Conversations from the Center: Filmmaking in Central Ohio
Run Time: 60 min.
A roundtable discussion, featuring local filmmakers, creators, and industry leaders discussing the process of making films in central Ohio.
Join the Conversation hereModerated by John Daugherty — Executive director at the Greater Columbus Film Commission
Panelists:
Jon Sherman — Associate Professor of Film at Kenyon University, Jonathan Sherman is a graduate of Wesleyan University with an MFA in film production and screenwriting from Wesleyan University. His films include Breathing Room, I’m With Lucy, and the upcoming They/Them/Us, an independent feature film shot in Columbus, Ohio during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Jeremy Hughes — New Media Council Member and CEO and Founding Partner of Columbus-based production company Elevate Pictures. In 2018, the Film Center premiered Finding Clara, a documentary by Elevate Pictures and Justice Studios, in partnership with BalletMet, that provides a behind-the-scenes account of the annual Nutcracker production.
Dr. Mark Lomax, II — A critically acclaimed musician, composer, activist, and educator, Dr. Lomax holds a Doctor of Music Arts degree in composition from The Ohio State University. Supported in part by an artist in residency at the Wexner Center for the Arts, his magnum opus, 400: An Afrikan Epic, consists of a 12 album cycle, a curriculum, and a documentary that ambitiously tells the story of the Afrikan diaspora.
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