The Producers Lounge

Steven J. Kung uses comedy to illuminate things oft unseen which include POC, LGBTQ folx, and his car keys. While at first glance he reminds you of that over-achieving Asian classmate (which self-admittedly, he was), he's also a salsa merengue instructor and very queer. With his encyclopedic knowledge of Dear White People, Steven was promoted to staff writer and he is developing a semi-autobiographical comedy pilot with Lionsgate. As a director, his feature about unapologetically hot Asians, A Leading Man, won multiple awards on the festival circuit. Other credits include the Disney ABC Directing Program and directing Fresh Off The Boat. In another life, Steven worked at the Department of Justice and the Kennedy Center. Now he co-chairs the WGA Asian American Town Hall and serves as co-chair emeritus of the DGA Asian American Committee.

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Credits Include...

Dear White People starring Wendie Malick, Nia Long, and Giancarlo Esposito

A Leading Man starring Lilan Bowden

Camp Abercorn starring Brad Leland

The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez starring Barry Corbin

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Music is Hungaria by Latché Swing.

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Ms. A. Rosser Goodman's narrative directorial work streams on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Apple TV+, Sundance TV and PBS. She is an internationally award-winning director.

Rosser was selected as a finalist for the prestigious Directors' Program at ABC/Disney's Creative Talent Development & Inclusion department. She wrote and directed Pea Pod for the HBO Insider Comedy Challenge and placed in the Top 5. Her suspense thriller, [in]visible, won the Best Filmmaker Award in the Easter Seals Disability 48 Hour Film Challenge. Rosser's first feature film, Holding Trevor, a dark drama, premiered at OUTFEST under the tenure of Kirsten Schaffer where Rosser was named one of the Five in Focus directors. Holding Trevor garnered a U.S. theatrical release and critical acclaim. The Los Angeles Times described Rosser's work as "suspenseful and involving." Variety said she "delivers a polished product."

Rosser's career began in episodic television on an NBC series produced by Steven Spielberg. From there she quickly moved up as an Assistant Director working with A-list talent. In the assistant director department, she amassed hundreds of days working on large union and non-union sets in both TV and film. With a passion for storytelling and a hunger to make her own content, Rosser began writing, directing and producing her original scripts. To date, she has directed 16 projects (including two feature films). As a producer she has led countless commercials, music videos and pilots. Clients include Bad Robot, Disney, HBO, Lionsgate, Facebook, NBCU, MTV, Paramount, Showtime, Sony, and Warner Brothers as well as brands Samsung, PetSmart, Lifelock, Castrol and Toyota.

Rosser was named one of 50 Women to Change Hollywood. She is a member of The Producers Guild of America, Alliance of Women Directors, The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, Green Light Women, Film Fatales, and Glass Elevator.

Her humanitarian efforts include serving on the Advisory Board for NAMIC of Southern California (National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications). She earned "Board Member of the Year" at Diamond in the Raw, a non-profit assisting at-risk girls in South Los Angeles. Rosser also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Millennia Scope Entertainment Foundation which eradicates homophobia through all media.

Check out her website RosserGoodman.com 

Check out her production company at CircleContent.com 

Credits Include...

Drag King

Dead For A Dollar starring Christoph Waltz

Willa starring Clayton Watson

Love or Whatever starring Jennifer Elise Cox

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Music is Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole

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Credits Include...

The To Do List starring Aubrey Plaza

This Game's Called Murder starring Ron Perlman

Troublesome starring Gordon Thomson

Sticky Pinecones starring Brendan Schroeder

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Music is Tuyo instrumental.

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Bill Schultz was born in New Jersey, USA. He is known for The Simpsons (1989), Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999) and True and the Rainbow Kingdom (2017).  He’s worked for juggernauts like PBS, Fox, and many others, and is one of the few producers we’ve talked to about taking an entertainment company public.

Credits Include...

The Simpsons starring Dan Castellaneta, Anne Hathaway, and Paul Rudd

King Of The Hill starring Mike Judge, and Brendan Fraser

Ed, Edd n Eddy starring Sam Vincent

True and the Rainbow Kingdom starring Michela Luci

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Music is Sweet Georgia Brown by Latché Swing.

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Stu Levy is an international entrepreneur, producer, director and writer across mediums including graphic novels, film, television and new media. Founder of the pioneering media company TOKYOPOP, Stu is known for establishing the manga market in North America.
 
 As a producer, Stu has a number of live-action and animated feature films and television shows in various stages of development, including adaptations of Alex Unlimited and Mail Order Ninja. He produced English adaptations of television and home video anime series including the hits Initial D, GTO, and Rave Master. His first major studio feature film as Executive Producer was Priest, released theatrically worldwide in 2011 through Sony Pictures.
 
 Stu has directed two feature films (his feature documentary Pray for Japan and his award-winning feature debut Van Von Hunter), the 8-episode docu-reality series America's Greatest Otaku, and several music videos. Stu wrote the Princess Ai and Juror 13 graphic novels, as well as Karma Club and Sailor Moon novels.
 
Fluent in Japanese and a licensed California attorney, Stu serves as chair of the Producers Guild of America's International Committee, its Online Video Committee, and the PGA Producers Showcase (ProShow). He was previously a Board Member of its New Media Council. He actively oversees two YouTube Channels, one for TOKYOPOP and one for the PGA. His philanthropic activities over the years have included Japan's Tohoku tsunami recovery, projects with Make-a-Wish Foundation, and literacy advocacy. Besides speaking at numerous industry events and guest lecturing to students, Stu's an avid endurance athlete who compares himself to the Energizer bunny sans ears, a very amateur composer, and an iPhone-photo-trigger-happy foodie.

Check him out at: 
www.stulevy.com

www.tokyopop.com

Credits Include...

Priest starring Paul Bettany and Lily Collins

Riding Shotgun starring Jessy Schram

Pray for Japan starring Kyôka Suzuki

Street Fury starring Elisabeth Hoekstra

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Music is Shalom And Salaam by Mark Saltman

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Jared Vineyard is a writer, producer, and director who creates for both film and stage. Jared is an alumnus of Western Michigan University, where he received a bachelor's degree in Creative Writing with emphases on playwriting and fiction. He was born and raised in Flint, MI but now lives in California, working from home except when he's on set.

Check out his upcoming feature at LoadedDeckMovie.com 

Credits Include...

Baby Doll starring Dominick Marrone

Mummy Dearest starring Tara Reid

Loaded Deck starring Kevin Sorbo and Quinton Aaron

Super Shipping

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Music is Rythme Gitan by Latché Swing.

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With a diverse career in the film industry, Carolyn McDonald continues to expand her creative disciplines. Some of her recent endeavors include, executive producing, co-writing and directing P.N.O.K., a short film featuring Irma P. Hall, Danny Glover, Robert Ri'chard and Elle Fanning, executive producing Country artist Big Kenny Alphin's (Big & Rich) documentary "Bearing Light" which aired on National Geographic Channel, directing the Shannon Sanders music video "Run" and co-writing the comedy "Return of the Sweetbirds" from her story for 20th Century Fox.
 
 As partner of Danny Glover at Carrie Productions, she executive produced the Emmy & Image Award nominated TNT civil rights saga, "Freedom Song". Written and directed by Oscar® nominee Phil Alden Robinson ("Field of Dreams"), the film features Vondi Curtis-Hall, David Strathairn and Loretta Devine. Carolyn also co-produced the critically acclaimed Western "Buffalo Soldiers". Earlier at Carrie, she executive produced the prestigious HBO trilogy "America's Dream". Comprised of powerful short stories by celebrated African-American authors, Maya Angelou, Richard Wright & Dr. John Henrik Clarke, the film featured Wesley Snipes, Danny Glover & Jasmine Guy, with segments directed by Bill Duke, Kevin Sullivan & Emmy-winner Paris Barclay. The program won 4 Cable Aces and an NAACP Image Award for Best Made-for-TV Movie.
 
 Prior to joining Carrie, Carolyn served as a Creative Executive at Cinecom Entertainment Group, where she was involved in various stages of development & production on such films as "The Handmaid's Tale", "Once Around", "Mississippi Masala" and "Tune in Tomorrow".
 
 Fresh out of NYU's Dramatic Writing Program, Carolyn joined the East Coast advertising/publicity division of Warner Bros. Television in New York. There she ran buyer screenings and developed network publicity campaigns for such films as "The Road Warrior, "Chariots of Fire" and "Blade Runner", and conceived marketing campaigns for the Warner Bros. cartoon catalogue.
 
 Committed to giving back to youth and community, Carolyn produced and directed the documentary and short film "Who's Real" for Nashville Film Festival's Youth Outreach Film Program. She continues to produce the program, comprised of inner city teens generating short films based on their own lives. In 2011, she produced and directed the documentary "Design Your Neighborhood" for the Nashville Civic Design Center, a program also supporting youth education.
 
 Carolyn was a consultant for the American Film Institute's Digital Content Lab, a mentor for FilmIndependent's Project: Involve, studied acting with Uta Hagen and Geraldine Page, and is an alumni of Judith Weston's Actor/Director Lab.

You can also check out Carolyn in Film Festival Radio about her new book “Light Needs Night” which she will be shooting a short film adaptation for in April. 

Connect with her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/createdbycarolyn/ 

Credits Include...

Buffalo Soldiers starring Danny Glover

America’s Dream starring Wesley Snipes

Freedom Song starring David Strathairn

Fly starring Bruce Boxleitner

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Music is Snowbound by Dennis Mitcheltree.

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On this week’s episode, we’re chatting with Melissa Friedman who has produced TV Series, including The Bay and Smiley.  We discuss the importance of having a good attitude when you’re first starting out, dealing with insecurities in the entertainment industry, and the one reality show that almost killed her.  Melissa began her career in the reality TV space in New York, before moving out to Los Angeles, and also previously served as Vice President and Chair of the Producers Guild, AP Council.  

Credits Include...

The Bay starring Eric Nelson and Vivica A. Fox

A Day in the Life of Plain Jen starring Larry Mathews and Carrie Lynn Certa

Smiley starring John Moran

Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead starring Phil Staples

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Music is Hungaria by Latché Swing

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David J. Greenberg is a producer, writer, and director, as well as a screenwriting professor from Philadelphia. His feature film "Stomping Ground" premiered at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival and will be released by Breaking Glass Pictures. He has written over 60 features including "What Matters Most" (2011) and "Used To Love Her" (2015) as well as the documentaries "Bonnie & Clyde: Lovers on the Run" and "Celebrity Skin." He is in post-production on the documentary "22 Indictments," which he directed. He is the author of the book Screenwriting For Micro-budget Films, published by Routledge Press. He produced the feature "Seclusion" in Spring 2021 and "The Missing" in 2022.

Purchase his book on Amazon, Screenwriting for Micro-Budget Films: Tips, Tricks and Hacks for Reverse Engineering Your Screenplay 

Visit his main website https://DavidJGreenberg.com/ 

Credits Include...

What Matters Most starring Elise Falanga

Seclusion starring Mariela Hill

American Zealot starring Lynda Williams

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Music is Boogaloo by Bob Hart.

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Sabrina Oertle is known for Kontaxt (2021) and Nostalgia.  Her life’s journey has taken her from Ontario in the inland empire, to the District Attorney’s office, to producing commercials in Santa Barbara, to now running her own feature development and production company.  

Credits Include...

Kontaxt starring Christa B. Allen

Read along with Sabrina, The Deal: A Novel of Hollywood.

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Music is Água de Côco by Jose Corte-Real.

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