“Greening the Screen” Event Focuses on Production

Second Line Stages, the only LEED film production facility in the United States, is holding a training seminar on sustainability in film production.

Called “Greening the Screen”, the event includes a training program for producers and filmmaking students October 27-28, followed by a public seminar  from leading professionals on what it means to go green in Hollywood. Instructors and speakers will include producers from major film studios and experts in eco-friendly techniques, such asJane Evans, EVP, Physical Production, Focus Features (The American, Milk, Brokeback Mountain); Executive Producer Mari Jo Winkler (Dan in Real Life, Away We Go, Fair Game); Producer Kathleen Courtney (Daredevil, Because of Winn Dixie, Law Abiding Citizen, Bowfinger) and Joshua Throne, Production Manager (The Expendables, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt). Also coming are Meredith Bergmann and Katie Carpenter whose company Green Media Solutions has worked directly with NBC / Universal, among others, greening their productions over the past few years; their credits include HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, It’s Complicated and Saturday Night Live.