Lady Filmmakers Film Production and Finance Panel
Synopsis: Panel covering film development to distribution over zoom on February 5th at 2pm. Ticket gets you All Access.
Join Us for a candid discussion going over various aspects of film production from development to distribution with interactive Q & A! The ticket includes all panels and films apart of the encore festival at Lady Filmmakers on the Film Festival Flix Channel from January 25 – February 5th. A zoom link will be provided.
Check out the featured award-winning films here: https://filmfestivalflix.com/festival/lady-filmmakers/…
Elizabeth Blake – Thomas- is a British award-winning director based in Los Angeles. Her romcom Just Swipe, starring Full House/Fuller House star Jodie Sweetin, was purchased by Viacom, available now on various streaming platforms. She recently wrapped up directing action thriller Hunt Club starring American Beauty’s Mena Suvari and Mickey Rourke. Elizabeth’s previous feature Caralique is a family drama starring Disney+ star Isabella Blake-Thomas and Chocolat’s Helene Cardona. She also exec produced thriller Et Tu starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Malcolm McDowell, co-produced Sony AFFIRM’s Moonrise, and 1st Assistant Directed on action-thriller Murder At Hollow Creek starring Jason Patric, Penelope Ann Miller, and Mickey Rourke. Elizabeth is the co-founder and resident director of entertainment company Mother & Daughter Entertainment. Her latest directing projects include wrapping up a TV episode of Sony AFFIRM’s upcoming show Shadrach, as well as YA supernatural thriller Karma’s A Bitch, starring a stellar ensemble cast including Once Upon A Time’s Isabella Blake-Thomas, Candyman’s Tony Todd, and Disney Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3’s Terry Hu and Pearce Joza. Elizabeth is the author of Filmmaking Without Fear, which is a multi-medium resource curated for indie filmmakers. Her FWF podcast is available on all streaming platforms, and the book of the same name is available on Amazon and Walmart.com.
Production Company: Mother & Daughter Entertainment https://www.motheranddaughterent.com
Isabella Blake – Thomas – is an accomplished Actress, Singer, Writer, Producer and Advocate. Isabella began her career as the lead in a children’s TV series in the UK and went on to appear in multiple other shows and films before landing the fan-favorite role of Young Zelena in ABC’s Once Upon A Time. She recently starred as Princess January in Disney’s Secret Society of Second Born Royals. Isabella is also known for her love of music, with multiple singles and EPs released. Along with her mother Elizabeth, Isabella is a founding member of their production company Mother & Daughter Entertainment, where together they focus on “Making Content That Matters”, creating projects that start a conversation and spark change. Isabella works as Director of Development at Latigo Films, a company that has produced over 6 films in the past year. Isabella got her start in producing/writing in 2016 with The League of Legend Keepers: Shadows. Her latest acting roles include the title character in family drama Caralique and lead Charley Stevens, writer, and producer in YA supernatural thriller Karma’s A Bitch, opposite Candyman’s Tony Todd and Disney’s Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3’s Terry Hu, Pearce Joza, and Matt Cornett.
Stephanie Slack -Stephanie Slack is a senior level creative executive, producer and content distribution
specialist. She has held senior corporate posts at both independent production companies and
a major studio. During her 8 year tenure at MarVista Entertainment, Slack headed up the CoProduction and Acquisitions department, was an original member of the executive strategyteam, and the executive producer of 30+projects including spearheading international projectsin Colombia, Brazil, Australia and the U.K. Prior to joining MarVista, Slack served as Vice
President, Television Distribution for 20th Century Fox for 5 years. Prior to her studio tenure,
Stephanie headed up the worldwide sales division for PorchLight Entertainment, and
independent television production and distribution company. A world traveler with a business
degree from l’Ecole Européen des Affairs in Paris, France Stephanie speaks French fluently and lives in Venice, California with her family. OFF CAMERA ENTERTAINMENT is the movie production company launched in 2018 to focus on female driven stories from the partnership of Stephanie Slack & Margret H. Huddleston, two former corporate entertainment executives with international backgrounds. The first film they produced under this shingle was the Netflix original Dangerous Lies nominated for two People’s Choice Awards including Best Drama Movie of 2020. They went on to produce Netflix’ highly successful romantic comedy Love Guaranteed, directed by Mark Steven Johnson and starring Rachel Leigh Cook and Damon Wayans Jr. (2020), The Noel Diary directed by Charles Shyer and starring Justin Hartley and Barrett Doss (Netflix 2022), and Love in the Villa, directed by Mark Steven Johnson and starring Kat Graham and Tom Hopper which they shot in Verona Italy in Fall 2021 releasing on Neflix in 2022. Specializing in holiday movies, OCE has produced 8 movies for Lifetime including Twinkle All the Way starring Sarah Drew and Ryan McPartlin (2019) and A Christmas Dance Reunion staring Monique Coleman and Corbin Bleu (2020), The Holiday Fix Up staring Jana Kramer and Ryan McPartlin (2021) and Reindeer Games starring Sara Drew and Justin Bruening premiering on Lifetime in December 2022. The partners produced Paramount Network’s first original movie a LGBTQ+ centered Christmas movie starring Juan Pablo Di Pace, Peter Porte, Andie MacDowell, and Caroline Harris which was nominated for GLAAD Media Award’s Outstanding TV movie of 2021 and are in pre-production on a country Christmas movie starring Tanya Tucker also for the Paramount Network to air in December 2022.