(Top clockwise) Roxann Dawson, Linda Mendoza, Miguel Arteta & Norberto Barba
The Directors Guild of America Latino Committee will be hosting a Conversations With Primetime Television Directors on Thursday, June 12th beginning at 7:30pm their venue located at 7920 Sunset Blvd., in Hollywood, CA.
The DGA Latino Committee invites the public to join them in recognizing four of the most influential directors working in prime time television today. Co-Chair and director David Rodriguez (Last I Heard, American Bully) will serve as the moderator for the evening. Those interested in attending you must call (310) 289-5373. Seating is limited.
The distinguished panel of directors will include:
Miguel Arteta first caught with his indie film Star Maps, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival to much critical acclaim, receiving five Independent Spirit Award. His other hit indie films include Chuck & Buck (2002) for which he received the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award and The Good Girl (’02) and Cedar Rapids (’11). On Television Arteta’s work included Freaks and Greeks, Six Feet Under, Enlightened, Nurse Jackie, American Horror Story and Getting On.
Norberto Barba is one of only a handful of Latino showrunners. He is currently executive producing and directing NBC’s hit show Grimm. He also directed Law & Order: SVU for NBC. A post graduate of the American Film Institute, Barba made his directorial debut in 1992 with the short film Chavez Ravine for the Hispanic Film Project. He directed a two more films, Blue Tiger (1994) and Solo (1996), before specializing as a director/producer for television programs where he has directed over 25 projects; some of which include The Bridge, Law & Order, The Mentalist and Fringe.
Roxann Dawson was an accomplished actress having appeared in some of the biggest television shows of the 90’s and as a regular on Star Trek: Voyager before making the more to directing television. A graduate of the University of California, Berekley, Dawson directed her first TV episode in Voyager and from there has gone on to director over 30 TV shows including Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D., Treme, Scandal, The good Wife, Bates Motel and Cold Case, where she also served as producer.
Linda Mendoza directing career started working on promotional segments for FOX and MTV. She went on to work for Nickelodeon’s Roundhouse and All That. Her television directing credits include Growing up Fisher, Crazy Ones, Bad Teacher, 30 rock, Scrubs, and Ugly Betty. To date she had directed close to 60 TV shows and awards and variety specials and in 2008 she won an ALMA Award for her directing of an episode on Ugly Betty.
The Latino Committee (LC) was created as a networking group to advance career and job opportunities for Latino DGA members by improving craft skills, networking, and making Latinos better known to the Hollywood creative community. Latinos comprise approximately 23 million people in the United States, and in Los Angeles, the center of film production, make up 40% of the population. Nonetheless, we are often overlooked when it comes to hiring for industry-related jobs. A Directory of Latino Members of the Guild was created to aid industry executives, producers and others in identifying qualified Latinos for employment in the motion picture and TV industry as directors, assistant directors, stage managers, unit production managers, and other categories of the Directors Guild of America. The committee meets monthly, and schedules two to three special events throughout the year.
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