The Art of the Pitch:

Selling Your Television Ideas
To Hollywood

Monday, January 22, 2007

7:00-8:30pm

Location:  WTTW Channel 11, 5400 N. St. Louis Avenue, Chicago

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Chicago Bar Association Presents 

TELEVISION PRODUCTION IN CHICAGO

Tuesday, January 23, 2007
3:00-6:00 p.m. 

Experience Level: Basic to Intermediate
Presented by: YLS Creative Arts Committee
 
Program will be held at the CBA Building,
321 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago, IL 60604

NATAS members! Special $20 rate.  

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What does it take to sell your TV concept in Hollywood?
 
John Davies, the creator and original producer of WTTW’s long-running hit Wild Chicago, headed for Los Angeles more than a dozen years ago, determined to bring his television program ideas to the small screen.  Since then, he has produced or executive produced numerous series and specials in a variety of genres for network and cable, including last year’s summer series The Rerun Show for NBC, and the current MTV hip-hop reality series Run’s House (executive produced with Russell Simmons and Sean  “Diddy” Combs). 

John will tell some war stories, give tips on how to successfully make “the pitch”, and provide a first-hand account of how a Chicago producer learned to earn a living in Hollywood.

NATAS Members and Students: Free            

Non-members: $5.00

Please RSVP by calling 312-435-1825 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Ptich Workshop Flyer

WTTW Channel 11, 5400 N. St. Louis, Chicago

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TELEVISION PRODUCTION IN CHICAGO

Tuesday, January 23, 2007
3:00-6:00 p.m. (2.75 MCLE Credits)

Experience Level: Basic to Intermediate
Presented by: YLS Creative Arts Committee
 
Program will be held at the CBA Building,
321 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago, IL 60604

NATAS members! Special $20 rate.  

To register and for more information download the Registration form.

Television production is an important industry in Chicago, and  it generates a wide variety of legal and business related work. Practitioners in the areas of contract negotiations, commercial transactions, finance, intellectual property, dispute resolution and litigation frequently find themselves involved in television related work.  In this seminar, we will address legal, business and production issues in the areas of public television, commercial television, “reality” programming, and talent representation. 

PANELISTS:
Jerry Glover, Senior Counsel, Entertainment and Intellectual
Property Law Group

V.J. McAleer, Senior Vice-President of Production, WTTW
Chicago

Eliot Ephraim, Attorney and Talent Agent, Ephraim &
Associates, P.C.

Rick Erwin, Television Producer and Creative Director, Erwin
Media

MODERATORS:
Daniel M. Pomerantz, Ungaretti & Harris, LLP
Teresa Tambolas, Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard &
Geraldson LLP

Co-Chairs, YLS Creative Arts Committee