Today the Emmy Nominations were announced and “Portlandia” came away with two big nominations. The show was nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. Writers Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Kreisel and Karey Dornetto were all listed in the nomination. The show was also recognized for Outstanding Directing in a Variety Series thanks to Jonathan Kreisel’s amazing direction. The episode Jonathan was recognized for was “One Moore Episode” which was voted by the fans as the best episode to date. Continue reading... “Portlandia receives 2 Emmy Nods, Weiden + Kennedy receives 3”
As the August premiere of LAIKA’s ParaNorman is approaching, a new website for the film has launched. WeirdWins.com will present a new video showcasing some of the talented people behind the scenes for each of the five weeks leading up to the premiere. You can view the introductory video above. Below is a little more information about the site:
WEIRDWINS is about the artists, animators, craftspeople, and filmmakers behind ParaNorman—former weird kids from all over the world who joined forces to make the biggest stop-motion animated film of all time.
Emmy award winning actor and Oregon Film board member Ed Asner was in town and stopped by to chat with AM Northwest this morning. He discussed many of the projects he has worked on in his long career as an actor as well as touted the benefits of having film and television production in the state. You can view full 25 min. video of his appearance above. Continue reading... “Ed Asner Visits AM Northwest in Portland this Morning”
The video above comes to us from KMTR in Eugene, OR. Their studios recently had a visit from Lauren Henry, co-owner of Talented Animals and two of the latest animal stars from NBC’s “Grimm.” You can read the full article on KMTR.
Credit goes to Kristi Turnquist for bring the video to my attention but I had to post this video from local filmmaker James Winters. It’s a hilarious remake of the classic Beastie Boys video “Sabatoge”. All I can say is well done James Winters, well done.
Oregonians! Enter to win a full size Cell Count poster from The Dude Designs.
As a thank you to the state we love and the people we love making movies with we are giving away 10 full size 27×40 posters for our feature film Cell Count.
Congratulations to Fred, Carrie, Broadway Video, IFC, and the entire cast and crew who are responsible for making this small show so special. Now let’s all hope that the next award the show gets nominated for is an Emmy! Continue reading... ““Portlandia” wins a Peabody Award”
PORTLAND, Oregon (March 09, 2012) the announcement just earlier this week that “Cell Count” was chosen as the Closing Night Film and to also have it’s World Premiere at this years Fantaspoa Film Festival in Brazil we thought it would be a great time to show our new poster from the amazing Tom Hodge at The Dude Designs.
Today the Emmy Nominations were announced and “Portlandia” came away with two big nominations. The show was nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. Writers Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Kreisel and Karey Dornetto were all listed in the nomination. The show was also recognized for Outstanding Directing in a Variety Series thanks to Jonathan Kreisel’s amazing direction. The episode Jonathan was recognized for was “One Moore Episode” which was 
Oregonians! Enter to win a full size Cell Count poster from The Dude Designs.
Fantastic news coming out of Georgia today. 