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Category Archives: Self Promotion

Gaining Traction With Your Short Film

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Leah Meyerhoff’s film Twitch won the grand jury prize at Slamdance in  2007. Twitch went on to show at over 100 festivals and received many awards and was her first foray into the film festival circuit. Leah has been gracious enough to share a bit of her insight on her short filmmaking and how it [...]

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Have you been to Screenwriter Karaoke yet?

Friday, October 9, 2009

It is quite possible that you’ve landed on my blog and you aren’t aware that I also organize a filmmaking network event called Screenwriter Karaoke. Right now the events are NYC based, but I hope soon to have an LA counterpart. What is Screenwriter Karaoke? Think of it as a way to let your hair [...]

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CIA Confidential on National Geographic Television

Monday, June 15, 2009

Since February, I’ve been working various production duties for an Emmy and Peabody award winning documentary production company. I came in just as pre-production had ended and it was full steam ahead on the production of “CIA Confidential.” This week marks the culmination of the hard work of everyone involved. I’m happy to announce that [...]

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What’s Merrel Up To?

Friday, May 15, 2009

Oh no, here comes another life update! Since February, I’ve been doing production work on two hours of documentary television which will air next month on the National Geographic channel. I’m excited, as this will be my first on screen television credit. I’ll post more details about the program as the air date nears, it’s [...]

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Here’s my Card

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Keeping in line with the aesthetic of my site, I made up some business cards. Like my splash page, I conjured up my graphic design prowess and hand drew the design. Purdy, eh? I tested the waters with them over at the IFP Script to Screen conference last week. They were a hit. So, what’s [...]

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New York Life: Seven Months Later

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Quick Life update post. As usual, feel free to gloss over this entry. So here I am. I’ve been living and working in New York for seven months. It feels much longer. I think that is largely because so much has happened. In July 2008, I began working for a small web production company. Lots [...]

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Headed to Miami

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Well, I’m off to to fly to Art Basel Miami. Back on Monday. If you are in the area come to Sketch Sessions: Miami.

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