Rex Sikes' Movie Beat

Jared Anthony Pelletier, director, grew up in Aurora, Ontario, Canada. Interested in film from age of 6 he has shot numerous shorts with friends & family seeing international success in winning festival awards. In September 2010 he shot his first major production, a WW2 short entitled 'In the Hearts of Men'. The film was released at the AZFAME Film Fest in March 2011, winning awards in Editing, Cinematography (Erik Tallek), Best Film, and Best Director. The film has gained a large following on Facebook Halo The Movie FB Page. Pelletier lists James Cameron, The Coen Brothers, Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, and Christopher Nolan as some of his favorite filmmakers. They were able to find a number of WWII re-enactor's in their  surrounding area, who donated their costumes, props, and time and saved them thousands of dollars. They were able to get their post production services at essentially no cost due to the great dedication and efforts of Keith LaPlume, Sebastian Petterzon (Visual Effects), Giancarlo Feltrin (Sound, Music) Daniel Ciurlizza, and Shohan Cagle (Music).ared entered AZFAME thanks to Lynette Carrington, Publicist. “She's been a great help to my career as a whole, so when she told me about this event, I was sure to submit my films”. Stay tuned to Rex Sikes' Movie Beat for other great interviews, cast & crew listings, events, premieres & more at rexsikes.com

David Baker & Oklahoma Ward filmmakers collaborate to make "Hardcore Indie" a 90 minute doc about the making of two hardcore, gritty horror movies in Tulsa, OK. "Screen" & "Crawl" are two original horror/thriller movies from two visionary filmmakers. One from Scotland, one from Tulsa OK.

Deborah Patz has been a filmmaker on award-winning productions since the mid-80s, primarily as a production manager and coordinator, and then as production executive. Based on her production experiences, she has written two internationally successful books: "Film Production Management 101" and "Surviving Production." Ms. Patz has worked with Lucasfilm, IMAX, MCA/Universal, BBC, CBC, Alliance/Atlantis, Nelvana and the Disney Channel. Her diverse production experience spans science fiction extravaganzas to low budget features and including both family and children's programming. Having worked on numerous international coproductions and shot in several countries around the world, Ms. Patz has even sent a camera into space. Most recently, she has thoroughly updated and expanded her book "Film Production Management 101: Management & Coordination in a Digital Age" to address the realities of today's industry. Known as the "Swiss Army Knife" of production management, the book is still an entertaining and hugely informative read on production from prep to post. It is published by Michael Wiese Productions and is on sale in at least 24 countries around the globe. Online, Ms. Patz expands beyond her books with her F.I.L.M. blog with weekly bite-sized stories of Fun, Inspiration, Life and Management uniquely for the production community. The blog is accessible directly at her debpatz.com website or through Facebook at DebPatzBooks. While not writing or speaking about her books, Ms. Patz now keeps busy immersed in business affairs on the financing side of the industry. She currently lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Ted Hope PT 2 is recognized, by The Hollywood Reporter and other publications, as one of the most influential and powerful people in Independent Film. Hope is currently in pre-production on SUPER, written and to be directed by James Gunn, and starring Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page and Liv Tyler. He recently completed Greg Mottola’s ADVENTURELAND -r eleased on April 3, 2009. Hope’s 2007 production of Oscar-winner Alan Ball’s feature film directorial debut, TOWELHEAD, marked his 18th production of a first time feature film director. In addition to Ball, Hope has brought to the screen the first features of Todd Field, Michel Gondry, Hal Hartley, Nicole Holofcener, Moises Kaufman, and Bob Pulcini & Shari Berman, among others. Along with his Good Machine partner James Schamus, Hope produced Ang Lee's early films including RIDE WITH THE DEVIL (1999), THE ICE STORM (1997), EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN (1994), the Academy Award nominated THE WEDDING BANQUET (1993), and PUSHING HANDS (1992). Hope has received numerous awards and honors throughout his twenty year career. He was the recipient of the 2009 Vision Award from the LA Filmmakers' Alliance, as well as the Woodstock Film Festival’s 2009 Honorary Trailblazer Award. His films have received some of the industry’s most prestigious honors: THE SAVAGES (2007) earned 2 Academy Award nominations; 21 GRAMS (2003), 2 Academy Award nominations and 5 BAFTA nominations; and IN THE BEDROOM (2001), 5 Academy Award nominations. Ted holds a record at Sundance: three of his twenty-three Sundance entries (AMERICAN SPLENDOR (2003), THE BROTHERS MCMULLEN (1995), and WHAT HAPPENED WAS . . . (1994)) have won the Grand Jury Prize, more than any other producer. Two of his films, AMERICAN SPLENDOR (2003), and HAPPINESS (1998), have won the Critics Prize at the Cannes International Film Festival.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

Colin Ferguson PT2, actor/director/producer, stars as Federal Marshal Jack Carter in the highly acclaimed SyFy-hit dramedy "Eureka," which has been called a cross between “Northern Exposure” and "Desperate Housewives." The show debuted as the highest rated premiere in the channel’s history. The New York Daily News raved about his performance, “Ferguson's approach is fluid and funny enough to make it all work. Ferguson enjoys working on the cable series because of the hybrid tone of drama mixed with quirky comedic elements. The fourth season has premiered this July. Colin's feature-film credits also include "Because I Said So", "Rowing Through," and "The Opposite of Sex" among others. He was a regular on the NBC remake of the hit British comedy series "Coupling" and the sitcom "Then Came You." ?His many guest-starring roles include "Line of Fire", "Malcolm in the Middle", "Crossing Jordan", "Becker” and "Titus."?Additionally, Colin has starred in other television movies such as "Mom at 16", "We Were the Mulvaneys", "Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber", "Ladies Night", "More Tales of the City", "Playing House" and "Christmas in Paradise". Colin is a producer on Eureka and has directed the "fan favorite" episodes "Your Face or Mine" and "The Story of O2". ??He has repeatedly been tapped by SyFy to bring a more human and character- based element to their intense visual-effects style. It is the marriage of Second City's character-based approach to scene work and television's economic plot movement that defines his style and approach. “I like a story that moves. I like a story that’s driven by a situation created by the reality of it's characters.... and as for comedy I'm just contrary - I like the comedy in my drama and the drama in my comedy." 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