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**Post New York Alliance Podcast**

The Post New York Alliance supports and promotes the Post Production community in New York. This podcast is the collection of talks, seminars and events from the PNYA calendar.

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Latest Episodes:

**Post Break 8 - Crafty Apes in Space: Breaking Down the VFX on Netflix's Space Force** Jun 19, 2020
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**Post Break: Crafty Apes in Space - Breaking Down the VFX on Netflix's 'Space Force'**

For the 8th in our PNYA POST BREAK series - this week we speak with visual effects studio Crafty Apes about the work they did on Netflix's new hit show, 'Space Force.' They will give a breakdown on the most challenging shots, discuss how they collaborated with the filmmakers on the show, and talk about the differences between working on a streaming show vs cable or film, the visual effects process and more.

**POST BREAK: Crafty Apes in Space - Breaking Down the VFX on Netflix's 'Space Force'**

**Thursday, June 11th at 4pm on Zoom**

**Check out the** **TRAILER** **for 'Space Force'**

PANELISTS:

**Jason Sanford**, VFX Producer/Crafty Apes Co-Founder

Sanford, a Santa Barbara native, grew up playing competitive tennis, but it didn’t take long for his dreams to beckon, and Jason headed to UCLA to study theatre. Soon after, his love of the theatrical took him to The American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, where he pursued further study in acting and writing. While there, he met mentor Anna Deavere Smith, who continues to inspire him to expand his knowledge of his craft, and to always think outside of the box. He would later go on to help found Crafty Apes, with credits as a VFX producer on films including *Ant-Man and the Wasp, John Wick 2,* and *La La Land*.
**Brandon Nelson**, VFX Supervisor, Crafty Apes

Brandon Nelson hails from the sticky, gator-ridden lands of the Southeast and grew up on a steady diet of 80s movies from his father’s masking-tape-labeled VHS film library. That early understanding of the importance of the visual arts led him to eventually pursue a higher education in the field at Savannah College of Art and Design, taking every class and obtaining every degree offered in visual effects and animation.
Today Brandon is an accomplished artist and supervisor; an alumnus of Rhythm and Hues and Method Studios. He cites the movie Hackers and the pink and teal Solo Jazz pattern as chief amongst his artistic influences. His list of credits include *Fast & Furious, Life of Pi, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War*, and too many talking animal movies to name.

**Jabber Raisani**, Consulting VFX Supervisor for Netflix

Jabbar Raisani began his film career at the age of 17 working at a Visual Effects studio in San Antonio. In 2004 he moved to LA to work at Stan Winston Studio where he was the CG Supervisor on projects including *Iron Man* and Fantastic 4. He then teamed up with Robert Rodriguez as the on-set VFX Supervisor on *Machete* and *Predators*. Following that, he supervised the digital modeling of Superman's live-action suit for Zack Snyder's *Man Of Steel*. In 2013 he won his first Emmy for VFX Supervision on *Game of Thrones*. The following year, IFC released his directorial debut *Alien Outpost*, which he also co-wrote. After Outpost, Jabbar received another VFX Emmy for *Game of Thrones* and was nominated for Lost in Space. His 2nd unit directing credits include WB's *The Flash*, HBO's Pilot *The Devil You Know*, and *Game of Thrones*. Most recently Jabbar directed Episode 208 of Lost in Space for Legendary/ Netflix.
**Patrick Sullivan,** CG Lead, Crafty Apes

Los Angeles resident with a Boston accent. He has been in visual effects for about 10 years. When he is not making things blow up on screen or making magic, you will find him high up in the mountains.
MODERATOR:
**Jennifer Lane**, Post Production Supervisor/Associate Producer

Jennifer Lane has worked on over 30 features. As a freelance post supervisor, she has worked for Warner Brothers, Dreamworks Studios, The Walt Disney Company, Universal Pictures, and Focus Features among other studios. Some of her recent feature credits as an Associate Producer are include Disney’s musical *Mary Poppins Returns* (Rob Marshall) and *Gemini Man* (Ang Lee) for Skydance Media. She is currently Associate Producing a Netflix original series *Dash & Lily*.

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**Post Break 7 - Ask Us Anything: New York State Tax Credits** Jun 10, 2020
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**POST BREAK: Ask Us Anything: Post Budgeting, Tax Credits, Post Everything....**

New York State Post-Production Community!
The 7th in our PNYA POST BREAK series - this week “Ask Us Anything: Post Budgeting, Tax Credits, Post Everything....”. All the questions you have about the NYS Tax Incentive program will be answered at this week’s ASK US ANYTHING. Our panel of Tax Credit experts includes tax credit application administrators, auditors and certifiers. Join us for a Q&A on the current state of the incentive, recent changes to the legislation and what the future may bring. All topics incentive and post budget related are up for discussion.

**POST BREAK: Ask Us Anything: Post Budgeting, Tax Credits, Post Everything....**

**Thursday, June 4th at 4pm on Zoom**

PANELISTS:

**Connie McFeeley,** Director, NYS Film/Commercials/Musical & Theatrical Programs, Economic Incentives, ESD

**Jon Lizarraga Diaz,** Senior Program Manager, NYS Film/Commercials/Musical & Theatrical Programs, Economic Incentives, ESD

**Kelsey Schuyler,** Trevanna Representative and PNYA Treasurer. Kelsey has been a post production accountant at Trevanna Post since 2011. She is an active member of Local 161.

**Daniel Gates,** Brauer & Co. - has been working at Brauer & Co. for the last eight years. He manages the day to day audit of tax incentives and specializes in the following jurisdictions: New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, New Mexico, and Virginia.

**David Brauer, CPA,** Brauer & Co. - has been working in the entertainment industry for 25 years. For the last 10 years, he has been involved with tax incentives audits throughout the United States, including, but not limited to New York, New Jersey, Georgia, North Carolina, New Mexico, California, and Hawaii. Additionally, he has worked with incentive programs on drafting audit procedures to test compliance.

MODERATOR:

**Yana Collins Lehman**, Chairman of the PNYA Board & President and COO of Trevanna Post - Yana currently oversees strategy and operations of the New York, Los Angeles and London offices, overseeing a staff of 40. She has been a post production accountant at Trevanna, working on feature films and television shows since 2004. She is an active member of Local 161.

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**Post Break 6 - Creative Collaboration in a Virtual World** Jun 01, 2020
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**POST BREAK: Creative Collaboration In A Virtual World**

New York State Post-Production Community!
The 6th in our PNYA POST BREAK series - this week “Creative Collaboration In A Virtual World”. This panel will be a discussion on Virtual Collaboration featuring speakers from Adobe (Artist tools), Bebop (VDI: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) and Evercast (realtime streaming and client feedback direct from your NLE). Moderated by Ben Baker.
We will cover the latest updates in the technology, and more importantly how these tools fit into your workflows, and enable you to keep working closely with your creative teams and clients, anywhere in the world.

**POST BREAK: Creative Collaboration In A Virtual World**

**Thursday, May 28th at 4pm on Zoom**

PANELISTS:
**Marjorie Sacks, Software Quality Engineer, Adobe.**

Marjorie Sacks began her career as an assistant editor at Rock Paper Scissors working with the world’s top directors, studios and advertisers. She has worked on everything from commercials, music videos, documentaries and short films. She joined Adobe 2 years ago as a Software Quality Engineer working on the Premiere Pro Film and Integration team supporting top Film and TV productions in Los Angeles. Her extensive knowledge in post-production workflows and Premiere Pro helped pioneer the new collaborative workflow feature, Productions.

**Bruce Long, CEO & CO-Founder, BeBop Technology**

Bruce is a technologist, inventor and entrepreneur who has spent his entire career at the intersection of creativity and technology. His extensive experience includes launching and selling several successful startups and running large media and technology companies. Bruce has held global senior executive positions with many of Hollywood’s most prominent content creation, technology, postproduction and visual effects companies, including Deluxe, Technicolor, Ascent Media, and CBS. He founded and led many successful businesses at the convergence of digital solutions and content, including Muse VFX, New Antics, Next Element (acquired by Deluxe), Encore Video and Encore VFX (acquired by Ascent Media Group), and co-founded Cloud Takes with Daryll Strauss (acquired by Technicolor). He executive produced several motion pictures, television and online series, and is a venture partner of DFJ Frontier.

**Marcie Jastrow, CEO Evercast**

PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE & CREATIVE HERO
Translating Technical Tools for Creatives since ‘00
If there was a bit encapsulating Marcie Jastrow it would show Hollywood Colorists, Editors, Designers, Animators and the like with their heads slammed on their desk in pure confusion and frustration before a bright light appears in the doorway: it is their protector & liberator, Marcie. Except they wouldn’t be in Los Angeles, they’d be strewn throughout the world. And to be sure, Marcie wouldn’t be in a suit fresh from her corner office, she’d be sipping a tequila in her Mexican timeshare.
The futurist Marcie has made a career at the intersection of technology and content-- directing traffic that is. Involved in blockbusters such as Avatar, Hugo, Life of Pi, Birdman, Jungle Book, and Revenant, Marcie has been a pioneer since the analog-to-digital transformation, acting quickly to remain competitive and forging unprecedented partnerships with leaders such as Netflix and Amazon, Disney and Fox. The first to deliver content to consumers on-demand, Marcie’s touch is appreciated by creatives the world over, to fellow executives and stakeholders making decisions for the future of their projects-- and her dedication and dynamism makes it all the more fruitful. Indeed, Marcie is convinced that rich and interesting IP is all about remote collaboration with teams: less about having to be in the room and more about the diversity of the people brought together.
Marcie cemented her thought leadership in the delivery of managed technology and workflows in post-production at Paramount Pictures pre-2000. Modern VideoFilm then enjoyed a decade and millions in revenue, as Marcie established the feature film division. Marcie proceeded to earn the Executive Vice President of Sales position at Laser Pacific, which was acquired by Technicolor, promoting her quickly to Senior VP where she directed award-winning teams for the legendary entertainment services company. During Technicolor’s 2016 reinvention, they entrusted Marcie to lead the unprecedented Culver City Experience Center. She successfully guided the roadmap -- from the actual design to the artist in residency program -- housing strategic, cutting-edge content, platforms, and technology for virtual reality, augmented reality, and other immersive media applications. The result was Emmy Awards and new revenue streams from exploding each of the verticals.

**Post Break 5 - A Conversation with NY Post Supervisors** May 27, 2020
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**POST BREAK: A Conversation With NY Post Supervisors**

New York State Post-Production Community!
The 5th in our PNYA POST BREAK series - this week “A Conversation With NY Post Supervisors” – Catherine Farrell, Matt Shapiro, Kendall McCarthy and Ben Urquhart. The many paths and decisions that led them to supervising. The changes we see happening and how they are navigating remote work.

**POST BREAK: A Conversation with NY Supervisors**

**Thursday, May 21st at 4pm on Zoom**

PANELISTS:

**Catherine Farrell,** has collaborated with the Coen brothers, David Frankel, Noah Baumbach and most recently Greta Gerwig on *Little Women*. She is known for her work on *Inside Llewyn Davis, Hail, Caesar!, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, While We're Young, Rose Water*, and *The Good Liar*.

**Matt Shapiro,** he is known for his work on Amazon Prime's *Marvelous Mrs. Maisel*, M. Night Shyamalan's *Split*, and *Glass* for Universal Pictures, Barry Levinson's *Paterno* and *Wizard of Lies* on HBO.

**Kendall McCarthy,** she is known for her work on *Tales of the City* for Netflix/NBC, *The Americans* for FX Network, and *The Looming Tower* on Hulu, *Hap & Leonard* for Sundance Channel, *Sense8* on Netflix, and *Mildred Pierce*, an HBO miniseries.

**Ben Urquhart**, Ben's film career started with PA work in California, Post PA work in NY, and moved to the studio side in 2004. Twelve years at Focus Features, followed by Universal since 2016. Currently Post Executive on several features, and Product Owner of uTRACK, Universal’s proprietary workflow engine, tracking feature operations from script-to-screens.

MODERATOR:

**Vivian Connolly,** chief executive officer and founder of Phosphene since 2008. Some recent projects include John Chu and Lin Manuel Miranda’s *In The Heights* for Warner Bros., *The Plot Against America* for HBO, *Hunters* for Amazon, and *A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood* for Sony.

Post Break 4 - How Will Post Return? - Facilities and Beyond May 21, 2020

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POST BREAK - How Post Will Return: Facilities and Beyond (audio)
The 4th in our PNYA POST BREAK series - this week we present a panel about returning to work- what's emerging in discussions about safety best practices; what will editorial, finishing, and delivery look like as we implement those protocols?
We’ll consider worker safety, facility logistics, and overall post workflow considerations as we look at "getting back to (or continuing to) work".
The panel will provide a sense of the state of current discussions, what entities are in dialogue, and the ways that our work in post may be transformed by COVID safety and prevention measures.
Thursday, May 14th at 4pm on Zoom
PANELISTS:
SIM International, Kim Spikes - Currently the Senior Vice President of Post in New York, Kimberly has been with Sim, previously FactoryNY, for over 11 years. Along the way, she has overseen five facilities throughout SoHo, TriBeCa and Brooklyn providing dailies, offline, picture and sound finishing to hundreds of film and television shows.
Producer, David Woods - Experienced Award-Winning Producer, Post Production Supervisor, and Filmmaker with experience on scripted television shows, documentary feature films, scripted feature films and short films.
Cathy Repola - National Executive Director of the Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700. Serving an array of monolith positions at the guild since 1992, she has been in her current post since 2016. She also serves as a Committee and Board member to several foundations including Time's Up Women's Production Group, and Wise & Healthy Aging. All the while also volunteering/fundraising for the Motion Picture Television Fund.
MODERATOR:
Producer, Claire Shanley - a Post Producer whose recent projects include “The Plot Against America” and “The Deuce”. Her background also includes post facility & tech management as Managing Director for Sixteen19, Technical Director for Broadway Video among others. She Co-Chairs the Board of Directors of the NYC LGBT Center and serves on the Advisory Board of NYWIFT, NY Women in Film & Television.
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Let us know what content you would like to discuss for a future Post Break by posting in #members_events in the PNYA Workspace.

Post Break 3 - A Conversation with NY Editors May 15, 2020

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POST BREAK: A CONVERSATION WITH NY EDITORS

New York State Post-Production Community!
The 3rd in our PNYA POST BREAK series - this week “A Conversation with New York Editors” – Louise Ford, Andy Weisblum, and Kate Sanford. We are so lucky to have NY veteran editors join our Post Break to answer all your questions about Editing in NY. Where we’ve come from and where we might be going?

POST BREAK: A Conversation with New York Editors

Thursday, May 7th at 4pm on Zoom

PANELISTS:

Louise Ford - Worked as a journalist in London for 10 years before moving to New York and becoming a film editor. She is known for her work on Bad Education (2019), The Lighthouse (2018), Wildlife (2018) and Thoroughbreds (2017)

Andrew Weisblum - An American film and a visual effects editor. He has collaborated frequently with directors Darren Aronofsky and Wes Anderson. He is known for his work on Black Swan (2010), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), Mother! (2017) and The Wrestler (2008).

Kate Sanford - A seasoned feature film and series television editor. She has collaborated with filmmakers Tim Blake Nelson and Michael Corrente, She is known for her work on The Wire (2002), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017), Boardwalk Empire (2010) and Treme (2010)

MODERATOR:

Yana Lehman - Chairman of the PNYA Board & President and COO of Trevanna Post, Inc. Yana currently oversees strategy and operations of the New York, Los Angeles and London offices, overseeing a staff of 40. She has been a post production accountant at Trevanna, working on feature films and television shows since 2004. She is an active member of Local 161.

Post Break 1 - How is NY Posting Now? May 11, 2020

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Post Break: How is NY Posting Now? (Audio)

Thursday, April 23 at 4pm on Zoom

Post Break: How is NY Posting Now? will begin with short updates from members in picture, sound, music and VFX reflecting on working remotely – their learning curves, struggles and solutions, and if any of the new procedures look to be legitimate alternatives to our usual models.

Please join the conversation, ask questions, and share your experiences.

Picture Editorial: Nick Ramirez, AE/Editor: mid90s, Little Women, Mayday

Rebekah Hernandez, Post Super/Coordinator: Billions, Forty Year Old Version, Gemini Man

Sound Editorial: Gregg Swiatlowski, Supervising Sound Editor: Billions, Godless, Hustlers Ryan Price, Re-Recording Mixer: Good Time, Her Smell, Billions

ADR/Looping: Dann Fink, ADR Voice Casting: In the Heights, Halloween Kills, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

DI Finishing/Color: Clark Henderson, VP, Theatrical Service Technicolor/PostWorks: - On The Rocks, Uncut Gems, Harriet

Anastasia Cipolla, Freelance Colorist: Why Not Choose Love: A Mary Pickford Manifesto, Art Of Style, Sneaker Hustle

VFX: Andrew Bly, EP/CFO The Molecule: Dickinson, Fosse / Verdon, Five Feet Apart

Moderator: Chris Peterson, EP on vendor side: Absentia, Women of Troy, Hereditary

Cloudy With A Chance of Post Oct 24, 2019

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Cloudy with a Chance of Post

What effect will cloud computing and collaborative workflows have on the post production industry? Learn from the experts in this podcast produced by Chris Peterson and Nathaniel Bonini (PNYA) and Tom Mauro, John Gallagher and Conny Gordon (SMPTE).

Panelists
Todd Kelly, Avid Technology
Diana Dekajlo, Post Production Supervisor
Nathaniel Bonini, BeBop Technology

This podcast was recorded thanks to the staff at the Dolby 88 Theater.

NYL'14: Film Financing Oct 17, 2016

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NEW YORK LOUNGE Seminars, Sundance 2014. Crowdfunding and tax incentives help producers finance their projects. On this panel, Film industry experts will address and explore traditional and emerging avenues to finance independent projects in New York and beyond.

NYL'14: Entrepreneur Oct 17, 2016

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NEW YORK LOUNGE Seminars, Sundance 2014. In response to the challenges posed by unprecedented, rapid change in the entertainment industry, we say that in order to survive, filmmakers need to become entrepreneurs.

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