SPOOKY FILMS SPAWNED TO TAKE ON SUPERNATURAL HORROR GENRE
DECEMBER, 2004
Spooky Films initiates talks with investors
Relationship with a Los Angeles based film investment group spurs business and creative development.
APRIL, 2004
Making Spooky Films in New Orleans
Tom and associates tour the spacious NIMS Center soundstage, and get the inside scoop from the knowledgable
director, Roger Benischek.
Visit www.lafilm.org for developments in Louisiana's film community.
Tom presents the Spooky Films business strategy to New Orleans bankers. Louisiana provides a combination of tax incentives and state-backed programs.
MARCH, 2004
Spooky Films makes the rounds at American Film Market
Tom and associates have meetings with the gatekeepers of the international marketplace.
JANUARY - MARCH, 2004
Spooky Films producer gets workout at UCLA Film School
Tom hones the Spirit Land feature film business strategy at UCLA's Independent Film Business and Marketing, a nine-week workshop led by
Lenny Shapiro, Executive Producer of Dahmer.
The course culminated in a presentation of our business strategy to a panel of film producers and sales agents, followed by a full day of meetings at the American Film Market.
DECEMBER 30, 2003
Spooky Films LLC formed
Tom and Marta develop projects in Los Angeles intended for New Orleans production.
NOVEMBER, 2003
becomes our software of choice for creating our film business plan.
MAY, 2003
Tom and Marta begin business strategy sessions with consultant Richard Stern, courtesy of Women In Film and the Los Angeles Business Development Center [SBDC].
MARCH - NOVEMBER, 2002
Tom and Marta are awarded a Paul Verhoeven Scholarship to develop Spirit Land at the
Los Angeles Film School's Feature Development Program.
Marta receives a Women In Film / Universal Studios grant.
JUNE, 2001
Marta is a Semi-Finalist in the Chesterfield Writers Film Project, and in the prestigious
Nicholl
Fellowship Grant, awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science.