Rex Sikes' Movie Beat

DP & Camera Operator Pete Biagi Upcoming LIVE 11 am ET, 10 am CT, 8 am PT Thursday September 17. More info will be forthcoming so stay tuned to Rex Sikes’ Movie Beat. Pete’s creditts: A Prairie Home Companion(2006), Noir Productions. Director: Robert Altman, Dp: Ed Lachman, Camera Operator: Pete Biagi. Garrison Keillor, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Lindsay Lohan, Kevin Kline, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly & Woody Harrelson pack a wallop on the last day of the famous radio program. Clairmont/Sony HD-SR. El Cartel(2008), Twilight Entertainment. Director: Brian J. Bagley, Dp: Pete Biagi. Executive Producer: Rick Porras. Drug tale featuring prominent Mexican Novella actors in American film aimed at Mexican-American audience. Sony HD. The Company(2003), Marly Pictures/Killer Films. Director: Robert Altman, Dp: Andrew Dunn. Camera Operator: Pete Biagi. A year in the life of the Joffrey Ballet - Chicago with Neve Campbell, Malcolm McDowell and James Franco. Panavised HD. Under New Managem

Scott Rosenfelt is one of Hollywood’s most successful independent producers. On the strength of such films as Smoke Signals, Home Alone, Mystic Pizza, Teen Wolf and Extremities, Scott has garnered international acclaim and recognition. Home Alone is one of the highest grossing films of all time, and has generated over $1 billion worldwide. Smoke Signals was the winner of the Audience Award and the Filmmakers Trophy at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, Mystic Pizza launched the career of Julia Roberts and went on to critical and commercial success, while Teen Wolf, starring Michael J. Fox, was the highest grossing independent film of 1985. Extremities garnered international critical and commercial acclaim as well. Mr. Rosenfelt is in post-production on Coming & Going, an independently financed film starring Rhys Darby, Sasha Alexander and Fionnula Flannagan, written and directed by Edoardo Ponti. He is also in production on the documentary, The Evil Tongue. With his production company, PicturePlay Films, Mr

Peter Marshall and I continue our conversation on duties and responsibilities of 1st Assistant director in preproduction and on the set. Preparing the breakdown, how to breakdown script, scheduling, creating the oneliners, blocking, and so much more. Peter takes us on a nuts and bolts look into movie making from someone critical to the production. Peter has had a 35-year career & has worked as a PA, dolly grip, electrician, assistant cameraman, commercial production manager, first assistant director, TV series creative consultant, television producer & director. He has worked on industrial films, documentaries; television commercials, music videos; Emmy Award nominated TV series & features. Peter has directed over 30 TV episodes& written, directed or produced over 50 hours of documentary/educational programs. His works have won, or been nominated for 14 International awards. He's worked for directors such as Zack Snyder, John Woo, Ed Wick, Phillip Noyce, John Balham, Roger Adam, Anne Whee

More to come! What is the difference between directing your own versus someone else's screenplay? And a whole lot more. With six feature films, Jon Keeyes is one of the hardest working directors in the southwest. Jon made his writing/directorial debut in 2001 with “American Nightmare.” This critically-acclaimed horror film followed serial killer Jane Toppan on Halloween night as she brings to life the fears of a group of friends. “American Nightmare” was released to North America by Monarch Home Video/Ingram Entertainment. Internationally, Horizon Motion Pictures has sold “American Nightmare” to nearly all major countries around the world. Following the success of “American Nightmare,” Jon was hired by producer Michael Raso to write and direct “Suburban Nightmare.” A satire on the disintegration of marriage, “Suburban Nightmare” spends the night with The Rosenblads as their relationship crumbles around them with violent and tragic consequences. “Suburban Nightmare” was released in June of 2004 to rave reviews

Larry Lundy has been a production designer for 26 years. He was born in Queens, New York and graduated from the State University College at Buffalo with a BFA in painting and sculpture. As an Art Director/Production Designer and Set Decorator his credits include: Angel Street movie and TV Series, E.R., Baby on Board, High Fidelity, Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Drunkboat and others. Lundy was a founding member of Hallwalls Media Center in Buffalo in 1975, where he curated DaDaDay and the Buffalo Film Festival. He developed Writeratio , to give writers an opportunity to read from their works. His art has been shown at The New Museum (NYC), A Space (Toronto),Art Institute of Chicago, Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo)among other venues. He was a member of Randolph Street Gallery and curated the Loop Show (1981) at the historic Fischer Building in Chicago. His writing has appeared in The New Art Examiner, the Chicago Reader, the Journal of the Art Institute of Chicago. Lundy's work has been se

In the long history of network television, only a handful of people have been multi-hyphenates... writing, directing, producing and playing a role in the same series. Bob Fraser has done it twice. First with the classic television series, Benson - where he was the writer/director/show-runner & played Benson’s nemesis, Senator Leonard Tyler for 6 seasons ... then again in a show he created for NBC – Marblehead Manor – where he co-starred with Michael Richards (before Seinfeld). Starting as an actor more than 50 years ago, Bob has scores of credits in theatre, film and television - including the role of Snoopy in the original Off-Broadway hit, “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown,” as Michael in the New York premiere of “Lady Chatterly’s Lover,” as Big Jack in “The March March” and as one of the founders of The Fourth Wall. Bob has been the writer and producer on many series including, Benson, Full House, The Love Boat, Harry & The Hendersons, Condo, The Dictator, Hard Knocks, Phyl & Mikhy, Columb

Scott Rosenfelt is one of Hollywood’s most successful independent producers. On the strength of such films as Smoke Signals, Home Alone, Mystic Pizza, Teen Wolf and Extremities, Scott has garnered international acclaim and recognition. Home Alone is one of the highest grossing films of all time, and has generated over $1 billion worldwide. Smoke Signals was the winner of the Audience Award and the Filmmakers Trophy at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, Mystic Pizza launched the career of Julia Roberts and went on to critical and commercial success, while Teen Wolf, starring Michael J. Fox, was the highest grossing independent film of 1985. Extremities garnered international critical and commercial acclaim as well. Mr. Rosenfelt is in post-production on Coming & Going, an independently financed film starring Rhys Darby, Sasha Alexander and Fionnula Flannagan, written and directed by Edoardo Ponti. He is also in production on the documentary, The Evil Tongue. With his production company, PicturePlay

Continuity is incredibly complex and important on a movie shoot. It requires a good, if not great script supervisor who works closely with the director. Bruce Resnick has 69 credits to his name as script supervisor beginning with the feature "The Man In The Iron Mask". Other credits include "Miss Castaway", "Lost", "Heaven's Fall", "National Lampoon's Dorm Daze & Dorm Daze 2", many more and the recently completed "No God No Master" starring Academy Award nominee David Straithairn. Script Supervisor Bruce Resnick - In his own words: I have been living and working in Los Angeles as a script supervisor for over the past 12 years. I have worked on both features and in television. They have included the features “Edmond”, “Labor Pains” and the recently completed film “No God No Master” as well as the TV series “Watch Over Me” for the then newly created Fox channel MyNetwork and the Disney channel’s “Even Stevens”. Prior to moving to Los Angeles and becoming a script supervisor I was an Equity Stage Man

With six feature films, Jon Keeyes is one of the hardest working directors in the southwest. Jon made his writing/directorial debut in 2001 with “American Nightmare.” This critically-acclaimed horror film followed serial killer Jane Toppan on Halloween night as she brings to life the fears of a group of friends. “American Nightmare” was released to North America by Monarch Home Video/Ingram Entertainment. Internationally, Horizon Motion Pictures has sold “American Nightmare” to nearly all major countries around the world. Following the success of “American Nightmare,” Jon was hired by producer Michael Raso to write and direct “Suburban Nightmare.” A satire on the disintegration of marriage, “Suburban Nightmare” spends the night with The Rosenblads as their relationship crumbles around them with violent and tragic consequences. “Suburban Nightmare” was released in June of 2004 to rave reviews including numerous “top ten” lists. Jon most recently completed “Fall Down Dead” starring Dominique Swain, Udo Kier an

Peter Marshall has had a 35-year career & has worked as a PA, dolly grip, electrician, assistant cameraman, commercial production manager, first assistant director, TV series creative consultant, television producer & director. He has worked on industrial films, documentaries; television commercials, music videos; Emmy Award nominated TV series & features. Peter has directed over 30 TV episodes& written, directed or produced over 50 hours of documentary/educational programs. His works have won, or been nominated for 14 International awards. As a 1st AD,he has worked on 13 Hollywood Feature Films, 15 Television Movies, 6 Television Series, 4 TV Pilots (all of which went to series!) and over 20 Commercials.As a First Assistant Director he's worked on 15 Feature Films, 15 Television Movies, 6 Television Series, 4 TV Pilots & over 20 Commercials. He's worked for directors such as Zack Snyder, John Woo, Ed Wick, Phillip Noyce, John Balham, Roger Adam, Anne Wheeler, Bobby Roth & Kim Mann

What is new with the Firestarter Film Festival? New things are in store. So tune in and find out as Firestarter Films Festival directors Shawn Monaghan & Phil Koch discuss with Rex Sikes their unique event in the Milwaukee area. Firestarter Films is an interactive showcase for local filmmakers. It is a wonderful short film festival. Films are screened and film makers chat with the audience. Everyone attending is encouraged to bring their films to show the night of the festival. Firestarter Films Festival occurs every other month. So tune in to Rex Sikes Movie Beat LIVE right here - AND then also Listen to other great ARCHIVED interviews and read blogs at the OFFICIAL Rex Sikes' Movie Beat site at www.rexsikes.com

Donald R. Schmitt is the former co-director of the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies, where he served as Director of Special Investigations for ten years. Schmitt authored dozens of articles on UFOs, and is the co-author of two best-selling books, UFO CRASH AT ROSWELL, , and The Truth Abouit the UFO Crash at Roswell. He also authored ROSWELL, THE CHRONOLOGICAL PICTORIAL. He has been interviewed frequently on TV, radio, and in print, including Oprah, Paul Harvey, CBS 48 Hours, Disney Channel, Sci-Fi Channel, BBC, Learning Channel, Today Show, NBC, ABC News, CBS Morning News, AP, UPI, CNN News, Sonja Live, Jim Bohannen, Morton Downey Jr., TIME, Wall Street Journal, Popular Science, OMNI Magazine, the Travel Channel, and the Learning Channel. The basis of his research and consultation has been the theme of many documentaries including UFO Secret: The Roswell Crash, The Roswell Incident, Roswell, The Real Story, Roswell: Cover-ups and Close Encounters, and UFOs: 50 Years of Denial. He wrote and narrated th

Steve Ralph is an experienced & prolific Production Designer & Art Director who has worked feature films, television, music videos, DVD’s, and web projects. Steve Ralph is a member of the Art Directors Guild & has designed over thirty feature length projects. BHe worked on The Wash, with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog & for the film Half Past Dead that starred Steven Segal, Steve worked with producer Andrew Stevens & his companies Phoenician Films & Royal Oaks Entertainment. These action films, Submerged, Sonic Impact, Agent Red, Rangers, Surface to Air, Steel Sharks, airing on SHOWTIME, HBO, & other cable channels, featured performers such as Ice-T, Glenn Plummer, Billy Dee Williams, Gary Busey, James Russo, Dolph Lundgren, Roy Scheider, Michael Madsen, Paul Winfield, Nicole Eggert, & Treat Williams. Sonic Impact won the Silver Medal in the Action/Adventure category at Worldfest-Houston 2000. Steve designs sets for music videos & commercials. William Hung’s “She Bangs”, Slash'

Duane Journey is the Line Producer for the feature film No God No Master staring David Straithairn. A seasoned production manager & film maker, Duane has over 20 years in the entertainment industry. In jobs ranging from Line Producer, Unit Production Manager, Studio Executive, Key Grip, First AD, & more. He lives in Los Angeles & has worked for all the major studios & many of the minor production companies. Duane has learned the production process from the ground up, since 1980 he has worked on over 65 feature length films & over 400 television shows such as “ALIAS”, LOST & FALICITY, “THE GOERGE CARLIN SHOW”, ”CAROLINE IN THE CITY”, “ON THE AIR” & “MAD ABOUT YOU”. Starting his career as a casting assistant, he decided to move on to the set working as a technician, Later becoming a union Gaffer and Key Grip working on shows like “ HOUSE PARTY”, “THE OUTSIDERS”, “MEN IN BLACK”. In 1986 he became the in-house production manager for a major Los Angeles commercial production compa

Bonnie Garvin lives and works in Los Angeles where she is part of the USC School of Cinema faculty and teaches screenwriting. Additionally, she teaches privately and does weekend screenwriting workshops around the country in addition to her own writing. Originally from Detroit Bonnie began her writing career by accident. While working in the theatre as a publicist and attending Wayne State University evenings to attain a Masters Degree in Communications, she mistakenly ended up in an advanced playwriting class. She stayed in the class and wrote her first play, which became a finalist for the Eugene O’Neill Award. Later she adapted her play into a screenplay, which was optioned as a feature film. She has written television films for the three major television networks, as well as for cable television and has also produced several of her own scripts. “The Killing Yard” for Showtime, starring Alan Alda, won her an “Edgar Award” nomination for “Best Television Feature/Miniseries.” “The Killing Yard” a

Director Oliver Robins began his career in the film industry at the age of ten, starring in Steven Spielberg’s Poltergeist. After acting in various film and television roles, he moved behind the camera. At the age of fifteen, he wrote, directed and produced The Crystal, which won first prize at the French Les Mesnil-le t-Roi Film Festival. Upon graduating from the University of Southern California Film School’s Production Program, he wrote, directed and produced close to fifty industrial, short and feature films. He also wrote the feature film Eating L.A., which premiered on television in 1999. Oliver then wrote and directed the feature romantic comedy Dumped, starring Seth Peterson (NBC’s Providence) and Dana Barron (National Lampoon’s Vacation), which was released internationally by Showcase Entertainment. Oliver also directed the feature comedy Wild Roomies, starring A.J. Buckley (The In Crowd, Extreme Days), Holly Fields (Wishmaster 2), and Stephen Furst (Animal House), which was released on television an

Filmmaker Magazing Heralds director Frankie Latina as one of the new faces of independent film. “Frankie Latina's Modus Operandi is a trip. A fuzzed out ode to B-gangster films, '60s political paranoia thrillers, '80s late-night Skinemax, and raunchy underground cinema (think a Quinn Martin production directed by John Waters from a script by Jean-Pierre Melville), the picture is the 30-year-old Milwaukee writer-director's debut, an act of will shot on Super 8 (with bits of video) over the course of four years. Listen in and learn how he did it. Film includes Danny Trejo currently starring in Robert Rodriguez upcoming film "Machete". Latina, who has worked as everything from a clerk at Blockbuster to, currently, a teacher of film production to twelfth graders in the Milwaukee public school system, would buy film whenever he had the cash, purchase and paint his own sets and props and assemble whatever crew he could round up on the weekends. Things got better as he assembled a team of producers, starting with a

You know him as Hercules in the show that surpassed “Baywatch” as the most watched show in the world “Hercules, the Legendary Journeys” and as Captain Dylan Hunt in Gene Rodenberry’s “Andromeda” The series, based upon writings from the late “Star Trek” creator’s archives, debuted as the number one hour show in first run syndication and held that spot throughout it’s five year run from 2000-2005.? Electronics Media Magazine named Sorbo TV’s third most bankable star behind Oprah and Regis. Sorbo has guest starred on the hit shows “Just Shoot Me”, “According to Jim”, “Hope and Faith”, “Two and a Half Men, USA networks “Psych”, and had recurring appearances on “Dharma and Greg”, and on Fox’s “The OC” in 2006-2007. In 2005, he signed an unprecedented development deal with ABC/Touchstone Television that resulted in the creation of “Bobby Cannon”, a half-hour comedy pilot written by Barry Kemp of “Coach” and “Newhart” fame. In 1997, Sorbo made his feature film debut in “Kull, the Conqueror”, a prequel to “Conan, th

Producer Mark Heidelberger has produced music videos, commercials, documentaries and feature films. Mark will discuss his recent film "Man Overboard", the process of preparing the movie’s script for shooting, how they assembled the money for the shoot & marketing, casting, pre, production & post, out of the box methods of marketing, the process of DIY (do-it-yourself) distribution and more! His Treasure Entertainment company has produced at least 10 feature films including "Harsh Times" starring Christian Bale, Freddie Rodriguesz, & Eva Longoria Parker directed by David Ayer writer of "Fast and the Furious", "Training Day", "S.W.A.T.", "U-571" among others. As an Executive Producer Mark produced an independent feature called Cycles, served as a producer on NBA basketball docu-drama Flintown Kids, and developed and helped package the indie thriller Don Mckay, starring Thomas Haden Church (Sideways), Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas), and Melissa Leo (Frozen River). His next feature "High Midnight"

Bryan Michael Stoller, an award-winning filmmaker, featured on Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, Dateline NBC and in many newspapers and periodicals including The Los Angeles Times, Premiere Magazine and People Magazine is my upcoming guest for Wednesday August 5. He has produced, written and directed over eighty productions that include, short comedy films, half hour television, music videos, commercials and feature films. Bryan and Michael Jackson were working together to co-direct a feature film at the time of Jackson’s recent death. In his 2001 mockumentary, “Hollywood goes to Las Vegas,” Bryan's dream of meeting actress Sandra Bullock finally came true. The program also included appearances by; Haley Joel Osment, Nicolas Cage, John Travolta, Chris Rock, Sylvestor Stallone and Academy Award winner, Russell Crowe. Bryan's work has appeared on the major U.S. networks including: NBC, ABC, HBO and DirecTV. His top rated episode of George Romero's "Tales from the Darkside" continues to run as a late n