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Katrina Elias

Easter week in Cleveland & bitten by the snow

About Me

RANDOM NOTES OF THINGS I LOVE..... dancing salsa in the sand, eating whole fried fish, coconut rice, and sweet plantains.... picking my costume (clothes) in the morning, open spaces, the night quiet, hummingbirds, hawks, wolves, forests, lightning, dreaming, sleeping, eating chocolates in bed, the sound of the violin, trumpet and organ, my convertable, far lands, trekking, my MOM, and the place I visit when I write... ---------------------- WWW.KATRINAELIAS.COM ---------------------- Katrina Elias is best known as a writer of theatre and film, yet experienced in both producing and directing. Her most recognized written theatre work is "Abuelo's Legacy" (starring Liz Torres) nominated for "Best Theatre Production" by the Imagen Foundation in 2004. She has written, produced and directed two short films; "Dream-keeper" and "Madam Marina". The latter, selected by more than thirty film festivals worldwide and honored with half dozen festival awards including, "Best Latino Film" by the International New York City Duo Film Festival in 2005. Ms. Elias has been hired to write several television comedy pilots and most recently completed the rewrite on Paradise Pictures' comedy feature "Castoff", slated to shoot in 2008. Currently, Katrina is writing a historical-fiction feature film set in first century Rome for CART GIRLS Production Company.- http://www.myspace.com/katrinaeliaswriter -
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My Interests

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I'd like to meet:

TV and film execs considering writers for hire AND Creative ARTISTS; dancers, inventors, filmmakers, designers, writers and musicians.--------- Shawna Baca, Carlos Gallardo (El Mariachi, Desperado) and Muah! 2008 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL-- -WWW.KATRINAELIAS.COM-- --------------------------------------- ..------------------------------------ ----------------------------

Music:

Kate Bush, Dashboard Confessionals, Diomedes Diaz, The Cure, The Smiths, Simon & Garfunkel, System Of A Down, The Verve, The Ramones, Nina Simone, Philllip Glass, The Clash, Kitaro, Allen Ginsberg, Depeche Mode, Moody Blues, Led Zepplin, Radiohead, Eric Clapton;classic/covers/cream, Lila Downs, Alestar Digby, Queen, Dead Kennedy's, Oasis, Elton John, The Cranberries, Janis Joplin, Natalie Merchant, David Bowie, Lit, Lynard Skynard, Morchiba, Portishead, Classic Rock, Alternative, GLAM Rock, Celtic Music

Movies:

Moulin Rouge (1952) & (2005), Hustle & Flow, A Star is Born (Streisand-Kristofferson), Dead Zone (1983 movie)Matrix (all), Terminator 1, Velvet Goldmine, Midnight Cowboy, V for Vendetta, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Harold & Maude, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, House of The Flying Daggers, Green Mile

Television:

Dexter, Californication-- TV likes CHANGE ALL THE TIME!

Books:

Pride and Prejudice, All of Charles Delint, Japanese turn of the century lit, Bernard Shaw

Heroes:

Charles Bukowski, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Condoleezza Rice, Federico Garcia Lorca, Baz Lerhman, George Bernard Shaw, Tennessee Williams, The Wachowski Brothers, Cohen Brothers, David Lynch, KC Carey ---------- --------------------- ------------- ------------------------ ------------------ --------------------- --------------------

My Blog

Attraction Part II

PART IIThis is the second entry of my blog on attraction and coincidentally, the friend I wrote that letter to, is now my Boyfriend. And oh, what a sweet dance it is. We were lately at ...
Posted by Katrina Elias on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:50:00 PST

Abuelos Legacy, written by Katrina Elias, available for production

For those theatre companies that may be interested, I am making my one-act, comedy-of-errors, available for production. Please email me or call my PR Agent for a copy of the script and per-s...
Posted by Katrina Elias on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:30:00 PST

My Dog SHADOW 1990-2008

"SHADOW" February 1, 1990 - March 7, 2008   Dear Friends of Katrina & Shadow, I took Shadow to be euthanized at 4:00 P.M. on Friday, March 7th. As you all know, for the last ...
Posted by Katrina Elias on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:42:00 PST

A Biased Historian

Bound to the task of scribing the glories of Rome, I write of her greatness, never her failures. Though, I document the conduct of dishonorable Roman citizens,  Rome is free ...
Posted by Katrina Elias on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:43:00 PST

Ill be at Sol Dance in Park City, UTAH... with Latina film maker CHICS!

Hola my friends, my favorite fellow Latino film makers and I have been sponsored by SOL DANCE to fly out and stay at the Discovery House. Sooooooo....    If you're o...
Posted by Katrina Elias on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:09:00 PST

Attraction

A LETTER TO A FRIEND.. (portion of)  ....here's the deal. Or my take on it. Maybe one day when you were just a child, a woman appealed to you. Like a grown woman, who really fascinated you-- and ...
Posted by Katrina Elias on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 06:10:00 PST

true writing thought

           "When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish.          I think it's a wonderful way to...
Posted by Katrina Elias on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:41:00 PST

Moulin Rouge 1952

favorite quote from the 1952 version of Moulin Rouge (Jose ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor) Avril: Miriam you are encouragable! The first time you're out with a man and you tell him your father died of alchohol...
Posted by Katrina Elias on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:01:00 PST

False Alarm

I had a funny thing happen this weekend. It's 5 AM and my alarm is beeping, and I'm scared someone is in my house-- so I hit the button... the one that is connected to the Police Department. Then I'm ...
Posted by Katrina Elias on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:14:00 PST

destiny? fate? coincidence? What?

so I've been working on this very, very difficult script. It's Historical fiction, the research a crazy ass kicker, and it's a drama epic. Love it, fulfilling, but slow going. So for the first ti...
Posted by Katrina Elias on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:39:00 PST