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Deborah Gilels

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KUCI: Get the Funk Out

Best in Fest

Pieces of a Nation

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Valerie McCaffrey

Jeanne Marie Spicuzza

Michael Trent

Suzanne Johnson

Leslee Scallon

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Kathryne Isabelle Easton

Tyler Rugh

Cevin Soling

Janeane Bernstein

Eve Rodsky

Ashton Applewhite

Kate Black

Ethan Hawke

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“You’re in charge of your mind. You can help it grow by using it in the right way.” Carol DweckSuccess is defined differently from each perspective but true success is depended on how happy you are and how much happiness you bring to other. Join Deborah Gilels (Publicist and Media Consultant) and myself while we chat about her experiences in the entertainment industry as an executive, how she learned to overcome her fears during times of impasse and the quest for living from the heart. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.  https://anchor.fm/app

“You’re in charge of your mind. You can help it grow by using it in the right way.” Carol Dweck Success is defined differently from each perspective but true success is depended on how happy you are and how much happiness you bring to other. Join Deborah Gilels (Publicist and Media Consultant) and myself while we chat about her experiences in the entertainment industry as an executive, how she learned to overcome her fears during times of impasse and the quest for living from the heart. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/app</a>

The Mind of a Happy Warrior w/ Deborah Gilels

How do you get Hollywood to pay attention to your Independent short or Feature Film? In this episode Leslie gets the blueprint from successful Publicist/Producer Deborah Gilels.  From the Festival Circuit to Packaging a Feature with a major studio, this conversation has it all from two professionals who know the industry.Deborah Gilels has run a successful PR/Media Consulting company for the past 16 years, assisting writers, filmmakers, and actors with PR and Marketing activities including promoting feature films, shorts and documentaries, by way of public relations, marketing, project development, and distribution strategy, repping documentaries and feature films in the international marketplace.Among the films she has successfully launched are: Keiko the Untold Story of the Star of Free Willy, the award-winning documentary The War on Kids, and the Chazz Palminteri- Andie MacDowell family drama Mighty Fine for Lionsgate.  In the anime space, Gilels ran FYC campaigns for the award-winning features Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms and Liz and the Blue Bird (Satellite Award nominee), the short Lacrimosa and documentary The Gilligan Manifesto. She also was the lead publicist on Fathoms release of Hayao Miyazaki’s Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro, the award-winning A Silent Voice, Millennium Actress and Sound! Euphonium.  She has also done publicity for anime series Lupin 3rd Part 4 on Adult Swim in May 2017, Lupin the 3rd Part 5, Megalobox on Crunchyroll and Cartoon Network and theatrical release for the feature Penguin Highway. Gilels has also led publicity for the DVD/VOD releases for several titles. Other recent films include:  The World Without You starring Radha Mitchell, PJ Byrne and James Tupper,  Hajji starring The Walking Dead’s Ross Marquand, Pooling to Paradise, starring Taryn Manning and  Jonathan Lipnicki, Violet is Blue: A Tale of Gibbons and Guardians, Echoes From the Attic, Once is Enough and the LA Emmy winning documentary To Climb a Gold Mountain.Gilels has successfully promoted films in festivals such as Dances With Films, LA Femme International Film Festival, HollyShorts, Starz, Toronto International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival, New Filmmakers (LA and NY), St. Louis, UN Film Festival, Heartland, Cannes, and has represented feature films and documentaries in markets such as AFM, Anime Expo, Berlin and MIP-TV. She executive produced the award-winning documentaries Bearing the Torch: Politics &amp; the Games for ESPN/Hearst Entertainment.   Prior to that, as a development executive and producer Gilels collaborators included actors Robert Duvall, Jenna Malone, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Rachel Leigh Cook; writers and directors A. Scott Berg, Michael Hirst, and Paul Verhoeven. Companies and producers such as: Mike Macari, Disney, ESPN, Wind Dancer Films, Lionsgate and New Line Cinema/TV. She has also held executive positions at Fox, Warner Brothers TV and PFG Entertainment. In that capacity, the films  she has worked on as a development executive include: Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead starring Christina Applegate and David Duchovny, Crossing the Mob starring Jason Bateman, Showdown in Little Tokyo starring the late Brandon Lee and Cary- Hiroyuki Tagawa, Penthathlon starring Dolph Lundgren, and A Slight Case of Murder starring William H. Macy.Gilels has programmed panels for LA Femme International Film Festival, where she is a Board Member, and HollyShorts.  She was also a screenplay juror for the LA Greek Film Festival.

How do you get Hollywood to pay attention to your Independent short or Feature Film? In this episode Leslie gets the blueprint from successful Publicist/Producer Deborah Gilels.  From the Festival Circuit to Packaging a Feature with a major studio, this conversation has it all from two professionals who know the industry. Deborah Gilels has run a successful PR/Media Consulting company for the past 16 years, assisting writers, filmmakers, and actors with PR and Marketing activities including promoting feature films, shorts and documentaries, by way of public relations, marketing, project development, and distribution strategy, repping documentaries and feature films in the international marketplace.Among the films she has successfully launched are: Keiko the Untold Story of the Star of Free Willy, the award-winning documentary The War on Kids, and the Chazz Palminteri- Andie MacDowell family drama Mighty Fine for Lionsgate.  In the anime space, Gilels ran FYC campaigns for the award-winning features Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms and Liz and the Blue Bird (Satellite Award nominee), the short Lacrimosa and documentary The Gilligan Manifesto. She also was the lead publicist on Fathoms release of Hayao Miyazaki’s Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro, the award-winning A Silent Voice, Millennium Actress and Sound! Euphonium.  She has also done publicity for anime series Lupin 3rd Part 4 on Adult Swim in May 2017, Lupin the 3rd Part 5, Megalobox on Crunchyroll and Cartoon Network and theatrical release for the feature Penguin Highway. Gilels has also led publicity for the DVD/VOD releases for several titles. Other recent films include:  The World Without You starring Radha Mitchell, PJ Byrne and James Tupper,  Hajji starring The Walking Dead’s Ross Marquand, Pooling to Paradise, starring Taryn Manning and  Jonathan Lipnicki, Violet is Blue: A Tale of Gibbons and Guardians, Echoes From the Attic, Once is Enough and the LA Emmy winning documentary To Climb a Gold Mountain.Gilels has successfully promoted films in festivals such as Dances With Films, LA Femme International Film Festival, HollyShorts, Starz, Toronto International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival, New Filmmakers (LA and NY), St. Louis, UN Film Festival, Heartland, Cannes, and has represented feature films and documentaries in markets such as AFM, Anime Expo, Berlin and MIP-TV. She executive produced the award-winning documentaries Bearing the Torch: Politics &amp; the Games for ESPN/Hearst Entertainment.   Prior to that, as a development executive and producer Gilels collaborators included actors Robert Duvall, Jenna Malone, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Rachel Leigh Cook; writers and directors A. Scott Berg, Michael Hirst, and Paul Verhoeven. Companies and producers such as: Mike Macari, Disney, ESPN, Wind Dancer Films, Lionsgate and New Line Cinema/TV. She has also held executive positions at Fox, Warner Brothers TV and PFG Entertainment. In that capacity, the films  she has worked on as a development executive include: Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead starring Christina Applegate and David Duchovny, Crossing the Mob starring Jason Bateman, Showdown in Little Tokyo starring the late Brandon Lee and Cary- Hiroyuki Tagawa, Penthathlon starring Dolph Lundgren, and A Slight Case of Murder starring William H. Macy.Gilels has programmed panels for LA Femme International Film Festival, where she is a Board Member, and HollyShorts.  She was also a screenplay juror for the LA Greek Film Festival.

How to Promote & Package an Independent Film with Publicist/Producer Deborah Gilels - Ep #6

Deborah Gilels, owner of the successful PR firm LA Media Consultants, joined me Monday at 9:30am pst!