LOTUS GIRL FILMS

11/02/2013

Loving all of the eyes on our projects. Soooo much exciting content on deck for 2013!!! Think hardcore-quirky sketch comedy, raucous sexy coming-of-age book and film, and beautiful golden-era music videos. Stay tuned! xoxo

Director Reel for Award-Winning Writer & Director Charise M. Studesville Lotus Girl Films LLC Music by Lanzo

15/01/2013

So awesome to see one of our DC Classroom chefs from our doc Paint Your Plate take the win!

WASHINGTON -- D.C. chef Grace Lichaa first appeared on the Food Network show "Chopped" last week but not many people saw that episode. "It originally aired last Tuesday," says Lichaa.

13/09/2012

Hmmm...what might this inspire????

27/08/2012

Fresh reel. Music by Lanzo

Director Reel for Award-Winning Writer & Director Charise M. Studesville Lotus Girl Films LLC Music by Lanzo

10/07/2012

PROMETHEUS --- Lotusfilmgirl's Take

07/02/2012

So honored to be screening The Hands in LA this weekend!

Hollywood Shorts &
American Cinematheque
present
2012 African American ShortsFest
Saturday, Feb 11,2012
7pm
Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028

Great night of film! Join us if you are in LA!

05/01/2012

According to Kristie Rimmele, Internet Marketing and Branding Expert, 75 percent of consumer buying decisions are based on emotions. This relates to the sales philosophy of “selling to the benefit.” This means that consumers don’t purchase a product or service per se but the benefit that product or ...

17/10/2011

PLEASE HELP!!! OUR DOC IS IN THE ARCLIGHT DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL AND WE NEED YOUR VOTE! PLEASE USE THE LINK AND "LIKE" THE TRAILER. THANK YOU!!!!

ArcLight Documentary Film Festival. "Like" your favorite trailer - the 10 with the most "likes" get accepted into the festival!

17/10/2011

Documentary re-boot!

Childhood obesity, food deserts, and the disappearance of the family meal are tackled in cities across the country by Common Threads, an organization that us...

12/10/2011

Some Personal Highlights From Geek Girl Con These are purely personal, and being ON so many panels and events, I missed a lot of stuff. So this is just from a very limited perspective. This event...

09/10/2011

GeekGirlCon Day 1

30/09/2011

First the action figure...then the off the chain video w/new Stones Throw artist CX directed and produced by LGF! Too much fun on the way!

New from Xone Hardfonk Figurines comes the M.F. Grimm collectible action figure, as seen above. Looks like they made one

24/09/2011

Congrats to Debra Martin Chase and Gaylyn Fraiche at Martin Chase Productions! I learned the business working with these ladies and can truly say they are pros in the game. XOXO

ABC Family Announces First Foray Into Music With a Movie Musical,

23/09/2011

Bio project in the works is flipping people the freak out! It's a juicy, triumphant, raw journey from darkness into light. *xyForrestGump

13/09/2011

is releasing Citizen Kane tmro on iTunes for the 1st time ever! Also, they are sharing little footage bits online throughout the month.

12/09/2011

The article fails to mention that this deal also is a creative reunion between Whitney Houston and my friends at Martin Chase Productions who worked together in 1997 on Cinderella. Kudos Debra Martin Chase and Gaylyn Fraiche! Xoxo

American Idol winner Jordin Sparks and Mike Epps are set to join the remake of the 1976 film loosely based on the story of the Supremes.

11/09/2011

There is something uniquely rewarding in this business to get to creatively collaborate with another artist who grew up with you in your hometown.

09/09/2011

Continuing the quest to blend intellect, humor, sensuality, and aesthetics into art of which I can be proud.

01/09/2011

Film scripts, television bibles, music videos, o my!!!

15/08/2011

Here's hoping that the stories in development at LGF will help bring us into the here and now.

Critic's Notebook | How Movies Like 'The Help' Reinforce Hollywood's Race Problem - Nobody should be surprised by the dearth of minorities in contemporary media. On the surface, it's a boring issue: Whether or not the stories of gay, black or women ...

14/08/2011

AFFRM: Helping African-American Indie Films Get Theatrical Distribution by C.J. Perry When “I Will Follow” opens in five cities on March 11th, this quiet, slice of life drama will be something of a test case. It will be the first fil

02/07/2011

Who is GeekGirlCon? GeekGirlCon is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting awareness of and celebrating the contribution and involvement of women in all aspects of the sciences, science fiction, comics, gaming and related Geek culture through conventions and events that emphasize both the hi

27/06/2011

SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2011

Great NYT article on writer Jenny Lumet
So nice to see her coming into her own.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/fashion/for-the-screenwriter-jenny-lumet-a-childhood-with-two-icons.html

26/06/2011

I Am Love is so beautiful and lush in it's cinematography, that I had to step back and separate the feast for the eyes from the story, just to make sure I wasn't being falsely seduced by the pretty.

20/06/2011

Come out to support filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson and her film, just picked up by HBO!

2011 Los Angeles Film Festival Film Guide, Browse events and buy tickets for 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival

19/06/2011

One of my favorite things about this business is the people you meet. Evita Castine is one of those people. Look for some collabo coming up the pike!

Saw great shorts at screening for emerging cinematographers hosted by & saw - made my weekend!

11/06/2011

Lotus Girl Films-East is officially closed for the summer. LGF-West will be going strong out of our West Hollywood office.

15/04/2011

Will be watching Lemonade Mouth on the Disney Channel tonight, in support of our friends at Martin Chase Productions.

28/03/2011

Bouncing back to form impressively from "The Nanny Diaries," "American Splendor" writer-directors Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman have made a sort of timeless New York story, one centered on a relative innocent who comes to the big city and ends up being tutored in ways he could never have

17/03/2011

DC Attny Leslie Carey & Big 10 Network's Odele Hawkins

17/03/2011

Movie Poster for LGF Production

17/03/2011

Marketing Whiz Jodi Riddick & Chicago Politico Gloria Materre

07/03/2011

LGF DREAMBOARD 2011--What's on yours?

08/12/2010

Charlie Annenberg article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/sharing/2010-11-22-explore22_ST_N.htm?uslPageReturn%3FPOE=click-refer