DUP PROUDLY BRINGS ON NEW PARTNERS!!

Portland’s own Kelley Baker and Los Angeles transplant Janet Martinez have joined Duck Up Productions as Director and Executive Producer, respectively.

Janet Martinez will be spearheading Duck Up in its drive to produce creative films, television, and documentaries, as well as commercial projects. She comes from the world of long-form television production and development for network and cable television. Her credits include Lifetime Television movies starring Angie Harmon, Annabella Sciorra, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Jamey Sheridan, and Dale Midkiff. VIDEO VOYEUR: The Susan Wilson Story went to Washington with U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La) and was instrumental in changing federal legislation. It was also one of the highest rated movies for Lifetime Television. When not producing, Janet was the Director of Development for Granada Entertainment, which is best known for HELL’S KITCHEN with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey and the PRIME SUSPECT Series starring academy award-winner Dame Helen Mirren. She’s also worked in series television and reality programming.

Award-winning filmmaker Kelley Baker is best known as the sound designer for six of Gus Van Sant's feature films including, MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO, GOOD WILL HUNTING, and FINDING FORRESTER. He designed the sound on Todd Haynes feature, FAR FROM HEAVEN, with Dennis Quaid and Julianne Moore. He was editor and sound designer on Will Vinton’s THE ADVENTURE’S OF MARK TWAIN, and MEET THE RAISINS for CBS. He’s written and directed three full‑length features, KICKING BIRD, THE GAS CAFÉ and BIRDDOG. His short films have aired on PBS, The Learning Channel, and Canadian and Australian television and also at Film Festivals which include London, Sydney, Annecy and Edinburgh, Chicago, Sundance, Mill Valley and Cinequest/San Jose. He currently lectures and self-distributes his short and feature films.

DUP CEO Jay Tormohlen and President Joe Hill couldn’t be more pleased with the additions of Kelley and Janet to Duck Up. “We are extremely energized. What could be better than to work next to professionals you admire who have far more experience and knowledge than yourself,” said Jay. “The icing on the cake… they are extremely talented to boot.”

MORE EXCITING STUFF ABOUT DUCK UP AND CREW

Jay Tormohlen recently returned from Los Angeles after meeting with director Jeffery Elmont (Hollywood Black Film Festival winner). He will be directing Jay’s latest feature script WATCH DAWG, which is in pre-production and will star Sinqua Walls of NBC’s FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. It will be filmed in North Portland.

Also, Jay is now lending his talents to doing the graphic layout and editing for OMPA’s monthly newsletter, the CALLSHEET.

Joe Hill is DP for the new web series JUST BUSINESS, being taped in Portland. The series stars Chris Serrone, who played the young Henry Hill in GOODFELLAS and has been picked up and will be hosted by http://www.koldcast.tv  It is produced and written by Justin Rister and directed by Keaten Abbott. Check out the website for more details about the cast, crew and upcoming showtimes. http://www.hardknockbiz.com

Kelley Baker has just completed teaching a course at NW Film Center called Extreme Low Budget Film Production. The class filmed the short, WE NEED TO TALK, co-written by Jay Tormohlen and directed by Kelley.

At last! Kelley’s long awaited book, THE ANGRY FILMMAKER SURVIVAL GUIDE: MAKING THE EXTREME NO BUDGET FILM, is finally in print. You can order your signed copy today at: http://www.angryfilmmaker.com/internet_special.php

A new company – RIVERWORKS – has been formed by DUP’s Jay Tormohlen, John King and Darren Demetre (producer and assistant director for films such as TIN CUP with Kevin Costner, Coppola’s GODFATHER III and Bram Stoker’s DRACULA, etc.). With the support of the Oregon Film Board’s Susan Haley and OMPA’s executive director, Tom McFadden, Riverworks will seek to create a world class production facility that can serve the needs of local filmmakers as well as out-of-state productions drawn to Oregon by it’s beauty, diversity and incentive program. In addition, it aims to foster growth and learning by incorporating a school within the facility that allows for hands-on training in a truly professional environment. The objective is to become a production hub, turnkey facility modeled after sites such as LA Center Studios and Lantana in Southern California, but offer the pricing incentives. The facility would boast flexible office space and fully functioning production facilities.