dramedy She has a slate of television projects in play two threecamera sitcoms Malibu Wishes and My Wife My Fiancee amp Me and a onehour sci fi dramedy Time Tours Inc currently being packaged while Tim McGraw has one of her features under option ID: 275607
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Heather Hale has a dozen years experience as a Director, Screenwriter and Independent Producer. She is currently in soft prep on the next two features she will direct: 21 Hours, an action thriller and Queen of Harts, a drag queen
dramedy. She has a slate of television projects in play: two three-camera sitcoms Malibu Wishes and My Wife, My Fiancee & Me and a one-hour sci fi dramedy, Time Tours, Inc., currently being packaged while Tim McGraw has one of her features under option.Witness Insecurity, the Christian-themed mob thriller that Heather directed, produced and co-wrote, starred Edward Furlong (Terminator 2, The Green Hornet, CSI: NY), Ed Asner (Up, Lou Grant) and Meat Loaf (Fight Club, Rocky Horror Picture Show).In 2009, Heather directed, wrote and produced a one-hour drama pilot that starred Barbara Bain (Space 1999, Mission Impossible) and Carmen Argenziano (Stargate SG-1).
HEATHER HALE
director
writer
Producer
CLIP
OPENING CREDITS
Project List
HEATHER HALE
BIOSlide2
Project list
Hook, line &
sinker ($6m)Beyond mud & vines ($1.5m)
Star of south africa
($8m)
21 hours
($8m)Chaminade ($2.75m)
Crew list
Heather hale productionsSlide3
Director of photography
JOCHEN KUNSTLER
JIM ORR
EDITOR
Born and raised in Germany,
Jochen
Kunstler got his start at ZDF German Television in production management. He moved to Los Angles in 1997 for the Film, Television, Video and New Media program at UCLA Extension. After finishing the program, Jochen produced and directed the documentary Deeds not Words (1998) about the Wildlife Way Station in the Angeles National Forest, which aired on Discovery UK. Since 2000, Jochen has edited a variety of programs for Percy Adlon (acclaimed Director of Bagdad Café) and other Directors. Percy Adlon’s feature film,Mahler on the Couch, made its World Premiere at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival. The Hollywood Reporter prizes
Jochen’s editorial talent: “Benedict Neuenfels’ cinematography is lush and romantic, and Jochen Kunstler’s editing neatly entwines past and present.” Jochen was also praised for his work in Adlon’s feature film Hawaiian Gardens (2001), hailed as “a brilliantly edited real life drama” by The Hollywood Reporter after its premiere at the Munich Film Festival. Koenig’s Sphere (a documentary about sculptor Fritz Koenig in the aftermath of the attacks of September 11th) premiered at the Tribeca Film festival in2003 and will be part of the collection at the 9/11 Memorial. Jochen continues to refine and expand his expertise in new formats through work on narrative short films including No Destination, with John Savage (Method Fest 2007, Staten Island Film Festival 2007), and Innocence Remains, which premiered at Frameline 33 in San Francisco. He edited the Sony Web series Angel of Death, directed by Paul
Etheredge, which became the most watched program on Sony’s Crackle.com. Director of Photography: Jim OrrCredits include…..Fly BoysEscape to Grizzly Mountain
Witness InsecurityTV: Deadliest Warrior and Hacienda Heights
Demo reelSlide4
Line producer
Line Producer: Eve Honthaner's work on the monumental and iconic Titanic caused FOX to ask her to write the operations manual for their new Baja Studios, which turned into an Executive Production position at
Dreamworks that lasted 'til they split from Paramount. Eve also worked on Tropic Thunder and Just Married to name a few other high profile projects. Eve literally "wrote the book" on Line Producing as the author of The Complete Film Production Handbook (its 4th edition just came out last year) which is required reading at many film schools and production offices. She also wrote Hollywood Drive: What it Takes to Break in, Hang in & Make it in the Entertainment Industry, which Heather Hale is quoted in several times. Mrs. Honthaner also founded the non-profit Film Industry Network.1st AD: JERRAM SWARTZ has worked on many of the most iconic and successful entertainment products in Hollywood history, including E.T. – THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL and THE BLUES BROTHERS, as well as award-winning movies for television KENT STATE, 3: THE DALE EARNHARDT STORY and AMISH GRACE. As a continuously working member of the Directors Guild of America for the past thirty years, he has collaborated with A-list stars, directors and producers as senior member of the production team. He has worked on productions worldwide and throughout the United States.
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Eve
honthaner
Jerram
swartzSlide5
Casting director
Production designer
Gary
randall
Valerie
mCcaffrey
Ms. McCaffrey was Vice President of Casting at New Line Cinema for 6 years and before that, worked as Director of Casting at Universal Studios for 8 years.
Some of her recent credits include: American History X, Babe, Area 51, Hard Candy,
What the #$*! Do We Know!?,The Island of Dr. Moreau, Jaws: The Revenge and Witness Insecurity.
Gary has designed the “look” of more than 30 feature films and recently completed work on Girls, Girls, Girls, directed by award-winning actress Beth Grant. Gary began his career in the set lighting department at Warner Bros. and spent 14 years as a gaffer/electrician, with Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic Blade Runner as a notable credit. A chance meeting with producer Roger Corman led Gary to move from lighting to set design as head of the Concorde/New Horizon design department for over two years. He has gone on to work on projects for Showtime, HBO, Fox, MPCA and Playboy. He designed a celebrity poker show for “The Simpsons” creator Sam Simon, was hired by Ray
Manzarek of The Doors to create the visuals for the music video “L.A. Woman,” and assisted Renny Harlin by designing new scenes for Harlin’s The Covenant. Mr. Randall has been the production designer for over a hundred commercials and, with a crew of 50, turned the Hollywood Cinerama Dome into a gigantic hamburger for a McDonald’s spot. In 2005, he designed the set for the 75th anniversary of the Broadway play “You Can’t Take It With You,” directed by co-author Moss Hart’s son at The Geffen Playhouse. Gary and his wife Rochelle live on a ranch in Shadow Hills California. http://www.randalldesigns.com/Pages/Garysbio.htmSlide6
composer
Sean
fernald
Music supervisor
Stephen
marston
Credits: TV: The Amazing Race, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Ancient Mysteries, Entertainment Tonight, ABC Sports Special, The American Comedy Awards, General Hospital,
Houdini,etc
.), Witness Insecurityhttp://www.stephenmarston.com
Sean Fernald has fifteen years of major record label experience with MCA Records, Virgin Records, Capitol Records and Sony Music, specializing in visual marketing, music video (production and promotion) and music licensing for film. This has led to an ongoing association with the synergy of music and film, most recently working as a music supervisor on How To Rob A Bank produced by Arthur Sarkissian (Rush Hour), Bar Starz produced by Steve Perry (True Romance) and The Lather Effect produced by Eric Stoltz
(Pulp Fiction) and directed by Sarah Kelly (Full Tilt Boogie) among many others.Sean recently produced Red Velvet (2009), a horror-fantasy film, and is preparing Blood Oranges (2011), a dark horror comedy, andBloody Mary (2011) which is based on the famous urban legend. Sean is a voting member of NARAS, the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences, and serves as a consultant specializing in music, entertainment and conflict resolution (often times a good skill to have in the film industry!).Slide7
Costume designer
Pamela
williams
Script supervisor
Zohra
shahalimi
Pamela Denise Williams has worked on over 20 films in the last 6 years. She just finished a made-for-TV-movie, The Shunning, directed by Michael Landon Jr. . for the Hallmark Channel that starred Sherri
Stringfield
(ER). She script supervised five films in 2010 including: Witness Insecurity that starred Ed Asner, Meat Loaf and Edward Furlong; Miracle of Spanish Harlem starring Kate Del Castillo (Under the Moon, Weeds) and Tony Plana (Ugly Betty) and in 2009, she served as the 1st A.D. and Script Supervisor on Butterfly Rising for first-time Director, Tanya Wright, who plays Deputy Kenya Jones on HBO’s True Blood and Script
Spervisor on Occupancy,starring soap opera stars Van Hansis (As The World Turns) and Thorsten Kaye (One Life to Live).
Zohra Shahalimi's most recent credits include Stan Helsing directed by Bo Zenga and starring Leslie Nielson and Kenan Thompson
fromSNL
;
Kickin
' It Old
Skool
, Blonde and Blonder, Ogre and Pascal
Franchot's
Triple Dog. A costume designer for film and television,
Zohra
has an international background as a fashion designer, buyer, stylist, artist and entrepreneur. She graduated with honors from the acclaimed fashion school, LaSalle College in Montreal
whereafter
she won a coveted spot in the McCord Museum of Montreal's fashion show.
Zohra
coordinated Signature 96, the largest fashion show in Montreal showcasing over 170 fashion designers in a runway show. She also served as a buyer for North America for a large retail chain which gave her an incredible expertise in fabric, trends and commercial viability. Zohra has designed two lines of handbags herself: Zoozy, manufactured in Italy and Amuze, manufactured in Asia. On just her one year anniversary, she was nominated for Inspiration's "2002 Entrepreneur of the Year." Born into an affluent family in Kabul, Afghanistan,
Zohra grew up in the rarified world of politics and art. After the controversial death of her patriot father, she and her remaining family escaped the occupation of the Russian Communist regimes by trekking in disguise across back country roads and across mountains to the relative safety of Pakistan. Zohra speaks English, French, Dari and Urdu. An avid sky diver and martial arts practitioner, Zohra took second place in a professional east coast regional competition. Zohra is also quite the photographer and hopes to share her 20-year retrospective photos of the ruins left by the
Talibam. she divides her time between LA and Canada.Slide8
Make-up dept. head
Rita
parillo
Key hair stylist
Keith
sayer
Credit Highlights:
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Leatherheads, The
Happening,The Last of the Mohicans, Ladder 49, Glory Road, Iron Jawed Angels, The Dale Earnhardt Story, Witness Insecurity.
The Hangover, The Hangover Part II, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Made of Honor, Evan Almighty, Fun with Dick and Jane, Universal Soldier: The Return, TV: The District, Witness Insecurity.Slide9
Anne
marie
gillen
Anne Marie Gillen, CEO of Gillen Group, LLC is an independent Producer whose goal is to develop and produce commercially successful entertainment that expresses heart and enlightens the human experience. She is extensively experienced in motion picture and television development and has exceptional relationships with studios, international distributors, production and acting talent.Presently Anne Marie’s film slate includes the recently released Cabin 14 Production Into Temptation starring Kristin Chenoweth and Jeremy
Sisto; she is producing The Schwa Was Here based on the bestselling Young Adult novel written by Neal Shusterman and developing and producing Charlie’s Place with director Thomas Carter (Save the Last Dance, Coach Carter, Swing Kids).Ms. Gillen’s first book. the 3rd edition of The Producer’s Business Handbook, was recently released through Focal Press, co-branded with Variety.Gillen Group’s consulting division was established in July 2006 after purchasing Entertainment Business Group’s clientele and proprietary models and databases. The division’s motto is “Fusing Business and Creativity” and offers business planning, script analysis, worldwide distribution consultation and internal
greenlighting (project and/or film company cash flow projections) services to independent film producers and investors.Ms. Gillen is a lecturer and panelist and gives workshop seminars for such organizations as: International Institute of Film Financing (IIFF), Show Biz Expo, Screenwriters Expo, UCLA Film School, USC Film School, Chapman University, Act One Producer Program, Century City Chamber of Commerce Entertainment Symposiums, Independent Feature Project seminars in New York, Minneapolis and Cannes, France, California Lawyers for the Arts, Women In Film, and Playback.
From 2002 – May 2006, Anne Marie was consulting to Entertainment Business Group (EBG) as their President, Development & Production, an independent motion picture and television funding, global rights sales, research, analysis and business services entity.From 1996 – 2001, Anne Marie was the Chief Operating Officer of Morgan Freeman’s company, Revelations Entertainment. She led the company in the strategic financing and distribution of Revelations’ projects. During her tenure, Revelations Entertainment produced Along Came the Spider for Paramount; developed Port Chicago Mutiny for NBC Network; and developed, independently financed and produced Under Suspicion starring Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman for Sony Premiere DVDs/Lions Gate.Prior to her tenure at Revelations Entertainment, Anne Marie was co-founder and CEO of Electric Shadow Productions, and it’s Chair. Electric Shadow fully financed, and Anne Marie was the Executive Producer of its first feature, Fried Green Tomatoes which was released by Universal and starred Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy. This picture earned over $200 million worldwide and was nominated for two Academy Awards and three Golden Globes.She came to Electric Shadow Productions from Hemdale Releasing Corporation where she was Vice President of Acquisitions and Ancillary Sales. During her tenure,
Hemdale was one of the leading independent film companies producing such films as: Platoon winner of Best Picture and Best Director, Hoosiers, The Last Emperor winner of nine Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director and Screenplay. Slide10
Scott
rubenstein
Scott Rubenstein is the writer of 30 produced television shows. Story Editor forStar Trek: The Next Generation, 9 to 5, and Grand. A script consultant and lecturer, Scott is currently working on a German project to be filmed in Italy and a science fiction project that will not be filmed in outer space. In addition to his career as a writer, Scott is a licensed accountant who runs his own tax preparation company in Los Angeles. He is a Professor at California State University at Northridge as well as the University of Southern California. He was also chosen funniest accountant in Los Angeles. Scott was a STAR Speaker of Screenwriting Expo 2.
c.p.a.
Richard
freiman
Entertainment
attorney
Richard Freiman has worked in the industry as a writer/producer (WGA member), studio executive (Largo Entertainment), television executive (Lorimar Productions/Lawrence Gordon Productions) and entertainment attorney (licensed to practice law in California and New York). He teaches Entertainment Law at Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television and College of Business Administration and has also taught it at Chapman University’s Dodge School of Film and Media Arts.Slide11
21 hours
SMS LIMITED USA.com
STEVE SALEEN.comSYNOPSIS
VIDEO GAME SIZZLER
Film CompsDANNY (20s), a race enthusiast, is the first to buy the 2012 Saleen F-16, a Supercharged Dodge Challenger with F-16 fighter pilot seats. At its official press conference unveiling, Danny’s older brother BLAKE (30s), a retired racer now mechanic for
Saleen, shares some special upgrades to Danny’s custom car but is interrupted when their mom, MRS. MITCHELL (50s), calls and asks Danny to pick up their father, GENERAL MITCHELL (50s) at Edwards Air Force Base. This strikes both sons as odd because their mother has never missed picking their father up from a mission return.
Project List
SALEENS CONTRIBUTIONS
CAST IDEAS
VIDEO GAME SIZZLERSlide12
21 hours
Film comps
budget
$15M $70M $25M $85M $110M $125M
Box office
$74.3M
$238M
$283M
$360M$378M
$459M 2006 1990 1994 2009 2007 2011
Project List
WATERFALLSlide13
Hook, line & sinker
Film Comps
BISBEES.com
BLACK & BLUE
SYNOPSIS
Sports Romantic Comedy
The last single guy left standing lies to all his former drinking buddies that he’s got six months left to live in order to get them all to party with him “one last time” on a road trip down to Mexico for a Million-Dollar Marlin Fishing Tournament.
Project List
CAST IDEASSlide14
Hook, line & sinker
Film comps
budget
$26M $55M $40M $35M
Box office
$78.9M
$168M
$179M
$231M$283M
$462M 2009 1990 1991 2003 2005 2009
Project List
WATERFALLSlide15
Star of south
africaSYNOPSIS
Film Comps
An American Hip Hop star with a death wish born out of boredom headlines a peace concert in Africa in the midst of blood diamond violence and corruption only to fall in love with – and take a bullet for – his South African body guard who has more meaning in her life than she can handle, trying to protect her country’s
victimed
orphans.
Blood Diamond meets The Bodyguard
Project ListCAST IDEASSlide16
Star of south africa
Film comps
budget
$15M
$7M
$
100M $28M $80M
Box office$20.1M
$44M
$156M
$174M
$
224
M
$
411M
2010
2009
2006
2005
2010 1992
Project List
WATERFALLSlide17
BEYOND MUD & VINES
SYNOPSISFilm Comps
A 12-year-old girl escapes from child slavery and drunken, abusive parents in rural Puerto Rico in 1947 – and dares to return to save her siblings.
CAST IDEASSlide18
Beyond mud & vines
Film comps
budget
Box office
$1.01M
$2.22M
$6.16M
$6.2M
$8.4M$
44.2M 2005
2009 2002 2004 2007
2007
Project List
WATERFALLSlide19
chaminade
College Hoops. David slays the Giant. In 1982, Hawaii’s Division II community college shocked the sports world when they beat 7-foot Ralph Sampson and his #1 NCAA-ranked University of Virginia Cavaliers. Few people know the story behind The Greatest Upset Never Seen – and how they saved the school with this win. This is their story.[We Are Marshall meets Hoosiers]
SYNOPSISFilm Comps
GREATEST UPSET IN SPORTS HISTORY
Project List
CAST IDEASSlide20
chaminade
Film comps
budget
Box office
$
27.4
M
$42.6M$43.5M
$51.8M$64.4M
$67.3M 2000
2006 2000 2006
2004 2005
Project List
WATERFALLSlide21
21 hours
BACKPROPOSED CASTDANNY
BLAKE
AMIR
LARRY
GENERAL
MITCHELL
STAR TREK
ANTON YELCHIN
ROBERT PATTINSON
TWILIGHT
BEN BARNESCHRONICLES OF NARNIA
DEAR JOHN
CHANNING TATUM
KNOWING
LIAM HEMSWORTH
TYLER HOECHLIN
ROAD TO PERDITION
FAST & FURIOUS
ASSAF COHEN
ASHRAF BARHOM
THE KINGDOM
KHALED ABOL NAGA
CIVIC DUTY
CHRIS
ROCK
AARON
YOO
SARAH ROEMER
DAVID MORSE
WILLIAM FORSYTHE
MICHAEL BEIHN
SNL
DISTURBIA
DISTURBIA
GREEN MILE
THE ROCK
THE TERMINATORSlide22
HOOK, LINE & SINKER
BACKPROPOSED CASTZACK
AMELIA
MAXWELL
RICK
FATHER JUAN GRANDE
THE LINCOLN LAWYER
MATTHEW
McCONAUGHEY
RICK RAVANELLO
WITNESS INSECURITY
LUKE WILSON
OLD SCHOOL
THE BACKUP PLAN
KENNIFER LOPEZ
PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN
PENELOPE CRUZ
JESSICA ALBA
FANTASTIC FOUR
WEDDING CRASHERS
VINCE VAUGHN
MEATLOAF
WITNESS INSECURITY
TIM
McGRAW
THE BLINDSIDE
BRIAN
KRAUS
WILLIE
AAMES
BRADLEY COOPER
JOHN LEGUIZAMO
DON
NOVELLO
MARC
ANTHONY
WITNESS INSECURITY
EIGHT IS ENOUGH
THE HANGOVER
MOULIN ROUGE
SNL
MAN ON FIRESlide23
BEYOND MUD & VINES
BACKPROPOSED CASTSABINA
SALVADOR
GREGORIO
CARMELA
E
MELIA
BENJAMIN
BUTTON
ELLE
FANNINGCHIARAD’AMBROSIO
THE CLOSER
CAITLIN
CARMICHAEL
ZUMA CANYON
MAN ON FIRE
MARC ANTHONY
L.A.LAW
JIMMY
SMITS
GEAL GARCIA BERNAL
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
MOULIN ROUGE
JOHN
LEGUIZAMO
JAVIER BARDEM
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
SALVADOR
DEL SOLAR
AT MIDNIGHT
AND A HALF
CATALINA
SANDINO
MORENO
MICHELLE
RODRIQUEZ
KATE
DEL CASTILLO
KEIRA
PENA
SERENITY
MARTORELL
GISELLE
NIETO
MARIA FULL
OF GRACE
FAST AND FURIOUS
UNDER THE
SAME MOON
ALL Z SMALL THINGS
A BETTER
LIFE
WREAKSlide24
STAR OF SOUTH AFRICA
BACKPROPOSED CASTJORDAN
ANDRE
GARRETT
MALIK
JANE EYRE
ANNA
PAQUIN
MICHELLE
RODRIGUESFAST &
FURIOUSKATEBECKINSALE
UNDERWORLD
CROSSOVER
WAYNE
BRADY
JAMIE
FOXX
RAY
SAVING
PRIVATE RYAN
BARRY PEPPER
RICK
RAVANELLO
WITNESS INSECURITY
BRIAN
KRAUSE
WITNESS
INSECURITY
VING
RHAMES
MICHAEL CLARK DUNCAN
DON
CHEADLE
DJIMON
HOUNSOU
CHIWETEL
EJIOFOR
PETE
POSTLETHWAITE
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 3
GREEN MILE
HOTEL RWANDA
BLOOD DIAMOND
CHILDREN
OF MEN
INCEPTION
HASHIM
TRAINING DAY
SEAN
COOMBSSlide25
CHAMINADE
BACKPROPOSED CASTMARKRODRIGUES
COACHMERV LOPES
RICHARD
HAENISH
FATHER
RAYMOND ROESCH
RALPHSAMSON
PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN
SAM
CLAFLINLIAM
HEMSWORTHARABIAN KNIGHTS
ROBERT
PATTINSON
TWILIGHT
UP IN
THE AIR
GEORGE
CLOONEY
OCEANS
THIRTEEN
ANDY
GARCIA
RICK
FOX
HE GOT
GAME
ROME IS
BURNING
AL
HORFORDTRISTIN
WILDSEVERYBODYHATES CHRIS
MICHAEL
B JORDAN
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
CHRIS
COOPER
DAVID
MORSE
MARC
ANTHONY
LEBRON
JAMES
CHRIS
WARREN JR
GLENNDON
CHATMAN
ADAPTATION
GREEN MILE
MAN ON FIRE
THE LAST KING OF CLEVELAND
LOVE &
BASKETBALL
LOVE &
BASKETBALLSlide26
BEYOND MUD & VINES
BACKSlide27
21 hours
BACKSlide28
HOOK, LINE & SINKER
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STAR OF SOUTH AFRICA
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CHAMINADE
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21 hours
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