Media Nights, Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Date and time
Location
Description
Note: Seating begins at 5:30pm. The event begins at 6:30pm sharp. Please arrive no later than 6:00pm.
Program:
6:30-7:30pm: Screening of excerpts from Source of Pride: The Making of ‘Pride and Glory’ (Dir: Stephen Earnhart, 2009)
7:30-8:15pm: Presentations by Stephen Earnhart, Nancy Schafer and Chris Langer
8:15—9:15pm: Q&A with the presenters about jobs in production, moderated by Prof. Patkanian
Speaker Bios:
STEPHEN EARNHART has more than twenty years experience in the entertainment industry. As Director of Production for Miramax Films, Stephen oversaw all aspects of production internationally and in the US for such films as "Madonna: Truth or Dare," Neil Jordan's "The Miracle," and Bill Duke's "A Rage in Harlem." Stephen also worked several seasons on Saturday Night Live and produced music videos for David Byrne's Luacabop Label and The Who, among others. Stephen’s critically acclaimed documentary "Mule Skinner Blues" has been distributed by Sundance Channel. He has also written/directed/produced a multimedia adaptation of Haruki Murakami's international best-selling novel, "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle."
Nancy Schafer is a producer who works in independent film. Schafer ran the Tribeca Film Festival from inception until July 2012, a period of eleven years. She was the Executive Director of Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) and the Executive Vice President of Tribeca Enterprises (TE). Prior to joining Tribeca, she created and ran the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW Film) in Austin, Texas for eight years. Schafer has worked on several films including two from director John Sayles (Sunshine State, Limbo); two from director Robert Byington (Olympia, Shameless) and began her film production career on The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
CHRIS LANGER is a multimedia artist and a co-founder and president of Operation:CMYK, a Webby award winning media arts company that has created cross platform online architecture for over a hundred clients, incl. the high profile pharmaceutical company Brainlab; the award-winning industrial design group ECCO for Panasonic; television journalist Farnoosh Torabi, as well as infamous Mario Batali. Chris exhibited his own creative work at Monkey Town, Irondale Center, Lincoln Center, and the Barysnikov Arts Center. Chris holds Master’s from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) with a focus in interactive narratives and geo-specific experiences.