How-To-Multi-Hyphenate: From Whiteboard to Green Light with Lisa Cordileone [In-Person]
Northwest Film Forum practices a sliding scale registration model.
For this workshop, because of the limited amount of seats, we will be instituting a minimum registration amount of $100.
If you would like to be considered for a scholarship please email derek@nwfilmforum.org.
About
This interactive workshop develops personalized strategies and tools to green-light your work as an artist. Together, we’ll explore methods to develop your authentic voice and bring clarity to your creative vision — with an emphasis on organization, prioritization, team building, financing, goal setting, and deadlines.
The objective is to empower artists who have a story to tell with tools to build a business model around their creative work — and to inspire each other to build the part of our careers we can control.
Unlike film schools or industry programs that emphasize high-budget studio models, this live, hands-on workshop provides scalable strategies for micro-budget short films, ULB features, and independent TV.
Workshop Agenda:
- Why Me? Why Now? – Develop Your Authentic Voice, A curiosity practice
- From Deadline to Inception — Align goals and reverse-engineer your roadmap
- Build Your Team / Raise Your Budget — Real-world strategies for outreach and execution
- Breakout Groups by Budget Level — Pitch planning tailored to your project size
- Collaborative Presentations + Producer Q&A — Refine your Whiteboard plan with live feedback
- Proof-of-Concept Screening — See how it all plays out on screen with producer commentary
Whether you’re just starting out or ready to pitch to executives, this session meets you where you are — and helps move your idea one step closer to “Greenlight.”
Lisa Cordileone
Actor/Writer/Producer
Lisa Cordileone is an actor/writer/producer developing narratives centered on tech ethics including ‘Committed’ a TV series inspired by the events surrounding the Lavender Scare.
She wrote, produced and played Mary in the proof of concept for Committed, ’Crazy As A Loon’ attracting an experienced team including Director, production, post team and composers whose work can be seen on: NBC, CBS, Hulu, Starz, FX, Netflix, HBO, Pixar, and Amazon. The film is just starting its festival premiering at Dances With Films LA, Indy Shorts, and OutSouth this summer.
Lisa was invited to submit for the Sundance Feature Film Program with ‘THINK,’ a 2nd Rounder at Austin Film Festival. She’s received support from IBM Archivists, Historians, Authors and Universities.
She co-wrote/produced and played Billie opposite Alexandra Billings (Transparent) in the award-winning feature ‘Freelancers Anonymous’ (Amazon). Recognized with Hollywood’s REFRAME Stamp, Jury Award (OutSouth), Frameline Completion Grant, FilmOut San Diego Best Actress.
Her spin-off ‘The Freelancers’ was a 2nd Rounder Sundance Episodic Lab as was her pilot ‘Stale Mate.’ Screening at 45+ film festivals internationally her work has been featured in THR, Variety, Deadline, Huffpost, Screen Magazine, No Film School, The Advocate, OUT Magazine, and Buzzfeed. She is represented by Alexander White Agency (AWA) for Theatrical work.