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Cindy Baer

Career

Cindy Baer is a film and live performance actress, director, and producer in Hollywood, California (Canon). As an actress, Baer has stared in several roles. Many of these roles consisted of movies that Baer has either directed or produced herself. On top of being in front of the screen and behind the screen, she is a self-made entrepreneur and founder of numerous non-profit organizations in the past decade (PRLOG). She specializes in low-budget and sometimes female-centric films (Film Radar, YHP). The Patron of the Arts, POTA, is a non-profit company co-founded by Cindy Baer. This company is founded on the beliefs that every aspiring director or artist can use this company with gain notoriety, funding, and connect with their audiences (YHP). This is a way for them to connect with donors for their projects (Canon). Baer started her continuing career as an actress at the age of 14 at the Boston Children’s Theatre. From then on, she has stared in at least 25 live performances (PRLOG). She acted and produced the live performance called Butterflies Are Free at the Matrix Theatre in Hollywood, California (PRLOG). Aside from her live performance career, Baer has also been integrated into the film industry in Hollywood. As Baer’s career progressed, she decided to construct a production company called Free Dream Pictures in 2001(PRLOG). The first film Cindy Baer produced from the Free Dreams Pictures company was the feature film Purgatory House. Another non-profit organization Baer founded is called Mosaic Theatre Company in 2000 (PRLOG). This company was founded on with the intentions to create a safe and inspiring environment that allows them to get excited about all forms of art (PRLOG). Some of Baer’s other, more well-known, feature film works consist of Prism, Morbid Curiosity, Odd Brodsky, Lizzie, and Few Options (YHP). A large majority of her movies are in the horror or thriller film genre, however Baer has stepped away from those genres, especially in the making of the comedic movie Odd Brodsky.

Odd Brodsky

Cindy Baer’s feature film Odd Brodsky was a low budget film that used many unique filming techniques to portray the “realistic” idea of the film (Film Radar). The movie was shot with a Cannon 5D Mark II and a Cannon 7D (Below the Line). The film crew shot the movie in countless practical locations in order to portray a believable story. Odd Brodsky is a story about a girl named Audrey Brodsky has been dreaming of becoming a famous actress all her life. Eventually Brodsky moved to Hollywood where she worked a fulltime desk job. After an entire decade, Brodsky realizes it is time to finally pursue her dream of becoming an actress. She finds comfort and inspiration in her group of girlfriends who call themselves “The Angels”. This group of five best friends, some of which are in a rut, just like Brodsky, provide some comedic relief. In her struggle to find stardom like many others, Aubrey Brodsky hires and befriends a camera man she met online. She also moves in with a very handsome and incredibly sexy man (Film Radar). The movie follows her struggle to follow her dreams and how life doesn’t always treat everyone fairly.

References

• Press Release Distribution. Co-founder of Non-profit “Patron of the Arts” Cindy Baer Guests on Eye on Entertainment
• Your Hollywood Pro. Cindy Baer an Actress turned Director and Writer
• Canon. Cindy Baer
• Below The Line. Indie Film Odd Brodsky on Solid Ground Thanks to Sachtler
• Film Radar. ODD BRODSKY—a Movie about Hollywood—to have Hollywood Premiere at 17th Annual Dances With Films

Works

• Prism
• Odd Brodsky
• Lizzie
• Few Options
• Morbid Curiosity

Awards

• 2 Prism Award Nominations
• 4 Audience awards for Morbid Curiosity