An interview with Dana about her illness, symptoms & battle to be diagnosed with Lyme Disease. Story by Ryan Lessard for The Hippo, Manchester, NH, April 4, 2018, Page 7.
New Website Launch:
Confessions of a Chocoholic -
a site dedicated to helping those newly diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis (IC)
For those newly diagnosed
with Interstitial Cystitis (IC),
chocolate cake is no longer
a luxury we can afford. *Sigh*
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See that cake? That chocolate cake with "Happy Birthday Dana" written on it? That was my birthday cake two years ago.
It's called an Opera Cake by the neighborhood bakery that creates it. It's called absolutely delicious by everyone I've ever shared it with. And I can no longer eat it. Join me on my journey as I chronicle my path as a chocoholic who can no longer eat chocolate because of a little-known illness that once had some of my caregivers baffled. Though there is no known cure yet for Interstitial Cystitis (IC), nor is there a known cause, sticking to a rigorously controlled diet helps control my symptomatic flares. Also helping to control my uncomfortable, painful, and life-limiting symptoms are things such as yoga, meditation, physical therapy, medical attention, acupuncture, counseling, chiropractic care, and more, all of which I will be addressing on my new website in due time.... So if you, a loved one, a friend, or a patient is suffering from conditions that include a painful bladder and point to possible IC, please feel free to share this site with them. I hope it helps in some small way, or at least gives them a first step toward taking back their daily and nightly lives. |
NHFF Screenplay Competition Grand Prize Winner to Receive Weeklong Writer’s Residency at Fabulous Star Island Retreat Center!
Celebrated Author Joyce Maynard to serve as Grand Prize Judge
Portsmouth, NH – The New Hampshire Film Festival (NHFF) is pleased to announce that in addition to the existing prize package, the Grand Prize Winner of the NHFF Screenplay Competition will now receive an all-inclusive weeklong writer’s residency at the Star Island Family Retreat and Conference Center.
Thanks to a generous sponsorship package offered by Star Island Corporation, this year’s top screenwriter and a guest will receive room, board, and ferry transportation to Star Island, which sits among the Isles of Shoals in the ocean off the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire.
“We are pleased to partner with the film festival, and intend for this to be an annual commitment to NHFF and the beginning of a long tradition,” said Vicky Hardy, Chief Executive Officer for Star Island Corporation.
The festival, which runs the weekend following Columbus Day every year (this year: Oct. 11-14), is committed to supporting the art of filmmaking, which includes what is often the first step in a film: the screenplay. Founded in 2001, NHFF began as a small, grassroots organization to support local, regional, and student filmmakers. It now holds a place as a viable and recognized festival that showcases the brightest talent on the international film festival scene.
In addition to the already generous weeklong package at Star Island, the writer and a guest will receive a lobster dinner, internet access, parking at the secure dock in Portsmouth, NH, a $100 gift certificate to the retreat’s snack bar, plus massages for two. The residency’s Saturday to Saturday dates are to be worked out between the winning scribe and Star Island staff, something that this year may have to be scheduled for the 2013 summer season since the Center closes in mid-September, just as the judging process concludes.
Selecting this year’s Grand Prize Winning Writer is noted author Joyce Maynard, who will join attendees in Portsmouth at the October 11-14, 2012 festival. A native of Durham, NH, and a longtime resident of Hillsboro and Keene, NH, Maynard has also been a Writer-In-Residence on Star Island with the Southern New Hampshire University MFA program. She first rose to national attention with the publication of her 1973 New York Times cover story, "An Eighteen Year Old Looks Back on Life," when she was enrolled as a freshman at Yale.
Since then, Maynard has been a reporter and columnist for the The New York Times; a syndicated newspaper columnist whose “Domestic Affairs” column appeared in more than 50 papers nationwide; a regular contributor to National Public Radio (NPR) and national magazines, and a performer with “The Moth” in New York City. She is also a fellow of the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, NH.
Maynard is the author of fourteen books, including the best-selling memoir, At Home in the World, which has been translated into fifteen languages. Her novel To Die For was adapted by Buck Henry for the award-winning film of the same name, starring Nicole Kidman and directed by Gus Van Zant in 1995. Maynard's novel Labor Day, a story with a New Hampshire setting, was adapted for the screen by Jason Reitman, who is also directing the film, starring Josh Brolin and Kate Winslet.
The mother of three grown children (all proud New Hampshire natives), Maynard has taught at writing programs around the country, and she runs workshops in both fiction and memoir. Her newest novel, still unnamed, is due out in the summer of 2013; Maynard is currently adapting it for film.
Both NHFF Executive Director Nicole Gregg and NHFF Screenplay Competition Director Dana Biscotti Myskowski of Green Chair Pictures are thrilled to be working with Joyce Maynard and with Vicky Hardy of the Star Island Corporation to bring screenwriters this incredible offer. The deadline to enter this year’s NHFF Screenplay Competition through Withoutabox has already passed; however, you can enter next year. Thank you, and good luck!
Thanks to a generous sponsorship package offered by Star Island Corporation, this year’s top screenwriter and a guest will receive room, board, and ferry transportation to Star Island, which sits among the Isles of Shoals in the ocean off the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire.
“We are pleased to partner with the film festival, and intend for this to be an annual commitment to NHFF and the beginning of a long tradition,” said Vicky Hardy, Chief Executive Officer for Star Island Corporation.
The festival, which runs the weekend following Columbus Day every year (this year: Oct. 11-14), is committed to supporting the art of filmmaking, which includes what is often the first step in a film: the screenplay. Founded in 2001, NHFF began as a small, grassroots organization to support local, regional, and student filmmakers. It now holds a place as a viable and recognized festival that showcases the brightest talent on the international film festival scene.
In addition to the already generous weeklong package at Star Island, the writer and a guest will receive a lobster dinner, internet access, parking at the secure dock in Portsmouth, NH, a $100 gift certificate to the retreat’s snack bar, plus massages for two. The residency’s Saturday to Saturday dates are to be worked out between the winning scribe and Star Island staff, something that this year may have to be scheduled for the 2013 summer season since the Center closes in mid-September, just as the judging process concludes.
Selecting this year’s Grand Prize Winning Writer is noted author Joyce Maynard, who will join attendees in Portsmouth at the October 11-14, 2012 festival. A native of Durham, NH, and a longtime resident of Hillsboro and Keene, NH, Maynard has also been a Writer-In-Residence on Star Island with the Southern New Hampshire University MFA program. She first rose to national attention with the publication of her 1973 New York Times cover story, "An Eighteen Year Old Looks Back on Life," when she was enrolled as a freshman at Yale.
Since then, Maynard has been a reporter and columnist for the The New York Times; a syndicated newspaper columnist whose “Domestic Affairs” column appeared in more than 50 papers nationwide; a regular contributor to National Public Radio (NPR) and national magazines, and a performer with “The Moth” in New York City. She is also a fellow of the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, NH.
Maynard is the author of fourteen books, including the best-selling memoir, At Home in the World, which has been translated into fifteen languages. Her novel To Die For was adapted by Buck Henry for the award-winning film of the same name, starring Nicole Kidman and directed by Gus Van Zant in 1995. Maynard's novel Labor Day, a story with a New Hampshire setting, was adapted for the screen by Jason Reitman, who is also directing the film, starring Josh Brolin and Kate Winslet.
The mother of three grown children (all proud New Hampshire natives), Maynard has taught at writing programs around the country, and she runs workshops in both fiction and memoir. Her newest novel, still unnamed, is due out in the summer of 2013; Maynard is currently adapting it for film.
Both NHFF Executive Director Nicole Gregg and NHFF Screenplay Competition Director Dana Biscotti Myskowski of Green Chair Pictures are thrilled to be working with Joyce Maynard and with Vicky Hardy of the Star Island Corporation to bring screenwriters this incredible offer. The deadline to enter this year’s NHFF Screenplay Competition through Withoutabox has already passed; however, you can enter next year. Thank you, and good luck!
News Archive:
"Our Father's Dairy" (a.k.a. "Plowing Up a Snake") Named a Top 20 Semi-Finalist in 2012 ShoreLine Screenwriting Competition
Summer 2012 - Green Chair Pictures is pleased to announce the selection of Dana Biscotti Myskowski's feature-length screenplay, Our Father's Dairy, as a Top 20 Semi-Finalist in this year's ShoreLine Screenwriting Competition. The screenplay, which was previously named to the Top 50 Quarter-Finalist Round, will continue to the next round of juried competition in the U.K.-based contest.
Our Father's Dairy, based on the novel Plowing Up A Snake by Concord, NH writer and professor Merle Drown, examines a small town murder and its cover up by the town's residents. Myskowski was drawn to the true crime aspect of the story that to this day remains officially unsolved.
The novelist’s father witnessed the dumping of the body into a section of the Connecticut River that divides Vermont from New Hampshire. But the story jumps off from there to explore the fictional account of the widow and of the dead man’s cousin as they painstakingly uncover the truth. What does that knowledge do to a person? What will they do armed with what they know?
“The result may shock some,” Myskowski said of her screenplay that deviates somewhat from the novel’s ending. Myskowski had hoped to produce the film earlier this year, but an illness ground her plans to a halt. She entered the screenplay into the ShoreLine Competition because of the organization’s commitment to help pair screenplay projects with the most suited producers. “I’d just like to see this project come to fruition, even if I’m not the one to drive it to the finish line.”
While a gifted director and two talented members of the Screen Actors Guild have expressed enthusiastic interest in the script, financing and a producer capable of taking up the project fulltime remain the current obstacles. “The fact that the judges at ShoreLine have connected with the story this far tells me that I am on the right track,” Myskowski said.
Visit ShoreLine Screenwriting Competition to see the complete list of Semi-Finalists and Quarter-Finalists.
Our Father's Dairy, based on the novel Plowing Up A Snake by Concord, NH writer and professor Merle Drown, examines a small town murder and its cover up by the town's residents. Myskowski was drawn to the true crime aspect of the story that to this day remains officially unsolved.
The novelist’s father witnessed the dumping of the body into a section of the Connecticut River that divides Vermont from New Hampshire. But the story jumps off from there to explore the fictional account of the widow and of the dead man’s cousin as they painstakingly uncover the truth. What does that knowledge do to a person? What will they do armed with what they know?
“The result may shock some,” Myskowski said of her screenplay that deviates somewhat from the novel’s ending. Myskowski had hoped to produce the film earlier this year, but an illness ground her plans to a halt. She entered the screenplay into the ShoreLine Competition because of the organization’s commitment to help pair screenplay projects with the most suited producers. “I’d just like to see this project come to fruition, even if I’m not the one to drive it to the finish line.”
While a gifted director and two talented members of the Screen Actors Guild have expressed enthusiastic interest in the script, financing and a producer capable of taking up the project fulltime remain the current obstacles. “The fact that the judges at ShoreLine have connected with the story this far tells me that I am on the right track,” Myskowski said.
Visit ShoreLine Screenwriting Competition to see the complete list of Semi-Finalists and Quarter-Finalists.
Short Film “Figments of a Father” to be Filmed in New Hampshire
Jaffrey, NH Filmmaker Kyle Turgeon to Direct
Peterborough, NH – Things aren’t always what they seem. So the main character of Turgeon’s short screenplay Figments of a Father discovers.
The script features a young man on the brink of revolutionizing the world with his groundbreaking business idea, something that would effectively eliminate financial ruin for all. During his stay at a luxury hotel to meet with investors, however, he discovers that things aren’t what they seem, and neither is he.
Turgeon began his filmmaking journey as a teen working on the feature film Sensation of Sight produced by Either/Or Productions, which eventually led to his study of writing and directing at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Most recently Turgeon worked in the art department in both New Hampshire and Los Angeles on the Joss Whedon feature film In Your Eyes.
Producing Figments of a Father is Peterborough resident Susan Tinkham of Maywood Productions, who has worked in the film industry for seven years, including the art departments of such films as Sensation of Sight, In Your Eyes, and Crooked Lane. The co-founder of the New Hampshire Society of Female Film Artists, a.k.a. Granite SoFFA, Tinkham is also co-producing The Point, a short film to be shot on Block Island, R.I. next year.
Turgeon and Tinkham have launched a fundraising campaign through Kickstarter, a crowdfunding website that enables contributions anywhere from $5 to $2,000 and offers rewards for each level of contribution. The promotional video and additional information about the campaign can be found at the Kickstarter page & at the film's website.
Peterborough, NH – Things aren’t always what they seem. So the main character of Turgeon’s short screenplay Figments of a Father discovers.
The script features a young man on the brink of revolutionizing the world with his groundbreaking business idea, something that would effectively eliminate financial ruin for all. During his stay at a luxury hotel to meet with investors, however, he discovers that things aren’t what they seem, and neither is he.
Turgeon began his filmmaking journey as a teen working on the feature film Sensation of Sight produced by Either/Or Productions, which eventually led to his study of writing and directing at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Most recently Turgeon worked in the art department in both New Hampshire and Los Angeles on the Joss Whedon feature film In Your Eyes.
Producing Figments of a Father is Peterborough resident Susan Tinkham of Maywood Productions, who has worked in the film industry for seven years, including the art departments of such films as Sensation of Sight, In Your Eyes, and Crooked Lane. The co-founder of the New Hampshire Society of Female Film Artists, a.k.a. Granite SoFFA, Tinkham is also co-producing The Point, a short film to be shot on Block Island, R.I. next year.
Turgeon and Tinkham have launched a fundraising campaign through Kickstarter, a crowdfunding website that enables contributions anywhere from $5 to $2,000 and offers rewards for each level of contribution. The promotional video and additional information about the campaign can be found at the Kickstarter page & at the film's website.
WITHOUT RAIN Selected as Feature Finalist in 2012 Bare Bones International Film & Music Festival’s Script-to-Screen Competition
Spring 2012 - Green Chair Pictures is pleased to announce the selection of Dana Biscotti Myskowski's feature-length screenplay, WITHOUT RAIN, as a Top 12 Feature Finalist in this year's Bare Bones International Film & Music Festival’s Script-to-Screen Competition. The screenplay will be stage read before an audience during this year's festival, which runs April 13-22 in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
A former Oklahoma resident, Biscotti Myskowski set her edgy dramatic thriller in her prior residence of Stillwater. The main character grows from a write-what-you-know background as she deals—or doesn't deal so well—with a decade-old rape. Jumping off into "What-if?" territory, Biscotti Myskowski's character Alexandra "Alex" Mills must learn to trust others or die trying as her best friend is raped and left for dead by the man who once attacked Alex.
The story begins with a prison break from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, known to locals as “Big Mac.” Treated to an unforgettable experience of the Big Mac Prison Rodeo as a teenager, Biscotti Myskowski found herself returning to the impressive structure in the writing process. “About the same time a real life jail break occurred from there, so I counted the unfortunate coincidence as a sign that I was on the right track with my story,” she said.
The story is set against the backdrop of the rodeo life, featuring barrel racing and bull riding events. Biscotti Myskowski’s family’s small Stillwater ranch bordered land owned by a woman in town who barrel raced and boarded her horses there. Watching her neighbor race her horses around the barrels inspired the character of Alex’s best friend, Clarise.
Her other neighbors were only known to her by reputation; the family allegedly raised illegal fighting cocks. “The fear associated with my neighbor’s place made its way into my story, taking on a face and name in my antagonist,” she said.
Biscotti Myskowski, who has not visited Oklahoma since graduating high school, hopes to attend part of the Bare Bones International Film & Music Festival, which has been named one of the Top Ten Festivals by Livability.
A former Oklahoma resident, Biscotti Myskowski set her edgy dramatic thriller in her prior residence of Stillwater. The main character grows from a write-what-you-know background as she deals—or doesn't deal so well—with a decade-old rape. Jumping off into "What-if?" territory, Biscotti Myskowski's character Alexandra "Alex" Mills must learn to trust others or die trying as her best friend is raped and left for dead by the man who once attacked Alex.
The story begins with a prison break from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, known to locals as “Big Mac.” Treated to an unforgettable experience of the Big Mac Prison Rodeo as a teenager, Biscotti Myskowski found herself returning to the impressive structure in the writing process. “About the same time a real life jail break occurred from there, so I counted the unfortunate coincidence as a sign that I was on the right track with my story,” she said.
The story is set against the backdrop of the rodeo life, featuring barrel racing and bull riding events. Biscotti Myskowski’s family’s small Stillwater ranch bordered land owned by a woman in town who barrel raced and boarded her horses there. Watching her neighbor race her horses around the barrels inspired the character of Alex’s best friend, Clarise.
Her other neighbors were only known to her by reputation; the family allegedly raised illegal fighting cocks. “The fear associated with my neighbor’s place made its way into my story, taking on a face and name in my antagonist,” she said.
Biscotti Myskowski, who has not visited Oklahoma since graduating high school, hopes to attend part of the Bare Bones International Film & Music Festival, which has been named one of the Top Ten Festivals by Livability.
“To the Power of YOU!” wins its category at
New Media Film Festival in San Francisco
Autumn 2011 - “To the Power of YOU!” – the public service announcement (PSA) created for Big Sisters of Rhode Island in the inaugural 7DayPSA Competition hosted by FLICKERS – took top honors in the category Trailers (which also included other shorts) at the New Media Film Festival’s San Francisco screening on November 5, 2011.
The PSA, which has aired in the Rhode Island market since winning first place in last year’s inaugural 7DayPSA Competition and which was Emmy-nominated earlier this year, screened before a receptive crowd at the city’s historic Landmark Lumiere Theatre.
“It’s been the ‘little engine that could’ for us,” said Dana Biscotti Myskowski, producer and creative director of Green Chair Pictures, who entered the New Hampshire-based team Smoky Quartz Productions in the inaugural competition in January 2010.
“It was fun to hear the audience ohh and ahh when ‘Purple Girl’ appeared on the screen,” Biscotti Myskowski said, describing the moment when one of the youngest of the 40 actors dressed in a plush purple warm-up suit appears in a close-up shot about half way through the minute-long piece.
It took Biscotti Myskowski several seconds to process that her team’s PSA had been announced during the awards ceremony presided over by New Media Film Festival Founder and Director Susan Johnston. “I wasn’t surprised that our piece resonated with the judges, but I didn’t realize it was in juried competition,” Biscotti Myskowski said.
The PSA was conceptualized, written, produced, and edited in seven days, in the competition that pairs filmmakers with charitable organizations in regional and state contests. The National 7DayPSA Competition, conceived of by Rhode Island actor and Emmy-winning writer Duncan Putney, has been expanding each year to include more areas of the country.
In addition to its overall awards for best piece, the PSA has also been awarded three individual prizes, presented to some of the creative minds behind the short: Adam Jones was recognized as Best Director at the inaugural competition; Gary Anderson received the Best Cinematographer award; and Best Editor went to Marc Dole.
The PSA, which has aired in the Rhode Island market since winning first place in last year’s inaugural 7DayPSA Competition and which was Emmy-nominated earlier this year, screened before a receptive crowd at the city’s historic Landmark Lumiere Theatre.
“It’s been the ‘little engine that could’ for us,” said Dana Biscotti Myskowski, producer and creative director of Green Chair Pictures, who entered the New Hampshire-based team Smoky Quartz Productions in the inaugural competition in January 2010.
“It was fun to hear the audience ohh and ahh when ‘Purple Girl’ appeared on the screen,” Biscotti Myskowski said, describing the moment when one of the youngest of the 40 actors dressed in a plush purple warm-up suit appears in a close-up shot about half way through the minute-long piece.
It took Biscotti Myskowski several seconds to process that her team’s PSA had been announced during the awards ceremony presided over by New Media Film Festival Founder and Director Susan Johnston. “I wasn’t surprised that our piece resonated with the judges, but I didn’t realize it was in juried competition,” Biscotti Myskowski said.
The PSA was conceptualized, written, produced, and edited in seven days, in the competition that pairs filmmakers with charitable organizations in regional and state contests. The National 7DayPSA Competition, conceived of by Rhode Island actor and Emmy-winning writer Duncan Putney, has been expanding each year to include more areas of the country.
In addition to its overall awards for best piece, the PSA has also been awarded three individual prizes, presented to some of the creative minds behind the short: Adam Jones was recognized as Best Director at the inaugural competition; Gary Anderson received the Best Cinematographer award; and Best Editor went to Marc Dole.
What’s Next? Moving the Screenplay
Forward into Development & Production
a New Hampshire Film Festival Panel Discussion
Friday, October 14
4-6 pm, Portsmouth, NH
Friday, October 14
4-6 pm, Portsmouth, NH
Autumn 2011 - Join us for a lively panel discussion that examines the life of a screenplay. How do you move the printed pages from your computer screen to the big screen? Who helps in the successful navigation in that development? Should you do it yourself? What do you do when you’re not sure what the next step is? These and many more questions will be tackled by the five panelists.
Buzz McLaughlin is an independent feature film producer and partner in Either/Or Films (www.eitherorfilms.com) that produced THE SENSATION OF SIGHT starring Academy Award nominee David Strathairn. He is in development with Either/Or Films’ next feature SOMEPLACE LIKE AMERICA. A writer of many plays and screenplays, including Sister Calling My Name that won the National Play Award, Buzz also wrote the best-selling book The Playwright’s Process and has worked with hundreds of emerging and established writers in theatre and film as a dramaturg, teacher, and consultant. He holds a Ph.D in dramatic literature, taught scriptwriting as Playwright-In-Residence for many years at Drew University, founded the Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, and currently runs a script consulting service (www.buzzmclaughlinscripts.com). His blog on scriptwriting can be found at www.buzzmclaughlinscripts.blogspot.com.
Marty Soltys is Founder, Chairman and CEO of TransMedia Entertainment Partners, Ltd. He works with and invests with entrepreneurs, producers, writers, directors, and designers of video game, mobile and web applications to create and develop TransMedia Storytelling. Marty's film & television academic background and experience is as a screenwriter, executive producer, producer, partner, and consultant. He's been a script reader for American Zoetrope and acted as a funding intermediary for the feature films FRANKIE & ALICE and CELL 213. He serves as an Ivey Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Richard Ivey School of Business and holds an MFA in Film & Television from UCLA. His full bio is available as a link located at the Richard Ivey School's website: http://www.ivey.uwo.ca/nvp/Entrepreneurs_In_Residence(EIR).htm.
Ross Thomas is the director, editor and producer of Anywhere But Here, a current NHFF short film, and winner of the 2010 Steeltown Film Factory screenwriting competition. His experience as an independent filmmaker is in using new technologies to produce and raise funding for his work. Ross is also a motion graphics artist, working with independent filmmakers to provide titles and effects for their films. His most recent work includes Almost There, Sentenced Home, and The Rape of Europa. He can be found at http://www.rossthomas.tv and at http://www.anywherebutherefilm.com/.
Kevin O’Malley is this year’s Grand Prize winner of the NHFF Screenplay Competition. His Coming of Age script, Bananafish Sandwich, is a quirky, heart-felt portrayal of teen ingenuity and determination. His short script, The 254 Year Old Boy, was a finalist selection in this years’ IFFF. He wrote and produced a documentary video on Life Magazine’s millennium issue entitled, Deconstructing Life. His documentary film, From the Other Side of the Desk, was featured as a teaching video for California Association of Independent Schools teachers. He has been the editor and production coordinator of the series, Speaking of Movies, with interviewer Jason Rietman (director of Juno and Thank You for Smoking). Kevin has taught film production and still photography at the Harvard-Westlake School in California since 1979, and has taught at the university level and at workshops across the country.
Dana Biscotti Myskowski, Emmy-nominated producer, screenwriter, professor, playwright, and mom, produced the film UNWOUND with Granite Creek in September as part of the Producers Guild of America's Weekend Shorts Competition to benefit the Debra Hill Fellowship. She is in development on the feature PLOWING UP A SNAKE and she is co-producing THE POINT with Maywood Productions in June 2012. Her TV series THE PROVIDER has been optioned, and she will be writing remaining episodes and co-producing the series with colleagues at a713production and TransMedia Entertainment. She can be found at www.greenchairpictures.com and one night a week teaching screenwriting at New England College this semester.
SoFFA Speak:
Granite Solid Advice on Film Production
Presented by SNOB Film Festival
Hosted by Granite SoFFA - The NH Society of Female Film Artists
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2:30 - 4:15
Following the NH Film & TV Office's Roundtable Event
Red River Theatres, Concord, NH
Please join us for a discussion on the behind-the-scenes nature of film production with panelists:
Boyd Hancock has more than 10 years experience as a literary agent. Working at three well-renowned Hollywood agencies, she developed a roster of writers and directors working in both features and television. Through her Boston-based production company, Hancock produced the independent feature film, The House of Usher, distributed by ThinkFilm and starring Izabella Miko (Clash of the Titans), Austin Nichols (One Tree Hill) and Beth Grant (No Country For Old Men). Maintaining close contact with studios and production companies on both coasts, her current focus is script consultation. She holds a Bachelor’s in English and a Master’s in Finance. http://www.onlinescriptconsultant.com/Home.html
Karlina Lyons began her career as a Development Assistant at CineTel Films in Los Angeles in 1997. In 1998 she relocated to New York City where she spent eight years in the International Production Department of Sesame Workshop. In 2005, Karlina returned to her native New England where she became a Consulting Producer for the Cambodian Educational Media Initiative (CEMI), a partnership between WGBH and the global NGO World Education. Karlina’s work with CEMI included producing Cambodian versions of Sesame Street and Peep and the Big Wide World. Karlina currently works as a Producer at Hatchling in Portsmouth, NH. She also works as a freelance producer, credits including Mito-Kids: Documenting Life, Dark Scribbles and Hosed. www.hatchling.com
Dorothea Daniel grew up in New England. When done with College, she packed up her Honda and headed to Hollywood. She took on small jobs as a PA, Runner, Photographer's Assistant, Roadie and Performance Artist until she landed a job at Lost Planet Editorial. Lost Planet was a boutique commercial post-production house on Melrose Avenue (the heart of Hollywood). From there she worked at Paskal, Todd-AO, Digital Magic (a 4 Media Company) and Silverlight Studios. Some positions held were Quality Control, Post Production Technician, Post Production Supervisor, Talent Handler and Producer. At these companies she worked on Television Programs, Feature Films and Commercials for all the major studios in California. Now Dorothea Daniel is the co-owner of Glass and Gear Photographic and Entertainment Equipment Rentals here in NH. http://www.glassandgear.com
Dana Biscotti Myskowski, screenwriter, producer, professor, playwright, and mom, is producing a short film with Team Granite Creek Sept. 23-25, 2011; the feature Plowing Up A Snake in early 2012, and she is co-producing The Point with Maywood Productions in June 2012. Her TV series The Provider has been optioned, and she will be writing remaining episodes and co-producing the series with colleagues at a713production and TransMedia Entertainment Corp. She can be found at www.greenchairpictures.com and one night a week teaching screenwriting at New England College this semester.
Hosted by Granite SoFFA - The NH Society of Female Film Artists
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2:30 - 4:15
Following the NH Film & TV Office's Roundtable Event
Red River Theatres, Concord, NH
Please join us for a discussion on the behind-the-scenes nature of film production with panelists:
Boyd Hancock has more than 10 years experience as a literary agent. Working at three well-renowned Hollywood agencies, she developed a roster of writers and directors working in both features and television. Through her Boston-based production company, Hancock produced the independent feature film, The House of Usher, distributed by ThinkFilm and starring Izabella Miko (Clash of the Titans), Austin Nichols (One Tree Hill) and Beth Grant (No Country For Old Men). Maintaining close contact with studios and production companies on both coasts, her current focus is script consultation. She holds a Bachelor’s in English and a Master’s in Finance. http://www.onlinescriptconsultant.com/Home.html
Karlina Lyons began her career as a Development Assistant at CineTel Films in Los Angeles in 1997. In 1998 she relocated to New York City where she spent eight years in the International Production Department of Sesame Workshop. In 2005, Karlina returned to her native New England where she became a Consulting Producer for the Cambodian Educational Media Initiative (CEMI), a partnership between WGBH and the global NGO World Education. Karlina’s work with CEMI included producing Cambodian versions of Sesame Street and Peep and the Big Wide World. Karlina currently works as a Producer at Hatchling in Portsmouth, NH. She also works as a freelance producer, credits including Mito-Kids: Documenting Life, Dark Scribbles and Hosed. www.hatchling.com
Dorothea Daniel grew up in New England. When done with College, she packed up her Honda and headed to Hollywood. She took on small jobs as a PA, Runner, Photographer's Assistant, Roadie and Performance Artist until she landed a job at Lost Planet Editorial. Lost Planet was a boutique commercial post-production house on Melrose Avenue (the heart of Hollywood). From there she worked at Paskal, Todd-AO, Digital Magic (a 4 Media Company) and Silverlight Studios. Some positions held were Quality Control, Post Production Technician, Post Production Supervisor, Talent Handler and Producer. At these companies she worked on Television Programs, Feature Films and Commercials for all the major studios in California. Now Dorothea Daniel is the co-owner of Glass and Gear Photographic and Entertainment Equipment Rentals here in NH. http://www.glassandgear.com
Dana Biscotti Myskowski, screenwriter, producer, professor, playwright, and mom, is producing a short film with Team Granite Creek Sept. 23-25, 2011; the feature Plowing Up A Snake in early 2012, and she is co-producing The Point with Maywood Productions in June 2012. Her TV series The Provider has been optioned, and she will be writing remaining episodes and co-producing the series with colleagues at a713production and TransMedia Entertainment Corp. She can be found at www.greenchairpictures.com and one night a week teaching screenwriting at New England College this semester.
