The president of Eastern Script is Anne Marie Murphy, a New England
native and now resident of Kingston, Ontario.
After taking an undergraduate degree cum laude in English Literature
from Bowdoin College, she worked for years in various aspects of the
film industry in both Boston & Los Angeles
and then completed a Master's Degree at the UCLA Film School summa
cum laude before opening Eastern Script in 1993. The company now employs
six researchers at 2 locations (Ontario, Massachusetts).
Anne Marie visits frequently with clients
to discover how the company can provide the best possible 1-stop
clearance house. She often shares her expertise as a speaker at
varied venues, among them:
• Canadian Film Centre's Film Resident Programme
• Montreal Film Festival producer's insurance panel
• Producer's insurance panel sponsored by the Academy of Canadian
Cinema & Television
• Harvard Square Scriptwriters
seminar
• Ontario Media Development Corporation's Producer Internship Program
• Queen's University Department
of Film Studies production classes
Her 20 years of experience in various branches of the film and television
industries contribute to a strong background for this specialized
research work...
• clearances, Marshall/Plumb Research Associates in Burbank, CA
• research assistant, UCLA Prof K. Montgomery's Target: Prime Time
(Oxford University Press)
• winner, UCLA Film's Plitt Award for "outstanding research/writing
on film exhibition history"
• director, Melnitz Movies, a sneak preview & speakers program
of the UCLA Film Archive
• manager, cinemas and live theatres in Boston, MA, and Austin,
TX
• assistant film booker, New England theater chain of city art houses,
multiplexes, drive-ins
• freelance writer, newspapers in Boston and Los Angeles
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