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LORETHA JONES
I run an independent film and television production company with my partner,
Robert Townsend in Los Angeles. We have produced several films and television
shows including The Meteor Man and The Five Heartbeats. Our current television
show for Warner Brothers is called The Parent'hood. Today we are also shooting
a feature film called Fraternity Boys.Loretha live on location of her current film where she is chatting with us. I grew up in the South Bronx of New York City. As a child I always dreamed of working in the entertainment industry but since I didn't knov anyone in the business I didn't believe it could really happen. Instead I made plans to be a doctor. I went to a specialized high school for math and science. In college I planned to study pre-med . However, it wasn't until I was in college that I realized I had a slight problem that might make it difficult for me to be a doctor. Believe it or not, I can't stand the sight of blood. There was never any blood in my calculus, physics or chemistry classes.:o) In my last year of college, I decided to apply to law school. I had never considered being a lawyer so I was very surprised to discover that I loved law school. I enjoyed the research process and the logical way that you had to apply your cases. When I graduated, I practiced corporate law for a short time then I switched to entertainment law where I was able to represent writers, directors and actors. Soon I began working with my legal clients on some of their creative matters. Eventually, some of these clients asked me to work with them fulltime and help them produce their projects. As a producer I am responsible for the overall management of a film or television show. I hire the crew, the cast, the writers, and sometimes the directors. I have to figure out how long it will take to shoot a project and how much it will cost. I work very closely with the directors to make sure that they have everything that they need to visually create the project. It may not appear obvious at first but all of the law, math and science that I studied in school comes in very handy everyday. I use law as I review and negotiate contracts and deals with actors and the studios. I use math to create my budgets and to analyze the cost of various items and individuals. And finally, science is crucial to understanding all of the technical issues involved in filming a project. I really love my job and I don't regret that I took such an indirect route to find it because all of my studies and experiences have provided me with a really important foundation for my career. Archive of Virtual Take
Our Daughters to Work Day chat on April 23, 1998.
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