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Frank Beacham Gives Good Advice

I wanted to point out this particular column for anyone kicking around for new work…

Bobbie O’Steen Podcasts on the Editing Life

These one-on-one interviews with Bobbie are a good backgrounder if you want to delve into the editor’s world…

Tim Squyres & Bobbie O’Steen Discuss Editing Altman’s Gosford Park

It might be the worst fever dream any editor could have…

ASC Honors local Sol Negrin

ASC Awards Committee Chairman Richard Crudo praised Sol’s “dedication to educating the next generation, exemplifying the ASC’s motto: Loyalty, progress, artistry.

Big news breaking that the venerable Kaufman Astoria Studios, the film and production hub in New York City, has been bought by venture capital firms Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital Management.

Built in 1920, the Queens-based Kaufman Astoria Studios was the original home of Paramount Pictures and served as the backdrop to more than 100 silent films. In recent years, it has hosted series and films like Sesame Street, Netflix‘s Orange is the New Black, Martin Scorsese‘s The Irishman, and the Warner Bros. heist comedy, Ocean’s 8. The campus is comprised of over 500,000 square feet of production space, including 11 sound stages, and New York City’s only studio backlot.

Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital also recently acquired Silvercup Studios in Long Island City and the Bronx, and the decision for both studios to sell might come from the fact that…

Read the full article on Below the Line.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico legislators expressed nearly unfettered support for state tax incentives to the film industry at a public hearing on Tuesday, in the wake of the shooting death last month of a cinematographer from gunfire on the set of a western movie production.

New Mexico offers a rebate of between 25% and 35% of in-state spending for video production that helps filmmakers large and small underwrite their work.

At the hearing, state economic development officials and consultants presented an analysis showing an eight-fold benefit to the local economy for every tax dollar spent on the film tax credit. Credits toward film productions were estimated at $109 million for the year ending in June 2021, and $52 million the prior year.

Read the full article on The Register Citizen.