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IIFF Los Angeles Film Financing Townhall (October 2009): Networking & Education for Filmmakers & FinanciersThursday, October 29, 2009 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PT)Santa Monica, CA |
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IIFF/LA Townhall Meeting at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica –
Where Film & Finance Meet to Succeed Together
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*** Don't miss IIFF's other upcoming events in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York ***
The Los Angeles chapter of the Institute for International Film Financing (IIFF) continues its popular series of monthly gatherings at the junction of film & finance with a special Film Financing Townhall in Santa Monica. Our friends at Writers Boot Camp (WBC) are hosting us in their state-of-the-art facilities, conveniently located in Santa Monica's Bergamot Station complex.
This "grassroots" community get-together is designed to foster & inform productive relationships between attending professionals and to provide unbiased insight & education about the business of film (and film financing in particular). The event features a powerful roster of highly topical speakers from the filmmaking and financial industries. We are delighted to welcome real-world financiers among our guests for the evening!
IIFF's one-of-a-kind mission is to sustainably expand the scope & appeal of film financing, and to do so for the benefit of the public at large. True to our proven motto of "democratizing film financing," IIFF's regular Townhall Meetings bring together a wide array of professionals from relevant backgrounds in film, finance and beyond for a vibrant evening of insightful presentations and speeches, inspiring discussion and focused networking. Past meetings (e.g.: January '08 Bay Area Townhall in San Francisco, CA, January '08 Los Angeles Townhall in Venice, CA & January '08 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan | December '07 Bay Area Townhall in San Francisco, CA, December '07 Los Angeles Townhall in Santa Monica, CA, December '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan & December '07 New England Townhall in Providence, RI | November '07 Bay Area Townhall in San Francisco, CA & November '07 New England Townhall in Norwalk, CT | October '07 Los Angeles Townhall in Santa Monica, CA, October '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan & October '07 New England Townhall in Boston, MA | September '07 Los Angeles Townhall in Santa Monica, CA & September '07 New England Townhall in Norwalk, CT | August '07 Los Angeles Townhall in Santa Monica, CA & August '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan | July '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan & July '07 Los Angeles Townhall in Santa Monica, CA | June '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan | May '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan & May '07 Bay Area Townhall in Mountain View, CA | April '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan & April '07 Bay Area Townhall in San Francisco, CA | March '07 New England Townhall in Stowe, VT, March '07 Bay Area Townhall in San Rafael, CA & March '07 New York Metro Townhall in Manhattan | February '07 Townhall West in San Francisco, CA & February '07 Townhall East in New York City | January '07 Townhall in Santa Cruz, CA | December '06 Townhall East in New York City & December '06 Townhall West in San Francisco, CA | October '06 Townhall in New York City | September '06 Townhall in Oakland, CA | July '06 Townhall in Palo Alto, CA | June '06 Townhall in San José, CA | May '06 Townhall in San Francisco, CA | April '06 Townhall at Stanford business school) have reliably delivered useful insights into the business of film, provided valuable networking opportunities, and managed to draw large and enthusiastic crowds.
Who should attend? Entrepreneurs, technologists, attorneys, bankers, investment managers, venture capitalists and other non-film professionals are cordially invited to learn more about independent film. Are you considering taking an active role in film or would you like to expand your current involvement? Don't miss this opportunity to connect with the like-minded… Established and aspiring filmmakers are, naturally, more than welcome to join us as well!
The evening's five seven presentations plus panel discussion will address key issues relevant to filmmakers, financiers, and anyone interested in the economics, business mechanics, and financial dynamics of film. They will be followed by Q&A time. Attendees will also have ample opportunity to interact & network with our distinguished presenters and panelists and amongst themselves.
An informal après-meeting celebration will take place at an area restaurant.
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The event will be moderated by Jeremy Juuso (bio), a Harvard-educated film finance consultant who specializes in creating business plans that aid in the financing of multi-million-dollar movies. Through his consulting firm Jeremy Juuso Consulting, he also serves as financial advisor to filmmakers and investors. Moreover, Jeremy authored the new book "Getting the Money: A Step-by-Step Guide for Writing Business Plans for Film" and publishes "The A.K.A. Report," a quarterly analysis of the theatrical market for indies. (more)
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Writers Boot Camp (WBC)
Bergamot Station Arts Center
2525 Michigan Avenue, Building I
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Map: Get a map of WBC at Bergamot Station from Ask, Google, MapQuest, Windows Live or Yahoo. Alternatively, see the map on WBC's website.
Driving directions: Our venue can be easily reached from nearby Santa Monica Freeway (I-10). Please find detailed directions to WBC at Bergamot Station on our host's website. Personalized driving directions can be obtained from the above-listed online mapping services; simply follow the link of your choice and enter your start address where required.
This month's Film Financing Townhall is graciously hosted by Writers Boot Camp (WBC), a leading screenwriting workshop and career development program headquartered in Los Angeles.
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6:45-7:00 PM ... Sign-In, Kick-Off & Welcome
7:00-8:00 PM ... Four Featured Presentations with Q&A (4x 15 mins)
8:00-8:15 PM ... Networking Break I (15 mins)
8:15-9:00 PM ... Three Featured Presentations with Q&A (3x 15 mins)
9:00-9:15 PM ... Networking Break II (15 mins)
9:15-10:00 PM ... Moderated Panel Discussion with Q&A (45 mins)
10:00+ PM ... Community Time at Area Restaurant
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Our confirmed speakers so far include…
– Randy Mendelsohn, Esq., President & CEO at financing boutique Atomic Finance & Capital; Founder/Principal at law firm with emphasis on movie & TV finance, production, distribution & talent agreements; clients include financiers, distributors, sales agents, management companies & filmmakers; arranges financing for movie & TV production, acquisition, distribution & marketing; represented banks, funds & investors providing funding for 100+ movies … (more)
– John Cones, Esq., leading securities/entertainment attorney & author of "43 Ways to Finance Your Feature Film"; advises film, video, TV & theater producers about investor financing of entertainment projects & business start-ups; helped prepare business plans or required securities documents for 250+ such offerings for feature film development deals, production & completion funds, along with documentaries, music projects & TV pilots … (more)
– Bruce Bartlett, veteran literary agent with 15+ years of experience, MBA from UCLA & extensive relationships with studios, producers & financiers; VP at Beverly Hills-based literary boutique Above The Line Agency; reps film & TV writers, directors & producers; sells feature film scripts & clients' services to all industry levels; fmr. Sales Director at Independent Advantage Financial, serving as investment advisor & leading sales team of 20 … (more)
– Elsa Ramo, Esq., successful indie producer & entertainment attorney representing corporate clients as well as filmmakers, agents & managers; Founder & Attorney at own Beverly Hills-based law firm focusing on legal services to financiers, producers & other creatives (e.g., "Loaded," "Alone in the Dark II," "Gene Generation"); Producer of "In NorthWood," "A Woman Called Job," "Heckler," "Hack!," "The Last Sentinel," "Cult," "Ghost Game" … (more)
– Jeremy Juuso, Harvard-educated film finance consultant; specializes in creating film business plans & advising both filmmakers & movie investors; author of new book "Getting the Money: A Step-by-Step Guide for Writing Business Plans for Film" & "The A.K.A. Report" (quarterly analysis of theatrical market for indies); financial advisor to Fly High Films; previously performed investor-database construction & treasury analysis for MGM; etc. … (more)
– Jon Reiss, award-winning independent filmmaker who produced & directed 3 feature films; named one of "10 Digital Directors to Watch" by Daily Variety; Director & Producer of "Bomb It" (2007); Writer & Director of "Better Living Through Circuitry" (1999) featuring Moby; Writer, Director & Producer of "Cleopatra's Second Husband" (1998); Director of numerous music videos for Nine Inch Nails, The Black Crowes, Danzig, Slayer & Kottonmouth Kings … (more)
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– Randy Mendelsohn, Esq. (topic): Mr. Mendelsohn is President and CEO at financing boutique Atomic Finance & Capital as well as the Mendelsohn Law Office, a full-service transactional entertainment law firm that specializes in high-level, complex entertainment, banking, business and international law with a particular emphasis on motion picture and television finance, production, distribution and talent agreements. Throughout his legal career, Mendelsohn has developed a practice specializing in the structuring, negotiating, strategizing and documenting of all types of transactions pertaining to the entertainment industry on behalf of financiers, distributors (both foreign and domestic), television broadcasters, production companies, foreign sales companies, management companies, actors, rights holders, writers, directors and producers in the U.S. and Europe. Mendelsohn has formed Atomic Finance & Capital to make use of his vast resources and relationships in a non-legal context with applications inside and outside of the entertainment business. With the help of strategic partners, he has arranged financing for various business projects including projects related to the entertainment business (motion picture and television production, acquisition and prints and advertisements for theatrical release) and others outside of the entertainment business (hospitals, schools, sports venues, casinos and the construction of various real estate projects). Mendelsohn has extensive experience in film financing, having represented banks, funds and investors providing funding for over 100 pictures. He has also been an internationally featured speaker at entertainment industry and film financing panels and symposiums for the Beverly Hills Bar Association and in Los Angeles, Cannes, Park City, San Juan and Warsaw. »
– John W. Cones, Esq. (topic): Mr. Cones is a leading securities/entertainment attorney who has practiced in Los Angeles and area for eighteen years, advising independent feature film producers and others on matters relating to investor financing of feature films and other entertainment projects. He has prepared or participated in the preparation of business plans and/or the required securities disclosure documents, along with Blue Sky compliance, for more than 250 such offerings during his eighteen-year securities law career, including public and private production-money offerings for feature films, television pilots, documentaries, infomercials, live stage plays and Internet companies. Cones' clients have produced or distributed some fifty feature and documentary films with funds raised through such offerings. Other such offerings have been conducted for development, packaging and completion funding. In a broader sense, Cones also works with entrepreneurs on the investor financing of business startups. He has lectured more than 350 times to an aggregate audience of approximately 5,400 on topics relating to film finance and distribution for the American Film Institute (AFI), the UCLA graduate-level Independent Producers Program, UCLA Extension, the USC Cinema/TV School, the USC Cinema/TV Alumni Association, IFP/West, American University (Washington, DC), the Nashville Bar Association, Cal Western School of Law, the University of Texas Entertainment Law Institute, North Carolina School of the Arts, California Lawyers for the Arts, Columbia College Hollywood and other film industry organizations. In addition to several articles, Cones has authored six books on those same topics including "Introduction to the Film Industry: A Guide for Students, Filmmakers and Scholars", "Dictionary of Film Finance and Distribution: A Guide for Independent Filmmakers", "Film Industry Contracts", "43 Ways to Finance Your Film: A Comprehensive Analysis of Film Finance", "The Feature Film Distribution Deal: A Critical Analysis of the Single Most Important Film Industry Agreement" and "Hollywood Wars: How Insiders Gained And Maintain Control over the Film Industry". He also hosts an online discussion forum about investor financing of entertainment projects and maintains a website for his law practice. Cones is a member of the California and Texas Bar Associations. He resides in Westlake Village, CA. »
– Bruce Bartlett (topic): Mr. Bartlett is a seasoned literary agent with over fifteen years of experience. As Vice President at Above The Line Agency (ATLA) in Beverly Hills, he deals with attachments of feature film writers and directors to some of Hollywood's top studios. ATLA represents writers, directors and hyphenate actors, works primarily in motion pictures, but also provides services in television, books and other media. Bartlett is always looking for writing talent. He is especially interested in "writers who have already had some success, understand the business, have been represented by the big agencies (been lost there) and have realized that is not the place for them." Previously, Bartlett worked as Assistant to the President of the Writers & Artists Agency, where he learned much of the literary trade. Prior to that, he cut his teeth in the financial world as Sales Director at Independent Advantage Financial, advising clients nationwide on fixed and variable annuity and income investments while overseeing a specialized sales team of about twenty. Bartlett recently completed the Executive MBA program at the prestigious UCLA Anderson School of Management. There, he received the Outstanding Student Service Award for recruiting five CEOs (including Fox Filmed Entertainment's Tom Rothman and Sony Pictures Entertainment's Michael Lynton) and General Wesley Clark to speak on the topic of leadership. Moreover, Bartlett successfully planned, implemented and helped execute a comprehensive business plan for an institute in Ghana that trains surgeons and nurses in the world's most advanced trauma care. He also participated in an International Studies program at London Business School and Shanghai's Fudan University. In 1993, Bartlett attended USC Graduate Film School but decided to leave the program, opting for the "earn while you learn" route instead. In 1987, he graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a B.A. in Business Economics and Political Science (double major), also attending the Senior Honors Seminar in Economics. »
– Elsa Ramo, Esq. (topic): Ms. Ramo is an entertainment attorney, representing many corporate clients as well as individual writers, directors, and producers in the entertainment industry. She graduated from University of San Diego School of Law, and began her career at Davis Dixon Kirby LLP as an associate establishing their Los Angeles Office. Ramo founded her own firm in 2005 on the Universal Studios backlot when approached by several clients who wished for her to handle their independent productions. Since then, her practice has successfully grown and is currently located in Beverly Hills. Ramo's specialties span the spectrum of entertainment legal needs: Corporate/Entity Representation, Contract Negotiation, Review and Drafting, Producer/Writer Representative Services, Trademark and Copyright filing and litigation, and Corporate Formations, Acquisition, and Mergers. The focus of her practice is to be a legal resource to film financiers, producers and other creative individuals in the film, music and television industries. Some of the projects Ramo has worked on include Weinstein's "Toxic" and "Suffering Fools," starring Alan Cummings and Anne Heche; "Across the Hall," starring Brittany Murphy; "Loaded," starring Jesse Metcalfe; Jamie Kennedy's documentaries "Unwashed" (featured on Comedy Central) and "Heckler" (released this year); the documentary "Border;" Sony Pictures' "Chasing Ghosts" with Michael Madsen; Lionsgate's "Gene Generation;" the horror sequel "Creepshow III;" the television series "The DL Chronicles" (featured on Here!); and "The Bridge to Nowhere," directed by Blair Underwood. »
– Jeremy Juuso (topic): Mr. Juuso is the author of the new book "Getting the Money: A Step-by-Step Guide for Writing Business Plans for Film" (Michael Wiese Productions, 2009) and writes "The A.K.A. Report," a quarterly analysis of the theatrical market for independent films. "The A.K.A. Report" is a unique, ongoing survey of funding sources, release patterns, festival debuts, budgets, distributor performance, sales representation, etc. for films in the domestic independent market. In addition to his work as an author and researcher, Juuso creates extensive business plans for the financing of multi-million-dollar films. He also serves as financial advisor to Fly High Films, an independent production company with seven feature films to its credit, mostly in the sub-million dollar budget range. His responsibilities at Fly High range from distribution negotiations to the drafting of film business plans. Juuso further advises filmmakers and movie investors through his consulting firm, Jeremy Juuso Consulting; through his guest blogging for Baseline Research, a division of Baseline StudioSystems; and through his articles written for Blogger News Network. Juuso graduated cum laude in economics from Harvard College. Upon graduation, he accepted a Harvard fellowship and taught economics at a prestigious British boarding school to students applying to Oxford and Cambridge. Since his arrival in Los Angeles, Juuso has worked at MGM's treasury and investor-relations departments (performing investor database construction and treasury analysis), the financial markets research firm Bigdough.com (now part of Ipreo Holdings), and Fly High Films. »
– Jonathan Reiss (topic): Named one of "10 Digital Directors to Watch" by Daily Variety, Mr. Reiss is a critically acclaimed filmmaker who has produced and directed three feature films, most recently "Bomb It" (Tribeca 2007), a documentary about graffiti, street art and the battle over visual public space throughout the world. Reiss won the Silver Jury Award at the Chicago Underground Film Festival for his 1999 documentary, "Better Living Through Circuitry," featuring world-renowned music superstar Moby. His first film, "Cleopatra's Second Husband," is a dark psychological drama that won Best First Feature at Cinequest before its U.S. theatrical release and subsequent DVD release by First Run Features. On the side, Reiss invented and teaches a course entitled "Real World Survival Skills for Independent Filmmakers." In it, he covers the practical/business aspects of filmmaking, from fundraising through distribution. As an award-winning music video director, Reiss has directed videos for Nine Inch Nails, The Black Crowes, Danzig, Slayer, and the Kottonmouth Kings. His "Happiness in Slavery" video for Nine Inch Nails won awards at the Chicago and San Francisco film festivals and was voted Top Ten by the Village Voice Critics Poll for Best Music Video. In 1995, the Toronto Film Festival curated a retrospective of music videos created by Reiss. His shorts screened at festivals throughout the world, including Sundance, Berlin, New Directors/New Films, Edinburgh and Chicago. Reiss received his MFA from the UCLA Film School. »
– Thomas Trenker: A Wall Street investment banker & Silicon Valley startup executive turned independent film financier, Mr. Trenker (LinkedIn profile | full bio) serves as Chairman of the Institute for Int'l Film Financing (IIFF), an innovative, independent social-impact organization that endeavors to bridge the gap between the worlds of filmmaking and finance for the benefit of all stakeholders, including the public at large. IIFF was founded in 2003 and incorporated in California as a not-for-profit, public benefit corporation. Headquartered in San Francisco, IIFF has active chapters in multiple cities across the U.S. and continues to grow and expand rapidly. Trenker is also Managing Director of FilmAngels, the world's first professional angel investor organization for film. Modeled after the way successful angel groups function in Silicon Valley, and adapted to the unique characteristics of the movie industry, FilmAngels focuses exclusively on the financing of independent films and film-related ventures. FilmAngels was founded by a group of accomplished Silicon Valley professionals with backgrounds in venture capital, investment banking, corporate law, real estate, software, and angel investing. The founding team developed the FilmAngels process and established the FilmAngels organization to address the unfilled need for a structured, highly efficient and, ultimately, more effective environment for the screening and financing of high-risk independent film projects. In addition to his leadership roles at FilmAngels and IIFF, Trenker organizes a variety of events and initiatives at the junction of filmmaking, entrepreneurship and venture capital. He is always on the lookout for worthwhile and intriguing new indie film projects that are seeking investor financing; don't hesitate to connect with him on LinkedIn or at an upcoming IIFF meeting.
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2525 Michigan Avenue
Building I at Bergamot Station
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Thursday, October 29, 2009 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PT)
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The Institute for International Film Financing (IIFF) is an innovative, independent social-impact organization that endeavors to bridge the gap between the worlds of filmmaking and finance for the benefit of all stakeholders – including the public at large.
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