Progress!
Diana Richardson + Debi Yazbeck = Cheat Death Productions
Most of the cast and crew are in place.
~ debi
Category: Fiction
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
Piss Elm Entertainment Page Launched
About time.
Diana Richardson and I are prepping for the social media blitz showcasing SUNFLOWER CARE, a half-hour TV pilot written by Della Greenawalt. This witty comedy will be directed by Debi Yazbeck and produced by Diana Richardson, partners at Cheat Death Productions.
Please visit my Piss Elm Entertainment Page and follow for more for updates!
Piss Elm Entertainment~ 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
Another Sundance Certificate
I entered this eight week class with a sketchy vision of my zany, crime-drama, darkly comedic one-hour TV pilot Texoma Shrooms and came out with a full outline!
Sundance continues to help me.
Thank you Vanessa Matsui for your incredible notes and Angela LaManna for fun and thorough teaching.
~ 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
OUT OF THE WALLS and AUSTIN REVOLUTION FILM FESTIVAL
I am crazzzy excited that OUT OF THE WALLS is an Official Selection at ARFF!
Because of Covid, the festival is being delayed until March 25-27, 2021.
I will be there! No way I’ll miss a live screening in Austin.
And no way I’ll miss ARFF – such a fun festival.
~ debi
Please join me in shouting out to ARFF:
OUT OF XATALA and BLUECAT 2020
And the good news from April 14th…
OUT OF XATALA made the 2020 BlueCat Screenplay Competition SEMI-FINALS!
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I received some of the best notes EVER from BlueCat’s script analysis.
I’m excited to be a Quarter-Finalist for BlueCat’s 2020 Screenplay Competition.
Looking forward to April 14th!
~debi
p.s. I loved KNIVES OUT!