2011 Big Island Film Festival Workshops

Naketha Mattocks – “Inside Pitch” - Saturday, May 14, 2011, 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Naketha Mattocks, producer, and former head of development at Larger Than Life, the production company of Oscar nominated writer/director Gary Ross (HUNGER GAMES, SEABISCUIT, PLEASANTVILLE) and producer Allison Thomas (TALE OF DESPEREAUX, SEABISCUIT).

Prior to joining Larger Than Life, Naketha was an executive at Paramount Pictures where she oversaw the development and production of films that include CHARLOTTE’S WEB, GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN’, ELIZABETHTOWN and COACH CARTER.

Prior to Paramount Pictures, Naketha was the VP of Development at Baltimore/Spring Creek Pictures, the partnership between Oscar winning director Barry Levinson (YOU DON'T KNOW JACK, WAG THE DOG, RAINMAN) and Emmy Winning producer Paula Weinstein (RECOUNT, BLOOD DIAMOND, PERFECT STORM).

Naketha started her career in long-form television at Patchett-Kaufman Entertainment and was a reader for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Her first industry job was as a Human Resources Coordinator at CBS Television City. She graduated from Emerson College.

 

 

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Ron Osborn – “It’s Alive: Breathing Life into Your Characters” - 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m

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A writer/producer with partner Jeff Reno, Ron started out in half-hour sitcom and then went to hour-long comedy for three seasons on Moonlighting where he was nominated for 4 Emmys, a Humanitas, and a Writers Guild Award. Other hour-long shows include Cupid and The West Wing, where he was nominated for his second Writers Guild Award. He has done numerous feature rewrites, including The Flintstones, and feature originals such as Meet Joe Black. His spec solo feature Visitation has been optioned and he has just adapted the supernatural novel The Elementals for The Orphanage. His favorite job in 27 years of writing was as co-creator, head writer and executive producer on 70 episodes of the animated show Duckman, starring Jason Alexander, which was nominated for 2 Emmys and 3 Cable Ace awards.

Ron received the Big Island Film Festival Golden Honu Award for Screenwriting in 2009 and has been a cherished member of the BIFF Ohana ever since.

 

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