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MICHAEL
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The People
Who Make
it Happen
I
t may be the 22nd Annual Screen Actors
Guild Awards
®
on Saturday, Jan. 30, but
it remains fresh each year. It starts as a
situation familiar to every actor. Production
offices need to be found, staffed and supplied.
The event venue needs to be advanced, sets
designed and built, shots planned and blocked,
talent coordinated, materials calculated and
transported, and a million other things identified
and handled.
It's a tightly knit team of people behind the scenes who make it
all possible by being the best at what they do.
Leading the team is Kathy Connell, who since co-founding the
Screen Actors Guild Awards in 1994, has served as producer and,
since 2013, as executive producer. She thrives on the commotion
and complexity of the entire process and loves meeting all of the
presenters, Actor
®
nominees, craftspeople, specialists, sponsors
and other participants. As the Awards progress from blank
slate to international telecast and high-profile post-show gala,
however, Connell derives particular pleasure from the number of
