The Film Panel Notetaker

***If anyone attended this event and would like to contribute notes I may have missed since I was a few minutes late arriving due to the fact that I had been attending an IFP Industry Connect panel discussion on Producing which overlapped the Julie Delpy discussion, please submit your notes in the ‘comments’ section. – [...]

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***If anyone attended this event and stayed through the entire audience Q&A and wants to add any questions and answers I unfortunately missed because I had to leave to go to another panel discussion (Julie Delpy at the Apple Store Soho presented by Indiewire that I’ll post soon), please post them in the ‘comments’ section. [...]

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New York, NY, April 29, 2007 – Tribeca Film Festival, presented by American Express, along with the Tribeca Film Institute today announced the winners of the fourth Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Awards. Tribeca All Access (TAA), a program designed to help foster relationships between film industry executives and filmmakers from traditionally underrepresented communities, is [...]

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From Midtown to SoHo to Tribeca, I was all around Manhattan today. My first stop was at the IFP Industry Connect panel discussion Producing 101 at the Helen Mills Theater on West 26th Street that was also a benefit for The Adrienne Shelly Foundation. There, I sat next to producer/actress Judee Wales. (I will post [...]

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Today, I started out at the Documentary Filmmakers Press Meet & Greet at the Target Filmmaker Lounge next to Tribeca Cinemas where I spoke with several filmmakers whose documentaries are playing at the festival and a few others who are part of the Tribeca All Access program (see pictures below). I also spoke with Jeremy [...]

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Tonight, I attended a pre-festival press screening of the narrative feature “West 32nd,” a crime drama about the Korean underworld in New York City directed by Michael Kang (The Motel) and starring John Cho (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle). Then I headed for the NY Filmmaker Party where I snapped the following pics.

Julianne [...]

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Life on the Film Panel Circuit – Jeffrey Abramson, VP of Film, Gen Art
Jeffrey Abramson with Christian Slater at premiere of “He Was a Quiet Man” at 2007 Gen Art Film Festival
1. NameJeffrey Abramson
2. Websitewww.genart.org/film and www.genartpulse.com
3. BioVice President of Film for Gen Art. I oversee the film division of Gen Art which [...]

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Life on the Film Panel Circuit – Filmmaker Rob Stewart, Sharkwater

1. Name
Rob Stewart
2. Website, blog, or podcast, etc.
Sharkwater.com, blog: abandonfear.com
3. Bio
I’m a biologist and wildlife photographer that became a film maker in the process of making the award winning documentary, Sharkwater.
4. What was the most recent film panel discussion you participated in? Where did it [...]

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MEDIA ECOLOGY!The Role Media and the Arts Play in Saving the Planet2007 Gen Art Film FestivalSaturday, April 14, 2007

Alexandra Wheeler (AW) – Planet Green GameMorgan Clendaniel (MC) – Senior Editor, Good MagazineRob Stewart (RS) – Filmmaker, SharkwaterIsaac Brown (IB) – Filmmaker, Gimme Green
The panel discussion was moderated by Jeff Abramson (JA), VP/Film Division, [...]

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“Life on the Film Panel Circuit” is a chance for film panelists and/or moderators to share their experiences with the film panel notetaking and attending community.
If you have ever participated in a film panel discussion as either a moderator or a panelist, please take a moment to fill out the survey below. I will post [...]

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