
When the Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe was canceled in its 13th Annual meet, Chazda decided to organize the Guerilla Screenwriting Circuit. It is a one time only event, a unique opportunity for writers, directors, producers, actors and other film crazies to gather in one spot and share knowledge about the business of show business.
For more about Chazda, visit her ePortfolio at Chazda.com or visit her blog at Yen Relish or find her on Facebook or just ask! Click the "contact" tab above. Chazda is the one who will be reading it.
Aquo Productions is a film and video production company founded in 2010 by Aidan Bradbury, Quill Chase-Daniel, and Owen Bradbury in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
AQuO Productions has produced short documentaries for Axle Contemporary and the New Mexico Museum of Art. We have also interviewed Congressman Ben Ray Lujan for a short documentary, and won the Jury Prize at the Santa Fe 3 Minute Film Festival with our short film Parallel, which we will be presenting at the GSC.
Joe Allgood is a screenwriter who has taken it upon himself to get his work into production.
He'll be sharing his financing and pre-production experiences at the Guerilla Circuit, joining our Q&A Panel on Script to Screen.
Shea Berkley started out writing nonfiction (not so fun) and quickly moved into fiction (totally fun), and knew shed found her calling. (Her family was thrilled shed found friends to play with even if they werent technically real.) Shes still pleasantly surprised people are willing to pay to read her stories. Besides writing, her many diversions include kickboxing, reading and hanging out with her loud and rambunctious family.
With five kids (all girls), her biggest job is to make sure her little fallen angels dont harass the neighbors and then play dumb when the cops come knocking on her door. Her book The Marked Son, the first in the Keepers of Life trilogy, hits stores August 8, 2011 from Entangled Publishing. Torrein: Age of Fear, an epic fantasy, will be in stores November 2011 from Variance Publishing. You can find out more about Shea at www.sheaberkley.com or on Facebook at her author page Shea Berkley.
Celeste Bradley is the New York Times bestselling author of 18 romance novels that are known for combining action, comedy, sensuality and drama into a genre-bending mix. Booklist says, "When it comes to crafting fairy talelike, wonderfully escapist historicals, Bradley is unrivaled." Currently residing in New Mexico, Celeste stays busy writing three full-length novels a year under her name and that of Annie Epps, her teen fiction alter-ego.
CelesteBradley.com
Cary Brooks is an editor, director and producer from Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has a BFA in Photography and has been making films and videos since he was in middle school.
His work as editor and producer includes the short like Detours, an official selection at the 2010 Albuquerque Film Festival and 2010 Santa Fe Independent Film Festival; and Final Exam, winner of the Audience Pick award in the Local Shorts Festival in 2007, which he also directed. He was an Invited Guest Artist in the 2004 International Digital Art Awards for his experimental short film Limbo. Cary has also co-produced and co-edited two seasons of Focus on the Future, a weekly financial education series distributed to over 15,000 high school classrooms across the United States. He has had the good fortune to work on a wide range of film and video production equipment, from cameras and editing systems using tape, 16mm and 35mm film (including an Oxberry animation stand), to tape-based digital video and the latest non-linear storage formats.
An avid technologist (a.k.a. "geek"), Cary finds himself amazed at the constant technical and creative innovations appearing in the film and video industry, and loves geeking out about them to anyone who will listen.
Dennis Foulkrod, director and actor.
Mark David Gerson is a screenwriter, award-winning author and creator of The Q'ntana Trilogy of fantasy novels and films. The MoonQuest: A True Fantasy, the first book in the trilogy, has won multiple national and regional awards, as has his book on writing and creativity, The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write. Both books, and his The Voice of the Muse Companion: Guided Meditations for Writers CD, are available on his website and on Amazon.
The MoonQuest, the first feature film in The Q'ntana Trilogy, produced by Anvil Springs Entertainment, will be in theaters 2012.
Mark David is also a script analyst, editorial consultant, artist, photographer, broadcaster and popular speaker on topics related to creativity and spirituality. Although his Muse & You radio show is on hiatus, he is still a regular featured guest on Unity.fm's Spiritual Coaching radio program. As a creativity coach and writing-workshop facilitator for nearly 20 years in the U.S. and Canada, Mark David has guided writers and non-writers alike to connect with their innate wisdom, open to their creative power and express themselves with ease.
Mark David is currently working on a memoir and on the book and screenplay sequels to The MoonQuest.
MarkDavidGerson.com
Darlene Hansen graduated with a BA and MA in Theatre with a concentration in acting and directing from California State University in Long Beach. While at Long Beach Darlene both directed and acted in numerous stage productions. After graduating she was involved in commercials in the greater LA area.
In 1993 she was a featured extra in the short-lived television series "Earth 2." In 2001 she was offered and accepted a teaching job at the Public Academy for Performing Arts (PAPA). Here she taught acting for two years. In 2000, Darlene started to produce short movies for the annual DigiFest competition; the latest of which "Scarlet Momentum" received five awards.
Presently Darlene is teaching Advanced Method Acting classes and working at producing a documentary about the problem of bi and gay teenager suicides.
In addition to his work in the advertising world, Bill Kelmanis a feature film producer... and soon to be director. He is an executive producer on the upcoming Lunatic at Large based on a Stanley Kubrick/Jim Thompson collaboration starring Scarlett Johansson and Sam Rockwell, Rude Boy based on the life of the seminal Jamaican band, The Heptones, to be directed by Bruce Wayne Gillies starring Mario Van Peebles and Danny Glover and Tres Cruzados, a Spanish/Mexican co-production to be directed by Zane Levitt starring Kuno Becker, Paulina Gaitan and Gerardo Taracena. In addition, he is producing Pulse directed by Tom Holland (Childs Play, the orginal Fright Night), Swan Man, a Chinese language film that he wrote for director Jia Duan, He is also a production and creative consultant for television and feature productions in Lebanon, Ukraine, Dubai, China and Egypt. In the Middle East he consulted on Manahi the first theatrically released movie in Saudia Arabia in thirty years.
Kelman is a member of the Writers Guild of American, a contributor to Getty Images and was a judge for fourteen years for the Nichols Fellowship screenwriting program sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and received a screenwriting fellowship from the American Film Institute. He has lectured at the prestigious Beijing Film Academy, Cal State and other film programs.
Dick is a novice actor currently taking instruction from Maura Studi. Retired from Counterintelligence, law enforcement and corporate security, he was traveled extensively internationally and has developed, managed and been responsible for executive protection and package sanitization for four Olympic Games.
Married for 43 years, with a daughter currently living in Australia, he and his wife, Sue, moved to Santa Fe eight years ago. They own four saddle mules and Dick does Mounted Search and Rescue as well as driving mule teams in Arizona.
Having had the opportunity to work on several independent films, Dick has done production work as Firearms Master and Firearms Safety Officer, featured background work, and 5 and under roles.
Laura is a working actress with over 15 years experience in Theatre, Film, and Television as a teacher, actor, director and writer. She has an Honors BFA Degree in Theatre and Drama Studies from the University of Toronto, and an Acting Diploma from Sheridan College. She has taught acting and drama lessons to students aged 2- adult in Toronto, Ontario, Austin, Texas and Chicago, Illinois at well respected theatres and schools.
Laura was the star of a popular Canadian television series Distant Roads and has performed in numerous television commercials across North America. She has also been cast in numerous films and industrials, including her role in the film Life, awarded 7 Tara Nominations, and Best of Show. Laura has also worked extensively in voice-over work, namely for Yahoo and Whole Foods among many others.
Lauras extensive experience as an actor, from dinner theaters to the famed Second City in Chicago, from corporate industrials to network television, has prepared her to teach students with a broad range of interests and needs, and to guide them according to their talents and unique backgrounds. She created Sol Acting Academy to offer a diverse group of kids and adults at various levels of theatrical development the opportunity for solid stage opportunities and personal development.
CEO of Anvil Springs Entertainment, Kathleen Messmer has extensive experience in business and in the entertainment industry. She holds a B.A. in Film from San Francisco State University and has worked in the film industry as a Script Supervisor in California, Louisiana and New Mexico.
Kathleen has worked on many projects of varying subjects and budgets, which has served her well while pursuing starting her own production company.
Kathleen joins our producer panel to discuss Script to Screen: getting your film MADE.
Larry Stouffer is Founder and Executive Director of the Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe (SCSFe).
Established in 1999, SCSFe is known as the first screenwriting conference in the world. The Guerilla Screenwriting Circuit is a continuation of that tradition, the idea of expressing and sharing knowledge and experience in the screenwriting profession.
Larry is our Guest Of Honor at the Kick-Off Party on Friday May 27, 2011 and he will be attending as much of the Circuit as he can.
His hard work and dedication to the screenwriting community is an inspiration.
Thank You, Larry!
Brent Tiano (Producer) Brent has worked in film with Walt Disney Feature Animation and owned an animation and graphic production company called Industrial Artistry. He has fiscal experience in real estate development and a CCIM designation, which is the equivalent of a masters in commercial real estate and development.
Brent was the Associate Producer on Testament and has several projects in various stages of production. Brent was a founding board member, who was active in the creation of the Albuquerque Film Festival.
This combination of film experience, real estate investment experience and ability to bring projects together are some of the benefits he brings to the Warrior Woman Film team.
Brenden Wedner is a local indie producer. He is the owner of Simply Cinema, a Santa Fe based video production company which produces short films, documentaries, commercials, and music videos. Outside of producing, he has a well-rounded practice of above and below-the-line jobs. A graduate of The College of Santa Fe, and student of life.
SimplyCinema.org
The Circuit runs May 27 - 31, 2011. You will find: writing exercise labs, table reads, classes, a round table discussion and two Q&A Panels, which will all be held at
The Nativo Lodge in Albuquerque, NM.
You can join in for any or all of this itinerary. It's completely free to attend. Food and beverage is up to you.
If you would like to offer tips on proper venues for social events, that would be great because I live in Germany and this gig is in New Mexico!
Special thanks go to Ed Pulsifer, who has saved hours of travel time and gallons of gasoline by providing us with a single, centralized venue for all our classes, labs and panel discussions at the lovely Nativo Lodge. He's enabled more classes and considerably less stress.
Thank you to Ann Lerner of the Albuquerque Film Office, who helped hook me up with the right people around town, showing incredible support of this effort by informing so many thousands of people in the film industry.
Thank you to my dear friend Celeste Bradley, who first provided me with a comfortable place to sleep and space to work while in the country, and then took over so many of my responsibilities when I had to quickly leave the country to take care of my daughter.
Thank you to Sarah Jones, who has always been a great supporter, in-the-know informant, and who jumped right in with her excellent organizational skills when I could not be there.
Thank you to my old heartthrob from high school Cary Brooks, who not only drove me all over New Mexico during the days prior to the Circuit, but who took the filming of the event well under his wing. Thanks also to fellow cinematographers who captured this happening on film: Turtle O'Toole, Seth Iliff, and Joe Allgood.
Thank you to all of those who are pitching in by teaching classes, joining a panel, or leading a writing exercise. This singular, unique event was an important moment for me, and I hope it had a very positive and inspiring impact on all of you.
I still need help! It isn't over! Now the event is done, but the making of our documentary has only just begun.
I've no doubt that many more names will be added here after the Guerilla Screenwriting Circuit: a documentary is complete. Thanks to everyone.
Enormous quantities of footage (though not as much as I would have liked) was shot during the several days of the Guerilla Screenwriting Circuit. I asked for three cinematographers and in the end I think we ended up with seven.
If you have captured part of this event on film and would like to submit it for filming credit in the documentary, please let me know. Contact me through our Facebook Group or email me directly using the Contact Form posted here.
If you have been filmed during or after the Circuit, chances are good that we need your consent to be included in the documentary. Please contact me with that permission if I haven't yet asked you personally. I would also like to have your mailing address so that I can send you my personal, snail mail thanks, so please include that as well.
Contact me through our Facebook Group or email me directly using the Contact Form posted here.
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