The Network Austin Mixer - This Month

Dear Film, Game, Music and Entertainment People, Friends, Investors and Fans,

WHAT: The Network Austin Mixer
WHEN: Wed February 8, 2012 - Networking starts at 6 PM
WHERE: Baby Acapulco's - 5610 North IH-35, Austin TX 78751
WHO: Everyone involved in film, theater, game, TV, and entertainment media... and YOU!
GUEST SPEAKERS @ 6:45 PM: YOU, the attendees!

Yes, folks, on Wednesday Feb 8 our Speakers will be YOU, the attendees at the Mixer that night. Come early and sign in to this 'Pitching' Mixer, and at 6:45 we will begin featuring those who have signed in. Each person will be allotted two minutes to address those in attendance, so this is an excellent opportunity to see what others are looking for, to introduce yourself to all of us, and/or to make a two-minute plug about your talents and abilities. Bring handouts, cards, and info about websites, etc. To keep the total time to about 1.5 hours, we will limit our list to 40, so come early.

IMPORTANT: We are honored that Texas Film Commission Director Even Fitzmaurice has accepted our invitation to be our Guest Speaker on Wed Feb 29, the extra day we have for 2012, a leap year! Concerning Feb 29, Mr. Fitzmaurice said, "May this extra day provide great karma for our industry." Do not miss this opportunity to meet Mr. Fitzmaurice and find out the latest information concerning The Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program.
SEE: http://governor.state.tx.us/film/incentives/overview

We are extremely grateful to Babs George, Gabe Folse, and Paula Russell from the State Theatre School of Acting for being our Guest Speakers at the Jan 25 Mixer! These experienced and highly talented actors/teachers have offered great insights into acting, the theater, and film, as well as producing and directing. We thank all three of you!

See more information about each speaker via the links below:

SEE: http://www.austintheatre.org/  

Babs George
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0313345/
Gabe Folse
http://www.gabrielfolse.com/
Paula Russell
http://www.rockisland.com/~russells/
Baby Acapulco's Central, Austin, TX THE NETWORK AUSTIN MIXER meets at Baby Acapulco's - also known at Baby A's - 5610 North IH-35, Austin, 78751 - on the southbound I35 Frontage Road on the west side of I35, South of the Koenig Lane-I35-US 290 East intersection. If heading North on I 35, exit 2222, make the far left U-turn, and head back South on the frontage road. If heading South on I 35, take Exit 238B-A (Houston, East 290, 2222), go through the 2222/290 intersection and keep going south on the frontage road. Baby A's is an Austin institution, and we meet in the large back room with HAPPY HOUR SPECIALS until 7 PM!

Keep Texans working! Join TXMPA - http://www.txmpa.org/

To keep updated about our Mixers and our featured Speakers, always visit our main website - http://networkaustinmixer.com/. To get on our mailing list, if you are not already, email me - Gary L. Wimmer network@garywimmer.com - and write 'Request to be added' in the Subject line. That way we can keep you updated! And join us at the Mixers!  

The Network Austin Mixer is now in its sixth year, and we deeply appreciate your support, interest, and attendance! We meet on the second and last Wednesdays of each month, except November and December due to the holidays. There is no membership required to attend and no cover charge. The Mixers are open to people involved with or interested in film, media, acting, writing, producing, directing, etc. Join us and network!

Our past speakers have included Texas State Representative Dawnna Dukes, Beth Sepko (Beth Sepko Casting), Bob Hudgins (Fromer Director - Texas Film Commission), Bonnie Orr (Screenwriter, Producer), Marco Perella (Actor, Acting Teacher), Scott Meyers (Director, AD), Veronica Kelley-Albiez (DVA Talent ), Michael Waxman (Director FNL), Stefano Fabrizio (Headshot Photographer), Heather Collier (Collier Talent), Robert Hinkle (Actor, Writer, Producer, Director), Steve Prince (Actor, Acting Teacher), Donise Hardy (Owner & Founder / A CASTING PLACE), Doran W. Ingrham (Actor, writer), Gary L Wimmer (Actor, writer), Van Brooks (Actor, Acting Teacher), Matt Dentler (SxSW), Barbara Morgan (Executive Director - Austin Film Festival), Steve Orr (Independent Producer, Attorney), Gary Kent (Director, Writer, Actor, Stunts), Toni Cobb-Brock (Casting Director), Sally Allen (Casting Director), Lupe Valdez (Acclaim Talent Agency), Barbara Brinkley (Casting Director), Charles Wiedman (Writer, Producer, Director), Natalie Schuessler (Austin Film Society), Andrew Pozzo (Writer, Director), Katherine Willis (Actress), Jeter Crutchfield, Kelly Williams, Linnea Toney, Alissa Ziemianski, Alex McPhail, David Gil, Scott Bagan, Matt Dy, and Melissa 'Millie' McKinney (Austin Film Festival), Sherry Mills (Executive Director REEL WOMEN), Gary Walker (Special Effects Artist), Byran Poyser (Austin Film Society), Phillip Guzman, (Director, writer, producer),  Babs George (Actor, Acting Teacher), Deena Kalai (Entertainment Attorney), Cynthia Robbins (BLVD Talent), CK McFarland (Actor, Director, Writer, Teacher), Rob Nash (Comedian, Writer), Erin Franlkin (Agence Talent), Angela Rawnā (Actress, Writer), Liz Atherton (The Atherton Group (TAG) Talent Agency), Dallas Snell (Computer Game Pioneer), Jeff Stolhand (Writer, Director), Kat Candler and Stacy Schoolfield (Writers, Directors, Storie Productions), Marta McGonagle (Actress), Todd McMullen (Cinematographer, DP), Greg Zekowski (Director, Writer, Producer), Gabe Folse (Actor, Acting Teacher), Mark Stuart Lane (Actor, Producer, Director), Bill Kirchenbauer (Actor, Comedian), Joaquin Avellon (Editor, Producer), Ludek Drizhal (Musician, Composer), Jeffery Nightbyrd (Acclaim Talent), Steve Mims (Teacher, Filmmaker), Tom Booker (Comedian, Teacher, Writer), Sheila Steele (Beth Sepko Casting), Reid Reasor (Animation expert), Amanda C. Hall-Summers (Acclaim Talent), Liz Reeder Neubauer (Teacher, writer, producer), Michael Morlan (Cinematographer, writer), Janet Pierson (Producer SxSW), Ben Taylor (Actor, Writer, Teacher), Tommy G. Warren (Writer, Producer, Spiderwood Studios), Mary Anne Connolly (Editor/Austin Woman Magazine), Amy Maner (Actress, Producer, Costumer), Brandy Rainey Amstel (Writer, Producer, Director), Deb Bryan (Canned Peach Productions), Suezean Matarazzo (DP), Michael B. Druxman (Screenwriter, Director, Author), Giovanni Gallucci (Internet social media guru), Sandra Adair (Editor), Dwight Adair (Director, Writer, Producer), Barry Pineo (Actor, Teacher), Beatrice Bellino (Script Supervisor), Linda Dowell (Executive Director SAG/DFW) and Trish Avery (Assistant Executive Director SAG/DFW), Latifah Taormina (Executive Director of Austin Circle of Theaters), David Layton & J. Kevin Smith (Picture Box Productions), Paul Alvarado-Dykstra (Central Texas Representative of TXMPA) and Anne-Marie McKaskle (Membership Services Director at the Greater Austin Creative Alliance), Dean Reading (Actor, Writer, Teacher), Christine "Kee Kee" Buckley (Business, Rights, Negotiations, Writer), Erik Eff (Producer, Editor, Writer), Michele Collins (Actor, Singer, Comedian, Producer), Mj Vandivier (Actor, Acting Teacher), Paula Russell (Actor, Acting Teacher), Jonathan de la Luz (Writer, producer, financial consultant for film, Tracie Laymon (Writer, Director), Spencer Gibb (Composer, Producer, Actor), Leon Rodriquez (Writer, Director, Producer), Linda Bradshaw, Danielle Gonzales, Stacey Glazer, David Harper, Marc Friedman, Dan Mays, Sonny Costilla, and Martina Ohlhauser (Studio E Austin Comics), Janell Vela Smith (Martial Arts, Stunts), Derek Lee Nixon (Actor, Writer, Producer), Dawn Krantz (Financing films), Laurie A. Guzda (Actor, Director, Comedian), Nick Krause (Actor), Kate Krause (Actress), and others from our round table discussions.

Please pass on information about our Mixers to your friends and associates in the film/media industries, and if you have a website associated with those fields, please post our website - http://networkaustinmixer.com

IMPORTANT!!!

The Texas Film Incentive Program (House Bill 873) is now in place, thanks to the tireless efforts of past Texas Film Commission Director Bob Hudgins, current Texas Film Commission Director Evan Fitzmaurice (http://www.governor.state.tx.us/film), TX State Rep Dawnna Dukes (http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist46/dukes.php), the all-important TXMPA, and thousands of people across the state!

On December 16, 2010, Gov. Rick Perry named Evan Fitzmaurice as Interim Director of Texas Film Commission, and we welcome Mr. Fitzmaurice onboard! Funding for the current TX Film Incentive Program (funded during the 2011 TX Legislative Session) is now $30 million. Still, we in the film, TV, gaming, and associated industries need to join TXMPA, as the battle for renewed funding will begin again concerning the legislative session in 2013. All hands onboard!

Google - Texas film incentives (House Bill 873), and visit http://www.governor.state.tx.us/film and TXMPA and other websites to get details!

TXMPA (http://www.txmpa.org/joomla/) is a nonprofit organization founded in Austin to become the advocate for the film, video, interactive, and digital media production industries in the Texas. TXMPA