Producing 101

Name: Producing 101
Start: 2021-06-23T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2021-06-23T21:30:00-04:00

June 23, 2021 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

You have your script, your actors, and your gear, but what about a producer? Producing is as an important art form as cinematography, production design, and casting. The right producer can make all the difference in the world!

You’ve directed a short, maybe pulled off a micro-budget independent feature, and you think you might want to focus on producing … what are the ins and outs of really being a producer and what are some of the skills you haven’t even thought about that you might need, or what do you need to be looking for in a producer for your next project?

We’ve gathered a group of talented and hardworking producers to discuss the profession and offer some guidance about bringing on the producer who is right for your project or the experience you need to become a producer in today’s independent film industry.

About The Speakers

Alice Xandra Thirteen

Alice Xandra Thirteen is a director and producer based in NY, and co-host of the podcast Double Feature. Their credits include DISPOSITION, ANTRUM, ROB ZOMBIE’S 31, and BONES UK’s AFRAID OF AMERICANS ...

Chris White

Chris White is a New York based, writer/producer whose credits include MTV Network’s hit My Super Psycho Sweet 16 franchise, The Truth Below, The ABC’s Of Death (D is For Dogfight), V/H/S Viral as well as created/wrote/produced sci-fi anthologies Portals and Doors. Chris currently has projects in development with Lee Daniels Entertainment and BAFTA award-winning production company Sugar Films/Sky Studios ...

Heather Buckley

Heather Buckley (THE RANGER and FLESH AND BLOOD: THE REEL LIFE AND GHASTLY DEATH OF AL ADAMSON) works under the banner BLACK MANSION. The company has feature and television projects in various stages of development and packaging. BLACK MANSION's slate has attracted high profile partners and is exemplary of her attraction to unique stories with strong, detailed visual aesthetics and a clear position in the marketplace ...

Ian Holt

Ian is the co-author, with Dacre Stoker, of the international best seller Dracula The Un-Dead, the official sequel to Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel Dracula. To date, Dracula The Un-Dead has sold more than two million copies worldwide; it was #9 on the New York Times Bestseller List, the #5 Paperback, and was #1 in France, Germany and Spain, and nominated for “Best First Horror Novel” by The Thriller Awards. Ian wrote and produced the supernatural thriller Episode 50, co-produced by Ehud Bleiberg and Compound B. Episode 50 opened theatrically in the UK, throughout Europe and the Middle East, and ...

James Hennigan

James Hennigan is from Laurel, Maryland. He grew up with a love for reading, especially anything spooky. He would immerse himself in classic horror films, as well as smaller known films in the genre and started writing screenplays at the age of thirteen. He received an English degree from the University of Maryland, College Park and afterwards participated in several community theatre productions before getting involved in independent filmmaking. When he's not creating characters and stories of the macabre, he is either working for a library or school or hanging out with friends and family ...