Rex Sikes' Movie Beat

Ken Ober Writer, TV Host and Producer spent the early part of his career as a stand up comic. He began as a TV Host on MTV’s game show “Remote Control” for 5 seasons. He was a series regular on the NBC series “Parenthood” and you have seen him in numerous commercials. Among other writing credits has written for radio, Television, award shows, ESPN and Comedy Central. He was a wrtiter for “Best Damn Sports Show Period” on Fox and was the writer and show host of the USA channel game show “Smush”

For Comedy Central he served as the head writer for “Tough Crowd” and as producer for “Mind of Mencia”. He was a consulting producer on CBS’s comedy series “The New Adventures of Old Christine”.

He has written for the MTV Music Award show and for the “Guy’s Choice Awards” on Spike TV.

Currently, he is working on numerous writing projects.

DP & Camera Operator Pete Biagi Upcoming LIVE 11 am ET, 10 am CT, 8 am PT Thursday September 17. More info will be forthcoming so stay tuned to Rex Sikes’ Movie Beat.

Pete’s creditts:

A Prairie Home Companion(2006), Noir Productions. Director: Robert Altman, Dp: Ed Lachman, Camera Operator: Pete Biagi. Garrison Keillor, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Lindsay Lohan, Kevin Kline, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly & Woody Harrelson pack a wallop on the last day of the famous radio program. Clairmont/Sony HD-SR.

El Cartel(2008), Twilight Entertainment. Director: Brian J. Bagley, Dp: Pete Biagi. Executive Producer: Rick Porras. Drug tale featuring prominent Mexican Novella actors in American film aimed at Mexican-American audience. Sony HD.

The Company(2003), Marly Pictures/Killer Films. Director: Robert Altman, Dp: Andrew Dunn. Camera Operator: Pete Biagi. A year in the life of the Joffrey Ballet - Chicago with Neve Campbell, Malcolm McDowell and James Franco. Panavised HD.

Under New Management(2009), The Good Film, LLC. Director: Joe Otting, Producer: Jeff Mazzola/Brian Hamill, Dp: Pete Biagi. Reluctant Brooklyn Mobster Falls hard for hot federal officer - Kelly Overton & Chris Diamantopoulos with Richard Portnow. 35mm.

Leading Ladies(2010), My Pet Piranha, LLC. Directors: Erika Randall Beahm & Daniel Beahm, Producer: Daniel Beahm, Dp: Pete Biagi. Romantic comedy with Dance in the everyday with Benji Schwimmer & Melanie LaPatin. Red camera.

Eden Court(2007), Printers Row Pictures, Director: Paul Leuer, Dp: Pete Biagi. Based on the play by Murphy Guyer, a coming of age search for the meaning of life with Thomas Lennon, Kimberly Williams, Stephanie Weir & Christian Finnegan. Sony HD.

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

Scott Rosenfelt is one of Hollywood’s most successful independent producers. On the strength of such films as Smoke Signals, Home Alone, Mystic Pizza, Teen Wolf and Extremities, Scott has garnered international acclaim and recognition. Home Alone is one of the highest grossing films of all time, and has generated over $1 billion worldwide. Smoke Signals was the winner of the Audience Award and the Filmmakers Trophy at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, Mystic Pizza launched the career of Julia Roberts and went on to critical and commercial success, while Teen Wolf, starring Michael J. Fox, was the highest grossing independent film of 1985. Extremities garnered international critical and commercial acclaim as well. Mr. Rosenfelt is in post-production on Coming & Going, an independently financed film starring Rhys Darby, Sasha Alexander and Fionnula Flannagan, written and directed by Edoardo Ponti. He is also in production on the documentary, The Evil Tongue. With his production company, PicturePlay Films, Mr. Rosenfelt is is developing City of Angels, to be directed by Barry Levinson and written by Larry Gelbart, and Admissions starring Meg Ryan. Gospel Hill, produced by Mr. Rosenfelt, directed by Giancarlo Esposito and starring Samuel Jackson, Angela Bassett, Danny Glover and Julia Stiles was released in February, 2009 Mr. Rosenfelt is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. 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

Peter Marshall and I continue our conversation on duties and responsibilities of 1st Assistant director in preproduction and on the set. Preparing the breakdown, how to breakdown script, scheduling, creating the oneliners, blocking, and so much more. Peter takes us on a nuts and bolts look into movie making from someone critical to the production. Peter has had a 35-year career & has worked as a PA, dolly grip, electrician, assistant cameraman, commercial production manager, first assistant director, TV series creative consultant, television producer & director. He has worked on industrial films, documentaries; television commercials, music videos; Emmy Award nominated TV series & features. Peter has directed over 30 TV episodes& written, directed or produced over 50 hours of documentary/educational programs. His works have won, or been nominated for 14 International awards.

More to come! What is the difference between directing your own versus someone else's screenplay? And a whole lot more. With six feature films, Jon Keeyes is one of the hardest working directors in the southwest. Jon made his writing/directorial debut in 2001 with “American Nightmare.” This critically-acclaimed horror film followed serial killer Jane Toppan on Halloween night as she brings to life the fears of a group of friends. “American Nightmare” was released to North America by Monarch Home Video/Ingram Entertainment. Internationally, Horizon Motion Pictures has sold “American Nightmare” to nearly all major countries around the world. Following the success of “American Nightmare,” Jon was hired by producer Michael Raso to write and direct “Suburban Nightmare.” A satire on the disintegration of marriage, “Suburban Nightmare” spends the night with The Rosenblads as their relationship crumbles around them with violent and tragic consequences. “Suburban Nightmare” was released in June of 2004 to rave reviews including numerous “top ten” lists. Jon most recently completed “Fall Down Dead” starring Dominique Swain, Udo Kier and David Carradine. A suspense thriller combining elements of “Panic Room” and “Saw,” it was released theatrically in 2008 to the international market. Along with a constant flow of feature film work, Jon was an Academy Award finalist with his short film “Angela’s Body,” has directed episodes of the Danica McKellar show “Inspector Mom” for The Lifetime Channel, produced the web series “Exposed” for Warner Bros. and McG’s company Wonderland, sold his screenplay “The Assassination Game” to Bigfoot Entertainment and is currently producing the indie feature, “Spilt Milk.” 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