Rex Sikes' Movie Beat

Julie Richardson is a producer and Managing Member of Imaginarium Entertainment Group. We discuss how to PITCH your projects - great tips for being successful and a whole lot more! She is best known for finding, developing, and producing the box office sensation COLLATERAL, starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Fox, which received two Academy Award nominations, two Golden Globe nominations and received th...

Nick Mancuso Pt 5 and I will continue our discussion on creativity, movies, acting and art and who knows what else will come up in this conversation. The legendary critic Walter Kerr of the New York Times called Mancuso’s performance in Merchant of Venice at Stratford Ontario one of the best interpretations of the role of Bassanio in 250 years. In the late 80’s the Los Angeles Times referred to Ma...

Director Terry Green has 25 years experience in the entertainment industry, with 13 years managing a successful motion picture production company. He is an Award-winning writer & director with access to the highest levels of talent, production staff & project financing. In 1997 he founded an independent company Strata Productions, Inc. that has financed $20 million in private equity for th...

Michael A. Hoffman Originally from South Florida; Michael A. Hoffman has worked in all facets of the entertainment industry. An accomplished IATSE editor (Los Angeles Local 700); his credits range from moderate independent productions to large scale features. Highlights include; the upcoming Vindicated Pictures release “Forget Me Not”, which stars Carly Schroeder (“Firewall”, “Way of the Dolphin”)...

John Mendoza acts in movies & TV, he writes, & performs comedy. He has produced television shows & he tours regularly with other funny man Howie Mandel. In Part 2 we will talk more with John about his career, the structure of comedy & making things funny. In his own words: "Recently, I was told I needed a bio. I never understood the reason for it but I sat down and started to...

Danielle Eskinazi has been casting for twenty years. We will discuss what she looks for in an actor for a role in a film or TV versus in a commercial. When actors audition for what makes them stand out and how much preperation do they need for a part? What do directors look for? How important is a slate? Should they continually take classes does she accept postcards from actors? What do you look f...

Juliet Landau co-starred in Tim Burton’s ED WOOD as Loretta King and starred opposite Whoopi Goldberg in New Line Cinema’s THEODORE REX. She created the role of Drusilla on BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, appearing on BUFFY and ANGEL over the course of six seasons. She just completed playing Russian villainess Nataliya Chernov in the adorable kid’s movie, MONSTER MUTT, created and produced by 4X Oscar-w...

Gregor Collins graduated from Centreville High School in Clifton, Virginia as both a top-ranked basketball player and golfer, but he chose the smaller, whiter ball, and headed for Ohio Wesleyan University’s golf team. Later he went to Boca Raton, Florida, where he worked as a Production Assistant for a cable access show featuring Former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, called “World Busines...

Sam Auster & Sam Witwer (the 2 SAMs) director & actor speak on the director & actor working together. Auster has written & directed 3 feature films. “THE RETURN OF JOE RICH”, (currently in post-production) is a pitch-black comedy about a young man seeking redemption by joining the Mafia starring Sam Witwer, Talia Shire & Armand Assante “THE RAPE OF EDEN”, is a futuristic action...

Bob Hercules is an award-winning producer/director and co-owner of Media Process Group—a Chicago-based production company. Hercules received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Michigan University’s School of Communication in 1979 and his Master of Arts degree in Film from the University of Michigan in 1983. Hercules’ work has been seen widely on PBS, the Discovery Channel, IFC, The Learning...

Peter Tolan Pt 3 is the man behind the successful FX series “Rescue Me” starring Denis Leary. He began his career writing for sitcoms “Carol & Company” & “Wish You Were Here”. He wrote & co-produced the first six episodes of Tim Allen’s “Home Improvement” & then moved to the hit series “Murphy Brown”, starring Candice Bergen. He worked the series for 3 seasons which resulted in a s...

Daniel Noe is a screenwriter, indie film maker, and producer. As a writer he has written eight feature length, speculative screenplays, and have six more in various stages of writing. Noe started writing in 1990, under the trained hand of Esther Glazer. Esther had worked at CBS Studios with the writers block. Since, he has written following the wisdom of Lew Hunter, Professor Emeritus of UCLA’s pr...

Ted Hope is recognized, by The Hollywood Reporter and other publications, as one of the most influential and powerful people in Independent Film. Hope is currently in pre-production on SUPER, written and to be directed by James Gunn, and starring Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page and Liv Tyler. He recently completed Greg Mottola’s ADVENTURELAND -r eleased on April 3, 2009. Hope’s 2007 production of Oscar-w...

Mark Stolaroff is an indie producer & a founding partner of Antic Pictures, an LA-based production company producing a slate of low budget, high quality digital features. Stolaroff produced Pig, the 4th feature from award-winning writer/director Henry Barrial (Some Body). With Ron Judkins, Stolaroff produced Barrial's 3rd feature, True Love, developed in the 2003 Sundance Screenwriters Lab &am...

Nick Mancuso Pt 4 and I will continue our discussion on creativity, movies, acting and art and who knows what else will come up in this conversation. The legendary critic Walter Kerr of the New York Times called Mancuso’s performance in Merchant of Venice at Stratford Ontario one of the best interpretations of the role of Bassanio in 250 years. In the late 80’s the Los Angeles Times referred to Ma...

Peter Marshall PT 2 The Director's Series - The nuts & bolts of directing film and television with Peter Marshall. Peter has had a 35-year career & has worked as a PA, dolly grip, electrician, assistant cameraman, commercial production manager, first assistant director, TV series creative consultant, television producer & director. He has worked on industrial films, documentaries; tele...

Kristy Swanson has a lot of TV and movie credits beginning for her at age 9, but you may best know her as the original Buffy in Josh Whedon’s movie “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” or as Adam Sandler’s girlfriend in “Big Daddy”. She appeared in over 30 commercials between the ages 9 & 13 & made several appearances in series such as Cagney and Lacey & Alfred Hitchcock Presents. In 1986, she a...

Jackie Burch casting director PT 2 We are glad to have Jackie share her knowledge about movies, casting, working with actors - what actors need to know about the casting process & auditioning much more. Casting Director Jackie Burch says about casting “It is a career i cherish & love doing to this day. Every movie I start with the same attitude as if it is my first job.” Her over 60 film c...

Dallas Jenkins director - Pt 2 we will discuss production design, wardrobe and how the director gets the look of the film & much more with Dallas Jenkins produced the $2 million independent "Hometown Legend" at the age of 25, ultimately guiding it to Warner Brothers for distribution. Dallas made his directing debut with the short film "Cliché," which "FilmThreat.com&qu...

Brian Krause is best known for his portrayal of white-lighter Leo Wyatt on Aaron Spelling’s popular, sci-fi program Charmed [1998-2006 / The WB] opposite Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, Holly Marie Combs and Shannen Doherty. The actor played the ever-developing character for eight television seasons, and during the fifth season he showcased his writing skills by penning one of the episodes [Sense and...

Sam Auster attended Columbia College Film School. Shortly after, Sam began shooting news for NBC and CNN in Chicago. Auster has written and directed thee feature films. “THE RETURN OF JOE RICH”, (currently in post-production) is a pitch-black comedy about a young man seeking redemption by joining the Mafia. “THE RAPE OF EDEN”, is a futuristic action adventure, released on video by West Side Studio...

Nick Mancuso Pt 3 and I will continue our discussion on creativity, movies, acting and art and who knows what else will come up in this conversation. The legendary critic Walter Kerr of the New York Times called Mancuso’s performance in Merchant of Venice at Stratford Ontario one of the best interpretations of the role of Bassanio in 250 years. In the late 80’s the Los Angeles Times referred to Ma...

Dallas Jenkins produced the $2 million independent "Hometown Legend" at the age of 25, ultimately guiding it to Warner Brothers for distribution. Dallas made his directing debut with the short film "Cliché," which "FilmThreat.com" called "Fast and funny...ingenious," and his next short film, "Midnight Clear", starring Stephen Baldwin, won a Crystal...

David H Lawrence XVll After a 30 year career on radio in markets from New York to San Francisco to satellite and network, David H. Lawrence XVII decided to make a change. He hung up his headphones and retired from hosting 3 network/satellite radio shows to head to Los Angeles, to concentrate solely on acting in front of the camera. This new phase of Lawrence's performance career seems to fit him l...

Reed Marin Pt 4 Some of those Reed interviewed for his book are independent film icons Kim Peirce, Terry Zwigoff, Werner Herzog, Doug Liman, Harmony Korine, Atom Egoyan, documentary flimmakers Barbara Kopple, Ken Burns, Ric Burns, and 'Pulp Fiction' producer Lawrence Bender, 'Juno' producer Lianne Halfon, and 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' producer Anthony Bregman, among others. Among the...