Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015

The father of a film worker killed by a train during shooting of a movie about singer Gregg Allman said Tuesday that granting the film's director early release from a two-year jail sentence for involuntary manslaughter would send a message "that Hollywood gets a...

Friday, Mar. 20, 2015

The director of an ill-fated movie about singer Gregg Allman said Friday that it's "ultimately my responsibility" that his crew ended up on a Georgia railroad bridge in the path of a freight train that killed a camera assistant.

"Midnight Rider"...

Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2015

A third filmmaker was sentenced to 10 years of probation Tuesday for her role in a train collision last year that killed a young camera assistant and injured six other crew members, allowing prosecutors to close their final criminal case in the incident that...

Monday, Mar. 9, 2015

Steven Poster, ASC, president of the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600), issued a statement on the plea deal which averted a trial involving three defendants--director Randall Miller, his wife and business partner Jody Savin, and executive Jay...

Monday, Mar. 9, 2015

A year after a freight train plowed into crew members for a movie about singer Gregg Allman, killing a young camera assistant, the film's director was sentenced to two years in jail Monday as part of a plea deal.
In a rare case of a filmmaker...

Saturday, Mar. 7, 2015

Randall Miller had just begun shooting the Gregg Allman biographical movie "Midnight Rider" when the production turned into a nightmare — a freight train traveling 55 mph plowed into the director's crew on a Georgia railroad bridge, injuring six film workers and...

Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015

An assistant director on an ill-fated Gregg Allman biographical movie will stand trial separately from three of her bosses charged in a deadly train crash in southeast Georgia, prosecutors told a judge Thursday.

"Midnight Rider" director Randall...

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015

IATSE Local 600 (International Cinematographers Guild) and Local 479 (Studio Mechanics) are joining forces with several grassroots film/tv production social media sites for a memorial campaign honoring Sarah Jones, camera assistant. She died one year ago on...

Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015

Authorities broke a promise to grant a filmmaker immunity from prosecution when they charged her with crimes in a fatal train collision during shooting of a movie about singer Gregg Allman, the woman's attorneys said.

Hillary Schwartz was working as...

Tuesday, Sep. 30, 2014

A fourth filmmaker has been charged with crimes stemming from a train collision in southeast Georgia that killed a crew member during shooting of a biographical movie about singer Gregg Allman.

Hillary Schwartz, an assistant director on the film "Midnight Rider," pleaded not guilty...

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