NY NATAS Events

Each year we host over 100 events for our members and their guests and this year we plan to offer our members more opportunities to network and enhance their careers.

Film Screenings (Pre-Release)

Enjoy FREE tickets to pre-release Film Screenings for you and your guest. Recent film screenings include:

True Grit
The Rabbit Hole
Blue Valentine
The Fighter
Black Swan
Love and Other Drugs
The King's Speech
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Conviction
The Social Network
Catfish
Nanny McPhee Returns
Heartbreaker
The Tillman Story
Charlie St. Cloud
Mao's Last Dancer
The Concert
Cyrus
Despicable Me

Who Do You Love
The Green Zone
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Wolfman
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
It's Complicated
Precious
Planet 51
The Fourth Kind
An Education
Zombieland
Coco Before Chanel
Love Happens
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Julie & Julia
Funny People
The Ugly Truth
Bruno
Public Enemies
Land of the Lost

and many more!

Professional Development Workshops

Our Professional Development Workshops are informative and interactive. Recent topics include:

Going Indie: The Secrets to Success
Laser Coaching: Breakthrough Your Entertainment Career
Pitching Yourself/Your Projects with Conviction and Results
Producing a Dynamite Sizzle Reel: Blueprint for Success
Upsizing: Reinventing Yourself and Your Career For the New Digital Economy
Networking and Pitching Intensive: Become a Master
Envisioning Your Dream Career: Uncovering the Journey to Get There
Career Crossroads: Embracing the Opportunities to Success
Next Generation Marketing Promotions
Networking and Partnering: The Keys to Success
Capitalizing on Your Strengths: There's So Much There
Getting Unstuck: Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone

Meet the Filmmaker

Meet The Filmmaker is a monthly event showcasing a variety of films and the filmmaker behind the work. Wine and cheese reception and screening are followed by a Q&A session. Recent filmmakers include:

Maury Povich: "Mornings with Shirley Povich: A Century of Writing Sports"
Albert Maysles: "Gimme Shelter" and "Grey Gardens"
Peter Rosen: Who Gets To Call It Art?"
Gene Searchinger: "Paradox on 72nd Street"
Imero Fiorentino: "Lights! Camera! Dance!"
Harvey Chertok: "Hollywood Goes to War"
Andrew Laszlo: "The Night They Raided Minsky's"
Aviva Slesin: "Directed by William Wyler"
David Check and Robert Haddad: "We Are Young"
Kevin Stocklin and Gary Gasgarth: "We All Fall Down: The American Mortgage Crisis"

Meet the Filmmaker events are produced by Sumner Glimcher.

Seminars

Midmorning Exchange Seminars highlight keynote speakers from national media outlets who provide insight and advice to members each Wednesday morning at the Chapter office. Past noted speakers have included:

Richard Dreyfuss, Actor and Founder of The Dreyfuss Initiative
Reese Schonfeld, Co-Founder/First President & CEO of CNN; Co-Founder/First Chairman of Food Network
James Ackerman, President/CEO of The Documentary Channel
Albie Hecht, CEO of Worldwide Biggies
Scot Faulkner, first Chief Administrative Officer of the U.S. House of Representatives
Georges Leclere, Director of BANFF World Television Awards
Maritza Puello, Executive Editor of NY1 Noticias
Jennifer Quainton, Director of Programming & Acquisitions, The Cooking Channel
Gabriel Schoenfeld, Author of "Necessary Secrets: National Security, the Media and the Rule of Law"
Arthur Novell, Executive Director of The Jim Henson Legacy
Mark Lieberman, Creator and Executive Producer of "Live from the Artists Den"
Maurice Keshner, President/CEO and co-founder of Cinema World Studios
Ann Liguori, Radio and Television Sports Talk Show Host
Pat Cooper, Legendary Comedian

Midmorning Exchange Seminars are coordinated by Ellen Muir.

Early Morning Seminars highlight keynote speakers from national media outlets who provide insight and advice to members early each Wednesday morning at the Chapter office. Past noted speakers have included:

Mitch Semel, Executive Producer of "D.L. Hughley Breaks the News" on CNN
Reese Schonfeld, Co-Founder and First President of CNN; Co-Founder and First Chairman of The Food Network
Georges Leclere, Director of BANFF World Television Awards; Former Senior Vice President of The International Emmy® Awards
Robert L. Dilenschneider, Chairman and Founder of The Dilenschneider Group
John Terrett , Senior New York Correspondent, Al-Jazeera English
Daniel Blackman, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Howcast.com
Maureen Guthman, Vice President of Acquisitions and Co-Production at VH1 and VH1 Soul + Logo
Janine Rose, News Director/Anchor, News 12 Westchester and News 12 Hudson Valley
Michael Max Knobbe, Executive Director of BronxNet, and Baron Ambrosia, Writer/Director/Host of "Bronx Flavor"

Early Morning Seminars are coordinated by Ellen Muir.

PlayReadings

Monthly PlayReadings are hosted by actress Arlene Dahl. They offer members the opportunity to see and hear a play read by professional actors. Play readings have included participation from writers such as:

Glenn Bisogno: "Stag Harbor"
Greg Pritikin: "Unassisted Living"
Louisa Burns Bisogno: "The Night John Lennon Died" and "The Golden Retriever"
John Wooten: "Purple" and "Friends Till The End"
Richard and Jeffrey Levine: "Bird Brains"
Ronald Gabriel Paolillo: "The Lost Boy"
Vonda Menard: "Return to Darfur"
Michael Hartnett: "Dyin' Dick" and "Khe Sanh"
Cynthia Link: "Patchwork" and "Maple Seed"
Shouhua Qi: "Twin Sun River"
Aaliyah Miller: "Finding Patience"
Walter Thinnes: "Cold Creek" and "The Willow Grove"
Craig Shemin: "The Green Room"

PlayReadings are coordinated by Ellen Muir.

On Location Events and Backstage Tours

Join as we go "behind the scenes" with our On Location series. Enjoy live tapings and Q&A sessions on the sets of popular programs. Some of our recent trips have taken us to sets and studios such as:

The Rachael Ray Show
Live with Regis and Kelly
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Guiding Light
The Martha Stewart Show
Inside The Actors Studio with special guest Alec Baldwin at Pace University's Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts
Steiner Studios Tour
Bloomberg Tour
Buzzworthy Animation Studios

Conversations With... and Luncheon Events

Our Conversations With and Luncheon Event series offer opportunities to interact and lunch with notable media and television professionals. Recent guests include:

Ken Burns, award-winning director and producer of documentaries including The War (2007), Jazz (2001) and Baseball (1994)
Bob Schieffer, moderator of CBS' Face the Nation
Ted Koppel, Senior News Analyst for NPR and BBC; former anchor of ABC's Nightline
Christina Brown, Anchor/Journalist for NBC News (Early Today morning show) and MSNBC (First Look)
Miles O'Brien, Chief Environment and Technology Correspondent at CNN
Deanna Lee, Vice President of Communications at the Asia Society
Gordon Tubbs, Vice President of Auto Scripts, INC
Jonathan Clarke, TV Entertainment Reporter at vidocity.com
Sade Baderinwa, Emmy® Award-winning news anchor at New York's ABC Channel 7

Advanced Media

Advanced Media Events have featured such notable speakers as:

Panel Discussion: "Surviving a Site Launch Successfully: From Soup to Nuts" moderated by Alex Iglesias, MSG Media
BAFTA East Coast Presents Q&A Seminar Panel Discussion: "Master Class: Who Changed the Channel? The Digital Media Landscape in 2010" moderated by Shelly Palmer
Al Franken - Emmy® Award-winning comedian, writer, liberal political commentator and politician
Shawn Gold - Senior Vice President of MySpace
Herb Granath - Chairman Emeritus of ESPN
Jeremy Allaire - Founder and CEO of Brightcove
Shelly Palmer - Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC and host of "MediaBytes"
Chris Wedge - Writer, Director and/or Producer on such films as Ice Age: The Meltdown, Robots and Horton Hears a Who
Bob Berenson - Former Vice Chairman and General Manager of Grey Global Group
Jeff Dachis - Chairman/CEO and Managing Partner of Bond Art and Science, LLC; Chairman/CEO of Studio Holdings, LLC
Jack Grubman - Managing Member of Magee Group, LLC
Are Traasdahl - Founder and CEO of Thumbplay

Networking

Networking Opportunities to interact with a community of your peers at events such as cocktail parties, luncheons and club openings. Here are a few of our recent events:

Cocktail Party at Amnesia
Cocktail Party to celebrate the 2009 New York Emmy® Award Nominees at the PLUMM
Cocktail Party at Tailor
Newsmakers Networking Party at Buddha Bar
Newsmakers Networking Party at Popburger
Newsmakers Networking Party at Tenjune
Newsmakers Networking Party at Monkey Bar
The Just About Networking Event in association with The New York Coalition of Professional Women in the Arts & Media at Julia Miles Theater
Newsmakers Networking Party at China Club
Networking Party at Jade Terrace
Newsmakers Networking Party at The Manor
Newsmakers Networking Party at Ultra

Special HR Breakfast Events

HR Executives in the media industry are invited to Special Breakfast events with our signature sponsor Aetna which focus on health-related topics, such as:

Employee Wellness
Staying Fit and Feeling Fantastic
Stress Management

We recently hosted a Health Fair, featuring: Flu shots, Dermatology, Physical Medicine, Blood Pressure Screenings, Massage Therapy, Nutrition, Acupuncture, Laser Vision Correction, Spa Treatments, Foot and Ankle Screenings, Oral Cancer Screening, Dental Service, Physical Fitness, and more.

We also partnered with our Signature Sponsor Aetna and the Brooklyn Borough President's Office to announce a Walk-a-thon event for the "Lighten Up Brooklyn" campaign with special guest speaker Joe Gannascoli (Actor, The Sopranos) as a part of our healthy-living initiative.

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