Nick Dawson
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A Cinema of Gestation: On Returning to Filmmaking After a False Start, Multiple Life Changes, and 14 Years of Motherhood
A Bird Came Down is both a short and a feature-to-be by Heather von Rohr, produced by Nick Dawson, Editor of the Talkhouse and Filmmaker‘s former Managing Editor, and Emmett Kerr-Perkinson. In the guest essay below, von Rohr discusses the film’s themes within the context of its long gestation period. Von Rohr, Dawson and Kerr-Perkinson are currently crowdfunding the short’s post-production. To learn more, visit the project’s fundraising page at the New York Foundation for the Arts. — Editor In mid-June, I shot my first film in more than two decades. It’s called A Bird Came Down, and will be […]
by Heather von Rohr on Jul 9, 2024 -
Director Amy Scott on Her Upcoming Doc, Once I Was: The Hal Ashby Story
You know the films — Harold and Maude, Coming Home, Shampoo, The Last Detail, and Being There – but little about the man behind them. A quarter century after his death, director Hal Ashby remains one of the more mysterious figures to emerge from the New Hollywood movement. His rise as a director coincided with the brief but glorious period in American cinema when difficult, complex films were actually supported and encouraged by studios. That era came to an end with populist hits like Jaws and Star Wars, shifting the zeitgeist towards blockbusters and making it tough for uncompromising directors […]
by Sara Kaye Larson on May 26, 2014 -
Former Managing Editor Nick Dawson Launches The Talkhouse Film
Now it can be revealed: former Filmmaker Magazine managing editor Nick Dawson is now the editor of The Talkhouse Film, an expansion of the popular site dedicated to musicians talking about music. As you might expect, The Talkhouse Film has directors discussing other directors’ movies. Today’s launch introduces a boatload of pieces that are already up, including Ping Pong Summer director Michael Tully on Cold In July, Sharknado director Anthony C. Ferrante on Godzilla (!), Ain’t Them Bodies Saints director David Lowery on The Immigrant, and much more. Take a look around and expect more in the weeks (and years) […]
by Vadim Rizov on May 23, 2014
