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BLOGGING FROM THE SUNDANCE CREATIVE PRODUCING LAB: THOMAS WOODROW, PT. 2

Here is producer Thomas Woodrow’s final post wrapping up his experience at this year’s Sundance Creative Producing Lab. When last we met, I was on my way to the Sundance Creative Producing Lab to answer a few pressing questions about my upcoming project, The Skeleton Twins, as well as creative producing in general. The Lab was an amazing experience, not only on the level of the exchange of information (which was a veritable fire hose) but also, and at least as importantly on the depth of the conversation in which we engaged together. It is one thing to swap war […]

by Scott Macaulay on Jul 28, 2009

A FILMMAKER’S GLAMOROUS LIFE: ROSS KAUFFMAN

In “A Filmmaker’s Glamorous Life,” online and in our latest print edition, Esther Robinson surveyed a number of filmmakers about the jobs they’ve taken to support themselves when they are not making films. In this blog series we’ll run the unedited responses we received that were then condensed for the piece. Below: Ross Kauffman. Filmmaker: How did you support yourself during the production of your last movie/movies? Kauffman: About 14 years ago, I took long term leases on a raw space, built apartments, and rented them. I supported myself by being a landlord. Filmmaker: What was good/not good about this […]

by Scott Macaulay on Jul 28, 2009

A FILMMAKER’S GLAMOROUS LIFE: JOE SWANBERG

In “A Filmmaker’s Glamorous Life,” online and in our latest print edition, Esther Robinson surveyed a number of filmmakers about the jobs they’ve taken to support themselves when they are not making films. Over the next few days on the blog we’ll run the unedited responses we received that were then condensed for the piece. First up: Joe Swanberg. Filmmaker: How did you support yourself during the production of your last movie/movies? Swanberg: Now I’m able to support myself as a filmmaker, but during the making of my first two features I worked as a web designer, and I worked […]

by Scott Macaulay on Jul 26, 2009

JON FURIE MEMORIAL SERVICE

The production community is stunned by the sudden passing this weekend of well respected Montana Artists senior feature and television agent Jon Furie. A memorial service will be held Thursday, July 23, at 3:00pm at the Large Chapel at the Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary in Los Angeles. In lieu of flowers or gifts, his family is asking that donations be made to Good Beginnings at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

by Scott Macaulay on Jul 22, 2009

BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS WANTS YOU

The 8th Berlinale Talent Campus will take place Feb. 13-18, 2010 under the theme “Cinema Needs Talent: Looking for the Right People.” Application deadline is Oct. 7. Producers, directors, actors, cinematographers, screenwriters, editors, production designers, film composers, sound designers, film journalists and visual artists from all over the world are invited to apple at, www.berlinale-talentcampus.de. Here’s more from the release: For many filmmakers, teaming up with the right people to inspire and support them and to create a collective vision is the essential element of successful filmmaking. The upcoming Berlinale Talent Campus will tap into these thoughts and ask how […]

by Jason Guerrasio on Jul 21, 2009

DAVID MUNRO ON THE BURST BUBBLE

I was at a dinner with a number of filmmakers last night and had a long discussion with a fellow producer that verged into all of the things people in the film business discuss today. Namely: how can the distribution platforms that currently exist today (theatrical, video, VOD, etc.) be somehow combined, re-ordered, reconstituted in a way that will enable a more financially beneficial base for independent film production? It is a tough question. I will admit that I’m in the camp that believes that there are potential rewards for the filmmakers willing to put the sweat equity into the […]

by Scott Macaulay on Jul 21, 2009

“AUDIENCE OF ONE”

Hands down one of my favorite films of 2007 is this funny yet poignant documentary about a driven San Francisco Pentecostal minister who wants to make films. Though I will admit I was a little late on the One bandwagon (I didn’t see the film until we started screening titles to consider for that year’s Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You for the Gotham Awards, which unfortunately, because of the talented crop of titles that year, wasn’t nominated for the award), Michael Jacobs’s film found a lot of success on the festival circuit, winning awards at SXSW, […]

by Jason Guerrasio on Jul 20, 2009

“ANITA O’DAY: THE LIFE OF A JAZZ SINGER”

Directors Robbie Cavolina and Ian McCrudden highlight the life and work of jazz great Anita O’Day in this beautifully packaged 2-disc DVD release spotlighting one of the last living female greats from the golden era of jazz. Known as “The Jezebel of Jazz”, Day died at 87 soon after the production of this documentary was complete. But as in her prime, Day comes off as a feisty lover of life in the doc, not shy to speak her mind and unapologetic of the mistakes she’s made in the past. Self-described as “not a singer, but a song stylist”, Day, who […]

by Jason Guerrasio on Jul 20, 2009

BLOGGING FROM THE SUNDANCE CREATIVE PRODUCING LAB: THOMAS WOODROW

We continue with our series of posts from the Sundance Labs, this time with producer Thomas Woodrow, who is attending the Sundance Creative Producing Lab. For some reason, when I think of the role of the producer, I am always reminded of the role George Martin is characterized as having played for the Beatles in a documentary I saw years ago. It’s not exactly the same in music as in film, obviously, but in that documentary, Martin was ever-present: encouraging, discouraging, masterminding, playing politician, literally writing orchestration at times (for Sgt. Pepper) and at all times moving the process toward […]

by Scott Macaulay on Jul 18, 2009

Eileen Yaghoobian, Died Young, Stayed Pretty

POSTER ARTIST ROB JONES IN DIRECTOR EILEEN YAGHOOBIAN’S DIED YOUNG, STAYED PRETTY. COURTESY NOROTOMO PRODUCTIONS INC. Eileen Yaghoobian, as she puts it, loves making pictures, and over the years, the Iranian-born, Canadian-based artist and filmmaker has put her energies into doing that in a number of different ways. She first discovered her creative impulse as a fresh-faced teenager when she saw Antonioni’s Blow Up and was inspired to take up photography. She then earned an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where she gained experience in filmmaking, 3D animation and theatre as well as […]

by Nick Dawson on Jul 17, 2009

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