April 30, 2013
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Artists, Executives, and Politicians Talk Innovation: Highlights From the Creativity Conference

...“Einstein knew what was in the box before he thought out of it,” he said. Harvey Weinstein on Protecting Creative Content In one of the most impassioned portions of the day, Hollywood...

May 15, 2013
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Jane Campion, Cannes, & the Power of the Short Film

...stand as an indelible reminder to young filmmakers all over the world that incredible careers can be launched from one powerful short at Cannes. This year, the Selection Committee received 3,500 short...

August 12, 2013
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From Kathryn Bigelow to Martin Scorsese, Filmmakers & Their Inspirations

In 2010, the British Film Institute published a wonderful book entitled “Screen Epiphanies: Filmmakers on the Films that Inspired Them.” We found this book after one of those rabbit hole web searches...

January 21, 2014
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Sundance: Jenny Slate Charms in Writer/Director Gillian Robespierre’s Obvious Child

...knew.” The short starred comedian Jenny Slate, the ex-SNL cast member (who infamously dropped the f-bomb on her very first show), who has a recurring role as Mona Lisa Saperstein on Parks and...

February 3, 2014
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Ilan Gabai, FX Technical Director of Rio 2, Talks Digital Wonders

...Israel. Were you always interested in animation? I have an older brother who got me into Marvel and DC comics when I was pretty young. My mother comes from an artistic family...

April 9, 2014
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The Future of Mad Men's Secondary Characters

...York to teach at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Faye Miller: The 70's are frustrating for Faye, as she struggles to balance her career and personal life. But come the 80's, she...

July 15, 2014
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Exec Producer & Writer on FX's Tyrant Talks About Groundbreaking Show

...the deputy director of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, to discuss the show, the implications of trying to depict the complex and often misunderstood world of Arab culture for an...

September 9, 2014
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Native 3D: The Future of Spatial Movie Production

...to movies that are entirely computer-generated,” Foessel said. “That gives us a great deal of freedom; we can produce moving shots without having to move the real cameras at all, for example.”...

November 3, 2014
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Sundance East? Middleburg Film Festival’s Second Year A Success

...class on film composing, taking participants from idea inception to final composition, while screening examples of his work. Chatting amicably with a lady who happened to be in Middleburg at the Salamander...

January 27, 2015
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Sundance 2015: Talking to Cassian Elwes, Co-Producer of Inaugural Horizon Awards

The Sundance Film Festival has made a few recent announcements that speak to a fresh commitment to help spread some of the festival’s opportunities around. The first was a new tool to help...