Industry Wisdom Bits is a video series that includes mini-interviews with tv & film industry professionals who share one golden nugget of wisdom that helped them in their career. ~~~~~ Screenwritenow helps writers naturally destress, get focused into their creative rhythm & flow, build tremendous confidence & deepen their emotional worldview into wisdom & truth, and hook audiences into wanting more. Suzanne Gundersen, Founder of www.screenwritenow.com is an Inner Story Consultant who works with individuals and groups, using techniques based in neuroscience and energy methods, to get them focused into their creative rhythm & flow. She specializes in helping writers’ clear blocks (personal & creative), get pitch ready (build confidence), and transform their personal hero's journey to connect with their deepest emotional truth & wisdom. For more info, check out https://www.screenwritenow.com Twitter @screenwritenow1 ~~~~~~ In this video, meet Mimi Maynard & Paulette Lifton, who share an industry wisdom bit about going after what you want, it can be yours! MIMI MAYNARD Producer/ Casting Director/ Voice Director, PGA, SAG AFTRA/ Actress Mimi Maynard has spent the last 15+ years as a Producer, casting and voice director of animated Features. Her credits include Fly Me To The Moon, the first stereoscopic 3D animated feature, Sammy’s Adventures: A Turtle’s Tale grossing over 100 million dollars and nominated for Best Animated Feature European Film Awards, won for Best Feature Film Cartoon Movies 2010 and Trophee du Film European, Thunder and The House of Magic, The Wild Life aka Robinson Crusoe and The Legend of Big Foot all in 3D Stereoscopic Animation, Caught By A Wave, Netflix (VO director) Ms Maynard handled the celebrity casting, voice directing and development on all her films. Ms. Maynard with her partner Paulette Lifton adapted, cast and voice directed over a dozen features including Cinderella And The Secret Prince, Latte and the Magic Water stone, Foodiverse, Kung fu Mulan, Spellbinder, Leap and Guardian Brothers. Maynard and Lifton recently completed producing the independent live action foreign film El Parjaro de Fuego (Bird of Fire) shot in Costa Rica, which is currently making the rounds in the film festival circuit. Currently they are pitching their series, to various studios. Rhea The Naked Birdie, is based on the true bird “Rhea” who took social media by storm. On the production side, she was co-owner of various production companies recruiting talent and developing projects for Management, Television and Motion Pictures. She produced and oversaw development of the Japanese television series Gundam into an American made-for-television movie. Ms Maynard is one of the co-owners of the animation school Voice Masters which specializes in actors crafting their voice in developing and honing characters for animated features,television and video games. https://www.netflix.com/title/81211017?s=i&trkid;=13747225 Paulette Victor Lifton’s career in animation started as with the craft of Sound. As owner of Oracle Post for over 20 years, she has earned multiple Emmy’s and MPSE Awards for shows like SpongeBob Squarepants, Penguins of Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Garcia and Fan Boy & Chum Chum, Beavis & ButtHead and Avatar the Last Airbender. Her clients include Viacom, DreamWorks, Disney, Paramount, Fox and most major networks and studios. Ms. Lifton then went on to cast and voice direct numerous Animated features for the Weinstein Co. handling their animation department. Ms. Lifton was hired in 2016 by Dimension Films as Co-Producer of Spy Kids: Mission Critical for Netflix season one and two airing on Netflix. She was just nominated for an MPSE award for the animated series Spy Kids. With her partner Mimi Maynard, they adapt, cast & voice direct for independent animation companies all over the world. Maynard and Lifton have done dozens of features and television. Credits include, Cinderella and The Secret Prince, Latte and the Magic Water stone, Foodiverse, Kung fu Mulan, Spellbinder, Leap and the Guardian Brothers just to name a few. Ms.Lifton and her partner Ms. Maynard recently completed producing the independent live action foreign film El Parajaro de Fuego ( Bird of Fire) shot in Costa Rica. Currently Lifton and Maynard are pitching their animated series Rhea The Naked Birdie based on the actual bird “Rhea” who took social media by storm.They are meeting with various studios and streaming platforms. https://voice-masters.com/ https://www.instagram.com/voice.masters/ https://www.facebook.com/voicemastersstudio

• published: 28 Mar 2021
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