Browse Articles by Paige Donner

PP-Antics Work for ADG

January 2008

Storyboards used to be part of the art department's domain, but can now also fall under the jurisdiction of directors and their assistants. As more... »

Posted in Postproduction |

Hollywood Goes Green Summit

January 2008

By Paige Donner "Green Is Green,” is the current mantra voiced by Hollywood studios. Hot on the heels of An Inconvenient Truth star Al Gore's... »

Posted in News |

Cross-Media Content Production

January 2008

By Paige Donner At the first annual Webby Connect conference held in Laguna Beach in October, former Disney chief Michael Eisner, who now heads his... »

Posted in News |

Corporate Video: Strike Alternative

January 2008

By Paige Donner Is there an alternative to TV and film production work for crew as TV shows are halted or suspended due to the WGA strike? Some... »

Posted in News |

SIGGRAPH-Emerging Technologies

December 2007

By Paige Donner More of a playground for creative-tech geeks than an exhibit, SIGGRAPH 2007's Emerging Technologies Media showcased such exotic new... »

Posted in News |

Werner Herzog Shoots Antarctic Doc-Encounters At The End Of The World

December 2007

By Paige Donner Werner Herzog's new documentary is a lyrical look at life in Antarctica. While in postproduction on Grizzly Man, Herzog applied for... »

Posted in Crafts |

Makeup

November 2007

By Paige Donner Three-time makeup Oscar winner Ve Neill says that when the Academy picks its nominees its members look beyond beauty makeup to... »

Posted in Awards, Makeup |

Contender-Mark Friedberg-Prod Designer-Universe, Darjeeling

August 2007

Art-school-trained Mark Friedberg has carved a career for himself among visionary independent filmmakers such as Wes Anderson, Ang Lee, Jim Jarmusch... »

Posted in Awards |

Costume Design

August 2007

By Paige Donner Albert Wolsky's philosophy of costume design is simple. "I always work at the service of the material,” said Wolsky, who won... »

Posted in Awards |

TV Awards Season-Hair and Makeup Categories

July 2007

By Paige Donner When voting for an Emmy in the categories of hair and makeup, Mary Guerrero, governor of hair peer group for the Television Academy,... »

Posted in Awards |

Director Series

Iran’s Best Foreign Film Nominee: Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation

January 2012 | By Jack Egan

Iran’s Best Foreign Film Nominee: Asghar Farhadi’s <em>A Separation</em>

One of the surprises of this awards season is A Separation, a highly lauded film from Iran that has captivated reviewers and moviegoers and... »



Danish Director Nicolas Windng Refn Pushes Drive into High Gear

January 2012 | By Jack Egan

Danish Director Nicolas Windng Refn Pushes <em>Drive</em> into High Gear

Nicolas Windng Refn, director of Drive, doesn’t himself drive. He has failed his driver’s license test eight times. Yet the heralded Danish director came... »


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