Glen Grefe is spearheading occupational feature film school Alumni Arts Presents from Start-up and launch to Production and Distribution with short and long-term global branding success goals. His business management experience includes running the companies Bayou Moon Entertainment, TNC Shreveport, TNC MUSIC, Hurting Kind Films and other ventures over the past 18 years. He has also managed companies for others: Teraton Perspective, Red Belt Studios and more. Skills include budgeting, scheduling, payroll, human resourcing, recruiting, contracts, promotions, marketing, partnerships, vendor negotiations, rentals, insurance, permits, and logistics. He has also proven successful at social media management for his own companies (international publicity campaigns for cinema projects) and others including Cycling Videos Online and Papa and Company. His company has released soundtrack compilations for local musicians including Julie Cruise of Twin Peaks, A.J. Haynes of Seratones and many more. His producing, directing, and writing experience includes the films The Dead SITE, Race with the Devil, The Pioneers, Ruby & the Dragon, At Stake: Vampire Solutions, Melody of Choice, The Hurting Kind, Spirit-boxing and the Netflix released feature film Nutcracker: An American Nightmare starring David (Last House on the Left) Hess. He utilized Visual FX skills for The Mechanic and Drive Angry and served as personal assistant to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson on Snitch. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1085493 https://www.linkedin.com/pub/glengrefe/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Hotel rates are crazy and I enjoy meeting new people; I love to have fun, try new foods, see bands, events and talk about this wild world and how movies can make it cooler.

Interests

• dining
• movies
• music
• sports

Music, Movies, and Books

Star Wars, Videodrome, Blade Runner, Repo Man, Meatballs, Saving Private Ryan, Phillip K. Dick, HP Lovecraft, Guided by Voices, Godflesh, Led Zeppelin, Life and Times, Psychedelic Furs, Ramones, Blondie, Ween, The Suburbs

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Escaped an active volcano without a flashlight on a moonless night near a fenceless cliff.

Teach, Learn, Share

Yep.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Film, music, arts, contacts, stories, education and old extra pens and beers.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Germany