Springfield Connection At This Year’s Grammy’s

For those of you planning on watching the Grammy’s, or considering it, there is a local connection this year. Paul Crowder, who is married to Kelly H’Doubler (Glendale HS graduate), is nominated for his movie – “Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who” Paul and Kelly participated in the 2007 Show-Me Missouri International Film Festival, [...]

Springfield’s Motion Media Expo This Friday October 10th

Motion Media Expo

SPRINGFIELD’S FIRST ‘MOTION MEDIA EXPO’ TO BE HELD OCTOBER 10TH AT KEYES ART GALLERY, DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD SPRINGFIELD, MO (October 1, 2008) – Springfield’s first MOTION MEDIA EXPO will be held at the Keyes Art Gallery, 229 South Market Avenue, Friday, October 10th, 8:00 to 11:00 PM. This Motion Media Expo has been organized for producers, [...]

New Music Video Directed By Brook Linder For SSLYBY

Recent Glendale graduate Brook Linder combines with local music heroes “Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin” for the music video for “Modern Mystery” from their “Pershing” album. Is that white house on Catalina? Hat tip to Caleb Copeland for the pointer.

Lindenwood University Seeks Students For HD Studio Opportunities

SENT VIA THE STLFILMWIRE: Lindenwood University is looking for undergraduate students who want to do real graduate work and be part of our team. That person or persons will have the opportunity to work in our new HD studio (Avid spokespersons mentioned it at the NAB convention in Las Vegas this past week), use the [...]

Summer Film Institute at Stephens College

SENT VIA THE STLFILMWIRE: Stephens Summer Film Institute May 14-25, 2008 Stephens College campus in Columbia, Mo. The 12-day hands-on, intensive workshop will give female filmmakers of all ages the opportunity to learn about the various aspects of filmmaking such as directing, cinematography, lighting, sound, script, and the producer’s unit. Students work alongside industry professionals [...]

Europe’s New Auteurs: Filmmakers With a Future

By GARETH HARDING, Wall Street Journal January 4, 2008 The filmmaker as “author,” or dominant creative force behind a movie, was first described in a famous 1954 magazine article by François Truffaut, who drew a distinction between directors like Jean Renoir and Alfred Hitchcock, who sought to “bring something genuinely personal” to their films, and [...]