executive producer

I am going to be an executive producer, yea I said executive.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Producers are entrepreneurs who make the business and financial decisions involving a motion picture, television show, or stage production. They select scripts, approve the development of ideas, arrange financing, and determine the size and cost of the endeavor. Producers hire or approve directors, principal cast members, and key production staff members.

Top 10 Ways my life has prepared me to become a Producer!

1. I spent my childhood writing scripts & filming short movies about killers. My brother, next door neighbors and friends were my cast ad crew. My credits include: The Vengeance Trilogy, Suspension and some more artsy compilations of random stock film I was collecting.
   
2. I spent the second semester of 9th grade at a Performing Arts Magnet School where I was in the Children's Theater program which involved performing short plays in front of elementary school children at neighboring schools. Interestingly, I was always cast as the evil witch or queen.
3. At that same school, I was also was the stage manager for the improv comedy group. That was one of the funniest times of my life but it did get old cleaning up after them, pies, slime and all.
4. I wrote a feature length script (90 minutes) called She Kills Without Emotion. It was about a woman assassin named Chloe.
5. I moved from California to New York City at 19 because I longed to live in the big city. It was the best decision I ever made in my life. I still go back to Los Angeles a couple times a year to see my family.
   
6. I received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Adelphi University.
7. I coordinated an office relocation in New York City. This involved: working 2 different realtors to find an affordable space, selling old furniture we didn't need, packing up the office, coordinating and executing day of moving logistics, arranging for phone and internet connectivity and setting up the new office and much more. If that isn't a production, I don't know what one is. Oh, and I had a tiny budget for the move.
8. I do my own taxes.
   
9. My brother is a filmmaker. Its in our blood.
10. I am a habitual to-do list writer and completer.