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 Charles Geocaris is the Director of the State of Nevada Film
Office, headquartered in Las Vegas with a branch location in
Reno. Geocaris was born and raised in Chicago, and attended
Southern Illinois University where he received a degree in Cinema
and Photography, specializing in film production in 1983. After
graduation, he returned to Chicago where he freelanced in the
motion picture industry before joining the production division of
the Chicago Film Office in 1984. He was promoted to Assistant to
the Director in 1986, and then promoted to Director in 1990. As
Director of the Chicago Film Office, Geocaris was responsible for
coordinating over 300 motion pictures, thousands of commercials
and marketing Chicago as a film location throughout the world.
Since being appointed the Director of the Nevada Film Office in
the Spring of 1998, Geocaris has completely reconstructed Nevada's
approach to bringing filmmakers of all kinds to Nevada. The
dynamic staff combined with the aggressive and proactive approach
of the "new" NFO has resulted in four consecutive years of
record-breaking revenues and the highest filming activity levels
in the history of the State.
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 Sarah
Bontrager is the Public Relations Coordinator for the Nevada Film Office
(NFO). In December 2006, she graduated from the University of Nevada, Las
Vegas with a B.A. in Journalism and Media Studies, with a double major in
Public Relations and Film. She was an integral part in opening and running
Las Vegas’ successful Almaza Hookah Lounge, where she a hand in everything
from managing to bartending. The Public Relations Coordinator position was
also created for her. Sarah successfully gained exposure in many local and
online publications for the business. Her experience in the film industry
has been fruitful as well. Sarah has held every position on many student
film projects, from P.A., to actor, to director and producer. Most recently,
she has helped produce a short film for UNLV’s Spring Flicks Film Festival.
Sarah’s most predominate work has been with the untitled Sony studio
production about MIT students strategically winning at blackjack in Las
Vegas. Sarah was actress Kate Bosworth’s personal assistant as well as being
a production office assistant. At the Nevada Film Office Sarah is the press
liaison and frequent public speaker for the NFO, as well as the
Administrator of the NFO's annual Screenwriting Competition, which is the
oldest of its kind in the United States.
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 Jeanne Corcoran
was the Production Manager and Public Relations Officer for the
Nevada Film Office (NFO), where for more than six years she facilitated the diverse needs of hundreds of motion picture,
television, commercial, and other multimedia productions
annually. She was the press liaison and frequent public speaker
for the NFO, as well as the Administrator of the NFO's annual
Screenwriting Competition, which is the oldest of its kind in the
United States. Prior to joining the State in 1997, Corcoran was
an active professional writer, producer, and director in the
private sector for television, video, film and other productions
for more than a decade. She has written and sold screenplays as
well as hundreds of television and commercial scripts, receiving
various awards including the International New York Festivals
award, several national Silver Tellys, EMAs and Addys. In those
and other production capacities including on-camera and voice
talent, Corcoran has worked on diverse creative projects from
movies to national commercials, made-for-cable dramas to
educational films and audio books. She is also an active author
and producer of children's books and multimedia, music, DVD and
CD-rom projects in her spare time.
We would like to thank
Jeanne for her contributions to VCO, and wish her well in her future
endeavors as Director of a film commission in Sarasota County, Florida. |
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