Elizabeth Gaylynn Baker
10 Rudy Rodriguez Dr.
Santa Fe, NM 87508
Primary: 505-216-5140
E-mail: goodfilms11@gmail.com
Cellular: 505-920-2015
Website: www.spiritpro.net
Credits: WHEN BUFFALO ROAM, Winner of the NY Int'l Film and Video Festivas; THE TRAIL OF PAINTED PONIES, Winner of White Sands Film Festival and Best Woman Director. Other credits and letters of references: www.spiritpro.net
After numerous emails and calls to different producers, one finally answered and this is what i got from her. I talked with Ms. Elizabeth Baker and tried asking her a couple of questions. To which she said she couldn't answer because she didn't know who i was. I explained that i was a University of South Carolina student who was interested in becoming a producer. After numerous attempts to get her to answer my questions, i finally took the hint that she wasn't going to answer them. She did give me some information on how she got started and things she has done to improve the film industry in not only New Mexico, but the rest of the United States as well.
She moved to New Mexico a little of 20 years ago and has been producing films ever since.
When she moved out to New Mexico, she had one thing on her mind; making films. She also liked the producing aspect as well and ended up landing a production assistant job. From their she had to learn the ropes of a set on her on from odd jobs worked on the set. From there, she got a directing assistant job and worked her way up to becoming a producer. There was not the elaborate incentive plan that they have today. It was still a struggling film state just like every other state in the nation.
Not only did she help get the film incentives started in New Mexico, she also started a program that teaches you the ropes of being on a set, managing a set, and offers hands on practice, lessons, and tutorials on the "works" of working on a set.
The website is www.filmapprentice.org and it is a nonprofit organization that teaches you safety on the set as well as protocol.
She told me if i had any further questions to consult the website and it would tell me all i needed to know. I admire her enthusiasm to get this project started and teach kids, through apprenticeship, the ropes of filmmaking and working in film.
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