- Over the years, Linnda Durre' has served on the Women's Committee of the Writers Guild of America after being admitted to WGA for selling a TV show to Aaron Spelling when she was 22 years old. In 1992 and 1994, she was a judge for "Best Writing" for two years for cable TV's ACE Awards before they were absorbed into the Emmys. She served on the Publicity & Fund-Raising Sub-Committees for the WGA Women's Filmmakers' Program, Member, Los Angeles, CA. She served as the Co-Chairwoman on the Hospitality Sub-Committee of the SAG/WGA Direct Access Program, Los Angeles, CA.
- Linnda served on a joint panel sponsored by the Women's Committees of SAG, WGA, and DGA on with fellow panel members including actors Christine Lahti and Gregory Harrison; director Martha Coolidge; Carol Polakoff, executive producer of "Sexual Advances," a TV movie starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Terry O'Quinn; Marilyn Solomon, chairperson; Annabella Hwa, California State Administrator; and California State Senator, Sheila James Kuehl (Zelda Gilroy in TV series "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis"). Coordinators and contributors to the event included actress, SAG Board Member, and event coordinator, Lisa Pelikan; SAG Women's Committee Chair, Christina Belford; and SAG Affirmative Action head, Rodney Mitchell.
- Having a Ph.D. in psychology and years of experience as a psychotherapist only adds more to Dr. Durre's expertise as writer and an acting coach on both coasts. She has worked as a script consultant/editor with many TV and screenwriters, playwrights, and authors, as well as with comedians to perfect their stand-up routines. She wrote her own stand up routine and has appeared herself at open mike nights at The Improv, The Comedy Store, and Creative Stages. Her stand up routine ran on Orlando's CBS affiliate WKMG's Comedy Night School and on the National Lampoon Channel.
- Linnda was both a preliminary judge and a finalist judge for the 2014 Florida Student Film Festival for high school and college filmmakers. Kyle Snavely is president of the Florida Student Art Festival. It was held at the Orlando Rep Theater on May 31, 2014 from 1 to 9 PM.
- Linnda covered the 2014 and the 2015 Palm Springs International Film Festivals as a film journalist, film reviewer, and celebrity interviewer.
- Linnda covered the June 2016 Nashville Film-Com and Script-Com Festival, and she interviewed film and TV producer, Oscar Turner, formerly with Tyler Perry's productions in Atlanta, and producer, Penny Styles, who are collaborating on an epic TV series about Australia. Her other Nashville and Alabama interviews include: Jimmy Johnson, the legendary member of Muscle Shoals Rhythm section, who recorded with the Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys, Percy Sledge, Wilson Pickett, Paul Simon, Bob Seger, and many others. Linda interviewed Dave Gibson, songwriter of seven #1 country hits; Gabriel Wren, singer/songwriter; The Darlins - Erinn Bates and Jude Toy; the band, Jericho Woods; Dave Anderson, Music City Ambassador; 13 year old country singer/songwriter, Bailey James; and Ann Johnson, hugely successful Nashville recycling entrepreneur. Linnda visited the Tina Turner Museum in Brownsville and she had a Platinum Press Pass to Graceland. Her interview about Elvis and Graceland and these latest interviews will be posted soon on her celebrity website.
- Linnda Durre' was the guest speaker at the Tennessee Women in Film and Media event in Nashville on Thursday, August 18 from 6-8 PM. The president is Nancy Puetz and Pam Lewis, founder of PLA Media, will be doing the PR for this event.
- Linnda Durre was unanimously elected to the Board of Directors of the international charity organization, Children Mending Hearts (CMH), which does school workshops with children and teens to teach empathy and compassion for others and to stop bullying. She heads their undergraduate intern program with local area colleges and universities. CMH was founded by Lysa and Grant Heslov, both award winning filmmakers. Lysa directed the award-winning, feature length documentary, "Served Like a Girl," about women in the military and Lysa will be directing the film adaptation for the YA best seller, "This Is Where It Ends," about an armed Alabama high school student who takes his classmates hostage in a locked auditorium. Grant won an Oscar and a BAFTA for Best Picture for producing "Argo" and he has been nominated for two Oscars - for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2012 for "The Ides of March," and for Best Original Screenplay in 2006 for "Good Night and Good Luck," which also had a Best Picture nomination. (September 2017)
- Linnda Durre' contributed her skill as a script consultant to a listing on Charity Buzz, to successfully raise money for Children Mending Hearts, a charity for which she has served as Intern Coordinator and is on the Board of Directors for over five (5) years.
- Linnda Durre' has contributed her skill as a script consultant to their listing on Charity Buzz, to successfully raise money for Children Mending Hearts and has for over five years. Her reviews from the writers have always been positive and they say her feedback and suggestions have made their scripts better, according to their statements. In her career, Linnda has contributed to and edited 38 different scripts and to 10 books, including her own two.
- (Jan. 08, 2021) Dr. Linnda Durre' was interviewed by Heather Myers of KFMB, the CBS affiliate in San Diego, discussing her book, Surviving the Toxic Workplace, published by McGraw Hill, and her interview is on You Tube. She discussed how to cope with difficult people at work - bullies, passive-aggressive snails, sexual harassers - and illegal work conditions through law suits, class action suits, media exposure, etc.
- (March 2021 to Present) "Linnda Durre' Interviews" broadcasts across the USA and Canada daily at 4 PM EDT - 3 PM CDT - 2 PM MDT - 1 PM PDT - on streaming VegeRadio, and Linnda's guests have included: the late Ed Asner, 7 Emmy and 5 Golden Globe winning acting legend; former NY Knicks two time NBA Champion and three time U.S. Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ); star of screen and TV, Diane McBain, of Surfside Six and Spinout with Elvis Presley; award-winning photojournalist Tom Franklin, who took the iconic photo of 9/11 of the three firefighters raising the flag, which was made into a US stamp; Pam Rose, singer/songwriter, featured in the award-winning film, Invisible; Michael Brodsky, financial advisor, author and sports biographer; Jim Hague, Newark Ledger & AP sports writer; Jason Murray, entrepreneur and author; Vernon Prince Jr., owner of a streaming radio network; gospel singer and Dove Award winner Debbie Cochran; country singer and Broadway star in "Les Miserables" Gary Morris; William Lee Golden, member of the Oak Ridge Boys; screenwriter Natasha Usher; Pat Williams, former executive with the Orlando Magic; singer/songwriter Ashlyne Huff, daughter of record producer Dan Huff; award winning director/writer of Invisible, TJ Parsell; Orlando radio personality, Leslie Brewington, AKA Ms. B; Boze Hadleigh, author of many books about gays in the entertainment industry; live wedding painter, Shani Lynn Toussaint; Mark Evans, author of 12 books and "Playboy at the Piano; Carl Cappuccio, hospice worker and author of Warm Water - The Last Act of Compassion; Jasmine Sanford Jones, dog groomer and stylist; Jake Asner, award winning photojournalist and grandson of Edward Asner; educator and radio commentator, Leslie Gadsden Jones; Natalie and Bobby Foreman, evangelists and radio show hosts; NFL legend Ray Ray Armstrong; Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings; legendary screenwriter Barry Sandler; Glen Blackman, PR Coordinator for the worldwide Michelangelo tour; songwriting/singing duo, Boo Radley; screenwriter and instructor Claude Osteen; singer and opening act for Bob Hope's USO tours, Helena Jackman; UNC business executive, Kirk Lawrence; Emmy and WGA Award winning comedy writer for Seinfeld, Lawrence Levy; Wade Major, film reviewer and voting member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards; Dale Reynolds, Emmy winning producer; political candidates Angelique Perry and Diane Sare; attorney Jared Adelman, running for a judgeship in Central Florida; Amarye Watkins, an 8 year old softball phenom with an .832 batting average; and many more.
- Linnda Durre' is the producer of "In the Eye of the Storm," written by William A. Young, about an international secret that an elite and small group of military personnel discover.
- In August 2022, Linnda Durre' appeared on Lydia Cornell and Darlene Spilaza's video podcast, "GodShots, Mental Health Edition" discussing with the hosts the many ways signs from God have appeared in her life. It is featured on YouTube.
- Led the Filmmakers' Roundtable at the 16th Treasure Coast International Film Festival in Port St. Lucie, FL on Sunday, October 16, 2022 from noon to 1:30 PM, discussing many aspects of production and distribution: how to save money, how to assemble a winning production team, how to get underwriters, and tax deductible corporate donations; how to close the deals at distribution meetings, and many other crucial topics for the independent filmmaker.
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