Oklahoma Film and Music Advisory Commission
120 North Robinson, 6th Floor
PO Box 52002
Oklahoma City, OK 73102-2002 |
www.oklahomafilm.org
Jill Simpson, Executive Director
Dino Lalli, Field Representative |
Telephone: 405-230-8440
Fax: 405-230-8640 |
Jessika Lauren, Film & Music
Development Coordinator
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Advisory Commission Membership and Purpose
The Film and Music Advisory Commission was created by the Legislature in 1986 with the primary purpose of providing oversight and direction to the Office of the Oklahoma Film and Music Commission, which has primary responsibility in state government for promoting the state as a location for producing motion pictures, television programs, videos and recording or performing music.
The Advisory Commission is composed of 11 members appointed by the Director of the Department of Tourism and Recreation and the Lieutenant Governor, who serves as an ex officio member and as Chair of the Advisory Commission.
Appointed members serve two-year terms. Five members must have experience with the development and implementation of economic development programs. Three members must possess broad working knowledge of the film industry and three members must possess broad working knowledge of the music industry. The members of the Commission are as follows:
| Lieutenant Governor Jari Askins, Chair, Ex Officio |
| Appointed Members: |
Byron Berline - Guthrie, Music
Owner of Double Stop Fiddle Shop, Guthrie
Frontman for the Grammy-nominated Byron Berline Band
Extensive television and movie soundtrack credits |
Charles "Chuck" Cissel - Tulsa, Music
Successful Broadway performer and Arista Records recording artist
Chief Executive Officer of the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame at the Greenwood Cultural Center, Tulsa |
Gray Frederickson - OKC, Film/Economic Development
President, Graymark Productions, Oklahoma City
Associate professor at several Oklahoma colleges and universities
Successful film producer |
Margo Gray - Tulsa, Economic Development
President, American Indian Chamber of Commerce
Sister of Chief Gray, Osage Nation
President, Horizon Engineering Services Company (Tulsa & Albuquerque, NM) |
Kathy Henry - Tulsa, Film
25-year career in advertising and marketing in the US and Europe, including Vice-President of Marketing for McDonald's Europe.
Current title: President, Zepper Entertainment, LLC (Tulsa-based Film Production company with feature projects in development) |
Jeanne Hoffman Smith - OKC, Economic Development/Philanthropy
Private practice social worker for families and children
Endows the following: Jeanne Hoffman Smith Chair of Film & Video Studies, OU; Film Series, Oklahoma Museum of Art; OCU's Thatcher Hoffman Smith Speaker's Series |
Steve Ripley - Tulsa, Music
Producer of multi-platinum selling act The Tractors
Creator of the Red Dirt Records label
Proprietor of Church Studios, Tulsa (Formerly Shelter Studio) |
Max Weitzenhoffer - Norman, Economic Development/Philanthropy
Appointed by Governor Brad Henry in 2003 to a seven-year term on the Board of Regents |
Lael Erickson - OKC, Film
Sr. Vice President/Associate Creative Director for Ackerman McQueen |
Two seats are currently vacant. One seat was never appointed and another member resigned in Fall 2006.
Advisory Commission Responsibilities
The Advisory Commission is responsible for:
- Focusing the functions of the Office of the Oklahoma Film and Music Commission to provide maximum economic benefit to the state;
- Promoting the film and music industries to local communities;
- Soliciting input annually from the public including industry, business, and community leaders;
- Serving as a clearinghouse for the Oklahoma music industry using databases which it develops and maintains;
- Promoting Oklahoma music and musicians nationally and internationally;
- Assisting in the development of a marketing plan and a production manual; and
- Assisting in the preparation of an annual report.
