LIVESTREAM
Masterclass with Rick Goldsmith
Webster U./Sverdrup
During this master class, twice-Academy-Award nominated Rick Goldsmith (movies) will share insights and engage with class members on the critical challenge of establishing a trusting and two-way relationship between you and your subjects.
After you ask yourself such questions as what is the heart of the story I want to tell? why am I the one to tell it? and what is at stake? you are faced with real people, engaged in exciting, terrifying, adrenaline-inducing, uncomfortable and sometimes life-changing events and journeys. They are undoubtedly risking a lot, making themselves vulnerable to you, and through your work, to the whole world. How do you establish a trusting, non-exploitive relationship? Can you be as vulnerable as you are asking them to be? How do you balance your obligations to your audience with your obligations to your subjects?
Goldsmith will draw on his own four decades of documentary-making experience, writing and directing films dealing with such areas as political activism, mental health and illness, and surviving journalism while it is under siege. He will challenge you to dig deep to explore your own emotions in concert with your professional aspirations.
Master Class - Screenwriting as a Second Act
Hi-Pointe Backlot
Some people are lucky enough to stumble into the perfect career for them at 18 and stay working in that field until retirement, but the rest of us tend to bounce around a bit.
Join us for a discussion with our panel of Missouri Stories Alums who found their way to screenwriting after another career as a second act. This panel will feature 2022 fellows Shawn Mahan and Jennifer Ramsey. The class will be moderated by Grace Smith, MO Film Office Coordinator.
- Shawn Mahan: Like most film school students, Shawn planned to be the next Great American Director. Unfortunately, he soon discovered that he didn’t know f-stops from sprocket holes. However, he did find out that he could write. After college, he experienced some writing success and then turned to focus on career and family. After 20 very successful years running Art House Cinemas, Shawn pulled the old laptop out and happily discovered that he still had a passion for screenwriting.
- Jennifer Ramsey: When not saving all creatures, great and small, at her day job as a veterinarian, Jennifer writes contemporary and historical fantasy, grounded science fiction, children’s programming, and family stories…with a fondness for adaptations. Born, raised, and currently still in Kansas, she’s come to appreciate the fantastic within the mundane—a theme that drives her magical realism-esque style.
- Grace Albers Smith is the Coordinator for the Missouri Film Office, specializing in social media management, marketing, and filmmaker relations. They are a Jefferson City native and earned their bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing at Missouri State University, after which they moved to Los Angeles to pursue a master’s degree in Writing and Producing for TV from Loyola Marymount University.
This class is free, thanks to generous support from the Chellappa-Vedavalli Foundation.
Master Class - A Conversation with Director Millicent Shelton
Capes Sokol
Join us as our host, Lyah LeFlore-Ituen discusses the accomplished career of St. Louisan Millicent Shelton. LeFlore-Ituen will explore Shelton's career in music, film, and TV production and direction and how Shelton's journey in the industry as a Black woman evolved across the different mediums.
This is a virtual conversation with a live audience.
- Millicent Shelton: After making her mark as one of the premiere female Music Video directors, Millicent Shelton has become an award-winning director for television and film. She has directed over 100 episodes of television which include an array of comedies and dramas, working with noteworthy actors, including Al Pacino on Hunters, Octavia Spencer on Truth Be Told, Brie Larson on Lessons in Chemistry, and Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon on The Morning Show. She also directed the pilot episode of the Starz comedy hit, Run the World. Most recently, her work can be seen in Netflix’s No.1 film, End of The Road, starring Queen Latifah and Ludacris.
- Lyah LeFlore-Ituen: Owner of Dolly’s Girls Productions, Inc., Executive Producer/Writer Lyah LeFlore-Ituen is one of the most versatile, talented, and respected creatives in the entertainment industry. Her experiences in the last twenty-plus years include television and film executive, producer, music supervisor, and author of eight critically acclaimed books. LeFlore-Ituen co-founded the Shirley Bradley LeFlore Foundation, a literary arts organization and scholarship fund named for her late mother, St. Louis Poet Laureate Emeritus. The foundation is housed within the Kranzberg Arts Foundation’s High Low.
This class is free, thanks to generous support from the Chellappa-Vedavalli Foundation.
Master Class - The State of Film Production in Missouri
Capes Sokol
Doors open at 6:00 pm, the Panel starts at 6:30 pm, and happy hour and networking to follow.
Directions: There is paid parking in the building garage and metered parking on the street. To reach the Capes Sokol offices, enter the lobby, follow the sign pointing to the Regions Centre, and go up the stone steps or ramp; enter the building marked Regions Centre and go up the elevator to the 15th floor.
This master class will feature an expert panel discussion on the current and near-future state of film production in Missouri in light of the recent implementation of the new Missouri Motion Media Production Tax Credit, beginning with a brief overview of the tax credit program itself and its role in film financing, and addressing the many opportunities — and challenges — the program presents for the regional film and business community.
The panel will be moderated by Pete Salsich of Capes Sokol – The Screen Lawyer – and will feature Andrea Sporic Klund from the Missouri Film Office, Cole Payne, President of Film in MO, and Renee M. Eichelberger from the St. Louis Film Office, as well as St. Louis native and long-time Hollywood producer Michael Beugg joining live from LA via Zoom to discuss his past experiences filming in Missouri and sharing a producer’s point of view when considering whether to bring a film to Missouri for production.
- Michael Beugg, a St. Louis native, producer, and line producer of nearly 50 films, including the award-winning and nominated films Up In the Air, La La Land, Little Miss Sunshine, Dolemite is My Name, Thank you for Smoking, and Wonder, box office hits Ghostbusters: Afterlife and He’s Just Not That Into You, and his current projects, The Color Purple musical and Wolfs, starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt. His frequent collaborators include directors Jason Reitman, Damien Chazelle, and St. Louisans Ken Kwapis and the late George Hickenlooper. Before the film industry, he worked in energy and environmental policy at the White House Budget Office (OMB), where his budgets had considerably more digits. Beugg has an MBA/Public Management degree from Stanford University, a BA from Yale University, and is a member of the Directors and Producers Guilds of America. A frequent SLIFF panelist, Beugg and his family live in Los Angeles.
- Pete Salsich III, known as The Screen Lawyer, is an experienced intellectual property attorney whose practice is focused on advising large and small companies and entrepreneurs regarding the creation, protection, and use of intellectual property in both litigation and transactional counseling, particularly in the media, technology, and entertainment industries.
- Andrea Sporcic Klund is the film commissioner for Missouri and runs the Missouri Film Office, which is a part of the Missouri Division of Tourism. She has been in the film biz representing Missouri for more than 20 years. Since 2005, she has worked to market Missouri to the film and television industry nationwide.
- Cole Payne is Mid-Missouri native and owner of Traverse Media, a production and sales company. He has financed, produced and sold numerous films such as Sundance selections Downloading Nancy and Antibirth as well as the first Facebook Live movie Stream. Payne also consults to provide support for financiers, government entities and non-profit organizations in regards to media finance, subsidies and tax incentives.
- Renee M. Eichelberger, CTP, CTIS, CSTP is the Senior Director of Leisure Travel Sales at Explore St. Louis. She is responsible for conducting domestic and international leisure travel sales activities by targeting tour operators, third-party intermediaries, and general consumers. Since 2017 she has taken point for the St. Louis Film Office.
This class is free, thanks to generous support from the Chellappa-Vedavalli Foundation.
LIVESTREAM
Masterclass with Rick Goldsmith
Webster U./Sverdrup
During this master class, twice-Academy-Award nominated Rick Goldsmith (movies) will share insights and engage with class members on the critical challenge of establishing a trusting and two-way relationship between you and your subjects.
After you ask yourself such questions as what is the heart of the story I want to tell? why am I the one to tell it? and what is at stake? you are faced with real people, engaged in exciting, terrifying, adrenaline-inducing, uncomfortable and sometimes life-changing events and journeys. They are undoubtedly risking a lot, making themselves vulnerable to you, and through your work, to the whole world. How do you establish a trusting, non-exploitive relationship? Can you be as vulnerable as you are asking them to be? How do you balance your obligations to your audience with your obligations to your subjects?
Goldsmith will draw on his own four decades of documentary-making experience, writing and directing films dealing with such areas as political activism, mental health and illness, and surviving journalism while it is under siege. He will challenge you to dig deep to explore your own emotions in concert with your professional aspirations.
Master Class - Screenwriting as a Second Act
Hi-Pointe Backlot
Some people are lucky enough to stumble into the perfect career for them at 18 and stay working in that field until retirement, but the rest of us tend to bounce around a bit.
Join us for a discussion with our panel of Missouri Stories Alums who found their way to screenwriting after another career as a second act. This panel will feature 2022 fellows Shawn Mahan and Jennifer Ramsey. The class will be moderated by Grace Smith, MO Film Office Coordinator.
- Shawn Mahan: Like most film school students, Shawn planned to be the next Great American Director. Unfortunately, he soon discovered that he didn’t know f-stops from sprocket holes. However, he did find out that he could write. After college, he experienced some writing success and then turned to focus on career and family. After 20 very successful years running Art House Cinemas, Shawn pulled the old laptop out and happily discovered that he still had a passion for screenwriting.
- Jennifer Ramsey: When not saving all creatures, great and small, at her day job as a veterinarian, Jennifer writes contemporary and historical fantasy, grounded science fiction, children’s programming, and family stories…with a fondness for adaptations. Born, raised, and currently still in Kansas, she’s come to appreciate the fantastic within the mundane—a theme that drives her magical realism-esque style.
- Grace Albers Smith is the Coordinator for the Missouri Film Office, specializing in social media management, marketing, and filmmaker relations. They are a Jefferson City native and earned their bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing at Missouri State University, after which they moved to Los Angeles to pursue a master’s degree in Writing and Producing for TV from Loyola Marymount University.
This class is free, thanks to generous support from the Chellappa-Vedavalli Foundation.
Master Class - A Conversation with Director Millicent Shelton
Capes Sokol
Join us as our host, Lyah LeFlore-Ituen discusses the accomplished career of St. Louisan Millicent Shelton. LeFlore-Ituen will explore Shelton's career in music, film, and TV production and direction and how Shelton's journey in the industry as a Black woman evolved across the different mediums.
This is a virtual conversation with a live audience.
- Millicent Shelton: After making her mark as one of the premiere female Music Video directors, Millicent Shelton has become an award-winning director for television and film. She has directed over 100 episodes of television which include an array of comedies and dramas, working with noteworthy actors, including Al Pacino on Hunters, Octavia Spencer on Truth Be Told, Brie Larson on Lessons in Chemistry, and Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon on The Morning Show. She also directed the pilot episode of the Starz comedy hit, Run the World. Most recently, her work can be seen in Netflix’s No.1 film, End of The Road, starring Queen Latifah and Ludacris.
- Lyah LeFlore-Ituen: Owner of Dolly’s Girls Productions, Inc., Executive Producer/Writer Lyah LeFlore-Ituen is one of the most versatile, talented, and respected creatives in the entertainment industry. Her experiences in the last twenty-plus years include television and film executive, producer, music supervisor, and author of eight critically acclaimed books. LeFlore-Ituen co-founded the Shirley Bradley LeFlore Foundation, a literary arts organization and scholarship fund named for her late mother, St. Louis Poet Laureate Emeritus. The foundation is housed within the Kranzberg Arts Foundation’s High Low.
This class is free, thanks to generous support from the Chellappa-Vedavalli Foundation.
Master Class - The State of Film Production in Missouri
Capes Sokol
Doors open at 6:00 pm, the Panel starts at 6:30 pm, and happy hour and networking to follow.
Directions: There is paid parking in the building garage and metered parking on the street. To reach the Capes Sokol offices, enter the lobby, follow the sign pointing to the Regions Centre, and go up the stone steps or ramp; enter the building marked Regions Centre and go up the elevator to the 15th floor.
This master class will feature an expert panel discussion on the current and near-future state of film production in Missouri in light of the recent implementation of the new Missouri Motion Media Production Tax Credit, beginning with a brief overview of the tax credit program itself and its role in film financing, and addressing the many opportunities — and challenges — the program presents for the regional film and business community.
The panel will be moderated by Pete Salsich of Capes Sokol – The Screen Lawyer – and will feature Andrea Sporic Klund from the Missouri Film Office, Cole Payne, President of Film in MO, and Renee M. Eichelberger from the St. Louis Film Office, as well as St. Louis native and long-time Hollywood producer Michael Beugg joining live from LA via Zoom to discuss his past experiences filming in Missouri and sharing a producer’s point of view when considering whether to bring a film to Missouri for production.
- Michael Beugg, a St. Louis native, producer, and line producer of nearly 50 films, including the award-winning and nominated films Up In the Air, La La Land, Little Miss Sunshine, Dolemite is My Name, Thank you for Smoking, and Wonder, box office hits Ghostbusters: Afterlife and He’s Just Not That Into You, and his current projects, The Color Purple musical and Wolfs, starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt. His frequent collaborators include directors Jason Reitman, Damien Chazelle, and St. Louisans Ken Kwapis and the late George Hickenlooper. Before the film industry, he worked in energy and environmental policy at the White House Budget Office (OMB), where his budgets had considerably more digits. Beugg has an MBA/Public Management degree from Stanford University, a BA from Yale University, and is a member of the Directors and Producers Guilds of America. A frequent SLIFF panelist, Beugg and his family live in Los Angeles.
- Pete Salsich III, known as The Screen Lawyer, is an experienced intellectual property attorney whose practice is focused on advising large and small companies and entrepreneurs regarding the creation, protection, and use of intellectual property in both litigation and transactional counseling, particularly in the media, technology, and entertainment industries.
- Andrea Sporcic Klund is the film commissioner for Missouri and runs the Missouri Film Office, which is a part of the Missouri Division of Tourism. She has been in the film biz representing Missouri for more than 20 years. Since 2005, she has worked to market Missouri to the film and television industry nationwide.
- Cole Payne is Mid-Missouri native and owner of Traverse Media, a production and sales company. He has financed, produced and sold numerous films such as Sundance selections Downloading Nancy and Antibirth as well as the first Facebook Live movie Stream. Payne also consults to provide support for financiers, government entities and non-profit organizations in regards to media finance, subsidies and tax incentives.
- Renee M. Eichelberger, CTP, CTIS, CSTP is the Senior Director of Leisure Travel Sales at Explore St. Louis. She is responsible for conducting domestic and international leisure travel sales activities by targeting tour operators, third-party intermediaries, and general consumers. Since 2017 she has taken point for the St. Louis Film Office.
This class is free, thanks to generous support from the Chellappa-Vedavalli Foundation.
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