PANEL 1 | Greenpoint Film Festival

MAKING A LIVING AS A FREELANCER FILM WORKER

MODERATOR: Amanda Hanna-McLeer

PANELISTS: Anna Franquesa SolanO, Mark A. Terry, Nieves Garcia Perchin, Derek Stalley, Crystal Platas
RUNTIME: 90 MIN

MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD 2020
PANEL 1, 6:00PM
LOCATION: THE VIRTUAL SPACE

SUBJECT: Spotlight on Crew! A conversation with full-time freelance film artists and technicians discussing how they broke into their fields, their approaches to making film work a sustainable career, the obstacles and challenges they faced along the way, and what they hope to see for the future as the film industry rebuilds.

AMANDA HANNA-MCLEER

WRITER/FILM MAKER/POST SUPERVISOR

Amanda Hanna-McLeer is a writer, filmmaker, and post supervisor from Brooklyn, NY. Her post production credits include High Maintenance (HBO), The Americans (FX), and Broad City (Comedy Central). Her writing has been published in Current Affairs. Her latest piece, “Working Nine-to-Nine,” details the exploitative working conditions of the film industry. Since the article was published in June of 2020, she has been organizing an effort to unionize post coordinators and supervisors. Amanda is also currently shopping a half-hour drama that she wrote, Lucy(fer), which was accepted into IFP’s 2019 Project Forum.

ANNA FRANQUESA SOLANO

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Born in Barcelona, Anna is a New York based cinematographer who has worked extensively in film and documentary. Anna has benefited from her background in Art History and Theory, from which she still draws a great deal of influence. Her most recent work, Lulu Wang’s “The Farewell”, won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature and a Golden Globe for Best Actress. Other of her feature film work includes “Buck run” which premiered at Palm Springs International Film Festival 2019, and “Indiana” which was selected at Sitges International Film Festival, and Fantasia Film Festival among others. Anna’s work has also played in festivals such as Sundance Film Festival, Oldenburg International Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, Docs Barcelona, Hamptons International Film Festival.

MARK A. TERRY

PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Mark A. Terry is a Production Designer, Art Director, and Graphic Artist for Film & TV. His professional experience has accumulated over 10 years & 40+ productions in an array of capacities. He has worked for numerous production companies such as Netflix, Amazon, Quibi, Lifetime, Sony, CBS, PBS, Showtime, along with many others. He currently resides in Mobile, AL, and continuously works throughout the south east region. He is a member of IATSE local 478 & Local 800-Art Directors Guild.

NIEVES GARCIA PERCHIN

DIRECTOR/SCRIPT-SUPERVISOR

Originally from Spain, Nieves Garcia Perchin is a Script Supervisor and Director based in NYC. She studied film for six years, including a Master’s from Boston University. Nieves discovered script supervising in Spain when she felt she had to cover that role because of the importance of continuity in one specific scene. That led to 4-year experience in shorts, features, TV shows, and commercials. She works digitally and loves both the technical and creative side of script supervising, as well as the close work required with every department. She is part of the Filmshop Community, the Sandbox Workshop, and an official screener for the Female Voices Rock Film Festival.

DEREK STALLEY

GAFFER

Born and raised in NY; Derek is a graduate of H.S of Art & Design and NYC Technical college with a degree in Art & Advertising. He’s freelanced for the last 7yrs in the Grip & Electric department as well as part-time at Scheimpflug rentals. His experience encompasses short and feature-length works as well as commercial and still photography. His main goal is to write and direct his own works in the future.

CRYSTAL PLATAS

EDITOR

Crystal graduated from UC Berkeley in 2012 before moving to Los Angeles, where she began her career working in post-production in documentary and reality television. She now works as an assistant editor in film and TV in NYC, having worked on projects such as “Lady Bird,” “Search Party,” “Russian Doll,” and the upcoming Charlie Kaufman film “I’m Thinking of Ending Things.”