Co-Director, SCWC
Chrissie Barnett is the longtime Co-Director of the Southern California Writers’ Conference, managing community outreach and communications, along with advance submission coordination for nearly two decades. As a production manager, she has coordinated projects running the gamut of budgets, through nearly every facet of pre-production and principal photography, including casting, location scouting, permits acquisition, and overall administrative due diligence. Projects she’s worked on range from independent features and short films to high-end infomercials, commercials, corporate videos and related transmedia content. Beyond corporate clients including Jenny Craig, Disney Channel, Hawthorne Direct, Shea Homes, Hot Legs and Smart 401k, Chrissie has also provided key in-house personnel management and executive support for development teams providing cinematics CGI for such video games as Stuntman 2: Ignition (THQ) and Golden Axe: Beast Rider (Sega).