Tuesday, January 15, 2008

New Year's Countdown

While Melanie and I partook in the New Year's Countdown in the comfort of my home, accompanied by 126 of our closest friends, including and especially those on our rosters, I reflected on previous *New Years* and our accomplishments throughout them. Well, perhaps I wasn't doing any reflecting at that exact moment, but a few days later anyway...


Too often we only think forward, making lists in our heads of everything that still needs to be done, lists of things that we didn't get to today, that will improve our careers tomorrow, that will get us in that proverbial door, if only we could do more, faster, better! It's important to look back, reflect, take some time to congratulate yourself on accomplishments, remember the times that brought you joy, the people you experienced that joy with, and breathe, with a sigh of relief, that life is pretty great after all.

Here, then, is my Countdown of some of the accomplishments and fun things that have happened in New Years past. Enjoy!

10 ~ years ago I moved to Vancouver
9 ~ of our actors booked Lead, Guest Star or Recurring roles last year
8 ~ commercials that I was involved in production through Bear Studios last year
7 ~ years Carrie Wheeler Management has been in business
6 ~ (2000 &) produced THE FOURSOME, a golf comedy starring Kevin Dillon (ENTOURAGE)
5 ~ film markets and/or festivals that I attended last year (Cannes, AFM, TIFF, VIFF, WFF)
4 ~ people I have converted to vegetarianism :)
3 ~ films in development (JOSIE AND JACK, IMAGINARY MAN, PRAYING MANTIS)
2 ~ years since Melanie Watts joined Carrie Wheeler Management as an agent
1 ~ year ago I created the Carrie Wheeler Films division

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Of course, we couldn't have done it without our amazing talent. Some of their recent accomplishments:

Film & Television

Aliens In America, All Lit Up, Bionic Woman, Deck The Halls, Dragon Boys, Helen, Kyle XY, My Fair Eddie, Psych!, National Lampoon's Ratko, On The Other Hand Death, Painkiller Jane, Renegade Press.com, Sandlot 3, Three Moons Over Milford, Whistler

Commercial & Commercial Print

Canvas, Aquattro, AT&T, BMW, Burger King, California Grocery, Canal & Family, Coast Capital Savings, Cymbalta, Dewer's, EA Sports, Hillshire Farms, Hoover, Kohl's, Nissan, PradaProtiviti, Raley's, Swim Co., Sylvan Learning Center, Taymor, VanCity

May 2008 bring health, happiness and continued success to everyone,
from all of us at Carrie Wheeler Management & Films

We look forward to working with you!