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Innovations in Heart Health

February 4, 2015 by angishields

Health Connect South

Innovations in Heart Health

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Innovations in Heart Health

This week, for Week 5, we focused on innovations in heart health. Emory physician, researcher, and professor, Dr. Omar Lattouf came by to share about research he’s been working on developing new techniques for some challenging heart disorders, and an exciting project he’s working on that is aimed at reducing the number of patients who die from cardiometabolic syndrome. Dr. Lattouf’s work on how conduction problems are treated by insertion of pace makers using a minimally-invasive approach has helped improved outcomes for countless critically-ill patients. Dr. Lattouf talked about their soon-to-launch study on an application designed to help patients with, or at risk for, cardiometabolic syndrome. The application will empower patients to track key vital signs and other health information and make decisions that will improve key factors such as cholesterol, blood pressure, weight, and more. As Dr. Lattouf shared his personal story about his own family’s experience with heart disease, his passion for helping fight heart disease, which in large part is preventable, was obvious.

Robert Arkin, CEO and Founder of Sensiotec joined us to talk about the way they are using technology and health data to provide clinicians the ability to monitor key vital signs and patient movement patterns in a hands-off way. He talked about how he has long held a desire to help his community on a large scale that he knew that being involved in developing healthcare innovations provides the best way to do that. Robert described how their device uses a special radar technology that is able to measure body movements and even internal organ function, providing real-time vital signs and patient movement patterns. Their technology’s algorithms enable providers to get a degree of predictive information that could potentially help avoid patient falls/injury, or even detect troublesome trends in vital signs that could enable proactive care decisions that could prevent a serious cardiovascular event.

These two health innovators discussed the additional resources they need that could facilitate the acceleration of their respective work with regard to making their solutions available to patients on a larger scale. We are pleased to support their work by helping them tell their story.

Special Guests:

Dr. Omar Lattouf, MD, of Emory University School of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Board Certified, American Board of Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Performed Georgia’s first domino heart transplant
He and a colleague implanted the state’s first Abiomed biventricular assist system to support the failing heart of a patient suffering from post-cardiotomy shock

Robert Arkin, CEO of Sensiotec

Juris Doctor, University of Virginia School of Law
Recipient, 2012 Atlanta Business Chronicle Healthcare Heroes Award for Healthcare Innovation
Fomer CEO, Chairman, Modavox, Inc.
Former Member, Board of Directors, Frontline Healthcare Workers Safety Foundation

ATL Film Talk Features Actor Matt Kabus and Director Justin Wood

March 14, 2014 by angishields

BRX National

ATL Film Talk Features Actor Matt Kabus and Director Justin Wood

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Matt Kabus / Actor & Music Producer

Atlanta-native, Matt Kabus, has been making some noise in both the music, film and tv industries. Now based in LA, he writes and produces music for TV commericals as well as familiar artists and himself. Matt also makes a huge effort to benefit charities such as ALSA, Rally, Unite 4:Good and Ian’s Friend’s Foundation with his musical abilities. He returns to Atlanta from time to time to visit his family, produce Atlanta-based music projects and to also act in the CW’s hit TV show, The Originals, playing the part of Sean O’Connell, the twin brother of Co-Star Cami O’Connell. Keep an eye out for this guy as he’s at it working hard every day and continues to bring remarkable gifts to the world.

Justin Wood / Freelance

Atlanta native, James “Justin” Wood I, graduated in media production from the University of Alabama. Justin has explored all sides of the industry working freelance under multiple titles. He currently works as a videographer for a local production company, and in less than 6 months he has worked on over 30 projects/videos also providing the sound, lights, film and editing services. Another recent project was the Carnival Productions of a TV movie called Turks & Caicos, working as 2nd AC under director sir David Hare. Release date: PBS/BBC2 March 15 in UK. USA is TBD.

Though his main focus is film, Justin is also an aspiring actor with a minor in theater. He was a grip and actor in a Lenovo Ultrabook alternative ending contest last year–winning 3rd place nation wide. He also had a role in a country music video “The Idea of You” by Hope Cassity.

Creative Loafing recently took notice in a music video he directed for his friend, Matt Kabus, an ATL native singer/songwriter. The project made the cut for CL’s Top 16 Short Cut Films. Show your support and VOTE HERE (ends Mar 14th). The winning video will be featured at the Atlanta Film Festival.

ATL Film Talk Features Michael H. Harper with Cogitate Productions and Franklin V. Cox III with Pecan Productions Studios

February 21, 2014 by angishields

BRX National

ATL Film Talk Features Michael H. Harper with Cogitate Productions and Franklin V. Cox III with Pecan Productions Studios

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Michael H. Harper/Cogitate Productions

In 2010, Atlanta-based filmmaker and screenwriter Michael H. Harper started his production company, Mad Mouth Media, to produce and direct his original short script Take Me Out. The psychological thriller enjoyed a two-year festival run, winning several awards, including Best Director at the 2011 Atlanta Horror Film Festival.

2012 saw Michael make the move to feature films, working as 2nd Assistant Director for the Savannah portion of the India/U.S. co-production Desires Of The Heart, and 1st ADing and producing the horror feature The Morningside Monster with Blue Dusk Productions.

In February of 2013, Michael created Cogitate Productions with his business partner Lee Walker. Cogitate’s first feature, the documentary 3-Minute Activists: The Soul of Slam, will enjoy a special FREE screening at the Aurora Cinemas in Roswell on February 26th at 7:30 pm, as part of the city’s 13th Annual Roswell Roots Festival.

Franklin V. Cox III/Pecan Productions

Franklin is a fourth generation Atlanta native and grew up in Buckhead. In 1996, he received a BA in Theater from the University of Georgia, where he studied directing & acting. He later studied a semester-length film production class at New York University.

Franklin founded Pecan Productions in 2001 where he produced a myriad of video projects, including Sports documentaries, corporate communications, marketing, promotional, and training videos. Franklin has produced videos for companies such as The Coca-Cola Company, The Home Depot, Vein Atlanta, and in post production of a high school football TV documentary series, called Title Quest, for GPB. He is developing a Web Series based on his persona / character The Whistler.

Franklin is also a professional whistler and placed in the top ten a few times at the International Whistlers Convention from 2004 to 2011. He has whistled for the Cartoon Network and various commercial driven projects. He produced a Christmas Whistling album, which was released in December 2012, and is available on iTunes.

Two years ago, Franklin stepped out from behind the camera and started performing stand-up at Jerry Farber’s Side Door–check out his upcoming show, The Big Cox Comedy Show (March 22 @10pm). He was also Will Ferrell’s Stand-In on Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.

Constantly pursuing acting and VO work, Franklin never passes up an opportunity to whistle for fans out and about. Frank has 7 Motion-Picture Film and TV projects he aims to produce.

ATL Film Talk Features Bryan Redding and Dan Jordan with Directional Dimension Productions

February 7, 2014 by angishields

BRX National

ATL Film Talk Features Bryan Redding and Dan Jordan with Directional Dimension Productions

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Today’s ATL Film Talk is a Guest Exclusive featuring Directional Dimensions Productions. Core team members Bryan Redding and Dan Jordan join host Krista Berutti in the studio for an informative open discussion segment, “ADAPTING TO INDUSTRY CHANGE: the evolution of film technology, legislation, and generations.”

Bryan Redding

Bryan Redding is an award winning director, cinematographer and photographer based in Athens, Georgia. He has spent the last fifteen years working as a professional visual artist. His commercial and film assignments have taken him over half of the world, from the beaches of Kuai to the shores of the Danube in Austria.

Bryan’s has served as both the Director and Cinematographer on a number of independent films and shorts in addition to being the Director of Photography of one feature length film “The Morningside Monster.” In addition to independent film projects, Bryan has also directed and shot numerous music videos and commercials. Some of his past commercial clients have included, Coca-Cola, Kubota Tractors, Walmart, MTV, Penguin Books, Forbes Travel Guide and NightForce Optics.

Bryan has also been very fortunate to have won a number of awards as a director and cinematographer as well. His love of the principles of still photography leads him to the relentless pursuit of capturing the drama and beauty of a moving image. In 2008 he started a small production company in Georgia called Directional Dimension Productions. Directional Dimension is a small collective of Northeast Georgia filmmakers who enjoy making narrative shorts and music videos. In addition to his work with Directional Dimension, Bryan has also worked as the Director of Photography and Assistant Director with some the region’s most talented and up and coming directors.

Over the last decade Bryan has organized thousands of commercial and photojournalistic photo shoots. He has had his photography published all over the United States. Southern Distinction, Athens Magazine, Georgia’s Good Life, Flavours, Links, Macon Magazine, The Official Georgia Travel Guide, Lake Oconee Living, Where-Travel Georgia, Classic South Weddings & Events with Style, Dawg Life Magazine, Flair and Athena Magazine are just a few of the periodicals that his work has appeared in.

Bryan is also a musician, graphic designer, Art Director and martial artist (he currently holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, with a heavy slant toward the Gracie Combative School of training).

Dan Jordan

Dan Jordan is the Writer and Executive Producer for Directional Dimension Productions. He is also the creator and illustrator for the funnies comic called Low Tide Comics. In addition, he is a certified Sommelier and a talented musician playing 5 different instruments (Guitar, Piano, Voice, Drums & Bass). When he’s not creating stories, music, film or making comics, Dan is extremely boring, because he is busy (you guessed it) snoring! 🙂

ATL Film Talk Features Keith Brooks with Bean Dip Productions, Darrell Hazelrig with New Puppet Order and Terrell Sandefur with Macon Film Festival

January 24, 2014 by angishields

BRX National

ATL Film Talk Features Keith Brooks with Bean Dip Productions, Darrell Hazelrig with New Puppet Order and Terrell Sandefur with Macon Film Festival

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Keith Brooks/Bean Dip Productions

Keith Brooks is an actor, writer, and director that has no idea how to write a bio. Which is ironic, because a vast majority of his work stems from some sort of autobiographical inspiration. An avid nunchuck enthusiast and fan of all things Neve Campbell, along with his production partner he is the co-owner of Bean Dip Productions. Together they have created such films as Deadpool: A Typical Tuesday, To Wong With Kung Fu: Thanks For Everything, a 6 Year Old and an 8 Year Old, M is for Manscapping, and Greg’s Got Doritos.

Darrell Hazelrig/New Puppet Order

Darrell C. Hazelrig is a writer, director and film producer based in Atlanta, GA. He began writing and directing films at the age of twelve in Alabama. After graduating from Georgia State University he made his film festival debut with the 2003 film, The Business. In 2005, his autobiographical short film, Airband was an Official Selection of several festivals, including the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, and went on to win the ACE award at the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival. He followed this success with 2008’s experimental short film Therapy which played the festival circuit across North America from 2008 – 2010. Darrell then began an ongoing relationship with the Atlanta puppet community, becoming a founding member of the New Puppet Order, and contributing to the puppet oriented films Shadow Puppets (2010, as Director of Photography) and The Wind Up Boy (2011, as co-director) as well as creating his own puppet film, The Dark Companion which made its film festival debut at the 2012 Atlanta Film Festival, and went on to win Best Film at the 2012 Laugh Track Comedy Film Festival in Denver, CO as well as receive as Special Jury Citation at the 2013 Oxford Film Festival. Hazelrig directed the latest NPO short film Ed is a Portal which debuted at the 2013 XPT showcase at the Center for Puppetry Arts.

Terrell Sandefur/Macon Film Festival

Terrell Sandefur is relationship broker, publicist, social media manager, creator of Macon Man Comics and founder and owner of The SoChi Gallery – an art and event venue in Macon, Georgia.

He is the president of the Macon Film Festival and has served as the festival’s marketing chair and emcee since 2006. Through his involvement with the film festival, Terrell has met many filmmakers who have asked him to take part in their productions, including Final Acts, Zombie Crush, The Razzle, Followed, Stuck!, and The Naked We.

Terrell has worked on films in a variety of capacities, including media relations, social media management, casting, location scout, production manager, prop master and actor. He is a huge proponent of Georgia filmmaking and has helped facilitate several films to be shot in Macon. Terrell has also produced a few films and is excited to currently be working on Installation.

Terrell lives in Macon, Georgia with his wife and twin teens.

ATL Film Talk Features Chad Darnell, and Benjamin Rowland and Will Wheeler with Yonder Blue Films

January 17, 2014 by angishields

BRX National

ATL Film Talk Features Chad Darnell, and Benjamin Rowland and Will Wheeler with Yonder Blue Films

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Chad Darnell

Chad Darnell is a writer/ producer/ director and actor. He most recently appeared in the award winning film BIRTHDAY CAKE and he will begin production on his next film INSTALLATION in April. His script HELL HOUSE will begin filming in Atlanta in the Spring with Mary Lambert directing. His web series PROJECT: PHOENIX will premiere in April. He is expected to begin shooting X-RATED in late 2014.

As an extras casting director, he cast nearly 100 television series, feature films, pilots and movies of the week.

He currently teaches one-on-one consultations for anyone interested in developing their own short films, web series or indies.

Benjamin Rowland and Will Wheeler/Yonder Blue Films

Yonder Blue Films is a full service production company with an extensive background in episodic TV production. In addition to full service production, we offer low altitude aerials. Recently we have filmed for “Dumb and Dumber To” with Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. Our recent credits include: Paramount, Universal, Cartoon Network, TNT, USA Network, Sundance Channel, and National Geographic.

ATL Film Talk Features Actress Diane Little, Chris Ethridge with Blue Dusk Productions and Actress Amber Chaney

January 10, 2014 by angishields

BRX National

ATL Film Talk Features Actress Diane Little, Chris Ethridge with Blue Dusk Productions and Actress Amber Chaney

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Diane Little

Chris Ethridge/Blue Dusk Productions

Chris Ethridge is the co-founder of Blue Dusk Productions, a film and video production company focused on high quality, low budget feature films and video production. Chris is also Director of “The Morningside Monster.”

Amber Chaney

I am grateful everyday that I get to make wonderful films in the city where I grew up. Because of the Hunger Games and the Walking Dead, I got lucky enough to not HAVE to move to LA to start a career.

My soon-to-be husband and I own Sean’s Harvest Market in midtown Atlanta. If I wasn’t going to be an actor, I wanted to be a chef. I love that I get to exercise that side of me… Make biscuits and gravy for the cafe every morning and also get to do great roles like Abby Miller. I have three wonderful jobs.

My main job is mom. Our children go to Atlanta City Schools and we are big supporters of the public school system. We are big supporters of Atlanta overall. You’ve never met a bigger Falcons fan in your life than my Sean Germain.

The tax incentives to bring more film industry here, have created jobs and a new way for people to view what was once considered “where the Dukes of Hazard are from”.

I am in Devil’s Knot slated to release in the States some time this year. The film is about the West Memphis Three who were accused of murdering young boys in West Memphis Arkansas, and found guilty for a crime they did not commit. I play a small role opposite Colin Firth and act as a sort-of spokes person for the town, expressing displeasure over his character aiding the three young men on trial.

Scary movies scare me. I’m terrified of scary movies. That said, Chris gave me a fantastic opportunity to play a role to show my range. Abby Matthews has cancer and it was a challenge to play frail/weak, when Abby is so strong and tough in her soul. Plus I got to work with Rob Pralgo and Michael Harper. And I got to drive home to my own house and sleep in my own bed and snuggle with my kids when I got home from filming. I can’t tell you how appreciative I am that Chris asked me to play Abby Matthews.

I get to live in a town with a booming film industry for my work, near the market we own and operate daily, and in the district our kids go to school. I get to make biscuits and then go to work with Nicholas Brendon, or Jennifer Lawrence, or Colin Firth and then sleep next to my groom every night.

Imma lucky lady in the ATL.

ATL Film Talk Features Pat McNeely with Pat McNeely Design, Actor Matthew Cornwell, Actor Ronny Mathew, and Matthew Maher with Naked Headless

January 3, 2014 by angishields

BRX National

ATL Film Talk Features Pat McNeely with Pat McNeely Design, Actor Matthew Cornwell, Actor Ronny Mathew, and Matthew Maher with Naked Headless

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Pat McNeely/Pat McNeely Design

Pat McNeely is a Graphic Design graduate of Georgia State University and enjoys a 24 year career in television broadcast design. He has worked with major brands such as CNN, TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, Cartoon Network Latin America, NBA, Braves, History Channel, Ford, KIA and more.

Pat has earned numerous design and director awards including a Southeastern Emmy, PROMAX/BDA Golds, the One Show Golden Pencil Awards and others.

Pat’s design skills have won him a couple of national contests as well, the Georgia Sea Turtle Center logo contest in Jekyll Island and the Purina/Beneful Dream Dog Park Design contest, which opened in his hometown of Johns Creek in the summer of 2010.

Pat also enjoys drawing and painting. He and his family have teamed up to participate in many local area arts festivals.

Matthew Cornwell

After receiving a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from GaTech in 2001, Matthew quickly transitioned from the life of an engineer to the life of a full-time actor. He has been represented by Houghton Talent since 2002, and has appeared in dozens of TV shows, films, and commercials. He also co-founded MAVIN Productions almost a decade ago in order to produce his own projects, including the popular web series, Becky & Barry.

Ronny Mathew

Matthew Maher/Naked Headless

ATL Film Talk Features Michael Harper with Mad Mouth Media, Erin Levin with Imba Means Sing, Mike Malloy with Point Blank Pictures and Dana Simmons

December 18, 2013 by angishields

BRX National

ATL Film Talk Features Michael Harper with Mad Mouth Media, Erin Levin with Imba Means Sing, Mike Malloy with Point Blank Pictures and Dana Simmons

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Michael Harper/Mad Mouth Media

In February of 2013, Michael created Cogitate Productions with his business partner Lee Walker. Cogitate’s first feature, the documentary 3-Minute Activists: The Soul of Slam, will enjoy a special FREE screening at the Aurora Cinemas in Roswell on February 12th at 7:30 pm, as part of the city’s 13th Annual Roswell Roots Festival.

Erin Levin/Imba Means Sing

Erin Levin is a Peabody and Emmy award-winning humanitarian journalist and filmmaker. She first fell deeply in love with Africa and its people on her assignment to Madagascar with the Peace Corps. Her production and outreach experience includes ABC, CNN and with non-profits around the world.

The summer before her Peace Corps assignment, Erin served as outreach coordinator for Dispatch, the top-selling indie rock band. It was then that she met the African Children’s Choir for the first time and the dream of Imba Means Sing was planted.

At CNN, Erin worked closely on the 2008 election coverage, found a niche in covering Africa, musical activism and the changing face of homelessness. She became an abolitionist through her coverage of human trafficking. Erin also worked as the Filmmaker & Community Manager at Better World Books, an online social enterprise bookstore, galvanizing brand ambassadors, and representing the company at events like TED. During her time with Better World Books, she learned more about the global education crisis, further motivating her to produce Imba Means Sing, in order to bring awareness to the issue.

For the three years it will take to create Imba Means Sing, Erin is devoting her time to fundraising, marketing and producing the film. She also continues her activism through regular columns for Huffington Post, Paste and Rejuvenate magazines.

Erin is a proud wahoo from the University of Virginia and honored to be an Atlanta native. She loves: making new friends, adventuresome travel, live music and yoga.

Mike Malloy/Point Blank Pictures, LLC

Dana Simmons

A young up-and-coming member of the Atlanta sound community, Dana helped to tell the story of Imba Means Sing and Slammin’ in the Suburbs through sound.