Samson & DelilahCrash+Sues opens CS Films
Award-wining commercial production company Crash+Sues recently opened CS Films – a Minneapolis-based post house dedicated to the independent filmmakers. For its first project, the company provided color correction, online editing and finishing for writer/director Matt Osterman’s debut feature, the supernatural thriller Phasma Ex Machina. “This project was a great opportunity for CS Films to work... »
Joe Johnston Conjures The Wolfman
Former Industrial Light and Magic art director Joe Johnston became a feature film director over 20 years ago when he came aboard... »
I.E. Effects Boosts Stereo 3D Pipeline with Isilon Storage
I.E. Effects has installed an Isilon IQ6000x cluster storage system at its Culver City location. With several large stereoscopic projects currently active, the Isilon system expands the company’s ability to manage the data and throughput requirements of multiple jobs. For clients this means increased efficiency and reliability for demanding stereo 3D projects. The clustered Isilon... »
740 Sound Design Expands
740 Sound Design has opened a new audio postproduction facility and added mixing to its sound design services. The expansion enables the company to move into television, digital media and select documentary films in addition to the commercial work it has done for a decade. The facility is also enabling 740, which previously... »
Danish Director Blends Comedy and Tragedy in An Education
The critically acclaimed film, An Education, which garnered the Audience Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, has quietly slipped into Oscar contention. From a script by British author Nick Hornby (About a Boy), and based on Lynn Barber’s memoir, the film is more than just the story of a bright schoolgirl on the... »
Joe Letteri on the Visual Effects of Avatar
After supervising visual effects on massive projects such as Peter Jackson’s final two films in his Lord of the Rings trilogy, Stephen Sommers’ Van Helsing, and Jackson’s King Kong, Joe Letteri might have faced an even greater challenge with James Cameron’s Avatar. For this newest project, which is winning troves of awards and breaking... »
Electric Picture Solutions Opens Westside Facility
Electric Picture Solutions’ new Santa Monica Facility For 15 years Electric Picture Solutions (EPS) has been catering to the editorial needs of Los Angeles’ motion-picture and television studios and production companies, with devoted customers traveling to the EPS headquarters in Studio City as well as to its sister branch in nearby Burbank. Now, clients in... »
Terry Gilliam on Creating The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is director Terry Gilliam’s first film in four years. The movie tells the story of a circus wagon with a troupe of players traveling through modern-day London. Presiding is Doctor Parnassus, played by Christopher Plummer, as a wizened old storyteller who supposedly has lived for thousands of years. »
Lightiron Debuts New L.A. Post Facility
Lightiron Digital has launched in Los Angeles, offering a complete range of file-based postproduction services for film, television, web and advertising clients. Founded by brothers Michael and Peter Cioni, the company is composed of two divisions—Ironwork, providing such services as dailies processing for tape and tapeless media, offline and online editorial, data conform and... »
Celebrated Fashion Designer Makes His Directorial Debut on A Single Man
As a first-time film director, fashion designer Tom Ford makes an auspicious debut in A Single Man. Based on a Christopher Isherwood story of the same name, the movie, set in the early 1960s, is about a portentous day in the life of a gay man, George Falconer, who is coming to terms... »
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Joe Johnston Conjures The WolfmanFebruary 2010 | By Scott Essman
Former Industrial Light and Magic art director Joe Johnston became a feature film director over 20 years ago when he came aboard... »
Danish Director Blends Comedy and Tragedy in An Education
January 2010 | By Mary Ann Skweres
The critically acclaimed film, An Education, which garnered the Audience Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, has quietly slipped into Oscar contention. From... »
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Up in the AirDecember 2009 | By Len Klady
Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) has an amiable disposition that belies the fact that it’s best to stay out of his path. You see he’s... »
The Young Victoria
December 2009 | By Len Klady
The enduring image of Queen Victoria, whose reign dominated the bulk of the 19th century, is of a benevolent, elderly grandmother. Though she was... »