mishna wolff
This year’s lab projects includes Todd Rohal’s newest project after the DIY success of The Guatemalan Handshake, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s Allen Ginsberg project titled Howl, and Mishna Wolff takes her forthcoming book release (I’m Down) and makes a screenplay out of it. [1]
Originally from Seattle, Mishna Wolff now splits her time between New York and Los Angeles. [2]
Mikhanovsky’s first feature, Sonhos de Peixe (Fish Dreams), which features a non-professional cast and was shot in a small Brazilian fishing village, premiered in Critics Week at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prix Regards Jeune. [1]
But, whatever happened to one of the greatest guitar players of the century, I think it has something to do with the blonde. [3]
LOS ANGELES (RushPRnews012/15/08-’ Sundance Institute has selected twelve projects for the annual January Screenwriters Lab, to be held January 9-14, 2009 at the Sundance Resort in Utah. [...] “We are pleased to bring together such a diverse and singular group of writers and writer/ directors for the January Screenwriters Lab,” said Michelle Satter, Director of the Feature Film Program. [...] The Screenwriters Lab is a five-day writer’s workshop that gives independent screenwriters the opportunity to work intensively on their feature film scripts with the support of established writers in an environment that encourages innovation and creative risk-taking. [2]
Elgin James (writer)/UNTITLED ELGIN JAMES PROJECT, (U.S.A.): A homeless teenager on the streets of Boston gathers a crew of throw-away kids to battle drug dealers and inner city gangs with a pact to help the less fortunate. [...] (Sundance Film Festival, 1992); The Celluloid Closet (Sundance award winner, 1995, Emmy Award for Directing); and Paragraph 175 (Sundance 2000 Directing Award). [...] Raised by two folklorists in Queens, New York, Benh Zeitlin is a director, animator, and composer for the Court13 coterie. [...] Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2009: #91. [...] Carlos Contreras (writer/director)/ON SPEAKING TERMS (Mexico): The existence of a rare indigenous language is threatened with extinction when the last two practitioners have a fight and refuse to speak to one another. [1]
METAL METAL AND MORE METAL THEN DOUGHNUTS Stand-up Dates coming up******* LA-March 30 HIGH TIMES SHOW Hollywood Improv Melrose and Kilkea. [...] Okay, I know after a stint with Deep Purple things can get… Weird. [3]
One week before the masses descend upon Sundance’s 25th, a dozen projects will get combed over by some people not wearing white coats — the Screenwriters Lab matches future voices of cinema with contemporary folk who’ve paved the way before them. [1]
Sources:
[1] IONCINEMA.com: We heart subtitles
[2] SUNDANCE INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES TWELVE FEATURE FILM PROJECTS FOR JANUARY …
[3] Mishna Wolff and the Guitar Solo Preservation Society: 07/30/06