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Spotlight Interview: ‘Epic’ Author/Filmmaker William Joyce


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 24 May 2013   By Dina Gachman

Academy Award-winner William Joyce takes the term “multi-hyphenate” to a whole new level. Let's give it a go: children’s book author-illustrator-animator-director-game designer-production designer-screenwriter. (We’re exhausted just thinking about it.) As creative partner at the Louisiana-based...

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Spotlight Interview: RocketHub Founder Brian Meece


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 22 May 2013   By Diane Panosian

SSN had the opportunity to sit down with Brian Meece, the CEO of crowdfunding site on the rise, RocketHub. Along with Kickstarter and IndieGoGo, RocketHub is at the forefront of this new frontier, enabling creators and filmmakers the world over to finance projects leveraging the ever-expanding online...

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Spotlight Interview: Producer Mark Sourian


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 08 May 2013   By Dina Gachman

Mark Sourian spent fifteen years as a development and production executive at DreamWorks before making the jump to full-fledged, on-set producer. He credits his years in development for giving him crucial understanding not only of what a producer does but also of the skills and expertise required of the job....

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Spotlight Interview: Matthew Miele, Writer/Director of Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s


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 03 May 2013   By Dina Gachman

Over the past few years, documentaries that peer into the glamorous, mysterious, and often cutthroat world of high fashion have found a wide audience. Today, celebrities flock to fashion week in Paris, Milan, and New York. Top designers have cult followings that reach from Los Angeles to Cannes to Poughkeepsie....

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Spotlight Interview: Living the Dream with Frances Ha


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 02 May 2013   By Dina Gachman

SSN catches up with Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig and Mickey Sumner ahead of the IFC Films release of Baumbach's latest bittersweet confection, Frances Ha. Academy Award nominated writer-director Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Margot at the Wedding, Greenberg) is no stranger to movies about...

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Spotlight Interview with ‘The Big Wedding’ Writer/Director Justin Zackham


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 25 Apr 2013   By Dina Gachman

Everybody loves a wedding movie – Diane Keaton even said so on Ellen earlier this week as she giddily sipped red wine and talked about her new movie The Big Wedding. Written and directed by The Bucket List writer Justin Zackham, the movie is about divorced couple Ellie and Don Griffin (played by Keaton...

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Spotlight Interview with VFX Industry Leader Jenny Fulle


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 26 Mar 2013   By Studio System News Staff

Innovating Out of a Slump: A VFX Industry Leader Contemplates the Future of Her Field With the VFX industry in a slump, Jenny Fulle, founder of The Creative-Cartel offers thoughts and advice on how her industry can weather the rocky days ahead. With more than 30 years' experience in the visual effects...

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Bringing ‘The Croods’ to Life: A Spotlight Interview with Producers Kristine Belson and Jane Hartwell


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 21 Mar 2013   By Dina Gachman

Most films are labors of love but few more so than animated features. Developing the story and casting the right actors is important for any project, but the visual effects, storyboarding and post-production demands of animation can be trying and involve years-long commitments. Kristine Belson and Jane...

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SXSW Spotlight: Alex Winter on Downloaded


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 07 Mar 2013   By Dina Gachman

You might think the days of Napster are far behind us, but filmmaker Alex Winter is about to prove you wrong with his new documentary Downloaded: The Digital Revolution. It's the first ever in-depth look at what really happened when two unknown teenagers (Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker) created a digital...

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From Page to Screen to Oscar


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 14 Feb 2013   By Whitney Friedlander

Finding Inspiration with Life of Pi producer Gil Netter   The best-selling 2001 novel Life of Pi tells the epic saga of the eponymous Indian teenager who survives a shipwreck only to find himself trapped with a Bengal tiger on a small boat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean for nearly a year. So...

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