Creative COnversations
Discover the crucial role of editing, sound, and color in post-production. Industry professionals will share their expertise and experiences on how these elements come together to enhance and refine a project.
Quinn Alvarez
Senior Colorist
Apache
Quinn Alvarez’s expressive and boundary-pushing work has elevated the storytelling of feature films, commercials, documentaries, and music videos. His passion projects of the last year include the “Four Seasons Total Documentary” for MSNBC, and “Neymar: The Perfect Chaos” for Netflix, executive produced by LeBron James.
Cutting his teeth at Prettybird Pictures, Quinn worked closely with directing heavyweights such as Paul Hunter, Melina Matsoukas, and Eric Wareheim. His digital paintbrush can be found in the influential work of Pharrell Williams, Travis Scott, Major Lazer, Tierra Whack, and others.
Born and raised on Whittier Boulevard, Quinn’s Mexican-American roots inspire him to push the film industry to better reflect the city that he loves: Los Angeles. Quinn mentors creators from all walks of life and finds deep gratification in supporting people of color throughout the film industry. His day job is making sure things are pretty on the screen, but his life’s work is making sure things are beautiful behind the camera.
Ginge Cox
Re-recording Mixer
Ginge Cox is an Emmy- and Grammy-nominated sound producer, engineer, and entrepreneur. Over the past 16 years, she's served clients like Bruno Mars, Apple, Blue Man Group and Second City. With a Bachelor's in Computer Science & Music from UCSD and an MFA from USC in Film, Ginge mixes engineering and artistry to bridge the invisible bounds between engineering and creative. Ginge owns her own production and post company, serving documentary and narrative film makers from pre production to theatrical release. She's passionate about fostering relationships in the industry with creative professionals and helping them achieve their visions and can be reached at auburnaudioproductions@gmail.com
C. Díaz
Founding Member, Facilitator, Archivist
ENTRE
C. Díaz is an interdisciplinary artist and radical archivist from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. C. has worked on various film restorations, oral history projects, and home movie collections as a colorist, editor, and digitization specialist for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, NMAAHC at The Smithsonian, and The Estate of Ana Mendieta. In 2021, they co-founded ENTRE, an artist-run community film center and regional archive located in the Rio Grande Valley, where they hold roles as facilitator, programmer, and archivist. They serve on the board of the Center for Home Movies, a collective of archivists advocating for the preservation and cultural significance of home movies across the globe. They were an Interchange Artist Grant Fellow in 2021, awarded the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts Grant in 2019, and an Artist in Residence at the Echo Park Film Center in 2016. They are currently an Assembling Voices Fellow at Columbia's INCITE program focusing on Boca Chica, Corazón Grande, a community archival project facilitated by ENTRE and Flower Friends.
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This is a free event. Priority for in-person training programs and financial stipends, including opportunities for paid internship placements, is given to active participants, ages 18- 24, in Creative Conversations, as well as young people who are low income, foster youth, homeless, and/or justice involved.
Presented by Venice Art’s Center for Creative Workforce Equity.
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