Join us for the WIFD M&M, our Monthly Monday Meeting!
May 1st is the National Global Day of Love, and we're bringing you love in the form of motivation from a woman who is never, not working...the great CAROLYN PFEIFFER! Come and hear all about her journey, and how she still manages to let her passions lead her after many successful years in the industry!
To receive the Zoom link for the meeting, you must RSVP, so get 'er done and join us! The Zoom link will be sent via email before the meeting begins.
Carolyn Pfeiffer was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Madison, North Carolina. After attending Guilford College she moved to Europe and began a career in motion pictures. She first worked in Rome as Claudia Cardinale's assistant on films including Federico Fellini's 8 ½, Luchino Visconti's The Leopard and Blake Edwards' The Pink Panther. She then moved to Paris and worked as an associate producer for Alain Delon's production company. Within a year she joined Omar Sharif as his executive assistant and worked on many of his films including Doctor Zhivago. Four years later Pfeiffer moved to London and started her own public relations company. Her numerous clients included Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, François Truffaut, Robert Altman, The Beatles' company, Apple Corps. Ltd. and Paul McCartney and Wings.
Between 1993 and 1999, Pfeiffer and her daughter Shannon lived in Jamaica where she owned the master franchise for TCBY for the island. They built four stores and an airport outlet and were awarded the TCBY's Award For Excellence in 1997. She also produced three Jamaican feature films. Two of them were vanguard movies shot digitally for Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures: Dancehall Queen and Third World Cop. To date they are the highest-grossing films released in the Caribbean.
She was then invited to become founding President and CEO of Burnt Orange Productions part of the Film Initiative of the University of Texas at Austin. The mission of Burnt Orange was to produce films in HD using students as apprentices and interns working alongside professionals. In three years Burnt Orange produced The Quiet, acquired by Screen Gems and released by Sony Classics, Adam Rifkin's Homo Erectus, distributed by National Lampoon in 2008, The Cassidy Kids, distributed by B-Side and aired on IFC in 2008 and Elvis and Annabelle' 'distributed by The Weinstein Company in 2009.
Pfeiffer now resides in Marfa, Texas where she continues her work as a consultant and producer. Most recently she executive produced "Far Marfa" and for PBS the documentary "Children of Giant". She is an active member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the former President of IFP West and was awarded the Pioneer Award by the Lone Star International Film Festival in Fort Worth for her "trailblazing work in independent cinema".
We encourage our new members to attend each meeting to network and get the most of your WIFD membership. We look forward to seeing your faces and hearing your lovely voices!
