FE AT U R ING:
David Drummond
Freelance location scout
Randy Hodgins
Co-Author, Seattle On Film
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Vicky Lee
Seattle Theatre Group
Owen Richards
Owen Richards Architects
MODER ATED BY:
Warren Etheredge
The Warren Report
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Shaping the Story of Seattle
LOCATION, LOCATION:
EXPLORING SEATTLE THROUGH
THE FILMMAKER’S LENS
Thursday, April 9, 2015
SIFF Cinema Uptown
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Location, Location: Exporing Seattle Through the Filmmaker’s Lens
DAVID DRUMMOND
Dave Drummond is a film location scout and location
manager based out of Seattle. He has worked with
directors such as Lynn Shelton, Colin Trevorrow, and
Megan Griffiths and loves finding new ways to make the
Northwest look great on screen. Dave learned his craft
working on a variety of commercials and industrial projects,
before eventually working as a Northwest location scout for
the ABC television series Grey’s Anatomy. He has served
as the location manager for several of Seattle’s recent films including Safety Not
Guaranteed, Lucky Them, Laggies and the upcoming Captain Fantastic.
RANDY HODGINS
Randy Hodgins is the University of Washington’s (UW) Vice
President for External Affairs. In this capacity he oversees
those campus units responsible for influencing public policy
and opinion and strengthening the University’s reputation
and the perceptions people hold of it.
Randy is a graduate of the UW with a master’s degree in
public administration (1983) and a bachelor’s degree in
general studies (1979), He serves as a member of the Board
of Directors for the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and the Economic
Development Council of Seattle and King County. He previously served as Board
President of Creative Theatre Experience, a summer youth theater and integrated
arts program in Olympia. He is the co-author of two books on Northwest popular
culture, “Seattle on Film” and “Wet and Wired: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the
Pacific Northwest.”
VICKY LEE
From 1999 until present, Vicky Lee holds the position
of Director of Education and Performance Programs for
the largest non-profit arts organization in the region,
Seattle Theatre Group, which programs and manages The
Paramount, Moore and Neptune Theatres. She established
their Education and Community Programs Department and
developed all of the programs that continue today. In this
position she creates and directs a wide range of programs
in the performing arts and film, and works collaboratively
with all aspects of the organization and board. She’s involved with the region’s arts
organizations and speaks at conferences including TEDX Seattle. Prior experience
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includes work with the Starbucks Foundation Language of Hope writing program for
at-risk youth; Seattle Center’s Cultural Festivals; a youth music project sponsored
by Bank of America; and program positions with the King County Arts Commission,
Seattle Children’s Theatre and One Reel. Prior to working in the arts in Seattle,
she was Co-Founder and Producing Director of The Coterie Children’s Theatre in
Kansas City, Missouri, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2010. Vicky received
a Masters Degree in Theatre from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She grew
up on a farm in Soldier, Iowa and today also manages the three family farms growing
corn and soybeans.
OWEN RICHARDS
Owen Richards is founding partner of ORA, a Seattle
architecture firm focused on the design of cultural
facilities, with particular emphasis on performing and visual
arts venues. ORA has been collaborating with Seattle
International Film Festival for ten years, starting in 2005
with the creation of SIFF Cinema at McCaw Hall, SIFF’s
first year-round theater space, then on conversion of the
Northwest Rooms at Seattle Center into SIFF Film Center,
SIFF’s year-round administrative and education facility
completed in 2011, and most recently on renovations of the historic UpTown and
Egyptian Theaters as SIFF Cinema venues. Current film and media projects include
planned upgrades to NW Film Forum and continuing renovations of Jack Straw,
a multi-disciplinary media-arts non-profit. All these projects involve innovative
transformations of aging facilities to enhance community engagement and create
affordable highly adaptable venues well-suited to each non-profit’s unique needs and
limited budgets.
WARREN ETHEREDGE
Warren Etheredge is a Storyfinder™. He has conducted
over 3,000 interviews. He hosts The High Bar, his Emmy ®nominated television series devoted to “raising the bar”
and Reel NW on KCTS. He is the founder of The Warren
Report and one of the founding faculty of TheFilmSchool
and The Red Badge Project. He is a published author, staged
playwright, successful producer, veteran festival curator and
much sought-after public speaker. As a producer, his credits
include FUREVER (d. Amy Finkel); HUMOR ME (d. Chris
Towey), EVERY BEAUTIFUL THING (d. Sonya Lea), THE LOST MARINER (d. Tess
Martin) and EVEN THE WALLS (d. Saman Maydani & Sarah Kuck).
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Robert Hutchison, Robert Hutchison Architecture
Jonathan Fischer, Wakuda Studio
Kathleen Warren, Urban ArtWorks
Eric Fredericksen, Waterfront Art Program
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