The Reno Film Festival ’s second Sunday educational session will be a Filmmakers Panel. To be held in the Siena’s Oca room from 10 a.m. to noon on June 20th, the session is priced at only $10 for all (there is no student pricing for this event.) This annual session allows festival goers to learn firsthand about many aspects of filmmaking from casting to acting and allows for questions and answers in an intimate setting.
Scheduled* panelist this year include Michael Albright, filmmaker/editor/director; Pam Dulgar, screenwriter; Tony McGrath, cinematographer; Kathrine Narducci, actor/director; Paul Petersen, actor/author/advocate; James Russo, actor; Toni Suttie, casting director/producer; and Tim Wilson, location manager/producer.
The moderator is Scott Birmingham, who is actively involved in independent films and film festivals, including serving on the boards (regular and advisory) of the Reno Film Festival and as Executive Director of the Diablo Valley College’s 2002 Film Festival.
He has garnered awards for his own work producing and directing independent films from the American Film Institute, The Communicator Awards, Berkeley Video & Film Festival, the Videography Awards and in the Reno Film Festival itself in 2004. He is a finalist in this year’s Reno Film Festival for his 13th short film, “A Game of Pool.”
Scott produced, hosted and moderated An Evening with 2004 Academy Award Winner Michael Semanick, held the same year that Semanick received his first Oscar for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Birmingham has done numerous presentations on filmmaking both for high school and college levels in Reno and the San Francisco Bay Area.
A member of the Las Vegas Film Critics Society, Birmingham currently hosts a weekly webcast, “4 Your Review” on MyNews4.com and continues to do one-day Filmmaking Workshops at Truckee Meadows Community College. He works as a video editor at KRNV, an NBC News affiliate.
Pam Dulgar
Screenwriter
A local screenwriter for many years, Pam offers local writers an opportunity to work on their scripts as a part of the Reno Screenwriters group. Her script, “Orphan Train,” was a double winner at the 'Moondance International Film Festival' in 2008 as Best Screenplay for Kids. Another of Pam’s scripts, “Fancy Girl,” was a finalist in the 2010 'International Family Film Festival'.
She has studied under such writers as Bill Martell, Karl Iglesias, Pilar Alessandra, Richard Krevolin, Sandy Eiges, Michael Hague, Larry Brody and others. She finds that taking the idea for a story, developing characters into real players, choosing the locations and the adventures, fills a primal need for storytelling. As Pam says, “There are no movies without a screenwriter first putting the story in the script.”
Tony McGrath
Producer, Director, Writer, Editor
After graduating from the Griffith Film School and completing a Masters in Drama at Queensland University of Technology, Tony started his own film production company in his hometown of Brisbane, Australia. |
He soon found a place for himself in the music scene directing dozens of music videos for some of Australia's best bands including Regurgitator, Spiderbait and The Superjesus. Savage Garden’s “Truly, Madly, Deeply” earned him his first ARIA Award in 1997 for Best Australian Music Video.
Two years working at MTV Australia allowed Tony to write, direct and edit more than 50 promotional short films. After a stint as Editor at Cutting Edge he moved on to directing commercials with Streetlight Films in Sydney. He also traveled to locations around the world to direct-dp second unit and edit for Paul Street. His 2005 film ‘Crossing’ was shortlisted for Sydney’s Tropfest. In the same year, he directed a series of music videos for Russell Crowe in the south of France.
In late 2006, Tony moved to Los Angeles to develop feature films projects. He has recently completed shooting and editing the feature film ‘The Loneliest Road In America’ directed by Mardana Mayginnes. “Passenger” will be his debut feature film as Writer-Director.
Toni Suttie
Casting Director, Producer
Toni Suttie is the president of Integrity Casting. With a reputation for quality, reliability and a positive casting experience., Toni is an experienced and well-connected casting director, producer, author, speaker and mentor; having worked with talent of all ages and types. She has extensive experience in the selection process, placement and career development for up-and-coming actors. Toni has been responsible for locating, auditioning, hiring and negotiating talent – from celebrities to specialty vehicles for Hollywood studios, major production companies, independent filmmakers, advertising agencies, television networks, live events, video games developers and more. Her best-selling book "Slate Please" is now available as an eBook or AudioBook. Her next book "Back To One" will be released in late 2010.
Tim Wilson
Location Manager/Producer
Tim Wilson began his film and television career while a student at the University of Nevada Reno. While there, he worked on a number of Public Service Announcements and University recruitment TV spots with the help and support of PBS affiliate KNPB.
His break came in 1980 as he began his film career with Kevin Costner, Jim Wilson, and Michael Blake on the small independent film “Double Down,” filmed in Reno. The film was later re-titled “Stacy’s Knights.” The three of them would continue their association on 1989’s blockbuster “Dances with Wolves” with Tim location managing.
Tim has worked on over 30 feature films as a location manager/scout including “The Bodyguard”, “Wyatt Earp”, “The Postman,” Message in a Bottle”, “The Cooler” and “Into the Wild”. In addition to his feature work, he has location/production managed scores of television and commercial projects.
Tim has been a COLA (California on Location Award) finalist on 3 separate occasions and won the award for Location Team of the Year for his work with Sony on their “Tumble” spot in 2008. He was named Media Professional of the year by the Placer County Chamber of Commerce in 2009. He just recently completed a California Tourism spot in Squaw Valley with Olympic medalists Julia Macusso and Shannon Barhke.
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