what's goin' on with austin?

[AJane]

what's goin' on with austin?

[Slappynipsy]

Re: what's goin' on with austin?

Well it's finally cooling off after a long summer, been raining a lot which has been causing really high humidity lately... Which is normal for the end of summer here in Texas...

Oh wait you mean the screenwriting thing huh? Oh I have no idea.

[EddieKaay]

Re: what's goin' on with austin?

Everyone gets notified by US Mail Labor Day week.

That's from the website.

[AJane]

Re: what's goin' on with austin?

thanx

[Ravenlocks]

Re: what's goin' on with austin?

Well it's finally cooling off after a long summer, been raining a lot which has been causing really high humidity lately... Which is normal for the end of summer here in Texas...

Oh wait you mean the screenwriting thing huh? Oh I have no idea.

LOL

[Alyssa Runswithwolves]

Re: what's goin' on with austin?

Do ya think they're doing a remake? LOL. I haven't heard anything about Austin, but I'll be there in a few weeks.

[suzbays]

Re: what's goin' on with austin?

FYI,

I just checked expedia and roundtrip fares on American from LAX to AUS are $209.00 today. That's $25.00 cheaper than last week--when I bought my tix.

[wcmartell]

Re: what's goin' on with austin?

And $50 less than when I bought my tix - rats!

I'm on 3 panels: Genre, Roundtale, Common Mistakes.

I still have to book my danged hotel - I've been sidetracked by prepping my 2 day class in Vancouver Sept 17th & 18th.

- Bill

[suzbays]

Re: Check out this list of panelists.

Confirmed Panelists for 2005 (Schedules Permitting)


Distinguished Screenwriter Award Recipient:HAROLD RAMIS




Outstanding Television Writer Award Recipient: MIKE JUDGE

Screenwriter Panelists:

John Altschuler (â€King of the Hillâ€, â€The High Lifeâ€)

Judd Apatow (Fun With Dick and Jane, The 40 Year-Old Virgin, â€Undeclaredâ€, â€Freaks & Geeksâ€, â€The Criticâ€, â€The Ben Stiller Showâ€,â€The Larry Sanders Showâ€)

Jessica Bendinger (Stick It '06, First Daughter, The Truth About Charlie, â€Sex & The Cityâ€, Bring It On)

Shane Black (Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang â€TM05, The Last Boy Scout, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Lethal Weapon 1 & 2)

Robert Blatt (Winner of the 2004 AFF Sitcom Teleplay Competition)

Les Bohem (The Alamo, â€Takenâ€, Danteâ€TMs Peak)

Steve Collins (writer/director Gretchen Finkle â€TM05, Gretchen and the Night Danger, Lonelyland)

Joe Conway (On the Rocks â€TM05, Undertow)

Jim Dauterive (â€Monsignor Martinezâ€, â€King of the Hillâ€)

Steve Faber (Wedding Crashers, Weâ€TMre the Millers â€TM06)

Bob Fisher (Wedding Crashers, Weâ€TMre the Millers â€TM06)

Stephen Gaghan (Syriana â€-05, The Alamo, Abandon, Traffic, â€NYPD Blueâ€, â€The Practiceâ€)

Terry George (writer/director Some Motherâ€TMs Son, â€The Districtâ€, co-writer/director Hotel Rwanda, writer The Boxer, In the Name of the Father)

Howard Gordon (â€24â€, â€Angelâ€, â€Buffy the Vampire Slayerâ€, â€The X Filesâ€)

Heather Hale (The Courage to Love, founder The Industry.LA)

Brent Hanley (Frailty)

Stephen Harrigan (The Last of His Tribe, Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder, King of Texas, The Colt)

James V. Hart (The Snow Goose '05, Sahara, Tuck Everlasting, Contact, Dracula, Hook)

Buck Henry (To Die For, Protocol, What's Up, Doc?, The Owl and the *****cat, Catch-22, The Graduate)

Dave Krinsky (â€King of the Hillâ€, â€The High Lifeâ€)

William Martell (Steel Sharks, Crash Dive, Script Secrets, scr(i)pt magazine

Steve Mims (writer/director The Perfect Specimen, Corn Flicks, Horror Hayride)

Dan Petrie, Jr. (President of the Writers Guild of America, West, Beverly Hills Cop, The Big Easy, Shoot to Kill, Turner & Hooch)

Frank Pierson (President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Presumed Innocent, Dog Day Afternoon, Cool Hand Luke)

Bryan Poyser (writer/director Dear Pillow, Pleasureland)

Anne Rapp (Dr. T & the Women, Cookieâ€TMs Fortune)

Scott Rice (producer/editor Partners â€TM05, writer/director/editor Perils in Nude Modeling, Pillowfight)

Sam Riegel (Winner of the 2004 AFF Sitcom Teleplay Competition)

Gregg Rounds, screenwriter and television writer

Paul Stekler (documentary filmmaker, George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire, Last Man Standing)

Ted Tally (Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, Before and After, The Juror, All the Pretty Horses, White Palace and The Father Clements Story)

Sharon Lee Watson (â€The Unitâ€, â€The Education of Max Bickfordâ€, â€Crossing Jordanâ€, â€The Fugitiveâ€)

James L. White (Ray, The Bo Jackson Story)

Bill Wittliff (A Night in Old Mexico â€TM06, The Perfect Storm, Legends of the Fall, Lonesome Dove, The Black Stallion)

Other Special Guests:

Michael Barlow, Paramount Classics

Greg Beal, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ®, Nicholl Fellowships Program Coordinator

Richard Bever, Andrew Lauren Productions

David Boxerbaum, Metropolitan Talent Agency

Joe Bob Briggs, Film Critic, TV Personality and Journalist

Carla Click, Texas Film Commission

Mark Coffey, Film Editor (Antoneâ€TMs: Home of the Blues, Levelland, The Journeyman, Natural Selection)

John Contrubis, Assistant Counsel at the Writers Guild of America, East

Hank Corwin, Film Editor (The New World â€-05, The Horse Whisperer, U-Turn, Nixon, Natural Born Killers)

Mike Curtis, HDForIndies.com, Digital Media Production

June Czerwinski, Winkler Films

Kira Davis, Alcon Entertainment

Trena Denley, Esq., Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts

Patty Detroit, ICM

Beverly Donofrio, Author and Co-Producer Riding in Cars with Boys

Tai Duncan, VP Production, Paul Schiff Productions

Juliana Farrell, Michael London Productions

Jordanna Fraiberg, Village Roadshow Pictures

Kit Golden, Manhattan Projects Ltd.

Alison Haskovec, Intermedia Film

Denise Huth, Darkwoods Productions

Janet Jeffries, Lawrence Bender Productions/ A Band Apart

Barry Josephson, Film and Television Producer, Josephson Entertainment

Jody Simone Kay, Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment

Stuart Kelban, Screenwriter, Professor at UT Radio-Television-Film Department

Melina Kevorkian, Lawrence Bender Productions/ A Band Apart

Saar Klein, Film Editor (The New World â€TM05, The Bourne Identity, Almost Famous, The Thin Red Line)

Troy Lanier, Documentary Filmmaker, Filmmaking Teacher at St. Stephens Episcopal High School

David Layton, Filmmaker (The Hot Shoe, My Name is Buttons, A Yeti in the City)

Louise Levison, President of Business Strategies, Author of Filmmakers and Financing: Business Plans for Independents

Richard Lewis, Director of UT Film Institute Conservatory

Reeva Hunter Mandelbaum, VP of Story Research, John Wells Productions

Mike Messina, New Amsterdam Entertainment

Carey Nelson-Burch, William Morris Agency

Clay Nichols, Playwright and Screenwriter, Filmmaking Teacher at St. Stephens Episcopal High School

Garth Pappas, Literary Manager, Jon Klane Company

Deborah Pearlman, Warner Brothers

Steve Pearlman, President of Class IV Productions, Warner Brothers

Carol Pirie, Texas Film Commission

Carolyn Pfeiffer, Burnt Orange Productions, CEO and President

David Ranes, WhiteLight Entertainment

Frank J. Reynolds, Film Editor (In the Bedroom, Cape of Good Hope)

Kenneth Rock, President, British Society of Comedy Writers

Tom Schatz, Executive Director, UT Film Institute

Andrew Shea, Filmmaker (The Corndog Man, Santa Fe), Associate Professor UT Radio-Television-Film Department

Kahli Small, Focus Features

Matt Smith, Weed Films

Samantha Sprecher, Face Productions

Susan Steinberg, Harvard University

Fred Strype, Professor of Screenwriting, Sarah Lawrence College

Matt Summers, Saturn Films

Ember Truesdell, Flower Films

Ben Tyson, Fox Broadcasting Co.

Marcus van Bavel, DVFilm Digital Transfers

Gary Walker, TexFX

Tom Williams, Gran Via Productions

Monnie Willis, Tom Jacobs Productions

Steve Wolf, Special Effects

Michael Wright, Head of Original Programming, TNT

David Kohner Zuckerman, President of ScriptCoach, writes â€Industry Buzz†for scr(i)pt magazine

[suzbays]

Re: what's goin' on with austin?

I had to edit that last post b/c it was SO big, it didn't fit. I took out the bios for Mr. Ramis and Mr. Judge.

Suz

[pooks]

Re: what's goin' on with austin?

Everyone gets notified by US Mail Labor Day week.

That's from the website.

Actually, they seem to have changed the website. Now they're saying mid-September, or about a month before the festival.

[Padget]

Re: what's goin' on with austin?

Pooks, where did you see the info on mid-september? I just checked the site and read we should all hear the week following labor day - so next week.

[suzbays]

Re: what's goin' on with austin?

Screenplay and teleplay entrants will hear next week. FILM entrants will hear mid-September.

[pooks]

Re: what's goin' on with austin?

That's odd. I went to the main page:

http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/si...news/index.htm

And it says:

"
Final Deadlines have past and we are no long accepting submissions for this year's festival. ALL ENTRANTS for all categories will be notified by US Postal Mail one month (mid-September) prior to the festival. Our complete line-up of films will be announced the first week of October."

Oh wait, that's for film.

Okay, never mind.

You may now return to your regularly scheduled programs....

[Hamboogul]

Re: what's goin' on with austin?

I wouldn't worry too much. When I entered the contest 3 years ago, I heard absolutely nothing from them until B.J. Burrows called me early October to tell me I was a finalist.

I didn't even realize I was in the running as I had forgotten all about the contest.