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
Women In Film Portland Holiday Party!
When: Thursday, November 19th 2015 at 6:00pm – 9:30pm
Where: University Place Hotel 310 SW Lincoln Street Portland, OR 97201
Join us for Women In Film Portland’s biggest networking event of the year, our annual Holiday Party! Meet the new board of directors and enter a drawing for fabulous door prizes (more details soon). This isn’t just a holiday soiree, it’s a fun networking event!
*Free admission for members current on dues.
* Catered event. Continue reading... “Save the Date! Women In Film Portland’s Annual Holiday Party”
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Google’s Trekker Camera is slowly bringing it’s technology to the trail. This summer volunteers from the Oregon Wild organization (formerly the Oregon Natural Resources Council or ONRC) offered to carry the Trekker and hike some of Oregon’s most beautiful trails in order to bring a “street view” to the public and is so doing, bringing attention to conservation lands in Oregon. OPB covered the story and you can read more here.
Update: Also, Oregon Wild have a film festival that kicks off September 9th “Speaking For The Trees” at the Bijou Arts Cinemas in Eugene. Continue reading... “Google Trekker Brings It’s Camera Technology To The Oregon Wilderness”
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”
“The Goonies” 30th Anniversary Celebration was held in Astoria, Oregon from June 4 to 7, 2015 – just a short two weeks ago as of this writing. We enjoyed a successful event overall, bringing a nice economic boost to our community to kick-off the summer season. This is our third anniversary celebration to host, starting in 2005 with the 20th. Attendees come from all across the US and Canada, and we had a representative from every continent except for Antarctica at the Celebration. Continue reading... “The Goonies 30th Anniversary Celebration – Wrap Up”
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”
Local screenwriter, Christi Sperry, will see her dark comedy screenplay, “Homecoming”, begin shooting in Portland at the end of this month. The cast is comprised of, Lauren Bowles (“True Blood”), Victoria Smurfit (“Once Upon a Time”), Max Ryan (“Death Race”), Michelle Arthur (“Fun With Dick and Jane”), Suleka Mathew (“Da Vinci’s Inquest”) and Kiowa Gordon (“Twilight Saga”).
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Los Angeles and Portland July 27, 2015—-The first film under Ted Field’s Radar Pictures overall co-production deal with Filmmaker and Producer Paul Kampf is fast-tracking and confirming it’s cast. Continue reading... ““Homecoming”, Written By Oregonian, Christi Sperry, Gets Underway In Portland”
Actor Sasha Roiz (Captain Sean Renard, “Grimm”) has held an interest in helping patients at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital for several years since coming to Portland to shoot the NBC Universal series. Earlier this year Roiz put together the “Grimm Gives Back” fundraiser, that incredibly, raised $310,000 that was then donated to the “Grimmster Endowment Fund”. Continue reading... “Sasha Roiz (“Grimm”) Appointed To Doernbecher Foundation Board Of Directors”
INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES
3 SESSIONS, THURSDAYS, AUGUST 13-27, 6:30-9:30PM
NORTHWEST FILM CENTER, 934 SW SALMON ST.
$225 (Tuition includes all needed interviewing equipment (camera, microphone, lights))
Help refine your documentary project by eliciting more meaningful content from your interview subjects. In Interview Techniques you’ll learn a variety of interview styles, get guidance on planning, researching, and formulating questions, as well as discuss broader ethical questions while gaining insight and feedback from instructor and award-winning documentary filmmaker, Courtney Herman. Continue reading... “Interview Techniques Class At The Northwest Film Center”
[youtube]https://youtu.be/cyCMKyxE8O0[/youtube]At the start of 2015, I found a new job at Jumpdrive Studios and left a 10 year career in the music business behind. My love of video games has never been a secret, and getting to work on them every single day is like a dream come true. On top of that, we teamed up with one of my favorite composers Jim Guthrie – who I very much admire. His work on Sword & Sworcery and Indie Game: The Movie is basically what inspired me to start writing video game music in the first place, and what set me on my path into the games industry. Continue reading... “Jumpdrive Studios Launches XO On Kickstarter”