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Join us for Hollywood Chills 14, the two weekend Spring 2021 entertainment summit by Ermantourage sponsored by The Film Empire. Be part of a day of virtual networking, talks with special guests, performances, and relationship building. Save the date for Saturday, April 24th and Saturday, May 1st.
This is a benefit for Inner City Arts, which offers a safe, creative space where students are invited to explore. It is regarded as one of the nation's most effective arts education providers, is an oasis of learning, achievement and creativity in the heart of Skid Row, and a vital partner in the work of creating a safer, healthier Los Angeles.
Official Ermantourage members receive free passes. Visit ermantourage.com/membership to become a member.
April 24th:
-Q&As
1.Hartley Gorenstein, producer/executive producer, Amazon's "The Boys," "What We Do in the Shadows," "Resident Evil" 2021 -11am PST
2. Jessica Sherman, casting director - 12pm PST
3. Pedro Osuna, "Klaus" (additional composer), Amazon Prime series "Tales of a Lockdown," "James Bond No Time To Die" (orchestrator), and Simon West's latest blockbuster The Legend Hunters" (co-composer) - 5pm PST
4. Lorien McKenna, screenwriter/co-host of The Screenwriting Life podcast with Meg LeFauve (Captain Marvel, Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur) - 5pm PST
5. Tommy Harper, executive producer, "Top Gun: Maverick," "The Cloverfield Paradox," "Star Trek Beyond," Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
6. Jaffar Mahmood, director, "Young Sheldon," "Mr. Mayor," "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," "Modern Family," "Superstore" - 6pm PST
-Workshops
1. Songwriting workshop with Jenna Andrews (Drake, Jennifer Lopez, Jessie J, Tori Kelly, Lily Allen, Dua Lipa) - 1pm PST
-Breakout Sessions (rooms with 12 attendees maximum)
1. Erman Baradi, founder, Ermantourage
-Roundtables (times to TBA)
1. Michelle Kittrell, talent manager, Industry Entertainment -3pm PST
2. Anthony Francisco, senior visual development artist, Marvel Studios - 3pm PST
3. Sarah Shyn Ayala, talent manager, 3 Arts
4. Joe Girard, manager, Bohemia Entertainment
and more to be announced!
May 1st:
-Q&A's
1. Christina Oh, creative executive, Plan B
-Breakout sessions
1. Tiffany Little Canfield, casting director: 4pm PST
-Roundtable session:
1. Nathan Matthew David, composer, NBC's "Young Rock" -1-3pm PST
2. Ben Phelps, CEO/Founder, Emagine Content - 1-3pm PST
3. Melanie Duke, Script & Story Coordinator, Sony Pictures Animation - 1-3pm PST
4. Charlene Huang, manager of music, Netflix - 1-3pm PST
and more to be announced!
Guest Bios:
Screenwriter Lorien McKenna has set up TV shows at Hulu (Rideback), NBC (WBTV) and Netflix and has developed several projects for Disney. Her feature HOW TO SET A FIRE AND WHY based on the book of the same name by Jesse Ball recently attached a director and she’s currently Executive Producing BAD SCIENCE, an adult-animated sit-com in development with Viacom/CBS (Mindshow).
McKenna is a former Story Manager at Pixar Animation Studios where she worked on the features UP, BRAVE, INSIDE OUT and THE GOOD DINOSAUR. She was the Associate Producer for Paramount Animation’s WONDER PARK and the CO-EP for CURIOUS GEORGE for both the TV series and features.
Along with Meg LeFauve, McKenna co-hosts The Screenwriting Life podcast produced by Jeff Graham, is a Script Editor for Screen Australia and Screen Queensland and a judge and mentor for the CineStory Foundation Writer’s Retreats.
After getting her MFA in Playwriting, McKenna started her career as a playwright in the Bay Area where she founded Guilty Theater and taught playwriting, Shakespeare and Theater at St. Mary’s College of California.
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Tiffany Little Canfield, CSA is a casting director for theatre, film, and television at The Telsey Office. Some notable projects include This Is Us, Fosse/Verdon, Mary Poppins Returns, Atypical, Smash, The Intern, Into the Woods, and Across the Universe. On Broadway, she has cast Baz Luhrmann’s production of Puccini’s La Boheme, Spider-Man-Turn Off the Dark and Rock of Ages. She received the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award for her work on Margin Call in 2012. She was also nominated for several Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Casting. Tiffany has a BFA in Directing from the School of Drama of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.