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EDUCATION » Media Literacy Institute
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Presented by Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) & Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA)
SPEAKER & PANELIST BIOS
TRISH AVERY Trish Avery has been in the entertainment business for over 25 years and currently serves as SAG Assistant Executive Director for Texas. She began her career as an actor and traveled in live performances throughout the southwest before becoming a popular commercial actor for Fortune 500 clients. Ms. Avery became the President of DFW AFTRA/SAG in 1992 representing Texas professional actors in the national board rooms of both SAG and AFTRA. In 2003, she served as Manager of Broadcast and Strategic Alliances for eWomenNetwork and Creative Director of eWomenPublishingNetwork and discovered the unique challenges of small businesses and changing markets. Ms. Avery joined the staff of Screen Actors Guild in 2007 and currently serves a growing SAG membership in Texas of over 2500. Committed to building a better future for all entertainment professionals between the coasts, Ms. Avery is active in the community as a member of SWAMP, WIFT-Houston, Dallas Producers Association, Women in Film Dallas and the Texas Motion Picture Alliance.
JIM BARHAM
BARRY COFFING His Company Musicsupervisor.com Inc. has preferred vender status with Disney, ABC, Paramount TV and CBS. Barry has lectured on the music business at USC, Vanderbilt and The University of Houston. Website: www.musicsupervisor.com
ADAM DONAGHEY BIO COMING SOON!
FRANK EAKIN Frank Eakin wrote and produced "The Bracelet of Bordeaux," which was recently released in about 100 theatres, and on DVD and Book-DVD at all of the major
LINDA OLSZEWSKI As co-head of global acquisitions, she acquires and leads SHORTS on iTUNES USA, UK & Canada, and acquires films for SHORTS TV, BT-VISION, JOOST & global television, new media and airline clients. Linda has contributed to Sharon Badal’s “Swimming Upstream: A Lifesaving Guide to Short Film” (Focal Press). She can be found at international festivals scouting for cinematic gems in all genres, producing video podcasts for SHORTS TV, and serving on juries and panels. She holds an MA in film. Her credits include co-founder/director of the DreamWorks Short Film Festival; member of Hanna-Barbera’s development team for WHAT A CARTOON!; worldwide acquisitions director for EVEO; head of shorts for THE HATCHERY; senior programmer for the Palm Springs Short Film Festival; and world cinema screener for the Sundance Film Festival. Her editing and associate producing credits for feature films include SHREK, THE ROAD TO EL DORADO, PRINCE OF EGYPT, REALITY BITES, and THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE. She has worked as a documentary cameraman in Afghanistan and Huehuetla, Mexico; has written a screenplay, UNTIL THE DAY’S END; and is a photographer for the World Peace Project.
KATHY PLOCH BIO COMING SOON!
ERIN ROGERS Erin Rodgers is currently the staff attorney for TALA, and also works with the Law Office of Al Staehely. Erin earned her law degree from the University of Houston, after obtaining a bachelor's degree in music business from Loyola University New Orleans. Aside from being a lawyer, Erin is also a classically trained musician.
ROBERT SCHULLER BIO COMING SOON!
Al Staehely is an entertainment lawyer based in Houston, Texas. He has specialized in legal matters pertaining to the music and film industries since 1979. His clients include musicians, record labels, music publishing companies, and distribution companies. He handles various matters related to recording, publishing, sub-publishing, and licensing both domestically and internationally. Staehely has represented film production companies, optioned life-story rights, and cleared music rights for films including the Academy Award-nominated documentary For All Mankind. He also represents clients with respect to litigation in all matters related to the entertainment business, including copyright and trademark issues. In addition to his practice, Staehely has taught music publishing and music business law at both the Art Institute of Houston and St. Thomas University, also in Houston. He has also served as adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center, teaching Entertainment Law. Staehely attends MIDEM, the international music industry convention in Cannes, France, each year. Website: www.music-lawyer.com
Tom Vaughan studied at the University of Houston with Broadway legend Jose Quintero and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Albee. He began his professional career as the Artistic Director of the short lived but critically acclaimed West-Mon Repertory Theatre in Houston. It was his work there as a writer and director that got him recognized by Hollywood.
ENROLLMENT
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Houston based filmmaker, Jim Barham, has been a prominent member of the Texas film and television production community for nearly three decades. His work encompasses commercials, music videos, documentaries and independent features. He is currently producing and directing photography on the SWAMP sponsored Texas music documentary, For The Sake Of The Song: The Story of Anderson Fair, funded by The Houston Endowment, The Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County (Houston Arts Alliance) and many generous individuals. Jim has conducted numerous workshops, seminars and lectures on such subjects as budgeting, pre-production, lighting, and acting for the camera for various institutions and organizations including The University of Houston, Texas A&M University, Sam Houston State University, The Motion Picture Council of Houston, Mercury Studio for Film Actors, and the International Television Association. 
TOM VAUGHAN