Christopher Lockhart is a William Morris Endeavor (WME) Agency creative executive, filmmaker and educator and has over 30 years' experience in the industry, curating projects for A-list talent such as Denzel Washington. He's read over 60,000 screenplays in his career.

• As an independent filmmaker, he produced The Collector, The Collection, the documentary Most Valuable Players for Oprah Winfrey and American Skin. He’s also producing the upcoming feature film Solitary with David Oyelowo.
• And he guides 14,000+ screenwriters and filmmakers on how to pitch and structure their projects for the best chance of success through his online group and classroom, The Inside Pitch, which lives on Facebook. A live version of The Inside Pitch was filmed for Los Angeles television and earned him an Emmy Award nomination.
• He’s a member of the Writers Guild of America, the Producers Guild of America and the Television Academy.

We introduce Cinemascope's two new co-hosts, Dr. James Wysong, Dean of Arts and Design at SFCC, and Milton Riess, Co-Chair of the Film Department at SFCC.  They will be joining the Cinemascope team the last Friday of every month.  Today they discuss Dr. Wysong's background and SFCC's Film Department.  Also, they announce the joint effort between Santa Fe County, SFCC's Film Department, and Stagecoach Foundation and the upcoming Production Assistant training program.  For details see: https://www.protecsantafe.com/

In this episode, filmmaker and director SJ Chiro chats about directing Tom Skerritt and Mira Sorvino in her latest film, East of the Mountains, and her thoughts on how actors and filmmakers can move their careers forward.

East of the Mountains is 88-year-old Tom Skerritt's first-ever leading role, for which he received Oscar buzz.

The film landed on the DGA member-based Best DirectHer list as one of 2021's top 10 feature films directed by women. It was also nominated for "Motion Picture Drama" at the 2022 International Press Academy's 26th Annual Satellite Awards.

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Rain (Náhkȯxho'óxeóó'ėstse/Bear Stands Last) is the executive director of the Global Indigenous Council, co-founder of Guardians of Our Ancestors’ Legacy, and author of the Piikani Nation Treaty.  He and Nazneen discuss his film making career and Indigenous People's issues regarding missing and murdered Indigenous women, ecology, and treaties.