25: Denise Strong - Veteran Assistant Director, First A.D., Producer
Denver Media Professionals Podcast
Denise grew up in Texas and graduated from Texas State University with a bachelor in Fine Arts and Theatre Arts with an emphasis in Directing. After working her way up in the film industry as an intern, PA, location assistant, and second assistant director, she became a member of the Director's Guild of America in 1993 in the category of Assistant Director. Since then she's moved from Second Second AD to Key Second AD, and on to First AD where she currently works on commercials and feature films.
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24: Todd Debreceni - Master Makeup Special Effects Artist, Prosthetics Designer
Denver Media Professionals Podcast
Todd is a working makeup effects artist and designer. Among his feature film credits are Die Hard 2, Contact, Batman and Robin, Incoming Freshman, Cannon Fodder, The Enemy God, Decay, Apartment 212 (Gnaw), Hoax, and Ink, just to name a very few. Todd has sculpted and molded wounds used in the 2013 Tom Hanks film, Captain Phillips. Some of his television credits include Jag, and an uncredited contribution to one of his favorite TV programs, Dr. Who.
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23: Oksana Starling - Production Makeup Artist, Personal Stylist, Makeover Expert
Denver Media Professionals Podcast
Oksana is a 15-year veteran of film, TV and the fashion industry, and also the founder of Oksana Starling Beauty. As an established makeup artist, she has worked with major networks like Food Network, Bravo, NBC, CNN, and VH1. She has also shot commercials for Microsoft, KIA, Duke's, DISH Network, and Frontier Airlines. Her client list includes Andre Agassi, Phil Collins and Genesis, Von Miller, Clinton Kelly, and Zac Brown, just to name a few.
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22: Jacob Z. Smith - Director, Producer, Politician, Environmental Advocate
Denver Media Professionals Podcast
Jacob is an award-winning Colorado fillmmaker, a former mayor, and a former U.S. senate staffer. His films include a family short called Chasing Rabbits, and the feature documentary Waking the Sleeping Giant: The Making of a Political Revolution, which is currently in national and international distribution. He's also the executive director of a local government coalition advocating for stronger climate policy in Colorado.
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21: Audrey Elling - Executive Director of the Heartland Chapter of the NATAS
Denver Media Professionals Podcast
Audrey is the executive director the Heartland Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). In this podcast, Audrey explains what it takes to enter a project for the regional Emmy awards. The discussion covers who's eligible, who does the judging, the costs, and the deadline.
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20: Sara Elizabeth Timmins - Creative Director, Producer, Film Educator
Denver Media Professionals Podcast
Sara Elizabeth Timmins established Life Out Loud Films in 2008 to create quality, inspiring, impactful films that champion women. Her films have been seen in theatres, the Hallmark Channel, Starz, Showtime, and internationally. She's worked with talented actors such as Jane Seymour, Ellen Burstyn, Chris Cooper, Josh Lucas, Mackenzie Foy, and writers like NY Times best-selling author David Baldacci.
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19: Tom Malloy - Veteran Actor, Writer, Producer, and Film Fundraiser
Denver Media Professionals Podcast
Tom Malloy is an actor, writer, and producer, a passionate and driven filmmaker committed to telling compelling stories with commercial appeal. Many of these projects are developed through the production company he founded in 2005, Trick Candle Productions.
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18: Trai Cartwright - Screenwriter, Producer, Master Storyteller
Denver Media Professionals Podcast
Trai Cartwright is a 25-year industry veteran and a creative writing and business development specialist. She teaches, produces and writes screenplays and novels.
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17: Jeanne Kopeck - Emmy Award-Winning Commercial Director
Denver Media Professionals Podcast
Jeanne Kopeck is known for a calm directing style with celebrity talent and for her ability to draw out performances not only from actors but also from “real” people.
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16: Kate Lowell - Conceptual Artist, Profectum Media
Denver Media Professionals Podcast
Kate Lowell is a director and conceptual artist and is fascinated with the unifying powers of an original story. She loves the harmony between visuals and sound and the way that they work together to create an emotional impact. Her experience includes work for American Idol, Odesza, and the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, American Ninja Warrior, and several others.
info_outlineIn this podcast, we hear from DK Johnston, a full-time assistant director, writer, and producer.
DK Johnston is an Assistant Director and Producer currently working in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the founder of Tri-Seven Pictures, originally founded in Anchorage, Alaska, producing multiple awarding-winning shorts and screenplays. His career has taken him all over the U.S. working on both independent and high concept feature films, television series, political media campaigns, and commercial productions.
He has earned degrees in Journalism and Tele-Communications from the University of Alaska Anchorage, where he later taught as a visiting professor, and an MFA in Film Production from the New York Film Academy.
While living in Denver, he was a board member of the CFVA and helped organized, and participated in, multiple film workshops and networking events around the state, and Co-Produced the Colorado Based feature comedy “Army & Coop.”