Full Circle With Nikita Kooso

Christian Reid is an actor combatant specialist in film, theatre, motion capture, and VO work, and founder for two companies: “Fire & Iron Production” based in Essex, and classical theatre company “Fleur de Lis” based in Kent. In this episode, we talk about how his workshop from the theatre company creates a network for actors to expand their skills. How actors should actively & creatively market their portfolio for better opportunities exposure. When starting a business and partnering with others, how to solve conflicts effectively! also cover some of his works from European tours, as well as some fun motion capture and acting experience with his career journey! Great advice and an episode full of inspiration! Enjoy 🍻

Jenny Frankfurt is the founder of “The Finish Line Script Competition”, before Finish Line She was Head of the Literary Department at Handprint Entertainment and founded Highstreet Management. She sold television shows (both reality and fiction), features and staffed television shows for almost 20 years, started her career worked at William Morris Agency in New York - a legendary film, tv and playwright’s agent, who represented such writers as Eric Bogosian, William Mastrosimone, Warren Leight, Eric Overmyer and Jon Robin Baitz; at ICM where she worked with clients such as Susan Sarandon, Louis Malle, Johnny Depp, Lasse Hallstro and Will Smith. Later on when she moved into management, has worked with manager Rick Yorn and clients such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Claire Danes and Benicio Del Toro among others. Jenny tried her own hand at producing the independent feature JOHNNY HIT AND RUN PAULINE, to which Emma Thompson was attached as Executive Producer.

Peter D. Marshall is a filmmaker and film directing coach from Vancouver, Canada. He has worked in the Film and Television Industry for over 45 years as a Film Director, Television Producer, First Assistant Director and TV Series Creative Consultant. The author of the book "Making the Magic Happen: The Art and Craft of Film Directing, as well as newly published in Chinese in 2022. Over 45 years in the film business, Peter has directed over 30 episodes of Television Drama such as "John Woo's Once a Thief", "Wiseguy", "21 Jumpstreet", "Neon Rider", "The Black Stallion", "Scene of the Crime", "Big Wolf on Campus" and "Largo Winch." As a First Assistant Director, Peter has worked on 12 Feature Films (including "Dawn of the Dead", "The Butterfly Effect", "Happy Gilmore", "The Fly II"); 17 Television Movies; 4 Television Series Pilots; 7 Television Series and over 20 Commercials. Written, directed or produced over 50 hours of documentary and educational programs and his documentaries and dramas have won, or been nominated for 14 International film awards. Peter has worked for directors such as John Woo, Zack Snyder, Phillip Noyce, Ed Zwick, John Badham, Mark Rydell, Roger Vadim, Dennis Dugan, Anne Wheeler, Bobby Roth and Kim Manners. He has also worked with actors such as Peter O'Toole, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, John Travolta, Kathy Bates, Michelle Pfiefer, Marcia Gaye Harden, Madeleine Stowe, Mel Gibson, Ashton Kutcher, Goldie Hawn, Judy Davis, Halle Berry and Adam Sandler. He was a directing instructor and film mentor at the Vancouver Film School from 2008 - 2015, currently the directing instructor at the Shanghai Vancouver Film School (since 2015) Peter has also taught film directing workshops over the past 20 years for Raindance Canada, Directors Guild of Canada, Victoria Motion Picture School, Shoreline Actors Lab, Vancouver Institute of Media Arts, Capilano College, Mediacorp (Singapore), Extra Cake PRA (Dubai, UAE), Nehemiah Records (Port-au-Prince, Haiti), Taipan Holdings (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and Yoobee School of Design and Film (Auckland, New Zealand.) In 1999, Peter created his website “ActionCutPrint” and began to publish the free monthly ezine, "The Director's Chair" which is read by over 2400 filmmakers in 100 countries around the world.

Charlie Sporns is an award-winning writer, director, editor, and composer from Montreal, Canada, as well as former CEO of Glasscore Entertainment (a Los Angeles-based production company). As writer and director he’s best known for "Mei's Bridge", available on YouTube. His Chinese language short film “Baby” is yet to be released and he is in development on his next two feature films, one in Canada and one in China. As editor, he has worked on over fifty projects, one of which is "Vidiots", a comedy web-series starring former "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" star James Marsters, and Mark Devine. Charlie was also the editor for "Slipaway", the first feature film produced by Glasscore Entertainment, which has won several awards, was shortlisted for the 2018 Oscars for best song, and is currently available on YouTube.

Richard Trombly is a storyteller with 25+ years of experience. He is an author, screenwriter, and filmmaker, Journalist, director, producer, and screenwriter. He started working in the entertainment industry in 2005, has produced several stage productions and has been involved in more than 30 short films and several feature films of various budget levels. He was the associate producer of two feature films and co-founded Obscure Productions films to assist in international co-productions and support the local film community as well as to produce and direct his own screenplays, directed several short films, three of which have been selected in international film festivals.

Rick Jay Glen is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. A man with many talents! He is best known for the voice of Briar, from the hit animated television series Boonie Bears, and the animated films Boonie Bears: To the Rescue (2014) and Boonie Bears: Mystical Winter (2015). Boonie Bears is a Chinese animated cartoon series streaming on multiple platforms, including Disney Channel, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Hulu, YouTube TV, and Apple TV+. He has also voiced Sarge in “Reboant: Endless Dawn” (2018), as well as Apollo, Hades, Jones, Minotaur, and Poseidon for “Genesis” (2019), available on PS4 and Steam.