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Gray Frederickson

August 24, 2014 / GTD Group

grayfrederickson Gray Frederickson
Air Date, August 24, 2014

Academy Award-winning producer Gray Frederickson received an OSCAR for producing THE GODFATHER PART II and was nominated for an Academy Award for producing APOCALYPSE NOW. He also won an Emmy in 2007 for producing the documentary, DREAM NO LITTLE DREAM, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROBERT S. KERR.

Frederickson has the honor of having three of his films listed on The American Film Institute’s top 100 films.

In 2000 he started a technical film and video program at the Oklahoma City Community College where he serves as An Artist in Residence; however, he also continues to produce movies. Recent movies produced by Frederickson have been CLOUD 9 starring Burt Reynolds, THE HUNT, a sci-fi horror film, SURVEILLANCE, a thriller starring Armand Assante, SOUL’S MIDNIGHT, a vampire tale, and FINGERPRINTS, a supernatural thriller which was based on a well known urban legend. Gray also produced the drama, IVORY, in 2008, about life in a music conservatory, starring Martin Landau. His most recent films are JUST CRAZY ENOUGH, a comedy starring SNL alum, Chris Kattan; and a documentary about Natural Gas called THE GRAND ENERGY TRANSITION.

Frederickson has also produced MY FIVE WIVES starring Rodney Dangerfield and Andrew Dice Clay and SOUTH OF HEAVEN, WEST OF HELL starring Dwight Yoakam, Vince Vaughn, Billy Bob Thornton, and Bridget Fonda. Frederickson was Executive Producer of HEAVEN’S PRISONERS, starring Alec Baldwin, which was released by New Line Cinema in May 1996.

A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Frederickson later attended the University of Lausanne, in Switzerland before moving to Rome, Italy. There he served as Production Manager and Producer on a variety of Italian films such as THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY starring Clint Eastwood, and CANDY, starring Marlon Brando and Richard Burton. Frederickson then moved to Hollywood where he was Associate Producer on LITTLE FAUSS AND BIG HALSY starring Robert Redford, and Twentieth Century Fox’s MAKING IT. He was also the Executive Producer of the Paramount Film HIT, directed by Sidney Furie.

Frederickson began a 20-year association with Francis Ford Coppola as the Associate Producer on the Academy Award-winning THE GODFATHER. He also produced ONE FROM THE HEART and THE OUTSIDERS while a part of Coppola’s famed Zoetrope Studios. He was Co-Producer on the Academy Award-nominated THE GODFATHER PART III. He also was Executive Producer of UHF starring Weird Al Yankovic, and was Executive Producer of LADYBUGS for Paramount, starring Rodney Dangerfield.

Frederickson has been Vice President in Charge of Feature Film Production at
Warner Brothers/Lorimar. He also wrote the original story for the Twentieth Century Fox film BAD GIRLS, directed by Jonathan Kaplan and starring Andie MacDowell, Drew Barrymore, and Madeline Stowe. For television, Frederickson has produced the ABC television pilot THUNDER GUYS; Mickey Spillane’s THE RETURN OF MIKE HAMMER, and the Columbia Television Series HOUSTON KNIGHTS. He also developed and Executive Produced STAYING AFLOAT, starring Larry Hagman, for Tri-Star Television and NBC.

Frederickson also has a part ownership in, and is Executive Vice President of, Cinema Management Group, an International Film Sales Organization based in Los Angeles.

Frederickson is an Executive Producer with Austin based, luzworks. He is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Academy of Television Art and Sciences, The Directors Guild of America, and the Screen Actors Guild.

Larry Pivnick MD, JD

May 4, 2014 / GTD Group

larrypivnick Larry Pivnick MD, JD
Author of “The Kilgore Curse”
Air Date, May 4, 2014

The Kilgore Curse is Larry Pivnick’s first published novel, but he’s been writing all his life. In medical school (MD, Toronto, 1971), he wrote scientific papers and short stories for amusement. During law school (JD, SMU, 1993), he wrote court briefs and tinkered with novels. Then he graduated from SMU’s Creative Writing Program in 2007. The Kilgore Curse is the culmination of his multifaceted education, extensive experience, peripatetic travel, and unfettered imagination.

Born and raised in Toronto, Dr. Pivnick has practiced family medicine in Dallas for the past thirty-six years and law for twenty. He has recently retired in order to write fiction full time. He lives in Dallas with Linda, his devoted wife of forty-three years. Together they have two grown children and four extraordinary grandchildren. They love to travel and play golf, though, to his eternal bemusement, she is the better golfer.

Jim Lauderdale

April 13, 2014 / GTD Group

jimlauderdale Jim Lauderdale
Grammy Winning Singer-Songwriter
Air Date, April 13, 2014

Jim Lauderdale is a Grammy® Award winning musician and one of the most respected artists working in the Bluegrass, Country and Americana music communities today. He is considered one of Nashville’s “A” list of songwriters with songs recorded by artists such as Patty Loveless, Shelby Lynne, Solomon Burke, The Dixie Chicks and George Strait, who has had numerous hits with Jim’s songs. Jim’s music has been featured recently on the ABC hit show “Nashville” and he had several tracks on the soundtrack of the successful film “Pure Country.” Jim is also in high demand as a player, touring with the likes of Lucinda Williams, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rhonda Vincent and Elvis Costello.

Jim, who frequently collaborates with legends like Ralph Stanley and Elvis Costello, is also a critically acclaimed solo artist with dozens of studio releases, including his latest Carolina Moonrise, written with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and Buddy and Jim the critically acclaimed new duets album recorded with long time friend Buddy Miller of which Mojo states: “Miller and Lauderdale’s duets have both the easy familiarity of old friends and the musicianship of old pros.”

In addition to making music together, Buddy and Jim also co-host “The Buddy & Jim Show,” recently described as “…highly entertaining…” by NPR’s Fresh Air. Each week Buddy and Jim invite artists to Buddy’s home studio in Nashville, where they tape performances and in depth interviews with a wide variety of artists and friends. Jim also hosts the popular Music City Roots each week from the Loveless Barn in Nashville. And since winning “Artist of the Year” and “Song of the Year” at the first “Honors and Awards Show” held by the Americana Music Association in 2002, he has subsequently hosted the show each year.

Jim is the subject of a new documentary, directed by Australian filmmaker Jeremy Dylan called “The King Of Broken Hearts.” The feature length documentary tells of Jim’s unconventional and prolific story from his North Carolina roots, being immersed in the country music scenes in both New York City and Los Angeles, to breaking through in Nashville as a songwriter.

Jim’s musical influences, including the legendary Dr. Ralph Stanley and George Jones, can be heard in his songs with his unique sense of melody and lyrical expertise. He won his first Grammy Award in 2002 with Dr. Ralph Stanley for Lost in the Lonesome Pines (Dualtone) and then for The Bluegrass Diaries (Yep Roc) in 2007. In addition to previously mentioned releases, as a performer Jim is credited with production, writing and collaborating on over two dozen albums including Wait ‘Til Spring (SkyCrunch/Dualtone 2003) with Donna the Buffalo and Headed for the Hills (Dualtone 2004) his first total project with Robert Hunter, Planet of Love (Reprise 1991,) Pretty Close to the Truth (Atlantic 1994,) Every Second Counts (Atlantic 1995,) Persimmons (Upstart 1998,) Whisper (BNA 1998,) Onward Through It All (RCA 1999,) The Other Sessions (Dualtone 2001,) The Hummingbirds (Dualtone 2002,) Bluegrass (Yep Roc 2006,) Country Super Hits, Volume 1 (Yep Roc 2006,) Honey Songs (Yep Roc 2008), Could We Get Any Closer? (SkyCrunch 2009,) Patchwork River (Thirty Tigers 2010), Reason and Rhyme (Sugar Hill Records 2011), and Carolina Moonrise (SkyCrunch/Compass Records 2012.)

The Alloway Factor: Making a Difference!

January 3, 2014 / GTD Group

The oil and gas industry recently lost another great leader. The memorial service in honor of

A. M. “Mac” Alloway was held December 7^th in Tulsa, Ok.

I was asked to prepare his eulogy. I share the message with you because his life stands out as an example for not only those in the oil and gas industry but everyone who reads this column. You may not have known Mac but by the time you end reading this column, I believe you will relate to this wonderful individual life’s contributions.

“Today, we celebrate a Life: the life of Arthur McAlly Alloway! Most of us knew him as Mac.

His smile, his hugs, his laugh, his warm hand shake, his optimistic attitude, his twinkling blue eyes, and his full head of hair are ways we remember Mac.

Mac was “Santa” year round. Mac loved life, he loved his friends, he loved his family, and he loved his country. Mac loved his beautiful and most gracious wife, Annette. What a wonderful couple!

Mac loved his life. He shared with me, and I know many of you, his life stories.

Mac talked about his fond memories of his working side by side with his granddad milking cows and helping with his granddad’s oil wells. There he learned to enjoy hard work.

Mac shared his great experiences on the basketball court and on the baseball field. He was a very determined individual. He definitely showed his determination alongside his basketball teammates known as the “Scats” winning state championships.

Mac loved his country. He and his teammates were offered scholarships. Mac instead joined the Marines in early 1943 during WW II. — He took great pride being a Marine. He served in several invasions. He believed that America was not just a place in the world, but the hope of the world.

He loved to read and to learn. He had an appetite for knowledge. Mac received his degree in business at Oklahoma A&M. There Mac became the first in the university’s history to be initiated into ATO, Alpha Tau Omega. The year was 1947.

Mac went on to obtain his law degree.

Mac loved the oil and gas industry. He was loved by his fellow workers at Gulf, Anschutz Drilling, Golden Oil and Tony Oil Co. He served as president of Anschutz Drilling, Golden Oil Co. and Tony Oil Co.

Mac was very effective in his service as chairman of the International Society of the Energy Advocates. He was a spokesman throughout the US for the oil and gas industry. He served in leadership roles with other energy industry groups.

Mac was very proud of his long time relationship with the Osage Nation.

Mac was a true leader. He could fit in with any situation. He didn’t mind getting his hands dirty on location or dressing up for an event. He treated everyone with respect.

He loved nature. Mac especially loved fishing. I remember him telling the story of his successful and record keeping fishing trip to New Zealand, for example.

Mac was the ultimate friend. We could always count on him.

Mac has definitely left a legacy for us all, a true mentor.

He believed in the Golden Rule and in the power of prayer. We leave here today with wonderful memories of our dear friend Mac Alloway.

Our challenge is to carry on Mac’s dedicated and determined spirit of life. He would tell us to go out and make a difference! Mac truly did!”

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IEPC 2012 Roundtable

April 10, 2012 / GTD Group

August 13
Cheyenne, WY

Mark Stansberry will be participating in the IEPC 2012 Roundtable event in Cheyenne, WY on August 13th, 2012. For more details, visit www.energypolicyconference.com.