Animal Planet chose to shoot in the Terrebonne area for two days this week for a three part drama documentary series on infestations. The show is set to air in the New Year. Continue reading... “Animal Planet Shoot Critters In Central Oregon”
The Wait, a drama, written and directed by Oregonian, M.Blash (Lying), and starring Chloe Sevigny (Lying, Big Love, Boys Don’t Cry) , Luke Grimes (Brothers & Sisters) and Jena Malone (Lying, Into The Wild, Pride and Prejudice) was shot entirely on location in Central Oregon, specifically Black Butte Ranch as well as Sisters. Ryan Crisman, Neil Kopp and David Guy Levy produced. Continue reading... “Central Oregon Hosts Feature Film, "The Wait"”
The Venice International Film Festival announced that Kelly Reichardt’s feature “Meeks Cutoff” which was shot in Burns, OR, will be in competition at this year’s festival in September. The film was produced by Oregon native Neil Kopp and it is his third film with Kelly (“Old Joy” and “Wendy and Lucy“). The film stars Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, and Paul Dano. Recently Paul Dano talked about filming “Meeks” in this interview. For those who don’t know the story behind the making of the film, it’s pretty remarkable that they were even able to complete the film. Continue reading... “"Meeks Cutoff" in Competition at the Venice Intl. Film Festival”
Eastern Oregon Film Festival in conjunction with Crossing the Blues: La Grande Summer Festival is pleased to present the 3rd annual La Grande Summer Film Project. The project will kick off on Friday August 13th, with a Night Life social event at White House Coffee (1702 Fourth Street). Teams will be identified, organized, and specific criteria for their film will be given. After the participants have had a chance to “schmooze”, ACTION will be called at 9:00pm – and the filmmakers have 48 hours to deliver their final project. Continue reading... “La Grande Summer Film Project: Community Filmmaking Opportunity”
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Local Director Matt Jay’s recent music video for Jennie Wayne is currently featured as WKE feature of the week. The video “My Own Home” is a beautifully photographed one-shot music video that magnifies the artifacts and textures that make a space your home. Local director/cinematographer Johnny Le shot the video . 
I spoke to both Matt and Johnny today to get more info on how the video came about. Matt has managed to make his way around the local music scene directing videos for a few other artists as well as directing a few short films. Continue reading... “Local Music Video Selected as Feature of Week on WKE”
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Oregon’s film industry got quite the write-up yesterday in the Hollywood Reporter! The producers of TNT’s Leverage had wonderful things to say about shooting in Oregon, including this quote about Oregon’s talent from Co-Creator Jon Rogers:
Continue reading... “Oregon Film Highlighted in the Hollywood Reporter”“When we got up there we were expecting to fly in three or four cast members an episode, but we average about one or two,” co-creator/executive producer John Rogers says. “Some of the (local) actors have been so good, we’ve made them recurring characters on the show.”
Our latest featured location is this dramatic section of the Owyhee River Canyon in Oregon’s Vale district of the Bureau of Land Management.
Contact the Oregon Film office at (503)229-5832 or shoot@oregonfilm.org for more information on this, or any other Oregon location. Continue reading... “Featured Oregon Location”