FREE ZOOM SEMINAR: TOP 10 TIPS TO FUND YOUR NEXT FILM

Tired of waiting for opportunities to come your way?

In times of flux it is essential you take the right steps to empower yourself - not only for your own well-being, but also to stay in and ahead of the game.

In this inaugural Actor's Connection offering, award-winning actor/filmmaker and "The Crowdfunding Queen" will share the top 10 tips to help you secure all the funding you need for your next short film. Melissa has consulted indie artists in raising over $1.6M for their projects, with a 97% success rate. 

Whether you've already produced and self-funded shorts, tried crowdfunding and didn’t succeed, crowdfunded successfully but want to improve your approach, or are about to produce your very first project—this workshop is a must-attend!

 

ABOUT MELISSA: Melissa Center is an actress, award-winning filmmaker, and “The Crowdfunding Queen,” who has helped creatives raise over $1.6M for their passion projects. She is also an in-demand speaker who is known for bringing her intensely relatable & authentic stories  to the world.

As an actor, her most notable credits include roles on CHICAGO FIRE (NBC), FBI (CBS), This is Us (NBC), Grey's Anatomy (ABC), Masters of Sex (SHO), and more. Favorite roles onstage include “Maggie” in A Chorus Line (Dir. Mitzi Hamilton), “Olivia” in Sex with Strangers (Hollywood Fringe), and “Jan” in 50 Words (The Lab Creative, LA). She also originated the stage adaptation of Lois Lowry’s The Giver, directed by the late Wynn Handman of The American Place Theater. 

She is the producer, co-writer and star of feature film, All I Want (Prime, Vudu, TubiTV, itunes) and the co-director, writer and star of award-winning viral short film R.V, a narrative that anticipated the overturn of Roe vs Wade. Her short film His Name is Niv, which she wrote and directed, is inspired by her own experience with sexual assault. 

Her solo show Marrying Jake Gyllenhaal debuted during Pandemic lockdown via livestream at The Pico, LA followed by Edinburgh Fringe Digital to rave reviews & coverage in Ms. Magazine & Psychology Today. It just finished a successful run in NYC at Caveat. melissacenter.com 

 

WHAT TO PREPARE: 

No need to prepare any materials for this event!

Please follow the procedures listed below:

• Please update your headshot and fill out the MY INFO section of your AC account upon registration.

• Instructions and the ZOOM link for access to this online event will be emailed to you in advance. If you have not received the link by one hour before the event, please reach out to registration@actorsconnection.com.

Additional Information:

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