Ted Lasso: Scoring Big with a Unique Workflow
Ted Lasso brought together collaborative workflows, Lidar scans for previz and VFX, and readily available Unreal tools in ways that hadn’t been used before. The workflow drove the story forward, all in service to the show’s creative brilliance.
Gather with the Ted Lasso team that made it happen – even while making it up as they went along – at HPA NET (Networking-Education-Technology). Learn from both creatives and technologists in an informative session that takes you behind the scenes to see how they made the goal. The team took advantage of a unique set of opportunities that helped them ideate and work in new ways.
Panelists include:
- Cory Jamieson – Executive Producer at Barnstorm VFX
- Kip Kroeger – Supervising Producer of Ted Lasso
- Katelyn Hollenbeck – Co-Producer of Ted Lasso
- Lawson Deming – Overall VFX supervisor at Barnstorm VFX
- Nancy Jundi – COO | CFO at DigitalFilm Tree
Event COVID Policy:
All attendees will be required to show proof of full vaccination.
Networking Education Technology: NET Lunch
- Thursday September 29, 2022
- 11:30 am – 2:00 pm
This is a pre-paid event
- HPA Members – $75
- Non-Members – $90
Schedule
11:30 am – 12:00 pm check-in and networking
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm grab your lunch and take a seat, welcome remarks
12:30 pm – 1:45 pm panel and Q&A
1:45 pm dessert and networking
Sheraton Universal
- Starview Room
- 333 Universal Hollywood Dr, Universal City, CA 91608
Panelists
Cory Jamieson
Executive Producer at Barnstorm VFX
Cory Jamieson is co-founder and Executive Producer at Barnstorm VFX. He is an Emmy-nominated visual effects Producer and Supervisor who has been working in post-production and visual effects for over 15 years. In addition to Ted Lasso, he has executive produced, produced and/or supervised a variety of popular shows for streaming, cable and network television, including Thor: Love and Thunder (Marvel), Star Trek: Picard (Paramount), Strange New Worlds (Paramount), The Orville (Fox), The Man in the High Castle (Amazon), Silicon Valley (HBO), The Good Wife (CBS), and Strange Angel (CBS), to name a few. Jamieson began his career in visual effects as an in-house Compositor at ABC Television Studios, where he met Co-Founder, Lawson Deming (VFX Supervisor).
Katelyn Hollenbeck
Co-Producer of Ted Lasso
Katelyn Hollenbeck is a television producer whose career started with a college internship at The Jerry Springer Show. That experience prompted her move to Los Angeles, where she began working as a Post PA on The Middle. With her curiosity with post in full tilt, she worked her way up on such shows as Orange is the New Black, Whiskey Cavalier and currently Co-Produces Ted Lasso. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, spending time with friends and family, and walking around her neighborhood with her dog, Rusty.
Kip Kroeger
Supervising Producer of Ted Lasso
Kip Kroeger is an award-winning producer who began his career working as a PA on Scrubs, moving up the ladder to Post-Production Supervisor by the series’ final season. Currently the supervising producer of AppleTV’s hit series Ted Lasso, and a co-producer on such productions as ABC’s The Conners and FX’s Dave, Kip spends his dwindling free time developing his own streaming, film, and TV projects.
Lawson Deming
Overall VFX supervisor at Barnstorm VFX
Lawson Deming(DGA, IATSE 600) is co-founder and Executive Visual Effects supervisor at Barnstorm VFX. He developed a passion for filmmaking at a young age and began experimenting with CGI in grade school. He studied cinematography at USC in Los Angeles, CA. While working as a Title Designer and Visual Effects Supervisor, Deming shot several independent feature films and commercials. As the most senior VFX Supervisor, Deming has leveraged upon his photography and graphic design background to create VES and Emmy nominated visual effects and arresting title sequences, notably, Thor: Love and Thunder (Marvel), Star Trek: Picard (Paramount), Strange New Worlds (Paramount), The Orville (Fox), The Man in the High Castle (Amazon), The Good Fight (CBS) and Strange Angel (CBS).
Nancy Jundi
COO | CFO at DigitalFilm Tree
Nancy Jundi is the COO & CFO of DigitalFilm Tree (DFT), as well as a respected Executive Consultant with 20+ years of experience guiding global businesses through exceptional growth challenges, acquisitions and turn around with data confidence. Jundi has served as Animation Supervisor and PreVisualization Producer for Team Lasso, in addition to hosting DFT’s well loved VODcast, The Drop. Jundi is also an active lecturer and writer—having spoken at Pepperdine University, SXSW, and The L.A. Film Festival, as well as contributing to ACE’s CinemaEditor Magazine and Post Magazine. She is committed to furthering professional education and knowledge-sharing with peers and the next generation alike.
James Blevins (Moderator)
James Blevins is a thriving Media and Entertainment Industry Consultant. Previously, James was a Post-Production Supervisor for Lucasfilm Productions, after having spent four and half years at Netflix, the world’s fastest growing studio,where the job of post production and distribution intertwined in a spectacular way. Time spent at Disney and 15 years in the VFX industry prepared James to take advantage of Netflix’s approach to production technology, identifying efficiencies and helping define new processes, standards, and workflows. James is a proud member of some of the finest institutions in film and television production and distribution and credits his passion to enable all the disciplines of storytelling with keeping him young and vivacious.
