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Ricky Lapkin Cheyenne Mentor
Ricky Lapkin full-service production company offering cinematic shorts and films, corporate audio visual services, and analog recording transfers to all digital formats.
Mark Roos Cheyenne Mentor
"I create music that connects people. It's what I love to do and I've been doing it for over 25 years. I've worked with some if the best directors around on a variety amazing of projects in just about every medium there is, including computer games, full-feature and documentary films, websites, radio, television shows, commercials and custom music production."
Clients: Discovery Channel, MSNBC, History Channel
Richard Brandes Cheyenne Mentor
Richard Brandes (Jeepers Creepers, Penny Dreadful, My Daughter Was Stolen, Lifetime Network) is an accomplished writer, director, and producer of over two dozen feature films which have been released through well known companies including Alliance/Atlantis, Screen Gems, Sony, HBO, CBS, NBC/Universal, and Lionsgate, to name just a few. Known in the industry for creating highly commercial, profitable films, Richard has an impeccable reputation for completing his projects on-schedule and on-budget.
Paul Guay Cheyenne Mentor
Credits: Liar Liar, The Little Rascals, Shrinking Violet
Steve Rausch Cheyenne Mentor
Steve Rausch is owner and operator of focused motion. Focused Motion produces and shoot video content for commercials, industrial videos, surgeries and live sporting events. My company has worked on documentaries, programming for Discovery Networks and reality TV shows.
Adam Weber Cheyenne Mentor
Adam Weber is a multi-purpose media production addict who has specialized in copywriting, video production, audio production, front-end web development, digital advertising, media planning, and any other role you can think of in regards to making intangible things using software. He also likes to be creative by writing songs with his band Integrow and making delectable craft home brews in his free time.
Mike Domgard Cheyenne Mentor
Credits: Blur Parties, Lincoln Promo Video, Inner Thoughts
Aimee Schoof Cheyenne Mentor
Aimee Schoof is an entertainment executive, producer, and co-founder of Intrinsic Value Films with Isen Robbins. She has produced more than 30 feature films that have premiered either at Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, Toronto, Venice, New Directors/New Films, and Berlin.
Dean Baker Cheyenne Mentor
Projects range from Multi-camera Live Webcasting to National TV Ads for Good Neighbor Pharmacies, Regulator Boats, and Product launches airing on Lifetime, The Learning Channel and The Golf Channel.
Ryan Heppe Cheyenne Mentor
During his tenure at CCH, Heppe was hired by legendary producer David Foster (The Getaway, Short Circuit, The Mask of Zorro) and quickly climbed to the position of Head of Development where he became involved with Foster's productions: Collateral Damage starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hart's War starring Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell, and The Core starring Aaron Eckhart and Hilary Swank.
As a hyphenate Producer/Director/Writer/Actor, some of Heppe's work includes: Production of the docu-drama The Magic Was In The Music, a remake of Short Circuit, adaptations of the 80's television mini-series V and cop series T.J. Hooker, among others. As an actor, he's starred in such stage productions as You Can't Take It With You, Life On The Bowery, Dracula and Picnic at Hanging Rock – several of which he directed.
Karl Koelling Cheyenne Mentor
I began TAPROOT with a passion to create inspiring film and video content that would move people and maybe even make the world a little bit better place. There are projects that TAPROOT pursues and develops based on our interests, but I'm a firm believer that we all have our callings, and that collectively we can have the biggest impact. As a result, TAPROOT partners with businesses, agencies, and other organizations that are doing important work, helping them tell their stories and share their ideas through cinematic filmmaking.
Our team has a multi-disciplinary background that enables us to understand and compellingly translate your messages and ideas to the visual medium of film and video, and we create and execute projects of varying scale from start to finish. I run TAPROOT and provide direction on all our projects, which include: story-based branded content, television commercials, web based video of all sorts, and film series.
If you care about how you're presenting your work to the world and want to do so in an honest, inspiring manner – we'd make a good match.
The Cheyenne, Wyoming Film Connection Film School Alternative
Do you want to be the next Quentin Tarantino? Do you live in Cheyenne? Do you have a drive for success and glory?
Well, then the Cheyenne Film Connection Film School can help you.
We match young aspiring filmmakers with seasoned industry pros who can help them navigate the quagmire of Hollywood.
We team you up with a screenwriter, an editor, and two different mentors. And the coolest part? They're all working on your idea. That's right. You're not working for them. They work for you. They're talents are being put to use brining your big idea to fruition.
You need to evaluate the state of the industry. The only way you're breaking into the industry is if you know someone. The traditional film school doesn't introduce you to people. It just helps you understand what's been done before. But what's the point of that? We're blazing a new trail here. We want to go in to the future. Upwards and onwards, right?
Film Connection gets you in the right place at the right time. Film Connection opens doors. Film Connection steers you toward success. Pure and simple.
To APPLY for our Cheyenne Film School, click here.
Cheyenne is Wyoming's state capital and largest city, home to nearly 58,000 people. Located in the southeast corner of the state not far from the Colorado and Nebraska state lines, Cheyenne is convenient to a wide range of gorgeous locations for filmmaking, including rolling prairies, majestic mountains, rock formations, rivers, railroad yards, and even urban areas (Denver is less than 2 hours to the south).
Wyoming regularly serves as a location site for the filming of movies, TV shows, commercials, specials and documentaries–and the area in and around Cheyenne is no exception. Examples of movies filmed in Cheyenne and the surrounding regions of Wyoming include Wicked Season, Hearsay, The Laramie Project, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Thickness of Delirium, and classic westerns Cheyenne Autumn and The Plainsman, to name a few. If you are considering a career in filmmaking as a film director, film producer, film editor, or cameraman, Cheyenne affords a surprising amount of opportunity–and FILM CONNECTION can put you in the center of the action.
With our many professional connections and relationships forged over the years, FILM CONNECTION is able to connect you to the industry in ways other film schools can't. We accomplish this through our revolutionary mentor-extern approach, pairing you with a working film or TV professional who serves as your personal instructor on real film and video shoots. Over 70 percent of our graduates get hired, often even before they finish our course! You owe it to yourself to see what FILM CONNECTION of Cheyenne can do for you!