Laura Tapia:  

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Fair oaks, CA
North highlands, CA
North highlands, CA
Van nuys, CA
Sylmar, CA

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I still live in Carmichael Ca. I'm a humble State employee, with Franchise Tax Board, A Customer Service Specialist, I m a certified camerawoman and was a floor Director, and camera woman for several cable shows, as I'm getting older, the realization is, I have to slow down. I still freelance doing movies,I just got off a movie with Eric Parkinson October 2023. , Director of Terminator. Eric was an actor in a Horror flick Unholy Song. and I was his makeup artist and Hair stylist., lucky me lol. I need to edit this profile down . Peace , Laura I was the SP FX artist for Ozzie Smith (Three time Emmy award winner for "Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman" on a feature Ozzie Directed. I have worked with many famous Directors’ I worked on all the 2007 California Shoots of "MTV SCARRED" the host Jacoby of "PaPa Roach" prior it being moved to New Mexico in 07. I did back up work on the movie "Show Girls" 1994, and did back up work on "Almost Heroes" (Chris Farley's) last movie 1996. A couple of MTV reality shows, music video's one with "Papa Roach", major films, as well as commercials, industrial projects etc, and quite a few Independent features, etc etc. April 2010 I did a Dracula Movie that was shot in a Castle,, one of the most beautiful sets Ii have been on,’ ***************************************************************** I wrote a short screen play called...Expand for more
"The 11 Bravo Diaries" and I was the Producer of this Independent Film and Frank Casanova owner of "The Studio Center" was the Director. We shot it this summer and it was wrapped 7/31/09. "The 11 Bravo Diaries" premiered 10/04/09 at the Crest movie Theater, It's a short film that won best ensemble acting award plus another award for Access Place called Sacramento Film Festival. Going on stage after the premiere of my film and accepting my awards in front of close to 800 film makers/ actors etc, was more than anything I could ever imagine. I found out a week and a half before the 2010 Wave Awards, that my film was one of the top three finalist for the Wave Awards, the Wave awards are for films that were seen on cable for the whole Western United States, on 10/15/10 in Nevada my 10 minute short won the Wave Award, otherwise it won best Film in all of Western United States. *************************** In 2008 I finished a feature on 07/30/2008 Director Justin Buettner's "Sawtooth" A Bigfoot thriller. i ********************************** I wrote Fate A Miwok Story, can be seen on YouTube, with Tony The Tiger Lopez, Gilbert Zaragoza, and Otis Griffin."*************************** Still being able to work in the industry I love, and working with good friends, things can't get better than that! With all that is said and done "Life is Great!!!!" Laura ;)
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