Catherine E. Coulson passed away at her home in Ashland on Monday.Coulson has spent 22 seasons acting in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, but perhaps she is best known as the “log lady” in David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks”. Read more about Coulsons life and career in the OSF release here.
Catherine Coulson played the Log Lady on the television series “Twin Peaks.” Credit ABC Photo Archives, via Getty Images
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Nike has released a video parody of the (in)famous toga scene from “Animal House” (originally shot on the University of Oregon campus in 1978) that showcases a collection of athletes and U of O VIP’s dancing to Otis Day and the Knights’ “Shout”. It’s fun to see the lines between a classic film and such sporting legends blur. Read Oustide’s article here. Continue reading... “Nike and U of O Create Parody Of “Animal House””
1859 Magazine profiled four Oregon documentary directors and highlighted what drives their passion to bring their stories to the screen, and what they have to do make that happen.
Oregon has seen an uptick in documentaries in the last few years, with such projects as Brian Lindstrom’s “Mothering Inside“, Melissa Lowry’s “Black Girl in Suburbia“, John Waller’s “Mending The Line“, and Irene Taylor Brodsky’s “Open Your Eyes“. Continue reading... “1859 Profiles Four Oregonian Documentarians”
Elemental Technologies, Inc., one of Portland’s fastest growing tech companies, announced today that they have joined forces with Amazon Web Services, Inc. According to CEO, Sam Blackman, the acquisition will enable Elemental to “accelerate the development and adoption of (our) software-defined video platform”. Elemental specializes in “high-speed video encoding and transcoding software” that can “provide multiscreen content delivery to audiences on any screen or device”. Their headquarters are based in Portland, with offices in the UK, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore. Continue reading... “Amazon Aquires Elemental Technolgies”
Local Portland Prop Master, Tim Oakley, gets a well-deserved spread in AboutFace Magazine’s summer issue as a featured artist this month. Oakley (Oakley Design Studios) designs and creates intricate props, logos and set designs for features, TV and commercials. Most recently Oakley has created some of the iconic props for local Oregon shows such as “Grimm”, “The Librarians”, “The Green Room”, and others such as “”Dark Knight Rises”, “Start Trek” (1 and 2), “Indiana Jones” and “Jurassic World”, amongst many others. Continue reading... “Local Prop Master, Tim Oakley, Featured Artist In AboutFace Magazine”
Celebrate the pioneer of Claymation and the film industry icon Will Vinton as he receives a lifetime achievement award. Special Q&A with Vinton on his career and impact on the industry.
Academy Award Winning Short, “Closed Mondays,” celebrating its 40th anniversary will be screened before the feature.
In this claymation film, celebrated author Mark Twain (James Whitmore), displeased with the state of humanity, sets off in a hot-air balloon to meet his celestial destiny: Halley’s Comet. Stowed away on the craft are beloved characters from Twain’s stories — Tom Sawyer (Chris Ritchie), Becky Thatcher (Michele Mariana) and Huckleberry Finn (Gary Krug). Continue reading... “Portland Film Festival Celebrates Will Vinton With Lifetime Achievement Tribute”
A24 has picked up the US rights to “Green Room” before it premieres (N. American) at the Toronto Film Festival this September.
“Green Room” was shot and produced in Oregon, and is the latest thriller Jeremy Saulnier (“Blue Ruin”) and produced by Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani and Victor Moyers, and starring Patrick Stewart and Anton Yelchin. It’s set to have it’s theatrical release spring 2016. It was also part of this year’s Cannes Director’s Fortnight .
Read more here. Continue reading... “A24 Picked Up US Rights To “Green Room””
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Willamette Week covered the journey of how “a tiny Portland company got mixed up in gaming’s biggest controversy” with the game, “Gone Home“, created by Portland’s The Fulbright Company. “Gone Home”, created by a small, lean team, ended up being the most talked about game of 2013 and was lauded “the greatest video game love story ever told” by the New York Times. The Fullbright Company were awarded the Best Debut in both the BAFTAs and the Game Developers Choice Awards for “Gone Home” (2013) and were a Finalist for Excellence in Narrative by the Independent Games Festival. Continue reading... “Fullbright’s “Gone Home” Has Been Leading The Way In Portland’s Growing Video Game Industry”
On the streets of Portland, Ore., on Monday, Sept. 7, while the rest of the country will be celebrating Labor Day, the Portland Film Festival will be ringing in Zombie Day Apocalypse. And what better way to celebrate than with a record-setting event.
Continue reading... “A Zombie-Short-Film-Guinness-Attempt Comes to Portland”
The “American Pickers” series will be filming in Oregon later this year. Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz will be cruising the state looking for vintage memorabilia and antiques for this documentary series (History) to showcase their valuable “picks” from unlikely places.
If you have a large collection or want to refer someone to Mike and Frank, email: your name, number, address and description of the collection and photos to: [email protected] 855-old-rust.
Read more here.
“American Pickers” is produced by Cineflix Productions for History. Continue reading... ““American Pickers” To Shoot In Oregon”