About this Event
Gravely Brewing 514 Baxter Ave 7 PM
Thanks to our partners International Screenwriters' Association, OHD Studios, 502Film, Women in Film Ky, Louisville Film Society, After Hours Films, Campbell Talent Casting, LexStudios!
Who's pitching: Wick Hill, Amy Leigh McCorkle, and Chris Rogers. Scroll down for our panelists!
If you want to pitch, you MUST SUBMIT IN ADVANCE. Scroll down for the link.
Everyone who is selected and pitches gets a 6 month membership to networkisa.org including their job board and competition entries.
Attend the pitch! Open to the public!
Those who have submitted to pitch will be presenting their pitch decks to our panel of industry professionals. (Read their bios here.)
Why should you attend?
- Everyone on stage or in the audience will learn so much about pitching to funders, directors, talent, production companies and studios or networks.
- Crew, Actors, Talent of all types can network with each other and the panel.
- Open networking before and after the panel.
Why should you pitch?
- Get professional feedback about your pitch deck and advice moving forward.
- Get your ideas out there and find crew or talent.
Our panelists this month:
To be updated soon with our addtional panelists!
Matthew Ulm is a filmmaker, videographer and graphic designer based in Evansville, Indiana, and a native of Terre Haute. He is a proud Sycamore having graduated from Indiana State University in 2000 with degrees in Communication and Business. He began his career at Stage One Media in 2001, producing corporate video content nationwide. He later joined FortySixTen Studios as CFO and Lead Producer, expanding the company's offerings with his video production expertise.
Ulm has worked on multiple award-winning projects, including *Jacob's Turn," which earned a Regional Emmy, and other commercial and narrative works that have garnered Telly Awards. As a key figure in the local arts scene, he co-founded the Victory International Film Festival in 2019, serving as its Festival Director in the inaugural year and returning to the role in 2024. The festival, which recently celebrated its five-year anniversary, has raised over $15,000 for the historic Victory Theatre in Evansville, contributing significantly to the city's cultural community."
Lindsey Hancock Williamson is a producer, writer and director with over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry. After growing up in Nashville and attending film school there, she spent the next six years producing Film and TV in New York. Some of her credits include Project Runway, Inkmaster, and Black Ink Crew. Since founding their production company, Suburban Tallyho, she and husband Sam have produced documentary features, digital programming, and narrative features. Notably, American Animals premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2018 and Obscene Beauty premiered at Coney Island Film Festival in 2019. Additionally, Lindsey wrote and directed a short film for Lionsgate, Turncoats, as part of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight: Storytellers project. The film premiered along with other women directed shorts, and the film series received a Women In Film Crystal award and was shortlisted for a Cannes Lions Award for Excellence in Branded Content & Visual Storytelling.
James Michael Marshall is an actor, writer, producer, director well-represented by managers, entertainment lawyers, and agents in Hollywood. With a knack for pitching shows and crafting captivating decks and sizzle reels for projects, he's become well-versed in the dos and don'ts of the industry. His latest deck and sizzle reel are in the hands of a major network, eagerly awaiting pairing with an executive producer. While he maintains his artist residency for JCPS and Simmons College of KY, his heart remains in the hustle and bustle of the entertainment world.
Who is welcome:
All film and tv or theater industry, film enthusiasts and those just curious about the process. It benefits actors, crews, writers, producers and anyone interested in film and TV to better understand how the pitch process and business works. Presenters can utilize the opportunity to gather/meet crew, actors, etc from the audience who may be helpful to their project.
Why We Do This:
We want to see more Kentucky projects get made, but there is a lack of opportunities for creatives to learn how to really develop a script and refine it like they do in bigger cities via table reads and screenwriting groups and opportunities to pitch.
Every quarterly pitch event will feature a pitch session where chosen presenters will have 7 minutes to present their pitch decks to a panel of professional producers, directors, execs, investors and others with valuable feedback. (The panel switches up each time and the focus of the pitches are to gather feedback. If someone in the panel or audience take an interest in your project, GREAT!) Once the pitches and feedback are done, the audience may ask the panelists questions for about 20 minutes before open networking.
Submit Here to present your project at one of our events!
Check out our screenplay competition and monthly table reads where we read Kentucky scripts outloud and network!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Gravely Brewing Co, 514 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, United States
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