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The Editor - Why Film Editors Complain A Lot Today

There was an interesting article this week in Daily Variety which was ostensibly about the American Cinema Editors pre-announcement of an award that they’ll be giving to Avid at their awards dinner in February (actually, I suppose I... Read more »

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The Editor - Why Film Editors Complain A Lot Today

There was an interesting article this week in Daily Variety which was ostensibly about the American Cinema Editors pre-announcement of an award that they’ll be giving to Avid at their awards dinner in February (actually, I suppose I... Read more »

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The Showrunner - Happy Independents Day, err, Independence Day

July 4th is this week — and between the fireworks, the 5K’s, and the grilled hot dogs (or, if you are in health conscious, LA, the grilled mushrooms and tofu) I would like to take a moment  of silence for a long forgotten patriot... Read more »

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The Production Manager - Is it worth it?

Finally a reprieve! After what seems like a horrendously difficult year so far, things finally feel as though they are getting back to normal, death of Michael Jackson aside of course.                                                     ... Read more »

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The Actor - ACTING IN BACK, SUMMER IN FRONT

I am happy to report that the sun is back out and shining brightly!  Therefore, I think it is safe to say that “June Gloom” is behind us and summer is in full swing, especially since temperatures reached 90 degrees in the valley this... Read more »

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The Development Executive - How to Play Nice with Others…Especially Execs

Whether we are meeting a new writer at a pitchfest or in a meeting or technologically like through virtualpitchfest, the biggest fear that every development executive has is – is this person going to play nice? Is this person speaking to... Read more »

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The Standby Painter - Yes, We Did!

Some amazing news from the world of legislative politics over the past few days has me humbly and happily proven wrong about our assumptions. By “our” I mean me and all the people out there who do not work in an elected office at the state... Read more »

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The Casting Director - Aloha Casting…

I arrived on Oahu last week and hit the ground running. Casting on location is always a challenge. First of all, unlike Chicago, Baltimore, New York City or London, I have never been to Kailua, HI and so I didn’t have any idea of what I... Read more »

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The Production Manager - The search continues…

First off apologies for the delayed posting, I’ve had a few family things to take care of.        But to follow on from last week’s posting I had the pleasure to experience a very different type of interview. After fruitless... Read more »

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The Showrunner - Film, Television and the World Wide Web.

This past Monday showbizzle.com, the digital showcase and destination website I created with my daughter Lindsey, finally re-launched.  I knew that mPRm, the Hollywood-based PR firm headed by industry veteran Rachel McCallister, had put together... Read more »

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The Genre Director - INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS IS QUENTIN TARANTINO’S MOST MATURE WORK AS A FILM MAKER. QUENTIN IS THE CHAGALL OF GENRE…

By that I do not mean visual phantasmagoria, rather the way he mixes the thematic cocktail. An unconventional combination of ideas which is constantly interesting with each new painting.                                       A... Read more »

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