Chattanooga Filmmakers Guild Hosts Masterclass With Dagan Beckett

  • Monday, February 10, 2025

Emmy® Award-Winning filmmaker, Dagan W. Beckett will be bringing his experience working with film composers to a master class for aspiring Chattanooga filmmakers hosted by the Chattanooga Filmmakers Guild, Feb. 23 at 5 pm. on the 5th floor of the Edney Innovation Center.

The Chattanooga Community is invited to this free event hosted by the Filmmakers Guild in an effort to unite and strengthen the local filmmaking and acting community. 

Mr. Beckett will be discussing his experiences working with film composers from three of his past films as well as offering ways to: find the right composer for a filmmaker’s project; communicate and cast the vision with the filmmaker’s composer; budgeting for film scoring; and more. 

Mr. Beckett will be speaking with various film composers as well as offering a Q&A opportunity for the audience to speak directly with him and the composers.

“The Chattanooga Filmmakers Guild’s mission is to provide educational opportunities to local film creatives and content creators while assisting them in connecting with industry professionals through networking, strengthening their ability to succeed in the filmmaking industry,” said Jeromie Gentry, vice president of the Chattanooga Filmmakers Guild.

Mr. Beckett won an Emmy in 2022 for his film Songbirds in the topical documentary category by the Mid-South region of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Songbirds can be found streaming online. 

Recently, Mr. Beckett and his production team were nominated for a second time by The Mid-South region of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for work on his film Beautiful Faces (2024), which is distributed on Tubi and Amazon.

Production has recently wrapped on Mr. Beckett's and his team’s third film, Legacy America, which is due out later this year. 

To register for this event, visit https://filmmakersguild.com/


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