Washington Filmworks event set for May 27
KNIFVES, the Northwest Independent Film and Video Entertainment Society, will present the Washington Filmworks Special Event at 11:30 a.m. on May 27 in the Peacock Room of The Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post St., in Spokane.
The event is free for members and first time attendees. There will be a $5 facility fee for non-members.
Lunch will be available on site, with a special menu ranging from $8 - $12.
The event will include an overview of the inception of the Washington State Film Office in the 1970s, and how it has progressed and integrated with Washington Filmworks.
Learn how it has become an economic vehicle for the state, what it does, how it supports the local industry while recruiting outside production to Washington in order to bring immediate jobs and dollars into the community and the entire Inland Northwest. Learn how each state in the region has developed their own incentives and structures for attracting film, and how we all line up in the overall scheme of things.
Speakers will include:
• Amy Lillard Dee, executive director of Washington Filmworks.
Dee started her career as an independent film publicist out of New York and Los Angeles designing the release campaigns for groundbreaking films such at "The Blair Witch Project," "American Psycho" and "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels." She retired from publicity in 2000 and took a trip around the world. Two years and 42 countries later, she settled in Seattle where she has worked in various capacities including director of publicity and promotion, festival director of the Reel Cinerama Film Festival, and producer of the Fly Filmmaking Challenge.
• Lindsey Johnson, production services manager for Washington Filmworks.
Prior to joining Washington Filmworks, Johnson worked in production as first assistant location manager, assistant production office coordinator, and assistant production supervisor on productions such as "World's Greatest Dad" and MTV's "The Phone." Before her stint in production, she worked at the Washington State Film Office, starting as Digital Library Coordinator and ending as Interim Manager, assisting with locations, production resources, marketing, and developing the online location library.
Starting out after college she coordinated the marketing, publicity and promotions of films for Twentieth Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Screen Gems, MGM, United Artists, Universal Pictures, and Fox Searchlight in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. She also coordinated events and conventions along with publicity, marketing, website design and development for American Retail Supply. Lindsey grew up in Vancouver, Wash,, and graduated from the University of Washington's Communication program.
RSVP: www.KNIFVES.org, or Dawn Richard, tdawnrichard@gmail.com