Come join us for an amazing RLS Alumni panel and celebratory networking event with lots of great industry, filmmakers, drinks and more!
This evening, you will hear about all of the incredible projects that have been created by RLS alumni - from feature films, television shows, web-series, books, etc. These panelists are doing "it" and will share all about their journey. Come network and get inspired!
Being a great actor is no longer great enough. You have to have slashes. You have to create ownership. You have to be self-determined, use your relationship map and have evidence of your talent. To do this, you must develop a skill-set. Richard Lawson Studios is the training ground to expand all of these things and more for yourself as an artist.
SCOTT ASHBY
- Created and hosted a show that the History channel has picked up, called Forgotten Wars.
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BRENDON CONNOR
- Directed THE SINS OF DEACON WHYLES starring JACKEE HARRY released in Walmart & Amazon
- Starred, co-wrote, co-produced, co-edited and directed the Horror Comedy trailer I KILLED LAST NIGHT
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EXPERIMENT in TORTURE (2007)
Released thru LIONSGATE
I co-wrote, starred, second unit director & produced
EXPERIMENT IN TORTURE TRAILER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhl1nIg1oXc
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30 DAYS TO DIE
premiered at American Film Market 2009 & sold overseas
co-edited, starred, second unit director & produced
30 DAYS TO DIE TRAILER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHkCVumBip8
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I KILLED LAST NIGHT
I co-wrote, co-edited, co-starred, produced & directed
I KILLED LAST NIGHT (93 SEC TRAILER) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ttzjVjS
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LESLIE DURSO
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GRIFF FURST
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SHANE JOHNSON
- Booked guest star roles on Criminal Minds and Castle.
- Produced and Starred in the feature film, Death Everlasting.
- Shot lead in the film being distributed by Anchor Bay, The Possession of Michael King.
- Shot a cameo in Hot Guys with Guns and a lead role in the TV movie, Shadow on the Mesa.
- Shane is currently writing two scripts "Mr. Kidd" and "Wrong".
- As a team, we have several projects at different stages of development: There Can Be Only One - Game show, Still Kicking – A Reality Docu-series (Just attached Debbie Reynolds), NutJobs - animated series conceived, written, animated and voiced characters. Cast includes Tom Kenny (spongebob), Greg Grunberg, Kevin Pollak, Illeana Douglas, Keili Lefkovitz. And Have Boobs Will Travel - comedy travel show starring Keili and Greg Grunberg.
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VICTOR KELSO
- Has a reoccurring roles on Southland, Jane by Design and on iCarly.
- Additionally, he has a web-series, Borderline Coyotes, that he created, produced, directed and starred in.
- http://www.victorkelso.com
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KEILI LEFKOVITZ
- Booked and shot Pain and Gain, with Mark Wahlberg.
- Produced and Starred in the feature film, Death Everlasting.
- Booked and filmed two more feature films, Welcome, sinners and Hot Guys with Guns.
- As a team, we have several projects at different stages of development: There Can Be Only One - Game show, Still Kicking – A Reality Docu-series (Just attached Debbie Reynolds), NutJobs - animated series conceived, written, animated and voiced characters. Cast includes Tom Kenny (spongebob), Greg Grunberg, Kevin Pollak, Illeana Douglas, Keili Lefkovitz. And Have Boobs Will Travel - comedy travel show starring Keili and Greg Grunberg.
- Additionally, Keili is one of 3 gal pals who hosts a podcast called "Not Your Mother's Podcast".
- She is a regular contributor and Guest on a Goggle + series and Keili has recently narrated 2 best sellers for Simon & Schuster
http://www.amazon.com/The-Unidentified-Redhead/dp/B00DWGBBL6/ref=tmm_aud_title_0
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http://www.amazon.com/The-Redhead-Revealed/dp/B00EFDNPV4/ref=pd_sim_b_1
- Video of Keili on Red Carpet for Pain and Gain
https://vimeo.com/65681336
(password: RedCarpet)
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ANGELA MATEMOTJA
- Has directed two films, The Untimely Concurrence and One Moment Please...
- This year, she guest starred on the television shows, Don’t trust the B----in apartment 23, the New Normal, Castle and Save me.
- Additionally, she is in the new Tyler Perry movie, Single Mom’s Club.
- “Studying with Richard helped propel an entire new career for me. The timing of this is quite profound, as in September I will be shooting the final part of my feature film, which is based on my personal monologue film I created in Richard's class years ago.”
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NICK McCALLUM
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ROGER NARAYAN
- Project: CLAY
Festivals/Screenings:
- Cannes Film Festival 2013 Court Metrage
- 3rd i SF International South Asian Film Festival
- Indianapolis International Film Festival
- Asian Film Festival of Dallas
- Columbus International Video + Film Fest (Honorable Mention)
- Winter Film Awards (NYC)
- AFI World Fest (The Hamptons)
- http://www.roger-narayan.com
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LEE NESTOR
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DOUG SPEARMAN
- Hot Guys with Guns, feature, is premiering at Lincoln Center in New York on September 20th. The film is also in 56 festivals all over the planet - from Paris, France, to Cape Town South Africa.
- My production company is in pre-production with our next feature film, Welcome, Sinners, which stars Darryl Stephens, Scott Bailey, Keili Lefkovits (RLS), Adam Klesh, Richard Lawson(RLS) and Steven Bowman. We start shooting in November 2013 in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and New York.
- On the strength of my relationship with our distributor and the quality of the script and cast attached to Welcome, Sinners, Wolfe Releasing has already given us a signed Letter of Intent to Distribute.
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JESSE WARREN
- As the writer/director most known for creating Sony's award-winning web-series, THE BANNEN WAY, which won some pretty sweet awards, including 'Best Series' and 'Best Directing'. Yeehaw! You can find it online at www.Crackle.com, or watch the feature version at Blockbuster or on Netflix. Or check out clips from my reel below.
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JEAN CAROL
- WON A SAG AWARD for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - ARGO
- Co-Producer/Actor on completed short film The Show which premiered September 5th at Film Slam in Santa Clarita
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DAVID M. EDELSTIEN
- Castlevania-Hymn of Blood (Web series)
- Hot Guys with Guns (Feature)
- I Killed Last Nite (comedy)
- Atropa (Sci-fi Space Thriller)
- I Made Spoken Reasons Famous (Youtube)
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KEVALENA EVERETT
- I booked a recurring guest star for a major Network PILOT titled “SMH”.
- I booked and shot a Conair commercial.
- I booked a role for a Dir. Debbie Allen Table read for a studio feature film cast by casting director Phaedra Harris.
- I co-produced and starred in a comedy webseries titled “Livin N Noho” directed by Eric Waters.
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YOLANDA FELTON
- I booked and shot an U/5 on General Hospital by using the RLS Subtees process to prepare.
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VERNETRA GAVIN
- Currently in a play "Mid Summer Night's Dream”
- Co-Produce a web series titled, "Quipid"
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GABI HABUSH
- I starred in the Hollywood Fringe festival in an experimental performance piece called “HerSheMe”.
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TAYLOR HAWTHORNE
- Immediately after taking Richard Lawson Studio Commercial class with Trainer Dan Warner I went out on my first commercial audition and did not get a call back but instead was put on avail.
- I booked and shot a PSA.
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LINDSEY HOPPER
- Immediately after taking Richard Lawson Studios Commercial class with trainer Dan Warner I was put on avail for a national commercial.
- Just signed with a voice-over agent.
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ROBIN KARFO
- With the RLS community as an artistic and practical foundation beneath me - I am able to keep pushing forward with my original purpose as an artist and keep my eyes on what's ahead of me. I have been acting professionally for over 30 years but within Richard's studio I have been guided to push forward into unknown territories - film making and storytelling from both sides of the camera - writing, shooting, directing, editing, acting, producing, etc. My infiltration into these new disciplines is empowering me and reigniting my vision and appetite as an artist. The rest is gravy.
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JENNA LEE
- Most recently, using Richard's teaching on story, I've been very inspired to expand my artistry to include writing a new screenplay. I have joined a fine group of writers and have been working hard to complete my first draft. The feedback I've been getting is really fantastic. Everyone has been telling me they Love my voice and my odd little story, and that I write like a director. And so I will be directing my second scene in class soon, with extremely gifted actors, and I cannot wait. In the past, I've produced and acted in my own SAG short film.
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LES MAHONEY
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JORGE ORTIZ
- I got signed across the board with The Wayne Agency on August 22nd. Being represented as an actor for film, TV and commercials.
- My TV series, Chris/tina, has screened this year in film festivals in LA, NYC, Minnesota and Washington, D.C. I recently had a fantastic pitch meeting at Youtube on August 28th.
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BETH PENNINGTON
- I attended a casting director workshop with Toby Guidry (The Hobbit, Flight, last Night) I used the cold read subtees process to prepare for 10 minutes and following the scene Toby simply said “No Notes”.
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JENNIFER RENEE
- I produced, wrote and starred in a webseries titled “Quipid” that was birthed in Richard Lawson Studios PDP 1.0
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TANAYI SEABROOK
- I co –produced two corporate videos for the Metro won Hermes Ad awards. We were awards the Hermes creative award in two categories 1. Government communication video campaign and, 2. Video for the web campaign.
- I booked and shot a Sears commercial and while on set was asked to shoot 2 more spots.
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K.C. STERLING
- I had a director request straight to 3rd callback and chemistry read for a national commercial and booked 3 other national commercial campaigns (Kellogg's, Dairy Queen and Nissan).
- Shot a cameo role in the feature film, Hot Guys with Guns.
- Short film I was in Gwyndor, won the audience choice award at the Hollyshorts Film festival.
- A web-series called Cost of Capital I was in is shooting season 2 and my character is re-occouring.
- I booked and shot a leading role in short film titled "Life and Times of Rodney Banks Filmed by Forgotten Pig Productions.
- I directed another short film titled "Jokes on You" filmed by Forgotten Pig Productions.
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KELLY TIGHE
- Kelly Tighe just signed with the Bobby Ball Agency.
- She has joined SAG and booked two National Commercials since studyding at RLS.
- This year she and her classmate Danny Love created a video "Shit White Mom's Say" that reached over one million views on Youtube.
- She also directed the music video 'My Heart Cries" for R&B singer Karyn White. She is beginning the amazing task of shooting 12 short films in 12 months with her PDP class.
- She also continues to have huge wins in scene study class. "I am doing scene work that pushes me closer to the artistic boundaries i've always wanted to break as an actress. It feels incredible to break them and to be in such a supportive and safe space. It's inspiring to have a place to come each week and watch other courageous actors take such huge risks in their art."
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_S6cyIj2A
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MARY THOMPSON
- I just shot a web series promo at Sony Studios with Doris Roberts and Mitch Hara.
- Just shot a commercial for Hobizbo with her niece Kelly Tighe directed by Nicholas Lam.
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DAN WARNER
- I booked and shot a national “Century 21” commercial that ran during super bowl.
- I booked and shot a possible recurring role on TV show “Vegas”.
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KIM YARBOURGH
- I booked a recurring role on Haunted Hathaways and a role on Southland.
- I toured for six months with the play “One Night with Janis Joplin” I played the role of “Blues Singer” at the Pasadena Playhouse, Milwaukee Repertory Theater and The Arena Stage in Washington, DC.
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