INTERVIEW By Women In Media Advisory Board member, Birns and Sawyer CEO Mari Acevedo. Mari: What got you into film/television? Sandra: I am a Filipino-American who grew up in Miami, Florida, in a very close-knit Filipino community of nurses who immigrated to the US in the late 1970s and started families here. Almost every weekend […]
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WiM member, Tara Jenkins chatted with Shana Hagan, ASC. Tara is a Freelance Cinematographer, a Local 600 AC, has an MFA from USC in Film Production. She is a writer and content creator at American Cinematographer and the ASC. For over 25 years, Shana Hagan, ASC has shot Oscar and Emmy-winning documentaries and scripted projects
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Women In Media and Quasar Science hosted a two-day LED stage educational experience. WiM members shot a music video for the song “Never Too Late” by Becca Schack (article coming soon!) In September, Women In Media and Quasar Science hosted an LED stage hands-on educational experience for our members. We hosted a seminar with Lightsail
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A three-time Emmy, as well as Peabody and ACE Eddie Award-winning TV/Film Editor and activist based in Los Angeles, CA and Sierra Leone, West Africa. She is nominated for 3 Emmys in 2023 for A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW, HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART 2, and DAHMER – MONSTER: THE JEFFREY DAHMER STORY. In 2021,
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Natasha Foster-Owens joined HBO’s West Coast Production team, as Director, Production in July 2014. Ms. Foster-Owens was promoted to Vice President, Production in February 2017 and most recently she was elevated to Senior Vice President in April 2021. Natasha has had the pleasure of collaborating with filmmakers and colleagues whilst managing physical production on THE
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Jen Underdahl is an award-winning visual effects producer and Vice President, Visual Effects at Marvel Studios. Credits include THE AVENGERS; the three CAPTAIN AMERICA features THE FIRST AVENGER, THE WINTER SOLDIER and CIVIL WAR; AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR (also serving as associate producer) and AVENGERS: ENDGAME (also serving as co-producer), along with every Marvel Studios TV
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Dianne Farrington is an Emmy winning camera operator who began her career as a camera and tape operator for WTVS in Detroit, Michigan. Following her stint at WTVS, she moved to Los Angeles to expand her career in television. She worked as a Camera Operator on popular television programs such as MOESHA, MAD ABOUT YOU,
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Interview by WiM 2023 Intern, Paige Chase, who is also Tom’s Mentee. View Paige’s Profile here. Tom Donahue is a producer and director, known for celebrated films such as ‘Guest of Cindy Sherman’ (2008), ‘Thank You for Your Service’ (2015), ‘This Changes Everything’ (2018), and ‘Casting By’ (2012). Paige: What got you into film? Tom:
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Post Producer/Supervisor Kerry Michelle O’Brien started in the late 80’s on 16mm, progressing to a stint making Video Disks for immersive interactive projects. She became an early adopter of Quicktime tech, propelling herself as a Lightworks expert. Kerry Michelle later became a director of live music TV, then sold her soul to commercials and gameshows.
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CAMERAderie’s Blood and Glory Co-DP Brennan Full is a Los Angeles based Director of Photography. As part of the CAMERAderie 2019 Initiative, Brennan was one of two DPs on the short narrative film “Blood & Glory,” directed by Sati Kaur which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April of 2020. As CAMERAderie’s Blood and
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