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Thu, Apr 30, 2020 3:30 PM PT
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Doc Talk: Producing with Jameka Autry

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Join SFFILM Makers for an online talk with independent producer Jameka Autry, who will debunk common myths in documentary filmmaking.
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Magician is not spelled “P-R-O-D-U-C-E-R.” Please join SFFILM Makers for an online talk with independent producer Jameka Autry, who will debunk common myths in documentary filmmaking. She will discuss working with a producer, managing expectations around time, financing, festivals, and sales. Additionally, Autry will share insight on creating a productive relationship between director and producer and how to set up a project for success.

This event is designed for filmmakers, and is open to current FilmHouse residents and grantees, and SFFILM members with the Filmmaker Add-On. Not yet a member? Join today!

Attendees who RSVP for this event will be sent a link via email one day in advance to register for the online session, which will be conducted with Zoom. We recommend that you download and install Zoom on your computer or mobile device in advance, and set yourself up with a free account. Attendees will have a chance to participate in the Q&A by sending in questions privately to our moderator. Registration closes around one hour before the start of the event — be sure to register early!

We look forward to experimenting with virtual events like this in the coming weeks — let us know how it goes and how we can improve the experience!

Learn more about how to use Zoom and attending our virtual events here.

Biographies

Speaker Jameka Autry

Jameka Autry is a creative producer, director, and 2019 Sundance Creative Producing Fellow. In 2017 she was honored as an Impact Partners Creative Producers Fellow and in 2018 she was selected as part of the inaugural DOC NYC 40 Under 40 List. Autry was recently awarded the Sundance/A&E Brave Storyteller Award at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and currently holds a Post Graduate Fellowship at the Investigative Reporting Program at the UC Berkeley School of Journalism.

Most recently Autry completed work on Ernie & Joe, which won the jury grand prize at SXSW and Boston International Film Festival, and she is working with director Loira Limbal on Through the Night. Autry has produced Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing (HBO), In My Father’s House (Showtime), Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. (Sundance 2018), and served as a Consulting Producer on Jeremiah Zagar’s We the Animals and CNN Films’ Love Gilda. She also helmed three seasons as Series Producer of The Fashion Fund (Amazon), a docu-reality series in collaboration with Vogue.