Hollywood Film Academy's podcast Gaukhar Noortas

Take a look at the industry through the eyes of a highly successful film distributor (theatrical and more), film financier André Boissier. Find out what it takes to get your project financed and distributed.
Conversation with Gia Noortas.
Founder, President
Pasatiempo Pictures, Freeman Distribution, Revolutionary Releasing, ABLO Inc.
Andre Boissier has been active in international distribution and financing of independent feature films for the past 30 years. Boissier is a co-founder and partner in the leading independent distribution platform in Eastern Europe, Unicorn Media (aka Freeman Film Trade & Finance); he also is the founder and president of Pasatiempo Pictures which distributes motion pictures across Latin America, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. In addition Boissier is the sole proprietor and president of ABLO, Inc., a boutique consulting company catering to leading theatrical distributors overseas.
Boissier has been involved with the distribution of more than 500 motion pictures including such notables as RUNAWAY BRIDE, HANNIBAL, WHAT WOMEN WANT, CRASH, MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, MR. & MRS. SMITH, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, FURY, LAST VEGAS, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, BROOKLYN, DIRTY GRANDPA and ATOMIC BLOND, among others.
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Discover the creative process and understand the inspiration of the Royal Painter of China, Zhou Xu. Find out why the famous painter opened up a new chapter in his career now in Hollywood.
Conversation with Gia Noortas. Translated by Zhou Xu’s talented daughter Selinda.
Zhou Xu, (pronounced Joe Shoe), is very famous in the group of contemporary Chinese artists in China. He painted a few oil paintings for the 2008 Olympic Games. The Chinese government also commission him for doing historically related artworks, portraits of governors officials and celebrities. Since 1996, Zhou Xu has been working on art related to the history of China in Beijing. He has held the exhibitions in Scotland, Japan, Singapore, the U.S, Canada, Philippines, Portugal, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. He has exhibited in mainland China 10 times.
The theme of Zhou's artwork is based on important Chinese historical events and people. The artist's main objective is to illustrate Women and Mother Lover. His other artworks consist of dances in palaces, landscapes, portraits, and spirit of love. Zhou was named Chinese Contemporary Artist for the Royal Palace. His artwork has been collected by many art galleries and museums and is sold internationally. Zhou has contributed and donated to the charity of Tibet and poor areas in China. He is one of the most talented contemporary artists in China.
Throughout many years of work Zhou Xu has exhibited his art in many different countries and has won numerous of very prestigious awards. That includes Lifetime Achievement Award (2018) from Daya Prize in Literature and Culture. The prize is named as Chinese Nobel Prize, as well as Global The Most Outstanding Artist Award in Culture and Arts during the past forty Years in the Chinese History (2019).
Presently Zhou Xu is beginning to work with film production companies in Los Angeles, making a new impact onto cultural aspect of filmmaking.
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Discover how to build a career as a talent agent or on the other hand find out how to get an agent. Conversation between Frank Balkin of WPA and Gia Noortas.
Fran Balkin BIO:
Frank Balkin has represented producers, directors, cinematographers, production designers, costume designers, and editors for the past 22 years. A graduate of the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema with a minor in Sociology, Balkin worked in story development, production, post-production, and foreign sales prior to becoming an agent. He states enthusiastically that “representing filmmakers for network and cable television provides me the most enjoyable, satisfying career of anyone I know.” Frank joined WPA in 2014 after over 12 years as Co-Head of Paradigm’s Physical Production Department. He is an active member of Families with Children from China, Temple Beth Hillel, and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
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Janet Nepales, journalist and member of HFPA (Golden Globes) interview with Gia Noortas, filmmaker and actress. Janet is originally from Philippines now based in Los Angeles, CA
Gia opens up about her movie "My Husband's Wife" (original title TOKAL), about her life and aspirations, and about The World's Best talent show (CBS 2019).
Gia Noortas BIO:
Gia (Gaukhar), originally from Kazakhstan, moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to pursue her dream of becoming a filmmaker. In 2008 Gia founded The Los Angeles based film production company, Mount Helix Films developing and producing international film projects.
In 2013 Gia launched Hollywood Film Academy®, a Los Angeles based company with a subsidiary in Almaty, Kazakhstan specializing in the instruction of film production.
Gia Noortas and her international team's latest feature film My Husband's Wife (aka Tokal), produced and co directed by Gia, have concluded 9 weeks of wide theatrical release in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan gaining reputation of "the most talked about drama of the year. This film is now on major streaming platforms in North America, CIS, Mongolia. My Husband's Wife has been one of the front runners for the best foreign language category at the Golden Globe 2017. Gia has been nominated for a best female actress category at Kazakhstan's National Academy of Motion Pictures and Arts for her role in this picture.
Gia manages the Honorary Consulate of Kazakhstan in Los Angeles, bridging both cultural and business relations. This included the launch of Kazakhstan: Montage of Cinemas Film and Cultural Festival in Hollywood as well as Tengri: Montage of Cultures.
Gia Noortas is also a judge/expert representing Kazakhstan on The World's Best talent show (CBS).
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They discuss his latest feature length documentary Wonders Of The Sea (3D), challenges of documentary filmmaking and environmental issues and solutions.
Jean-Michel Cousteau BIO:
Explorer. Environmentalist. Educator. Film Producer. For more than four decades, Jean-Michel Cousteau has dedicated himself and his vast experience to communicate to people of all nations and generations his love and concern for our water planet
Cousteau is the son of Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Simone Melchior. Cousteau first dived with an aqua-lung in 1945 when he was 7 years old. Although he went to school to study architecture, he joined his father's Cousteau Society, serving for twenty years as executive vice president before striking out on his own in 1993 to produce environmental films.
Jean-Michel founded the Ocean Futures Society in 1999, a marine conservation and education organization. In 2003, Francesca Sorrenti and Marisha Shibuya of the SKe GROUP project, in partnership with Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society, collaborated to produce Water Culture, a Trolley Books publication featuring a wide variety of photographer's water-related imagery and interviews with prominent world personalities on the problems facing our water supply.
Cousteau is also Chairman of Green Cross France. Cousteau advocates for a world free of nuclear weapons, and is a member of the Advisory Council of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
In 2012, he published the book My Father, The Captain: My Life with Jacques Cousteau.
Jean-Michel Cousteau is the President of Green Cross France & Territoires, a NGO proposing keys for actions towards a better environment for an unburden future.
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Tomasz is a successful Graphic Art and Design creative. He is currently a Creative Lead at Netflix.
Learn how through challenging himself and stepping out of his comfort zone helped Tomasz create an impressive career and happy life.
Tomasz Opasinski BIO: Hailing from humble beginnings in Bytom, Poland, Tomasz has risen though the competitive ranks of Graphic Art and Design, to become an award winning artist, possessing groundbreaking talent. His work is a tapestry of visually captivating aesthetics, woven with conceptual themes and proprietary styles. Tomasz is a seasoned Creative Director, whose world renowned work can easily be found throughout the manifold world of Arts and Entertainment. He has collaborated in successful commercial campaigns for the likes of many major studios and advertising agencies around the world.
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