By: Hayley Thomas
Source: http://www.pasoroblespress.com
Category: Film School Online
Paso Robles High School alumnus Lynn Webb recently produced a film that’s caught some substantial buzz across the state.
Romantic comedy “Seducing Charlie Barker” was released earlier this month and has won numerous awards on the festival circuit. It’s now in limited theatrical release across the country, moving to VOD, PPV, Cinemax, iTunes, Nextflix, DVD and Showtime shortly.
The accomplished producer was inspired to enter the business after studying theater at Paso High under Glen Smeltzer's tutelage.
“He was instrumental, I think, and I’d like to touch bases with him sometime,” she said.
Webb said she enjoys working behind the camera.
“When I went to college [at U.C. Berkeley] I majored in theater and psychology and I was really on the track to becoming a professional actor, but it was just too nerve-wracking wondering whether you’ll get that next job or pay the rent,” she said.
When Webb graduated, she entered the world of producing, lending her expertise to various projects including commercials and a foreign film or two.
That path eventually led her to produce “Seducing Charlie Barker,” adapted from the Broadway play “The Scene,” written by Theresa Rebeck.
“Rebeck definitely brings this cache to the [film] and she was wonderful,” said Webb. “She came to the set the first week and we were really able to pick her brain.”
The film is directed by Webb’s friend and colleague Amy Glazer, who directed “The Scene” in a San Francisco theater production.
Glazer and Webb went on to start their own production company, Beshert, under the Yiddish word for “serendipity.”
“We began talking and we decided, ‘Let’s do it,’” said Webb.
For the complete article see the 12-20-2011 issue.
Source: http://www.pasoroblespress.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=6690
Source: http://www.pasoroblespress.com
Category: Film School Online
Paso Robles High School alumnus Lynn Webb recently produced a film that’s caught some substantial buzz across the state.
Romantic comedy “Seducing Charlie Barker” was released earlier this month and has won numerous awards on the festival circuit. It’s now in limited theatrical release across the country, moving to VOD, PPV, Cinemax, iTunes, Nextflix, DVD and Showtime shortly.
The accomplished producer was inspired to enter the business after studying theater at Paso High under Glen Smeltzer's tutelage.
“He was instrumental, I think, and I’d like to touch bases with him sometime,” she said.
Webb said she enjoys working behind the camera.
“When I went to college [at U.C. Berkeley] I majored in theater and psychology and I was really on the track to becoming a professional actor, but it was just too nerve-wracking wondering whether you’ll get that next job or pay the rent,” she said.
When Webb graduated, she entered the world of producing, lending her expertise to various projects including commercials and a foreign film or two.
That path eventually led her to produce “Seducing Charlie Barker,” adapted from the Broadway play “The Scene,” written by Theresa Rebeck.
“Rebeck definitely brings this cache to the [film] and she was wonderful,” said Webb. “She came to the set the first week and we were really able to pick her brain.”
The film is directed by Webb’s friend and colleague Amy Glazer, who directed “The Scene” in a San Francisco theater production.
Glazer and Webb went on to start their own production company, Beshert, under the Yiddish word for “serendipity.”
“We began talking and we decided, ‘Let’s do it,’” said Webb.
For the complete article see the 12-20-2011 issue.
Source: http://www.pasoroblespress.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=6690
