.
THEY ARE CONDUCT OFF THE
SEVENTH MEETING.
LEAH THOMPSON, YOU MAY KNOW
HER IN THE ROLES OF BACK TO THE
FUTURE AND CAROLINE IN THE
CITY.
SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE.
WHAT IS THAT SHOW.
I AM LIKE, AM I THAT OLD.
YOU ARE THE ONE RECEIVING THE
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
WE BOTH HAVE A COMPLEX GOING
ON.
AND I HAVE SWITCHED AT
BIRTH.
MAYBE YOUNGER FAN BASED,
TOO.
A LOT OF WOMEN AND THEIR
CHILDREN.
THIS IS THE EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER JADEN SATEA.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
WE WILL START WITH THE
ROCHESTER BACKGROUND.
YOU WERE BORN IN ROCHESTER.
TELL ME ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD.
I WAS BORN IN ROCHESTER AND
MOVED UP HERE AND WENT TO FIRST
GRADE ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO
GRADUATING IN MINNEAPOLIS.
I LIVED BY LAKE CALHOUN AND
GRADUATED FROM THE ST. PAUL
OPEN SCHOOL AND LIVED IN ST.
PAUL.
I WAS IN THE DANCE THEATER.
DID MY FIRST PLAY AT THE
CHILDREN'S THEATER.
IS THAT HOW YOU GOT STARTED.
THEATER AROUND TOWN.
YES, FIRST KISS WAS AT THE
GUTHRIE THEATER: THAT HAPPENS.
LOVE LABOR LOST WAS
HAPPENING UPSTAIRS.
I HAD A GREAT EDUCATION IN
THE ARTS HERE IN MINNESOTA.
AND I FEEL HONORED TO BE
GETTING MY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD FROM THIS GUY.
FILM FEST, I SUPPOSE IT IS
EVIDENT WHY YOU CHOSE LEAH FOR
THIS AWARD.
OUR JOB IS TO HONOR
FILMMAKERS AND ARTISTS PERIOD:
AND WHAT A BETTER WAY TO HONOR
AN ARTIST THAT, OBVIOUSLY
EXUDES ARTISTRY IN ITS OPEN AND
LIKE SHE IS AN ARTIST.
TRUE AND TRUE.
LOOK AT HER BODY OF WORK.
AND WE HONOR JOHN HAWKS TO HAVE
LEAH HERE.
IT IS AN AMAZING HONOR NOR US.
AND WE WERE GOING TO HAVE HER
HERE DURING THE FESTIVAL AND
THE HER SCHEDULING AND SHE IS
DIRECTING NOW AS WELL.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET HER
HERE DURING THE FESTIVAL.
COME BACK A LITTLE EARLIER
AND WE WILL HAVE YOU BE IN OUR
GALA WHICH IS THIS EVENING AND
WE WILL BESTOW THIS UPON YOU.
IT MUST BE SURREAL TO GET
THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE IS MORE
LIFE TO GO.
I WILL THINK OF IT IS A MY
FIRST LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AND
I AM STILL DIRECTING.
I DIRECTED AN INDEPENDENT FILM.
CALLED THE YEAR OF SPECTACULAR
MEN AND MY DAUGHTER CEO, THEY
ARE BOTH IN THE -- MY DAUGHTER
ZEOY AND -- ZOEY AND I WILL GO
BACK AND I DIRECTED THE
100th EPISODE OF SWITCHED AT
BIRTH.
THEY PLAYED TROUBLE WITH THE
TRUTH.
INDEPENDENT MOVIE.
IT IS GREAT.
SHE STILL HAS PLENTY OF LIFE
TO TIP TO DO THE GREAT WORK SHE
IS DOING.
IT IS NOT TIME TO HAPPENING
IT UP AWARD.
IT IS THE KICK OFF AWARD.
THIS FILM FESTIVAL IS
AWESOME AND IT IS GREAT TO HAVE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND ONE IN
THE MIDWEST AND IN MINNESOTA.
THERE ARE GREAT ARTS
ORGANIZATIONS.
ABSOLUTELY.
YOU KNOW FULL WELL HOW THE
EARLY EXPERIENCES.
FOUR ARTISTS CAN BE A STRIPPING
BOARD AND LOOK AT THE CAREER
YOU HAVE HAD.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE WILL GIVE PEOPLE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE GALA.
WE KNOW YOU WILL WANT TO COME
OUT AND SEE LEAH TONIGHT.
THIS IS THE PREVIEW GALA AND
IT IS TONIGHT AT 5:30.
AT THE ST. PAUL ATHLETIC CLUB.
GREAT SPOT.
GO TO WCCO.COM/LINKS AND FIND
OUT MORE ABOUT THE FILM FEST
ITSELF.
TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE
FOR THAT.
OF THE GO TO THE GALA TONIGHT
AND THE FILM FEST AND ALL THE
INFORMATION.
SO MUCH INFORMATION.
WHAT A PRO.
LEAH, CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR SPENDING TIME