In less than a month, I’ll be on set in Pasadena, California. I get to direct an amazing… wow unbelievably amazing cast!
View what we’re doing and please contribute if you can. We have some great merch to send to you.
Dreams do come true! ❤
~ debi
Category: Awards
Go, Teton!
Someday I will film this.
I’m conquering SUNFLOWER CARE… I can conquer TETON RECKONING.
~ debi
SUNFLOWER CARE Teaser Poster
Progress!
Diana Richardson + Debi Yazbeck = Cheat Death Productions
Most of the cast and crew are in place.
~ debi
Directing Christina Collard
SUNFLOWER CARE TV Pilot promo shoot came alive with the help of our wonderful cast and crew. It was more fun than I could have imagined.
There is nothing that Christina Collard can’t make funny.
But besides that, she makes everyone comfortable. She has more energy than a child.
And she’s kind. I’m so grateful to have her on set.
Hugs to you, Christina!
~ debi
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FlickFair Film Festival and Out of the Walls
Another official selection for my short film!
~ debi
Producer/Director Partners Cheat Death Productions
I have a streak of perfectionism, but it’s directed at myself only.
I don’t request perfectionism from anyone around me. I only have power over myself. Everyone else has to do what they have to do.
(Which often leads to me doing more than I maybe should, ya think?)
BUT… having an entertainment partner who demands perfection is… PERFECT for me.
Diana Richardson, producer extraordinaire, is my partner in crime or comedy or drama. Whatever the day demands. She is a little bulldog (and I love bulldogs!!!!!) in her determination to get things right… always right!
Diana & DebiI LOVE THAT about her!
Thank you, Diana, for who you are and all you do. I don’t think I can ever adequately express how much you mean to me.
~ debi
BLIND PURSUIT debuts on THE RED LIST
I crafted the latest draft of BLIND PURSUIT with the help of the amazing Janet Jeffries of Lawrence Bender.
I love how my script reads now. I expect even better things to come!
Thank you, Janet!
~ debi
TOO MUCH AIR and NYC Midnight
My short screenplay TOO MUCH AIR has advanced to the next round of NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Challenge
“TOO MUCH AIR” by Debi Yazbeck
LOGLINE – Live, love, laugh — even laugh last. But always watch your back.
This was really fun to create and write. I’m excited for my next set of prompts Saturday morning.
What craziness can I devise next… hmmm?
~ debi
Update to: APPLICATION ACCEPTED to SUNDANCE INSTITUTE Director’s Lab
AND NOW I HAVE MY CERTIFICATE!
From this amazing experience with Joan Darling.
Thank you, Sundance Institute
Posted on 8/11/2020:
How can life get better!?
It’s not only about being accepted to Sundance’s Lab — It’s about WHO IS TEACHING!
“JOAN DARLING has been nominated four times for an Emmy (the first woman nominated for directing) and twice for a Directors Guild of America award, winning one of each. She was the original director of MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN. She directed the historic episode of THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW, “CHUCKLES” named the number one TV episode of all time. Her feature, FIRST LOVE was named one of the years ten best by CBS. She starred on Broadway, and was a series regular on OWEN MARSHALL. Darling is also a teacher, known for her “Directing the Actor Workshop,” and has served as a Creative Advisor at the Sundance Institute’s Directors Lab for over twenty years.”
SUNFLOWER CARE written by the fricking amazingly talented Della Greenawalt is the project I applied with and will be working on. What better way to be the best director I can possibly be to several exceptionally talented actors?!
WOOOOHOOOO!
~ debi
Long Lost
How did I lose this?!
No matter – Max graciously sent me a new one.
Thank you, Max Adams and the Academy of Film Writing!
Hugs and kisses to you, Max. You laid the foundation and helped me grow as a screenwriter way past anything I ever dreamed.
This certificate means so much to me and will hang on my wall of fame.
~ debi