Gov. Schwarzenegger Says Tax Credit Program Saves Tens of Thousands of Jobs
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that the California Film & Television Tax Credit Program that was a part of last year’s budget agreement has achieved its desired goal of keeping scores of film and television productions in state – creating and retaining tens of thousands of jobs and generating spending in California. In its first... »
The 50 best shot films between 1998 and 2008
What was the best shot film between 1998 and 2008? And who is the cinematographer? The winner is Bruno Delbonnel for his work as director of photography for 2001’s Amelie, according to American Cinematographer magazine. The monthly publication of the American Society of Cinematographers took a poll of 17,000 worldwide subscribers, coming up with... »
Costume Designers Guild draws the lines at Comic-Con
A sea of close to 150,000 Comic-Con attendees will swarm the San Diego Convention Center July 21-25, dressed in costumes they made impersonating their favorite idol, action hero or theme. Of course, most of these costumes were originally designed and illustrated by professional costume designers and costume illustrators for movies and television shows. In... »
CAS To Honor Jeffrey S. Wexler with Career Achievement Award
Cinema Audio Society president, Edward L. Moskowitz, CAS, announced that the organization will honor production sound mixer, Jeffrey S. Wexler, CAS, with the Cinema Audio Society’s highest accolade – the CAS Career Achievement Award, to be presented at the 47th CAS Awards on February 19th, 2011 at the Crystal Ballroom of the Millennium-Biltmore Hotel,... »
Academy Election Results
Director Kathryn Bigelow, film editor Anne Coates and documentarian Michael Moore – make up the year’s first-time electees to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors. Coates received her award for the editing of Lawrence of Arabia, Moore won in the Documentary Feature category for Bowling from Columbine, and Bigelow... »
30th Anniversary of Raging Bull – The Makeup
In addition to his lengthy career in TV and film, starting as John Chambers’ apprentice in the early 1960s, Michael Westmore served as makeup department head of Star Trek for the franchise’s films and TV shows from 1987 to 2005. He was nominated for a Best Makeup Academy Award for Star Trek: First Contact... »
International 3D Society Launches 3D University
The International 3D Society will be presenting a “3D University” educational series for 3D professionals in association with the Entertainment Technology Center at USC. The first class is scheduled for July 17, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at The Walt Disney Studios and will focus on several 3D applications and processes. The July seminar will concentrate... »
Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer to Produce 83rd Academy Awards Telecast
The awards season juggernaut raises its head for another year with the announcement by Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences president Tom Sherek that Academy Award-winning producer Bruce Cohen and acclaimed television producer/director Don Mischer will produce the 83rd Academy Awards telecast. Mischer will also serve as the telecast’s director. This will be... »
Corus Entertainment Selects Quantel Genetic Engineering and eQ for New Headquarters
Corus Entertainment, one of Canada’s most successful integrated media and entertainment companies, has selected Quantel’s Genetic Engineering shared workflow and eQ post production systems for Corus’ postproduction online facility in the company’s new Toronto headquarters, Corus Quay. The systems are being supplied by BSE, Quantel’s Canadian reseller. The first Genetic Engineering system, with three... »
NATPE Innovator Award goes to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
NATPE’s Innovator Award will be accepted by a combined team from Endemol USA and ABC Entertainment for the unscripted reality series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition at the LATV Fest on July 13. Endemol USA’s Caroline Baumgard, SVP of development and Rob Smith, SVP of programming along with ABC Entertainment Group’s Vicki Dummer, SVP of... »
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Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois show How to Train Your DragonApril 2010 | By Mary Ann Skweres
Helmed by Oscar-nominated writer/director Chris Sanders and writer/director Dean Deblois (Lilo & Stitch, Mulan), the DreamWorks Animation SKG production of »
Joe Johnston Conjures The Wolfman
February 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... »
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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... »