Rex Sikes' Movie Beat

Peter Marshall Pt 20 The Director's Series - The nuts & bolts of directing film and television with Peter Marshall. Peter has had a 35-year career and has worked as a PA, dolly grip, electrician, assistant cameraman, commercial production manager, first assistant director, TV series creative consultant, television producer and director. He has worked on industrial films, documentaries; television commercials, music videos; Emmy Award nominated TV series and features. Peter has directed over 30 TV episodes and written, directed or produced over 50 hours of documentary educational programs. His works have won, or been nominated for 14 International awards. He's worked for directors such as Zack Snyder, John Woo, Ed Wick, Phillip Noyce, John Balham, Roger Adam, Anne Wheeler, Bobby Roth & Kim Manners. He has worked with actors including Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, John Travolta, Mel Gibson, Kathy Bates, Adam Sandler and Peter O'Toole. Other credits inclurde scores of television series as 1st Ad & as a director. Stay tuned to Rex Sikes Movie Beat for other great archived interviews, cast and crew listings, events, festivals, premieres, and more at rexsikes.com

Rex Piano, director, PT 4 Upon graduating NYU School of the Arts , Rex worked as a 1st A.D. on dozens of commercials and films until he took a full time position at a NY Commercial Production Company. In 1985 Rex as Head of Production for O’Quinn Productions. he produced numerous videos for Fangoria Magazine. In 1987 Rex became Head of Production for Associated Television International.  Rex wrote, produced and/or directed several TV specials and numerous travel videos. Rex also co-wrote and line produced the feature film “Chill Factor,” starring Paul Williams, Patrick Macnee and Andrew Prine. Rex line produced “Severed Ties” in 1991 for Fangoria Films. In 1995 he produced the syndicated TV show “High Tide,” starring Rick Springfield. Rex became one of the series’ rotating directors. Some of the episodic shows Rex has directed  “Mike Hammer, Private Eye”, “Silk Stalkings”, “Born Free”, “Air America” and “Nightman.” In 2000 Rex produced and directed the multi-award winning romantic comedy  feature film “The Month Of August.” Rex followed that film with the highly viewed and critically acclaimed TV movie “Hope Ranch” for The Animal Planet channel. Rex then began directing TV movies that aired on PAX and Lifetime Television. Rex has directed or produced 21 movies. In 2007 Rex was the primary director on “ROME – The Rise and Fall of an Empire,” for the History Channel. Stay tuned to Rex Sikes' Movie Beat for other great interviews, cast & crew listings, events, premieres & more at rexsikes.com

Jason Brubaker, producer, PT 2, is passionate about helping other filmmakers make their movies and apply proven marketing strategies to reach a global audience through new movie distribution models. He's over a decade of movie making experience, and has produced numerous shorts and THREE feature films including (Special Dead 2006, Rattle Basket 2007 and Toxic Soup 2009). Jason is a contributing author of The Independent’s Guide to Film Distributors (2009 Independent Media Publications), and founder of Filmmaking Stuff, an educational resource for independent filmmakers and screenwriters.  Brubaker has has lectured on these subjects to filmmakers from around the globe at the Maine Media Workshops. Brubaker began his movie making career paying his dues at a small market production company in Pennsylvania. In January 2002 Jason took a bite out of the Big Apple (NYC), where he worked in story development for an independent producer. There he read hundreds of screenplays, learned how to raise money for movies and built lasting relationships with independent filmmakers. Coinciding with producing and teaching, Brubaker also served as an executive for Lehman Brothers, one of the biggest investment banks in the world, where he learned sales, finance, negotiation with heavy hitters and cutting edge internet marketing strategies – which he now applies to his film marketing efforts. Brubaker currently resides in Los Angeles where he can be found most days in a mad dash hustle, working to produce his next feature film. Stay tuned to Rex Sikes Movie Beat for other great archived interviews, cast and crew listings, events, festivals, premieres, and more at http://www.rexsikes.com

Kim Swanson, PT 3, casting director, first two casting projects won Emmsy .  The St. Louis Production community took notice of her ability to locate and spot talent. She became the first Casting Director in Missouri to become a member of the Casting Society of America, and one of the few outside of LA or NYC to be accepted as a member.  She has been responsible for Intern'l Feature Film Projects, music videos, national television commercials and print advertisements, having completed casting for more than 500 projects. Hanson Entertainment Industries, Inc., currently maintains a database of more than 7,000 talent, and continues to search out new and fresh faces to quickly and efficiently meet client needs in providing talent of all types.  Believing it is important to continue to learn and grow professionally, Kim Swanson regularly attends trainings through CSA, master acting classes and dance classes.  She's been an instrumental part of creating and building the "Regional Casting Committee" within the CSA, to bridge the knowledge and resources of casting directors in the New York and Los Angeles markets, with their fellow professionals in other regions. She has been the featured guest speaker at the Louisville Film Festival and has had her writings published by "Showfax", offering her insight to actors nationally.  Working hand-in-hand with Gary Marsh, CEO of Breakdown Services, she has helped to create an open door to more opportunities for talent based in the Midwest By being the first casting director in Missouri to bring Breakdown Services to the area, Kim has been a guest panel speaker at various Screen Actors Guild and other events. Stay tuned to Rex Sikes Movie Beat for other great archived interviews,

Peter Foldy, director,  began writing scripts. His second script, a teen comedy entitled "Hot Moves" found it's way into a producer's hands and was quickly made into a feature, enjoying considerable success in the U.S becoming an early pioneer of the teen comedy genre. After directing a short film with then un-know actor, Paul Rudd, Foldy managed a meeting with veteran producer, Menahem Golan, who handed him his first feature directing gig, "Midnight Witness" a project Foldy also wrote and produced.  The film starred Jan-Michael Vincent, Maxwell Caulfield and Virginia Mayo and was successfully sold and seen world-wide. Other feature films soon followed, including the HBO World Premier, "Widow's Kiss" with Beverly D'Angelo  and Dennis Haybert, "Tryst" starring Barbara Carrera, Louise Fletcher and David Warner, "Seeds of Doubt" starring Peter Coyote and the quirky "Silver Man" with Eugene Levy, Joe Pantoliano and Daniel Baldwin.  He won Best Director and Best Film  "Silver Man"  at the Planet Indie Film Festival in Toronto. The film garnered a Jury Prize for Best Feature at the Tambay Film Festival in Tampa. Rekeased  theatrically in Canada and on DVD in 2008 by Echo Bridge Entertainment. He has directed five episodes of the Fox TV series “US Customs-Classified” and was a co-creator, co-producer on the Showtime TV series, "My First Time."  A live stage production of “My First Time” had a highly successful run from 2007 through 2009 off-Broadway, and is currently being produced in over a dozen countries world-wide. Foldy is developing several film projects and recording new music to be release through EMI Canada. Stay tuned to Rex Sikes Movie Beat for other great archived interviews, cast and crew listings, events, festivals, premieres, and more at rexsikes.com