Business Mentoring for Filmmakers: Saint Louis Filmworks #218
11/06/24 • 27 min
In this episode of The Screen Lawyer Podcast, host Pete Salsich interviews Mary Kay Sheets, the Executive Director of Saint Louis Filmworks, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting emerging filmmakers in Saint Louis.
They delve into the organization's origins and mission, which began in 2020 with the goal of centralizing local creative talent and promoting Saint Louis as a film industry hub. The episode also explores the benefits of filmmakers partnering with a fiscal sponsor for fundraising, the concept of finishing grants for post-production, and an accelerator program designed to mentor filmmakers, enabling them to focus on their strengths and collaborate more effectively.
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Podcast sponsored by Capes Sokol.
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In this episode of The Screen Lawyer Podcast, host Pete Salsich interviews Mary Kay Sheets, the Executive Director of Saint Louis Filmworks, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting emerging filmmakers in Saint Louis.
They delve into the organization's origins and mission, which began in 2020 with the goal of centralizing local creative talent and promoting Saint Louis as a film industry hub. The episode also explores the benefits of filmmakers partnering with a fiscal sponsor for fundraising, the concept of finishing grants for post-production, and an accelerator program designed to mentor filmmakers, enabling them to focus on their strengths and collaborate more effectively.
Original Theme Song composed by Brent Johnson of Coolfire Studios.
Podcast sponsored by Capes Sokol.
Learn more about THE SCREEN LAWYERTM TheScreenLawyer.com.
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The Screen Lawyer Podcast - Business Mentoring for Filmmakers: Saint Louis Filmworks #218
Transcript
So how do you organize a whole bunch of creative people with great ideas, lots of energy, but not a lot of communication amongst each other? You get somebody like Mary Kay Sheets, my guest on the podcast today, Mary Kay, is going to join us. Welcome. Okay. Thank you for having me. You're going to hear all about Saint Louis Filmworks and all the work that Mary Kay is doing. Stick around.
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