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On February 22, the Asian American Committee's meeting featured the panel
discussion, Getting the Green Light: Pitching for Pilots, featuring Directors
Nicole Kassell and Larry Teng and Netflix Executive Penelope Essoyan in a
conversation moderated by Director Dan Liu. Kassell and Teng shared their
process of pitching pilots and Essoyan provided insightful information from
her experiences on the other side of the table. Kassell also revealed how
emphasizing her personal connection to scripts has led to successful meetings.
Teng added that it's important during pitch meetings to not just retell the story
of the pilot, but to show how a Director's vision would be unique. Essoyan
suggested that a pitch answer the question, "Why make this project now?"
Image: (Clockwise) Directors Nicole Kassell and Larry Teng, Executive
Penelope Essoyan from Netflix and Director Dan Liu (moderator).
Getting the Green Light: Pitching for Pilots
An Asian American Committee Event
See more detailed descriptions, additional photos and video, where available, online at www.dga.org.
DGA Committee Meeting Events Roundup
On February 16, the Latino Committee's meeting featured the panel discussion,
A Conversation with Promised Land. Moderated by Latino Committee Director
Category Representative Regina Ainsworth, the event featured Producer/Director
Ed Ornelas, 1st AD Vincent Gonzales and Promised Land creator Matt Lopez on
the making of ABC's epic drama about two Latino families vying for wealth and
power in California's Sonoma Valley. Lopez revealed his inspiration for bringing
the story to television. Ornelas discussed bringing in a Latino AD team and the
camaraderie they felt throughout a challenging shooting schedule. Gonzales
talked about the unique experience of having an AD team that spoke Spanish
to work with the large number of Latino background actors, catering, and crew.
Image: (Clockwise) Promised Land creator Matt Lopez, Producer/Director Ed
Ornelas, 1st AD Vincent Gonzales and Director Regina Ainsworth (moderator).
A Conversation with Promised Land
A Latino Committee Event
On February 15, the (WSC meeting featured the panel discussion, Post-
Production - How Collaboration is Key, featuring Director/Writer Nijla Mu'min,
Director/Editor Jill D'Agnenica and Editor Cecily Rhett. In a conversation
moderated by Director and former Post Producer Julie Herlocker, the panelists
explored how maximizing a collaborative relationship with your editors is key
to achieving a Director's vision, discussed Post-Production best practices and
offered suggestions that can strengthen a Director's career and be critical
to success such as how building a relationship with one's Editor during prep
can help ensure the Director's vision as they can be another voice in explaining
what you are trying to achieve, and using all of the time that is provided for your
Director's cut.
Image: (Clockwise) Director/Writer Nijla Mu'min, Director/Editor Jill
D'Agnenica, Editor Cecily Rhett and Director Julie Herlocker (moderator) .
Post-Production - How Collaboration is Key
A Women's Steering Committee Event
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