Lights! Camera! Action! Bills.... How do you satisfy your overhead while feeding your passion as a filmmaker? We ask filmmakers just like you how they do it.
PANELISTS:
Kevin Frech, Logical Chaos/Filmmaker
Jimmy Kelly, Writer "THE JOANS KILLERS"
Reid Arnstein, Director, ROK Productions, "DEREK IS FUNNY"
More panelists to be announced!
Sunday, May 7 12 PM - 1:30 PM
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Clinton Cameo Studios
Studio A
307 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
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Kevin Frech, Logical Chaos/Filmmaker: Kevin R. Frech is a filmmaker/writer/video designer and the founder of Logical Chaos. His professional career began at 18, with a commercial he directed for the University of Oklahoma. Since then Kevin has filmed artists Bruce Nauman, Ellsworth Kelly and Richard Serra; performers Bill Irwin, Moby and Blue Man Group; actors Paul Newman, Juliana Margulies, Ed Harris and Nathan Lane; become a Sundance Fellow and won an Eddy award for theatrical video design (Blue Man Group: Live at Luxor). He's directed commercials and digital campaigns for performing arts organizations including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre and Blue Man Group. Kevin's latest feature-length documentary, “The Other Side of The Fence,” deals with the subjects of animal poaching and poverty in Africa and is distributed by Parthenon Entertainment. His previous documentary, "Bowery Dish," debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival, aired on The Sundance Channel and is in current rotation on WNET/Channel 13 New York.
Jimmy Kelly, Writer/THE JOANS KILLERS: "I am an artist, and I will never stop!"
Jimmy received a BFA in Filmmaking from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
He’s directed 7 short films as well as 2 scene re-enactments while attending classes, frequently writing, and watching a lot of films. Jimmy wrote his first feature film: IN CRITICAL CONDITION: the film was shot in less than 2 months on a budget of approximately $10,000. He currently resides in New York, where he has started preproduction on multiple projects including SOCIETY THEATER. He’s a graduate of Dov Simmon's 2-Day film course and has experience pitching projects to studio execs ranging from television to tent pole/event films.
Reid Arnstein, Director, ROK Productions: He started as a musician at a young age, then went on to work in studios from Florida to New York. He transitioned his skills from the audio/music industry to the wonderful world of video. Content is everything in a millennial world of binging. He creates video content, be it an ad campaign, web series, short films, product demo, documentaries, TV...he tells stories.