A South Texas Native, Jade Puga (Guachichil, Huastec, Lipan Apache)attended the University Of Southern California. A multi-hyphenate, she is a writer/actress/filmmaker. Together with writing and producing partner Richard Montes, their historical drama screenplay is reader recommended and trending on the Black List and was a semi-finalist at the Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab 2017. Other screenplays… Read more »
Jason Marcus
Jason Marcus is a writer and comic from Boston whose writing blends realistic characters with absurdist premises by exploring the uniquely human experience in ways that are universally relatable. Most recently, he has written for an upcoming series on Netflix. Among his accolades, Jason is a Native American TV Writers Lab fellow and an NBC… Read more »
Erik Fritts-Davis
Erik Fritts-Davis.writes sketch and half-hour comedy. His work has been featured on stages of Upright Citizens Brigade, iO West, The Second City – Hollywood, and ACME Comedy Theatre. He is a staff writer for the long-running Top Story! Weekly. Erik holds a BA in film production from CSU Sacramento, studied in the UCLA Professional Program for… Read more »
Indigenous Film Summit
The Indigenous Film Summit will be held in Winnipeg on Saturday, June 23, 2018 at Théâtre Cercle Molière. The Indigenous Film Summit is a first-of-its-kind event in Manitoba, aimed at emerging and professional Indigenous directors, writers and producers. The goal is to provide the attendees an understanding of funding opportunities, documentary producing, feature film development, crowdfunding and… Read more »
Hollywood Creative Forum Recap
The LA SKINS FEST was proud to sponsor the Hollywood Creative Forum 9.0 Conference February 13th and 14th, 2018 in Beverly Hills, CA. This event is the media & entertainment industry’s leader gathering where talented and credentialed individuals from communities of color get together with established industry executives to share ideas, network, collaborate and advance… Read more »
RES Las Vegas 2018
The National Reservation Economic Summit (RES) is taking place March 5th – 8th, 2018, in Las Vegas. RES offers attendees access to tribal leaders, members of Congress, federal agency representatives, state and local elected officials, and top CEOs, on a national platform. Attendees will benefit from networking, training, and business development sessions. The LA SKINS… Read more »
3rd Annual Native American TV Writers Lab
The 3rd Annual NATIVE AMERICAN TV WRITERS LAB call for submissions is now closed. The lab is sponsored by NBCUniversal, Netflix, CBS Entertainment Diversity, Turner, and HBO. “Between the table reads, the writers labs, and the pitch workshops, the LA SKINS FEST has helped me grow and learn substantially, not just as a Native and… Read more »
NATIVE AMERICAN WRITERS PITCH WORKSHOP
November 14th, 2017 — The 11th Annual LA SKINS FEST opened with the 6th Annual NATIVE AMERICAN WRITERS PITCH WORKSHOP. Native writers met with showrunners and pitched to creative executives, agents, managers and writing consultants. The first portion of the workshop was an introduction to pitching. Our guest speaker was Mike Royce (Netflix showrunner for… Read more »
OPENING NIGHT MIXER
November 15th, 2017 — Sundance Institute’s Native American and Indigenous Film Program collaborated with us to celebrate and host our opening night for Native American filmmakers, Native American TV Lab alumni, and Sundance NativeLab Fellows. We also took the opportunity to thank our network, studio, tribal and municipal sponsors for supporting the LA SKINS FEST…. Read more »
NATIVE AMERICAN ACTING WORKSHOP
Thursday November 16th — The SAG-AFTRA National Native Americans Committee as part of LA Skins Fest hosted a panel called The Business of Acting: The Landscape of Native American Casting– a free casting panel and interactive workshop. This casting panel and workshop was dedicated to Native American actors seeking to gain insight into auditioning, performing… Read more »