March 24, 2023
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) announced that Robert Richardson will receive the ASC lifetime achievement award, and Jeff Jur will receive the organization’s career achievement in television award at the 33rd ASC Awards, Feb. 9 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland. The event will also pay tribute to the society’s centennial in 2019. […]
Second City and Illinois now ranks among the top five destinations for film and TV production. In 2017, film and television productions in Illinois generated $423 million for the local economy and close to 14,000 jobs. Of those jobs, a record 53 percent went to women and minorities. Read more: https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/02/01/illinois-now-ranks-among-top-5-states-film-tv-production
CBS has reboot fever. With Pilot season heating up, it’s looking like another good year. One of the things that I have noticed are the number of network reboots. CBS, which gave a straight-to-series order this week to a Murphy Brown revival, has picked up six pilots—including reboots of Cagney and Lacey and Magnum P.I. Also CBS, the network that has been criticized for its lack of inclusion and […]
ArsenalCreative has announced an expansion of its VFX team with the addition of award-winning VFX Supervisor Mike Wynd. He comes to Arsenal from MPC, where he spent 8 years as a VFX Supervisor. Regarding Wynd joining the company, Cortney Haile, ArsenalCreative Partner and Executive Producer, said, “We’re so excited to have someone with Mike’s level of experience and expertise join our team. His skill set will be a huge asset […]
The Houston Chronicle: https://www.chron.com/entertainment/movies/article/Texas-Film-Commission-celebrates-Lone-Star-State-12512234.php
ARRI Rental opens satellite office in Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn Haus: a city-based ancillary to the long-established headquarters in Secaucus, NJ. Prep space, drop-off and pick-up for camera equipment. Crew hospitality in the heart of Brooklyn’s studio landscape. ARRI Rental, a leading provider of camera, lighting and grip equipment, is excited to announce the opening of ARRI Rental Brooklyn Haus in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Situated in the heart of Brooklyn’s studio […]
Mayor Kasim Reed announced the new Creative Industries Fund, a joint project between the Mayor’s Office of Film and Entertainment and Invest Atlanta to assist independent content creators and creative entrepreneurs in the City of Atlanta. The program offers loans with low-interest rates and flexible repayment terms for local creative entrepreneurs to use for production, post-production, distribution, marketing outreach, touring, prototype development, product development and sales and attraction for their […]
Tip of The Week: I have received many emails from members asking why when they do a search for projects by sate they often see no results. The answer to that is when our researchers input data about new projects, they always use the two letter state code, i.e., GA, not Georgia. So next time you are searching for projects by state, please remember to use the two letter […]
Productions News Weekly 12/27/2017 Thoughts: It has been a busy last two weeks as far as location filming goes, especially for New York and California as the holidays are upon us and we’re seeing a decrease in location filming. We will keep our eyes on the devastating fires in Southern California. Restrictions have been placed on many locations. (For a full list go to https://www.filmla.com/wildfire-related-filming-announcements/) The Thomas fire […]