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Going From Idea to Screen: With Producers Cary Woods & Mikaela Beardsley
Saturday, Dec 13, 2025
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Join Women in Film & Television Florida and the White Elephant Group at The Bass for a free filmmaking panel and workshop.
About the Panelists:
Cary Woods is a film producer best known for producing the worldwide blockbusters “Scream” and “Godzilla”, the beloved independent films “Kids”, “Cop Land” and “Gummo”, as well as modern classics like “Rudy” and “Swingers”. He is also responsible for producing the breakthrough features of such notable directors as James Mangold, Doug Liman, M. Night Shyamalan, Alexander Payne, Harmony Korine, and Larry Clark, as well as the screenwriting debuts of Jon Favreau, Kevin Williamson, and Scott Rosenberg.
Mikaela Beardsley is an Emmy-winning documentary producer and social entrepreneur who is dedicated to finding innovative ways to deploy storytelling’s power for good. She has worked with filmmakers Martin Scorsese, Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing, Alex Gibney, and Wim Wenders, among others, and produced twelve nationally broadcast films, including A Once and Future Peace (2021), Reporter (2009), and Beatles ’64 (2024).
