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An overview of the local to the international film production industry from the perspective of global deal-making, with industry veterans. From the beginning (initial creative concept) to the end (final revenue sharing) of a film or television project made for the international market. Understanding of the film industry as a collaborative art form that is ALL business. Including factors on decisions involved in development, casting, production, financing, and following the money of any film project .
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Prashant Shah
Prashant Shah is a producer and the CEO of Bollywood Hollywood Productions, which specializes primarily in Bollywood films shot in USA. Prashant has several decades of experience in film production and has been a producer for several large budget Bollywood films like Dostana, Ta Ra Rum Pum, Apne, My Name is Khan, Kurbaan, Kites etc. His current projects include RA.ONE (a Shah Rukh Khan starrer). Prashant's entrepreneurial efforts and the ability to spot and make use of business trends earned him a nomination for Entrepreneur of the Year(Ernst & Young) in 2000. |
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Lindsey N. Guthrie [Moderator]
Lindsey N. Guthrie Tampa Bay Film Commission Manager Lindsey Norris Guthrie, a member of the Tampa Bay Area FMPTA Chapter, has been named the chair of Film Florida’s Film Commission Council for 2009-10. Guthrie, who is manager of the Tampa Bay Film Commission, said her work on the statewide body will help not only Florida’s efforts to improve film work in the state but also provide additional exposure for the Tampa Bay area to international filmmakers..“Undoubtedly, the deft marketing, logistic and strategic skills she has demonstrated countless times in Film Florida meetings, marketing opportunities and legislative functions, as well as her role in bringing the Gasparilla International Film Festival to increased regional prominence, make her a great asset to our organization’s management team,” said Graham Winick, Film Florida president and Miami Beach’s film commissioner. |
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Lawrence Haber Lawrence Haber has been a practicing attorney for 25 years, with the last 15 years devoted primarily to entertainment law. He has extensive experience in all aspects of legal, business and union matters in the entertainment industry, including the production, distribution and sales of long and short form film and television programming, and the negotiating and drafting of agreements for financing, production, and distribution of such programming. He represents production companies, talent, and producers in all phases of development and production in all types of media worldwide. His legal experience is grounded in intellectual property, corporate, general business and transactional law. He was an in-house attorney at both Universal Studios Florida and Walt Disney World for over seven years, with his last four years at Disney focused exclusively as Director of Business Affairs for original television programming. Among other projects while at Disney, he packaged, negotiated and sold worldwide rights for two episodic television series, including one FCC-friendly children’s series.
A board member of Woman in Film |
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Tom Garrett
Tom Garrett is a producer of independent feature films and a founding partner of Circa Films, a sales and distribution company . Over the past twenty years been credited as a producer on fourteen feature films. With intimate knowledge of the legal and financial issues that are involved in production and delivering films to the international marketplace. Tom's films have screened at many prestigious film festivals worldwide, including Berlin, Cannes, Florence and Toronto. |
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