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The full line up is on their Web site; here are just a few highlights on the schedule:

  • Director/Actress Joan Darling is offering the course she developed for Robert Redford which she has taught for 15 years at Sundance Film Institute, Directing the Actor. This course is only offered at Sundance....and, can you believe it, Shake Rag Alley in Mineral Point.  Joan also directed MASH, was the first woman director to win an Emmy Award, and she and Norman Lear created the campy Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman series.
  • Seinfeld acting coach is offering a 3 session workshop on Auditioning for the Camera, as well as an Acting Career Workshop.  She also wrote the best selling book on the subject.
  • Executive Producer, director Peter Bogart ( ConAir, Ace Ventura-Pet Detective, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Dangerous Minds, Lake Placid, Beverly Hills Cop I & II, Torch Song Trilogy, Ali, Blue Lagoon, American Gigolo, Testament, The French Connection, tons more) will be offering a full week of the "Nuts and Bolts of Film Production".
  • Composer Ron Gorow  worked on the scores for Jurassic Park, Toy Story, Seabiscuit, Spiderman 3, Die Hard 2 and 4, all Harry Potters, Blood Diamond, Dreamgirls, Bobby, Night at the Museum, Happy Feet. He  will be offering a week on film scoring.
  • And, there is a workshop for young people, ages 14-18, creating a short film during the week, writing, directing, acting, filming, editing, etc, and they will premiere the film on Saturday afternoon.  

The entire week can also be used for undergraduate and graduate level college credit throughout the University of Wisconsin system and may also transfer to other schools with proper authorization.

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