Travels
from: Santa Barbara, CA
Fee Range: $2500 - $5000*
Echoing the original motto set forth by her grandfather, Harry Warner president and co-founder of the Warner Bros. studio, Cass Warner founded Warner Sisters with the passion of carrying on a legacy to use film to "educate, entertain and enlighten”--the original motto for the studio. (Website: www.warnersisters.com)
Accompanying her father, twice Oscar-nominated writer/producer, Milton Sperling, to the Warner Bros. lot on Saturday was where her fascination and dedication to this art form was born.
Cass studied acting with Milton Katselas and others, while raising her children. She expanded into screenwriting under the mentorship of her father and Howard Koch of “Casablanca” fame. Her affiliation with and admiration for Koch grew into a close friendship, which led to her landing his un-produced works: screenplays, plays, short stories and novels, which she is developing into a library.
In addition to writing and developing her own and others' screenplays, Cass authored a book documenting the actual accounts of her forefathers' rags-to-riches tale: “The Brothers Warner” formerly known as “Hollywood Be Thy Name: The Warner Brothers Story” now in its seventh printing.
She has written, directed and produced a feature length documentary, on her family THE BROTHERS WARNER with Oscar winning editor, Kate Amend (INTO THE ARMS OF STRANGERS: STORIES OF THE KINDERTRANSPORT), and multi-Grammy award winning composer, David Campbell. Due to be released in 2008 for the 85th Anniversary of the studio. www.brotherswarner.com
Warner Sisters and Cass has collaborated with Warner Bros. on a five part series of the history of the studio and of their films airing on American Masters in September 2008 called “You Must Remember This” that Clint Eastwood is narrating.
Cass has been a supporter and creative consultant of the restoration of her family's original theater in New Castle, Pennsylvania, which has engendered a downtown revitalization project.
In 2005, Cass became a founding supporter of the International Youth for Human Rights Film Festival, which encourages youth from ages 12-21 to use the medium of film to demonstrate their solutions regarding human rights issues -- the UN Declaration of Human Rights being the document used as the basis for the education of children and adults concerning their rights.
She has spoken at the Friars Club in Beverly Hills, and been interviewed on CNN, The Joan Rivers and Dini Petty show as well as many others.
She is the mother of four children, and lives in Santa Barbara, California.
* This fee range represents Cass’s standard fee. Local fees may be less than standard. Some speakers have committed to speaking for reduced fees or no fee one time per month. Contact Cass for an exact quote.