The Network Austin Mixer is a networking get-together where people in the entertainment, film, music, and game industries can meet, forward their careers, and share ideas and information. We are actors, filmmakers, screenwriters, producers, directors, agents, crew members, etc., and our Mixers are a great place to meet like minds, get different types of media projects going, and find out the scoop on new productions.

Our Mixers are free and open to people who work in or are interested in film and media, and require no registration, cover charge or membership. Just show up. We meet on the second and last Wednesdays of each month (except November and December) at 7 PM at Mother Egan's Irish Pub - 715 West 6th St in Austin, TX. We usually have guest speakers at all Mixers now. Sometimes we hold round table discussions, show short films, and pitch projects. Click on This Month to find out about our next speakers.

The Network Austin Mixer is growing and we would like to extend our sincere gratitude for the support we have received from other film and media organizations, their staff, their websites, the Speakers who have offered their time and insights, and you, the people who attend! Thanks… and grow with us…

Our past speakers have included Beth Sepko (Beth Sepko Casting), Bob Hudgins (Director - Texas Film Commission), Bonnie Orr (screenwriter, producer), Marco Perella (actor, acting teacher), Scott Meyers (Director, AD), Veronica Kelley-Albiez (DVA Talent ), Stefano Fabrizio (headshot photographer), Heather Collier (Collier Talent), Steve Prince (actor, acting teacher), Donise Hardy (Founder and Former Owner, Casting Works LA), Van Brooks (actor, acting teacher), Matt Dentler (SxSW), Barbara Morgan (Executive Director - Austin Film Festival), Steve Orr (independent producer, lawyer), Lupe Valdez (Acclaim Talent Agency), Barbara Brinkley (Casting Director), Charles Wiedman (writer, producer, director), Natalie Schuessler (Austin Film Society), Andrew Pozzo (writer, director), Katherine Willis (actress), Jeter Crutchfield, Kelly Williams, Linnea Toney and Alissa Ziemianski (Austin Film Festival), Sherry Mills (Executive Director REEL WOMEN), Gary Walker (special effects artist), Byran Poyser (Austin Film Society), Deena Kalai  (Entertainment attorney), CK McFarland (actor, director, writer, teacher), Rob Nash (comedian, writer), Erin Franlkin (Agence Talent), Liz Atherton (Ciao Agency), Dallas Snell (computer game industry), Jeff Stolhand (writer, director), Kat Candler and Stacy Schoolfield (Storie Productions), Marta McGonagle (actress), Todd McMullen (Cinematographer/DP), Greg Zekowski (director/writer/producer), Gabe Folse (actor, teacher) and others from our round table discussions.

Please pass on information about our Mixers to your friends and associates in the film/media industries, and if you have a website associated with these fields, please post our website - www.networkaustinmixer.com.  

We are migrating to a Google Group, so if you want to receive emails about our Mixer, request membership in http://groups.google.com/group/the-network-austin-mixer and visit it and this website to keep updated about Speakers and events.  

CLICK HERE to read an article about THE NETWORK AUSTIN MIXER 
in the August 5, 2008 Austin American Statesman.

IMPORTANT!!! TXMPA (http://www.txmpa.org/joomla/) is a nonprofit organization founded in Austin to become the advocate for the film, video, interactive, and digital media production industries in the Lone Star State. TXMPA

• is committed to building a strong community of industry professionals and to support legislation that benefits our industry,
• is committed to educating the general public about our businesses and how we impact their lives through the hundreds of millions of dollars our productions pump into the economy,
• supports legislation that will provide competitive economic incentives for the film, video, interactive, and video game industry.

Incentives for the film industry are crucial to the survival of this industry in Texas. We are facing a legislative session and need your active participation to keep these incentives alive! Please help! Join TXPMA and get involved. How? Click on http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/, contact our congressmen, write letters asking them to support the film incentive package and have your family and friends do likewise. That's how things get done in politics. Thank you.