Updated September 2, 2008
Eugene International Film Festival Presents: A Writer's Retreat With Hollywood Professionals
Learn some of Hollywood's best kept secrets from two insiders. Screenwriter/TV Showrunner/novelist Tom Sawyer and prominent literary agent Ken Sherman offer this exciting four day retreat that promises to help you to write sizzling dialog, tell your story in new, exciting cinematic ways, create vivid characters, and how to sell your project to Hollywood.
Writers of all genres will benefit from this inspiring, interactive class, taught by people who know how to tell, and sell, a great story!
Tom Sawyer
Novelist, screenwriter, playwright, Thomas B. Sawyer was Head Writer/Showrunner of the hit CBS series Murder She Wrote, for which he wrote 24 episodes. Tom has written 9 network TV pilots, 100 episodes and has been Head Writer/Showrunner or Story Editor on 15 network TV series. His first novel, The Sixteenth Man became a best seller and his next thriller, No Place to Run will be published in 2008. Mr. Sawyer has been nominated for both Edgar and Emmy awards.
Ken Sherman
President of Ken Sherman and Associates, a Beverly Hills-based literary agency representing screen, TV and book writers. Ken's clients include John Updike, David Guterson, Tawni O'Dell, Starhawk and Anne Perry to name but a few. Ken takes time to teach his course "The Business of Writing for Screen, Television and Publishing" at major universities and writing conferences throughout the US.
If you have a script or novel worthy of a Hollywood agent, Ken will be looking for fresh new talent.
Details:
September 29 through October 2, 2008
6:00 - 9:00 PM
$295.00 with early registration (ending 9-28-08) Regular Price: $345.
$195.00 for early student registration. Regular Student Price: $225. (Current ID care required)
Seating is limited. Register Today.
Full retreat information here...
Contact: Mike Dilley: producer@cyberis.net
The Return of the Portland Creative Conference!
Date: Saturday, September 6th
Time: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Portland Center for the Performing Arts, 111 SW Broadway, Portland, Ore Website: www.cre8con.com
Phone: 503-819-6219
Email: info@cre8con.com
The Oregon Media Production Association is proud to be among the many sponsors who have launched the return of the Portland Creative Conference! The Portland Creative Conference is a conference for industry Creatives and aspiring Creative Professionals. The Portland Creative Conference has a rich history, with an original run from 1990 to 2001, attracting top creatives from around the country both as speakers and attendees.
Presenters:
Brian Van't Hul, LAIKA - Academy Award-winner Brian Van't Hul is the Visual Effects Supervisor at LAIKA, the world-class Portland-based animation studio owned by Phil Knight. In 2005 Brian won the Oscar for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for his work on the motion picture King Kong. He was a key part of the special effects shop for the Lord of the Rings series, and has worked on Nightmare Before Christmas, Forrest Gump, and I Robot. As part of his talk, Brian will show--in a Portland big screen premier--some clips of LAIKA's first motion picture, Coraline
Jelly Helm, Wieden+Kennedy - Jelly Helm is an executive creative director at Wieden+Kennedy and Director of the W+K12, that he founded in 2004, which recruits twelve diversely creative people-photographers, artists, lawyers, songwriters and more-to create together. Jelly's Nike commercial that features Steve Martin and Michael Jordan has been added to the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection.
Jen Modarelli, White Horse (interactive) - Jennifer Modarelli-DeVoe is the principal of White Horse, the largest privately held, woman-owned interactive marketing agency in the Pacific Northwest, which she has built into a nationally recognized full-service interactive agency. Modarelli will share the essentials of interactive design success-vision, inspiration, players, and spirit. She will examine emerging trends and technologies that are changing the bounds of design.
Jay Meschter, Nike - Jay Meschter spent the first part of his 18 year career with the Apple Design Group, and the latter half with Nike. Jay is currently a director in the Nike Innovation Kitchen, an experimental group within Nike that focuses exclusively on innovation. His discussion will center on the creation of the ultra lightweight Flywire technology that debuted at the Olympics in Beijing, and has set a new course in methods of footwear and soft-goods construction.
damali ayo, Founder and Designer, CROW clothing - damali ayo is an author, speaker, designer, artist, and performer whose work has been featured in over 100 publications world-wide. damali recently combined her talents to create CROW Clothing, a twenty-first century e-commerce business that challenges all the rules by offering customers eco-friendly clothing at a sliding-scale.
Michael Curry, Michael Curry Design - Michael Curry is one of the world's leading production designers. He works widely in both conceptual and technical development with the foremost entertainment companies such as Cirque du Soleil, the Metropolitan Opera, and London's Royal National Theatre. His live-performance oriented dimensional characters and productions have been seen in the 1996 and 2002 Olympics ceremonies, Superbowl 2000, and New York City's epoch 2000 millennium event.
Adam Gallardo, Dark Horse Comics - Adam Gallardo is a writer for Dark Horse Comics. Adam is best known for writing Star Wars: Infinities - Return of the Jedi, as well as two creator-owned projects: Gear School, and the 100 Girls series.
Inverge: the Interactive Convergence Conference
Inverge: the interactive convergence conference - happening on Sept. 4+5 in Portland, Oregon - is an interdisciplinary thought-leader event that focuses on the convergence of media platforms (transmedia/crossmedia), of virtual + physical, content + advertising, and corporate content + consumer-generated content.
Inverge brings presenters and attendees together from a variety of professions and disciplines to explore changes and opportunities presented by the increasing digitization of media, the democratization of distribution and the proliferation of connectivity into new areas. The big picture is revealed via the unique integration of disciplines at the event. The presentations are high-level, informative and conceptual, pointing the way toward the future and facilitating advanced professional development.
Our program includes executive presenters from three of the world's top brands: Nokia, Disney and Nike, all in Portland to discuss how the convergence of physical + virtual is impacting their products & services and where they are going next.
In total we have confirmed 14 thought-leading keynote presenters* for Inverge, which will feature other relevant topics such as immersive environments, converging media channels and convergence marketing.
Once again Inverge provides a unique business+culture experience via integration with MusicFestNW, the Time-Based Art Festival, and First Thursday after a reception at Wieden+Kennedy on Sept. 4.
For more information, complete the interactive dialog on the contact page.
Or visit our website to register.
2008 Willamette Writers Conference
August 1-3, 2008Cost: $395 WW Member (3 Day), $430 Non-member (3-day)
(Registration prices increase after 7/1)
Location: Portland
Registration opens Monday May 12th
This year's conference is geared to make writing and marketing our work easier for us all.
We are thrilled to offer you the largest and best writing conference in the Pacifi c Northwest. What the heck - the Best Writing Conference in the World! This is our 39th conference and in these last four decades (thanks to your continuous feedback on those yellow sheets) we have come a long way. We have been lucky enough to have our brilliant conference committee from last year create our conference for us again this year. And (fi ngers crossed) we're even getting the computers to cough up their glitches and work properly.
This is a place to learn the writing craft, to commune with your writing fellows, and to fi nd inspiration in examples and in speeches. And ultimately a chance to present your work to the writing market and get an agent, manager, producer, editor, or publishing deal.
We are offering many opportunities to socialize, attend inspiring and informative workshops and to meet those who may hold your career breakthrough in their hands.
Come ready to pitch, listen, learn, laugh and feel the joy of being a writer among writers. I can't imagine a better thing to be. So welcome Writers. This is your conference.
Rev up those engines, get yourselves in high gear and power on out to the Sheraton at PDX!
Cynthia Whitcomb
President, Willamette Writers
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NW Film Center School of Film
For a current schedule of classes and workshops please visit their website at: www.nwfilm.org .Art Institute of Portland
For a current schedule of classes and workshops please visit their website at: www.artinstitutes.edu/portland/index.aspPacific Northwest College of Art
Intermedia Major; Bachelors of Fine ArtFor more information please visit their website .
BlueCat Screenwriters Workshops and Competitions
BlueCat remains a leader in distinguishing and supporting the new voices of screenwriting. Join us in our dedication to your craft, the story telling of the motion picture....For more information regarding deadlines and workshop locations please visit: www.bluecatscreenplay.com .
