Beyond receiving instruction and how-to advice in each class, students will roll up their sleeves and collaborate with the instructor and each other with creative brainstorms, process and content critiques and real-time discussion following in-class viewing of movie examples.

Texas floods and the Mayweather – McGregor super fight did their part to eat into viewership for what was already a lackluster offering of new films. While these factors may explain this weekend’s drop, earnings for August are down 15% compared to last year, and the year to date is 5% off of 2016.

Johnston’s serves as a broker for entertainers who travel between Atlanta, Los Angeles and Miami and are in need of luxury rentals, home purchases, and even shoots. She also talks about her mid-century modern Ridgewood House that has been used in numerous Georgia film and TV series productions – it has also served as home to some of Hollywood’s favorites while on set.

Ballots for the union’s two largest locals, Los Angeles and New York, were also tabulated Thursday. Jane Austin was re-elected president of the Los Angeles Local and Mike Hodge was re-elected president of the New York Local.

In August 2017, CATMEDIA Entertainment, headed by Catherine Downey and her creative team wrapped post-production on its first full-length film, Mnemosyne. The process of producing this film began in February 2016.

Substantive programming, combined with a who’s who of the film industry has established BronzeLens as one of the nation’s pre-eminent film festivals.

“The Film Tax Credit Program is responsible for record-breaking economic impact, which supports our local small businesses and communities statewide and creates hundreds of thousands of well-paying jobs across the Empire State each year.” – ESD President, CEO & Commissioner Howard Zemsky.

“I’m consistently impressed with Georgia. The State is wisely supporting the entertainment industry, consistently maintaining a small-business friendly economy, and keeping non-discrimination as a core value. Investing more here was kind of a no-brainer.”

The AJFF Selects series brings the same caliber of world-class films from the annual festival to audiences year-round. These special screenings feature outstanding new foreign and independent films, as well as expert speakers and guest filmmakers.

Reitz, who is something of a colorful character, is not only a busy actor but a broker of Georgia film tax credits. As Deadline reported two weeks ago, he’s also advised producers on a “magic formula” to employ movie stars on the cheap.