TheFilmSchool
Type | Seattle, Washington |
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Website | thefilmschool |
TheFilmSchool is a
Contests
TheFilmSchool launched the Great American Short Screenplay Contest in 2008, in partnership with the Seattle International Film Festival.
Staff
Actor
Notable alumni
Award-winning alumni
Bert and Bertie, the writing and directing duo, are
Kristi L. Simkins won Best Narrative Short at the Rainier Independent Film Festival and a special Jury Selection award at the Lady Filmmakers Film Festival.[5][6]
LaDora Mishan Sella and L. Gabriel Gonda won awards at HollyShorts and the Tacoma Film Festival, among others, for their film Brightwood.[7]
Winda Benedetti won Washington State Screenwriting competition in 2006 and was a finalist in 2007.
Andrea Seybold and Kate Wharton's Drill Queen was selected as a semifinalist in Script Pipeline's 2008 TV Writing Competition.[8]
Jessika Satori won multiple awards at the Action On Film International Film Festival for her film So You Shall Reap in 2012.[9]
Andres Iseminger's Little Pricks was accepted as a finalist at the Beverly Hills Film Festival.[10]
Alumni festival showings
Steven Schardt produced two films that were shown at the
Kristi L. Simkins had her short, Something Special, admitted to the Cannes Film Festival, the Seattle International Film Festival.[6]
Caleb Slain's documentary short It Ain’t Over played in the 2012 South by Southwest Film Festival.[12]
Bert and Bertie's short film The Taxidermist played at the 2012 Seattle International Film Festival.[13]
L. Gabriel Gonda directed two short films that premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival. Love and War played at SIFF in 2011 and went on to play several other film festivals. Brightwood played at SIFF in 2012 and the Tacoma Film Festival.[14][15]
Sam Graydon worked on two short films that screened in the Seattle International Film Festival in 2012. He was the director of photography on Bunker and wrote and directed Pretty Face. Gary Busey starred in his 2011 short film Jenny, which he wrote and directed.[16][17][18]
Winda Benedetti's short films have been in many festivals, including as 1 Reel Film Festival at Bumbershoot and the California Independent Film Festival.[11]
Sue Corcoran's film
Additional alumni works
Bert and Bertie's first feature length film, Lucidity, is set to shoot in 2013.[13]
Eric Morgret founded the Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival, and where he now serves as a Programming Director.[20]
References
- ^ Seattle Magazine, October 14, 2009
- ^ "Advisory Board". TheFilmSchool.com (official website). Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ Dietrich, Heidi. "Talking with Tom Skerritt, actor and faculty member of TheFilmSchool". Bizjournals. American City Business Journals. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "Faculty". thefilmschool.com. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "2010 Award Winners". Archived from the original on November 8, 2011. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
- ^ a b "Something Special - Wix.com". Something Special. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "Credits". Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "MovieBytes® Screenwriting Contests: Script Pipeline Writing Competition". Moviebytes.com. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
- ^ "So Shall You Reap (2011)". IMDb. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ [1] Archived August 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Alumni Success Stories". thefilmschool.com. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "It Ain't Over". SXSW Schedule 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Bertie Films :: Creative". bertiefilms.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ "Festival 2015". Seattle International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "Pretty My Face and Green My Eyes < Films < SIFF Cinema < Seattle International Film Festival". www.siff.net. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Festival 2015". Seattle International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "Jenny (2011)". IMDb. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "Sue Corcoran". IMDb. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "So You Wanna Write a Screenplay | City Arts". Cityartsonline.com. 2013-04-26. Archived from the original on 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
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