Ever dreamed of selling or producing a television show? Odds could be better than ever before that your dream can come true as more networks move beyond the box and launch new shows online too...blogged by Joyce Schwarz, www.hollywood2020.blogs.com.
Update-- discount for Hollywood2020.blogs.com readers go to www.latvest.net to register and get 50 % off TV Producer's bootcamp and other LATV Fest events (more on those upcoming). ENTER code JCOM07 to get your discount! any questions email me at [email protected].
NATPE.org's 5th Annual TV Producer's Boot Camp is set for July 26 & 27, 2007 as part of the expanded LATV Fest...go to www.latvfest.net to register.
Note, Hollywood2020.blogs.com will be on location in West Hollywood for the 5th Annual NATPE TV Producer's Boot camp where some of the top execs and showrunners in the biz will be providing insider advice on how to pitch and sell a TV show.
Joyce Schwarz, Hollywood2020.blogs.com is pictured left getting ready to attend NATPE's 2007 Boot Camp.
WHO, WHAT & WHERE FOR NATPE BOOTCAMP:
WHEN & WHERE IS BOOTCAMP? : the fifth annual TV Producers' Boot Camp, which will take place at the House of Blues and Comedy Store in Los Angeles on Thursday and Friday, July 26 and 27.
WHAT HAPPENS AT NATPE'S BOOTCAMP? The TV Producers' Boot Camp connects attendees to chief development executives, television producers and agents through panels, hands-on writing and media branding clinics, and pitch development sessions.
WHAT's THIS THING I HEARD ABOUT CALLED PITCH PIT? Attendees get to actually take one-on-one pitch meetings with development executives from more than 40 major broadcast and cable networks, talent agencies, digital platforms and production and distribution companies. Some of the companies taking pitches (CATCHERS) include: Atlas Worldwide, Distraction Formats, Echelon Entertainment, Foster Entertainment, Fox Reality, Fred Silverman Company, Fun Little Movies, Granada America, Hallmark Channel, Hearst Entertainment, High Noon Entertainment, InFrame, Lifetime, Mark Phillips Philms and Telephision, Pie Town, Rebel Entertainment Partners, Robin Nash Productions, Sidedoor Entertainment, SiTV, Starz, Stoneworks Television, Style, Tailwind Entertainment, Talpa Content USA and Tsunami Productions.
WHO'S GONNA BE THERE?
Keynote address delivered by Sean Perry, head of Alternative Television at Endeavor.
STATE OF INDUSTRT DISCUSSION: Denise Cramsey, Executive Producer, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Endemol USA; Thom Beers, Creator/Executive Producer of Deadliest Catch, Monster Garage, Original Productions; and Craig Piligian, Executive Producer of UFC, Ghost Hunter, Dirty Jobs, Pilgrim Films & Television.
OTHER CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: (alpha list) : Philippa Burgess, Partner, Creative Convergence; Shannon Coulter, Director of A&R, Magnatune Music Licensing; Alice Donenfeld-Vernoux, President, Entertainment Asset Validation; John Ferriter, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Head of Nonscripted Television, William Morris Agency; Jeffrey Gordon, President & Founder, Writers Boot Camp; Tracy Green, Executive Vice President, Lion TV USA
Plus -- Lewis C. Henderson, Senior Vice President Digital Media Group, William Morris Agency; Philip Irven, Vice President, Television Department, Rebel Entertainment Partners; Allison Katz, Casting Director, 3 Ball Productions; Carole Kirschner, Development Executive/Teacher/Lecturer, Hollywood Game Plan; Robert Kosberg, Nash Entertainment; Stuart Krasnow, Executive Producer, Janice Dickinson Show, FremantleMedia North America; Gary Lico, President/CEO, CABLEready Corporation; Cynthia Littleton, Deputy Editor, News Department, Variety;
And even more speakers including: David Lyle, President, Fox Reality Channel, Fox Cable Networks; Ian Moffitt, VP Programming & Content Strategy, BBC Worldwide Americas; Ryan O'Hara, President, TV Guide Network, TV Guide, Inc.; Ryan Reber, Agent UTA Online, United Talent Agency; Laurie Scheer, Media Consultant/Pitching Coach; and Scott Sternberg, Executive Producer, Scott Sternberg Productions.
Sponsors and presenting partners involved include Cable Ready/Cable U; Writers Boot Camp; Media/Professional Insurance; The Daily Reel, See Jane and BAFTA/LA, The British Academy of Film & Television Arts/Los Angeles.
REGISTER NOW AT : www.latvfest.net.
Hollywood2020.blogs.com full disclosure: blogger Joyce Schwarz will not only be covering NATPE Boot Camp for this blog but Schwarz firm JCOM is also helping to market and promote this event and other NATPE LATV Fest events with great pleasure!
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