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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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