By Daily Press staff
Learning the tricks of the entertainment trade is the focus as the Santa Monica College Academy of Entertainment and Technology’s entertainment industry speakers series continues in October with two free talks.
All lectures in SMC’s Mary Pickford Speakers Series are held at 7 p.m. on Monday evenings at SMC’s Academy of Entertainment and Technology’s Screening Room, 1660 Stewart St.
The speakers in October are: • Oct. 16: Siân Heder and David Newsom, who teamed up to make the award-winning short film “Mother.” This short came in third place at Cannes this year. • Oct. 23: Darren Maddern, creator/executive producer of the 2005 reality series “The Cut,” and a writer whose credits include the TV series “Seven Days.”
Seating is on a first-arrival basis. For information, call (310) 434-3777.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 9, 2006. Read the original PDF.