Samson & DelilahDave Grove Joins EFILM Hollywood
EFILM Hollywood, a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, announced that Dave Grove has joined the company as vice president of marketing and sales. Grove has been vice president of sales at Deluxe Laboratories Hollywood for the last five years. In his new role he will be bridging services between the Hollywood lab and... »
Karahadian Joins Band Pro
Marker Karahadian recently joined Band Pro Film & Digital as vice president. In his new role, he will guide the technical direction and product development aspects of Band Pro, as well as technical marketing for the Band Pro group of companies. He will also oversee Band Pro Tek, the in-house Sony Authorized Service Department. Karahadian... »
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... »
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... »
A Retrospective on Two Centenarian Hollywood Veterans
Bestowed with the privilege of interviewing a near century of living Hollywood history, I recently chatted with production designer extraordinaire, Robert Boyle and special effects titan, Harry Redmond Jr., on the occasion of each man’s 100th birthday. Giants of filmdom each, their paths to successful careers were as different as they were compelling. Robert Boyle’s... »
Band Pro to Host One World on HD Open House
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Band Pro Film & Digital will host its annual One World on HD Open House at its headquarters in Burbank, Dec. 17, following a new Digital Seminar Series, Dec. 15-16. The popular mid-December event gives filmmakers a chance to hobnob with colleagues in a low-key, friendly atmosphere, with complementary... »
Terence Marsh To Receive ADG Lifetime Achievement Award
Academy Award-winning production designer Terence Marsh will be presented with the Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards ceremony, February 13. The award will be presented at a black-tie industry gathering at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Born in 1931 in London, England, Marsh’s career spans 50 years and... »
Richard Kline
Among the great shooters from Hollywood’s Golden Age, cinematographer Richard Kline is one practitioner of ‘lens-craft’ who possessed a surgical perfection with his camera. The twice Oscar-nominated DP was literally a ‘sire of Tinseltown.’ His mom was a paymaster at Universal while his father, (Benjamin Kline) lensed filmnoir classics like Detour as well as... »
Glenn Kennel Joins ARRI
ARRI has hired Glenn Kennel to fill the newly created position of chief technology officer. Working from the company’s Burbank office, Kennel’s responsibilities will include overseeing digital intermediates, digital camera technologies and supporting workflows. “At a time when production and post are tied together in a continuous workflow and film and digital imaging are merging... »
Production Designer Albert Brenner
In Tinseltown, no two paths are exactly alike. Some guys are born to the manor, while others, like four-time Oscar-nominated production designer Albert Brenner, obtain their crown of success the hard way: they earn it. Brenner’s journey to Hollywood began like many; with a dream and the G.I. Bill following service in World War II.... »
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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
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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
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The enduring image of Queen Victoria, whose reign dominated the bulk of the 19th century, is of a benevolent, elderly grandmother. Though she was... »