James Fernald

Los Angeles, California. A graduate of Ithaca College’s Film program in upstate New York, Jim also studied scriptwriting in the UCLA Extension writers program. Wrote humor column for suburban Boston(Massachusetts) newspaper prior to moving to St. Thomas in the US Virgin islands for a stint at bartending on the beach. Arrived in Los Angeles in the early 90's, working first as a script reader and then as a development executive for a variety of film and television production companies. Also a prolific screenwriter, signed by the Writers and Artists Agency and Messina-Baker Management of Beverly Hills, and most recently the Above the Line Agency on Sunset Blvd in West Hollywood. He currently resides in Denmark with him wife and two small boys and is in charge of the screenwriting program at the European Film College, a unique international school in the resort community of Ebeltoft.
All aspects of screenwriting will be covered in this workshop, with an emphasis on character, inspiration, and dedication.

Jan Harlan

Jan Harlan, grandson of a Portuguese man, Carlos de Freitas, became an international treasure, part of a legend. He was family, best friends, and co-creator with arguably the world's greatest filmmaker to date, who unfortunately is gone – Stanley Kubrick.
Jan Harlan directed the fabulous documentary about his life "Stanley Kubrick, a Life in Pictures" and was the executive producer of “The shining”, “Full Metal Jacket”, “Eyes Wide Shut” and cooperates on “Clockwork Orange”. He also cooperates with Steven Spielberg on the film “Artificial Intelligence”.
Participants of this workshop will have the unique opportunity of having an intimate discussion with Jan about Kubrick's films. An afternoon also will be set aside for Jan to show clips from and discuss music in Kubrick's films. Don't miss this very special one-time engagement.