Film Careers of the Month - Oklahoma Film and Music Office

Oklahoma’s film industry is made up of skilled crew members whose talents encompass nearly every professional skillset that exists. In a segment of OF+MO’s monthly newsletter called Featured Film Career, we invite subscribers to learn more about industry leaders from around the state who have registered in the Oklahoma Production Directory.

Featured Film Career for February 2021: Health Safety Manager / On-Set Medic

Based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Marq Lewis works locally as a Health Safety Supervisor, Manager and On-Set Medic for film and television productions working on-location in ...

02/10/2021

Featured Film Career for January 2021: Oklahoma Film & TV Academy Graduate/Production Assistant/Actor

Shannon Smith is a recent graduate of the Oklahoma Film & TV Academy Set Ready Course. In addition to her many years of experience as ...

01/11/2021

Film Artist for December 2020: Lance McDaniel

Lance McDaniel is an Emmy–nominated filmmaker from Alva that has worked on 21 feature films, including Oscar winner “Million Dollar Baby”. He has written, directed and produced six features, ...

12/10/2020

Film Artist for November 2020: Kyle Kauwika Harris

Originally from Oklahoma, Choctaw Nation tribal citizen and filmmaker Kyle Kauwika Harris grew up as a kid emotionally captivated by films such as “Cool Hand ...

11/05/2020

Film Artist for October 2020: McKinleigh Lair

McKinleigh Lair is an emerging documentary filmmaker from Oklahoma who strives to facilitate timely societal conversations through observational storytelling. She has assisted on productions for ...

10/06/2020

Film Artist for September 2020: Reagan Elkins

Reagan Elkins is an award-winning filmmaker and director from Oklahoma. Elkins grew up in Chickasha, Oklahoma, where his father, grandparents and great-grandparents also grew up. ...

09/03/2020

Film Artist for August 2020: Sharon Tabb

Born in El Reno, Oklahoma, Sharon Tabb began her career in make-up artistry in Southern California at the age of 19 in the early 1990s. ...

08/06/2020

Film Artists for July 2020: Five Penny Pictures

Five Penny Pictures is a camera system rental house founded by Callie and Andrew Appleyard in October of 2018 with the intention of focusing on ...

07/08/2020

Film Artist for June 2020: Jeremy Charles

Jeremy Charles is a writer/director/producer/cinematographer and leader of Tulsa-based FireThief Productions. Beginning as an art director and freelance writer, he spent a decade as a ...

06/04/2020

Film Artist for May 2020: Katherine Silva

Katherine Silva has been working in the film industry for 10 years as a production accountant. Her first job was as an accounting intern on ...

05/05/2020

Film Artist for April 2020: Neil Newby

Neil Newby began working in the Oklahoma film industry in 2008 at the age of 12 as a young actor. While he still enjoys acting ...

04/07/2020

Film Artist for March 2020: Micah Hart

Native American filmmaker Micah Hart was first exposed to Oklahoma’s film industry a decade ago when, as a high school student, he landed an internship ...

03/02/2020