The Georgia Film Academy (GFA) has emerged as a beacon of possibility within the state’s flourishing film industry, offering pathways into careers in film, TV, live-streaming broadcasts and new media.
“[I] started my career renting cars on the southside of Atlanta,” Byrd says. But then, Georgia and its wonderland of opportunity brought career moves the car rental pro couldn’t have foreseen.
Today, the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the final phase of its Request for Proposal (RFP) process to host the Sundance Film Festival beginning in 2027.
The problem that Angel Studios seeks to address is that a limited number of Hollywood studio decision-makers determine which films and television shows are made, and four out of five box office releases fail. Additionally, for every hit TV show, there are a hundred misses.
Julie Foster Straw is the Executive Director of RE:Imagine ATL, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the next generation of storytellers by providing young people with opportunities and resources in film and digital media.
It’s quite possible that no other state besides Georgia could be the ideal home base for Trilith Studios’ top executive, Frank Patterson. The entrepreneur, higher education thought leader, film director, production company founder, and studio executive at the largest purpose-built film studio in North America is a force of creative business activity.
Georgia Entertainment made it’s first appearance at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival, one of the largest and most prestigious film festivals in the world. Spotlighting the cinematic achievements and industry infrastructure in the Peach State, Georgia remains on the mind of top international filmmakers.
“Atlanta-forward.” That’s the right-on description Doghouse Pictures’ founder and CEO Jeff Keating uses to describe the new limited series, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. The Atlanta premiere of Fight Night rocked a packed house at The Tara Theatre on Saturday night, beginning with opening remarks from Georgia Entertainment President Jezlan Moyet.
The eighth annual Georgia Film Festival will take place Sept. 12-14, featuring several University of North Georgia (UNG) students. This year’s films will be shown in the new cinema in the Gainesville Campus Performing Arts building.
Norman Milton Lear was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in the summer of 1922, but by the time he was nine years old, his nuclear family had shattered.