Directors

What We Learned from John Hughes

Beth Armogida | Posted 09.07.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Directors, Screenwriters, Sixteen Candles, 1980's, The Breakfast Club, Home Alone, Movies, John Hughes, Comedy News
Beth Armogida

Can you imagine growing up without John Hughes' movies? His stories showed us how to laugh at our insecurities and, even more importantly, to laugh at other people's insecurities.

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Father, Writer, Actor, Father

Gildart Jackson | Posted 07.19.2009 | Entertainment

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Gildart Jackson

The making of this movie was a family adventure. And we quickly found that this was the way we needed to look at it -- and the way we needed to sell it to our family!

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Dec. 31: By Way of Follow-Up

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 01.27.2009 | Media

Read More: City of Los Angeles, Sag, Time Warner Cable, Time Warner, Directors, Writers, Dga, Public Access, WGA Strike, Los Angeles, Media News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

LA, as a municipality, is responsible for operating public access channels, and no cable company has the right to shut them down until the City has the opportunity to replace the channels.

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The Vision Behind Visioneers

Jared Drake and Brandon Drake | Posted 06.17.2008 | Entertainment

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Jared Drake and Brandon Drake

After graduating, the film industry had one thing to offer us: a P.A. job at a production company. Instead, we scrapped together 20k from friends and family. Then, we wrote a script we could shoot for 20k.

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Miracle at St. Anna: A Preview of Spike Lee's Upcoming Film

Karin Badt | Posted 05.30.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Directors, Filmmaking, Racism, Spike Lee, Miracle at St. Anna, World War II, Barack Obama Race, Barack Obama, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

Spike Lee presented an eight minute clip of his upcoming movie Miracle at St. Anna yesterday, and stayed to answer questions about this film and filmmaking in general.

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Life in Flight Takes Flight

Tracey Hecht | Posted 05.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Female Directors, Creativity, Directors, Filmmaking, Artists, Life in Flight, Moviemaking, Movies, Women Directors, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Tracey Hecht

The really amazing thing about making Life in Flight was watching it go from a private experience of conceptualization to a hugely collaborative experience.

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