Discussion of what is required to make a film, including explanation of crew requirements and job descriptions. An Actual Call Sheet will be reviewed.
Alton Walpole is an eclectic filmmaker with more than thirty years of experience with a background as cinematographer, editor and producer. He was the UPM and Line Producer for the Academy Award winning production of CRAZY HEART with Best Actor winner Jeff Bridges. He was also the UPM on THE BOOK OF ELI with Denzel Washington. In 2012 he was the UPM and Line Producer on the biography of Steve Jobs, titled jOBS. In 2013 he worked as the UPM on the film JANE GOT A GUN with Natalie Portman and BEYOND THE REACH with Michael Douglas. Walpole has managed film and television productions with both large and small budgets including the television pilots for WILDFIRE and LONGMIRE.
As UPM he also completed twelve episodes of THE BRAVE for NBC / Universal and a western limited mini-series for Netflix titled GODLESS as well as the pilot for MID-NIGHT TEXAS for NBC. Two years ago he was UPM on ten episodes of DIG for NBC / Universal (which aired on USA) and completed WAR ON EVERYONE (a John Michael McDonough project) as UPM and Line Producer. Alton completed work on THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN as the UPM for the New Mexico segment. The corporation for which Alton is President, Mountainair Films Inc, completed THE SEDUCTION OF JOYCE MITCHELL: PRISON BREAK with Penelope Ann Miller for Sony Pictures Television in the Fall of 2015.
Other Line Producer and / or UPM credits include THE SPIRIT, INTERVENTION, TORTILLA HEAVEN, WINTER BREAK, UNSPEAKABLE, BLIND HORIZON, Rx, AFTERWARDS, HAND OF FATE, THE BURROWERS, PASSION IN THE DESERT, SOUNDMAN, THE TAO OF STEVE and THE FAR SIDE OF JERICHO. He was also the Unit Production Manager on a trilogy of films titled THE HORROR CHRONICLES and Cinematographer / Editor of “PAHA SAPA: The Struggle for the Black Hills” a documentary made for HBO.
Walpole’s early work includes managing and editing the translation of archetypical and contemporary images into the unique films KOYAANISQATSI, POWAQQAATSI and BARAKA.
He is a member of the Director’s Guild of America and resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he is the owner of Mountainair Films Inc. Currently he primarily works as a Line Producer breaking down scripts and preparing schedules & budgets for production.
He has received many awards including induction into the New Mexico Film Hall of Fame
- Year2021
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
Discussion of what is required to make a film, including explanation of crew requirements and job descriptions. An Actual Call Sheet will be reviewed.
Alton Walpole is an eclectic filmmaker with more than thirty years of experience with a background as cinematographer, editor and producer. He was the UPM and Line Producer for the Academy Award winning production of CRAZY HEART with Best Actor winner Jeff Bridges. He was also the UPM on THE BOOK OF ELI with Denzel Washington. In 2012 he was the UPM and Line Producer on the biography of Steve Jobs, titled jOBS. In 2013 he worked as the UPM on the film JANE GOT A GUN with Natalie Portman and BEYOND THE REACH with Michael Douglas. Walpole has managed film and television productions with both large and small budgets including the television pilots for WILDFIRE and LONGMIRE.
As UPM he also completed twelve episodes of THE BRAVE for NBC / Universal and a western limited mini-series for Netflix titled GODLESS as well as the pilot for MID-NIGHT TEXAS for NBC. Two years ago he was UPM on ten episodes of DIG for NBC / Universal (which aired on USA) and completed WAR ON EVERYONE (a John Michael McDonough project) as UPM and Line Producer. Alton completed work on THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN as the UPM for the New Mexico segment. The corporation for which Alton is President, Mountainair Films Inc, completed THE SEDUCTION OF JOYCE MITCHELL: PRISON BREAK with Penelope Ann Miller for Sony Pictures Television in the Fall of 2015.
Other Line Producer and / or UPM credits include THE SPIRIT, INTERVENTION, TORTILLA HEAVEN, WINTER BREAK, UNSPEAKABLE, BLIND HORIZON, Rx, AFTERWARDS, HAND OF FATE, THE BURROWERS, PASSION IN THE DESERT, SOUNDMAN, THE TAO OF STEVE and THE FAR SIDE OF JERICHO. He was also the Unit Production Manager on a trilogy of films titled THE HORROR CHRONICLES and Cinematographer / Editor of “PAHA SAPA: The Struggle for the Black Hills” a documentary made for HBO.
Walpole’s early work includes managing and editing the translation of archetypical and contemporary images into the unique films KOYAANISQATSI, POWAQQAATSI and BARAKA.
He is a member of the Director’s Guild of America and resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he is the owner of Mountainair Films Inc. Currently he primarily works as a Line Producer breaking down scripts and preparing schedules & budgets for production.
He has received many awards including induction into the New Mexico Film Hall of Fame
- Year2021
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States