Six Filmmakers to Showcase Shorts at Inaugural DIRECTV 3D Film Invitational
June 27 2011 - 1:50PM
Business Wire
Six Hollywood filmmakers have been selected to showcase their 3D
talents during the 2011 DIRECTV n3D™ Film Invitational, Presented
by Panasonic. The films will premiere during the invitational on
July 20 at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. In
addition, two-time Emmy® Award-winning director and producer, Paris
Barclay (“Sons of Anarchy,” “NYPD Blue”), has signed on to be a
featured judge on the panel that will select the Invitational’s n3D
Excellence Award recipient.
The filmmakers were selected out of a pool of talented
individuals who presented an original, live action short film
concept that followed this year’s invitational theme of “Anything
is Possible,” to a panel of distinguished judges. The filmmakers
include:
- Kevin Brownridge – Kevin
Brownridge is a writer, producer and director who has worked on
shows such as “7th Heaven” for Paramount Television, as well as
other projects for Fox Searchlight, MTV Films, Nickelodeon, Big
Ticket Television. He will showcase the 3D short, “Super Temps,” an
action/comedy about a shy, introverted man who overcomes his fears
to get the girl of his dreams.
- Levi Holiman – Levi Holiman is a
writer, producer and director who has created dozens of
award-winning short films, including “All Good Things” and “Dark as
Day,” and is currently working on the documentary “Dirty Hands,”
which is being filmed in New Orleans and gives a detailed look at
the rebuilding of the city after Hurricane Katrina. Holiman will
present the 3D family drama “Nickel Ride,” which follows two
grandsons who must come to grips with the fact that their
grandfather is dying, and are determined to give him one last
adventure.
- Martin Kunert - Martin Kunert
(writer/director), and his filmmaking partner, Eric Manes
(writer/producer), are filmmakers who have created reality shows,
documentaries, dramatic TV, independent films and sold screenplays
to studios. They are known for creating innovative projects like
“Voices of Iraq,” a critically acclaimed documentary made by
sending 150 digital video cameras to Iraqis to film their own
lives. Their 3D short, “The Ripper,” is a steampunk take on
Victorian England; where following the murder of her sister by Jack
the Ripper, a young woman secretly hunts down and kills the
infamous serial killer.
- Ambika Leigh - Ambika Leigh is
an emerging filmmaker, with experience in the entire filmmaking
process. She has worked as a development executive, a freelance
editor, producer and videographer, and more recently as a director.
Her last short film, “Switchboard,” has recently started the
festival circuit and is already winning several awards. She will
showcase her 3D short, “Fetch,” an action/comedy starring Luci
“STEEL” Romberg (the number one female parkour runner in the
world), which features dueling apprentices, a trickster magician,
and a high-speed race for a latte.
- Vanessa Newell - Assistant
Professor Vanessa Newell is an award-winning writer, director and
editor, who also teaches film production and editing at Loyola
Marymount University. She has edited numerous documentaries that
have aired on network and cable television, as well as independent
features and many short films, including the Emmy-nominated film
“Sway.” As a writer/director, her short films have won awards and
screened at film festivals across North America and Europe. Newell
will feature the 3D short, “Hazelwood,” a wacky horror/comedy about
a genetically altered lab rat that is accidentally let out of its
cage.
- Monica Sender - Monica Sender is
currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts at the USC School of
Cinematic Arts with an emphasis on directing. At USC, she was
selected to direct a school-financed short film “You Kill Me,”
which recently played in the Belgrade International Film Festival,
and will be screened at the 33rd Moscow International Film festival
this month. Sender will showcase the 3D short “The Boy and the
Officer” a dramatic film set during WWII that navigates questions
of morality and survival through the eyes of a child and a German
officer.
“As an avid consumer of 3D film, I’m incredibly excited to see
what these filmmakers have up their sleeves,” said Barclay. “They
represent the future of our medium – and while storytelling will
never go out of style, great storytelling with compelling images
you can all but touch is the wave of tomorrow.”
“This is an extremely talented group of filmmakers who blew us
away with their innovative presentations during the pitch session,”
said Chris Long, senior vice president, DIRECTV Entertainment and
Production. “3D is still a growing medium and it is filmmakers like
these who are going to continue to push this category forward and
provide a compelling 3D product that will increase adoption and
deliver a quality 3D viewing experience in the home. We are honored
to have renowned director and producer Paris Barclay help us judge
the final films and we can’t wait to share them with 3D viewers
across the country.”
“Training and equipping such gifted storytellers with
Panasonic’s latest professional 3D video cameras and reference
monitors will help to further demonstrate the rich potential that
3D offers for the realization of the director’s vision,” said
Eisuke Tsuyuzaki, Chief Technology Officer of Panasonic Corporation
of North America. “As consumer adoption of 3D TV grows steadily,
the value of 3D as a powerful and easily accessible tool for
filmmakers of every stripe is becoming more and more apparent.
Panasonic is proud that these new 3D films will premiere in the
2011 DIRECTV n3D™ Film Invitational Presented by Panasonic, and we
are confident they will further accelerate the growth of the film
community’s interest in 3D entertainment for the home and
cinema.”
The selected filmmakers were given the opportunity to train on
the latest 3D equipment from Panasonic, participated in
Technicolor’s renowned 3D Master Class training and received
funding from DIRECTV and Panasonic to create their 3D short films.
The winner of the Invitational’s n3D Excellence Award will receive
$25,000, and Technicolor will also present an additional filmmaker
with a 3D Technical Achievement Award and $5,000. In addition to
the event at the Paley Center for Media, the films will premiere on
DIRECTV’s exclusive 3D channel, n3D™, powered by Panasonic, this
fall.
The use of the Paley Center’s facilities does not constitute
endorsement by the Paley Center of any views expressed during this
event.
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