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Cinesite, one of the world's leading film visual effects houses, has completed visual effects for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, including Lord Voldemort's snake-like nose, the ghost...
Jackson, Mississippi is not often mentioned among the country's top media production centers, but if www.oromamedia.com.">Oroma Media has anything to say about it that may soon change. The Jackson-based company, founded a scant two years...
Leading production and post-production house Optimus proudly announced today that ONE at Optimus director, Otto Arsenault, was honored with a Best of the Midwest Award (BMA) for "Best Music Video" for his work on Greg Laswell's "Take Everything". Shot in one take and entirely in reverse, the...
Nominees for the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2010 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center's...
Nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards® will be announced on Tuesday, January 25, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and Oscar-winning actress and Academy member Mo'Nique.
Sherak and Mo'Nique will unveil the nominations in 10 of the 24 categories at a 5:...
Bang Bang Films, India's international production company and Believe Media of Los Angeles (with offices in New York and London), have entered into a partnership to form Believe@Bang...
Digital creative services agency AvatarLabs today announced that Suzanne Abramson Norr has been named Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Suzanne will manage the company's day-to-day operations, overall financial performance and work with the management team to set operational procedures and...
On Wednesday the Sundance Institute announced that director Peter D. Richardson's new feature documentary, "How to Die in Oregon", will premiere in competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The film will have its broadcast premiere on HBO in 2011.
"How to Die in Oregon" tells the...
Eden FX designed and produced 85 VFX shots for the December 9th episode of NBC's sitcom "Community," which featured a tribute to classic holiday-themed stop-motion animation. Jake Aust, a "Community" producer, and Eden FX's primary production contact on the show, specifically requested the aid...
Joseph Finn Co., Inc. will conduct a major public auction of visual effects CGI Facility CafeFX Inc., by catalog, from the facility in Santa Maria, California. The auction will take place at CafeFX, 2811 Airpark Drive...
Jeff Margolis, executive producer and director of the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, announced that the team of talented producers and artists behind previous SAG Awards are returning to create this year's ceremonies. The 17th Annual SAG Awards® also marks the 13th consecutive year...
Thirty years ago, Pink Floyd's "The Wall" Tour brought a new level of technical ingenuity and conceptual theatricality into the concert arena. Today, English rock icon Roger Waters is re-writing the rulebook once again with an even more ambitious revival of the classic show.
To help him...
A passionate advocate for creativity, yr.com/content/tony-granger.html">Tony Granger, Global Chief Creative Officer of Young & Rubicam, will lead both the Cannes Lions Film and Press juries at next year's Festival.
Tony believes in the...
After premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival and earning high praise at the prestigious AFI Fest, filmmaker Trevor Anderson's short film www.dirtcityfilms.com/films/the-high-...
The Virginia Film Office has announced the three winners of the seventeenth Virginia Screenwriting Competition. The winners and their screenplays are: Michele Poulos (Richmond) "Mule Bone Blues"; Ryan Farr (Charlottesville) "Home Videos;" and David Williamson (Virginia Beach) "Colby."
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Kodak is offering a 50-percent discount to Sundance Institute Fellows on any Kodak camera negative or reversal stock as part of their ongoing efforts to support the next generation of filmmakers. All Sundance Lab Screenwriting, Directing or Producing Fellow alumni who are beginning principal...
Public Art Pixomondo has hired East Coast Rep Jared Shapiro of Moustache for commercial representation.
Peter Steinzeig (Executive Producer for Public Art) commented "We are delighted to...
Tribeca Film has acquired US rights to The Bang Bang Club, a gripping drama based on the incredible lives of a group of young photojournalists whose graphic images drew the world's attention to South Africa during the last stages of apartheid while enduring the stresses, tensions, and moral...
Rap star Snoop Dogg talks about "life, love, music, marijuana and what we do," during a one hour television special which will air on the TV One Channel December 12th. Jay Silverman directed the special, which was produced by Susan Banks and Paul Skorich. TV One's Cathy Hughes serves as host....
ASSIMILATE, a leading provider of powerful post-production tools for digital workflows, announced today the appointment of Steve Bannerman to vice president of marketing. Known for highly innovative go-to-market strategies for such companies as Apple, GenArts, and Tarantella, Bannerman brings...