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Oregon Road Sessions: The Weather Machine – Debuts Music In Five State Parks

April 23, 2015 Oregon Film Uncategorized Oregon Road Sessions, The Weather MachineLeave a Comment

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Above Slater Smith and The Weather Machine play “Wild West Coast” at Peter Skene Ogden State Park . Four more bands will be featured at four other state park locations. (To learn more about this project, listen to OPB’s State of Wonder this Saturday at noon.) You can read more about Slater Smith, and Oregon State parks’ quest to bring music to the outdoors at OPBMUSIC.

Last year Slater traveled to every Oregon state park and featured a shot in each for the band’s creative music video, “Back O’er Oregon“. Continue reading... “Oregon Road Sessions: The Weather Machine – Debuts Music In Five State Parks”

The Pendleton Real West Festival: a New Film Event in Eastern Oregon

April 3, 2015April 6, 2015 Oregon Film Documentary, Events, Film and Media Industry, Film Festivals, Independent Films, Movies, Rural ProductionLeave a Comment

THE PENDLETON REAL WEST FESTIVAL HITS TOWN APRIL 16-18

The Pendleton Real West Festival, a new film event in Eastern Oregon, barrels into town April 16-18 with a lineup of classic Westerns, Native American cinema and cutting edge work by Northwest filmmakers.

The Festival opens Thursday, April 16 with THE WINDING STREAM: THE STORY OF THE CARTERS, THE CASH’S AND THE COURSE OF COUNTRY MUSIC. The film is labor of love from Vancouver, Washington filmmaker Beth Harrington that digs deep into the story of the roots of country music with exceptional archival footage and one of the very last interviews with Johnny Cash. Continue reading... “The Pendleton Real West Festival: a New Film Event in Eastern Oregon”

Lindstrom’s “Mothering Inside” – Second Film in Oregon Film[Makers] Screening Series

February 27, 2015March 3, 2015 Oregon Film Documentary, Film and Media Industry, Independent, Uncategorized Brian Lindstrom, Mothering Inside1 Comment

Following on from our successful screening of “Wild” at the Salem Cinema last December, we are pleased to be starting a new series of free screenings in Salem made by, or featuring, Oregon filmmakers and subjects which we are calling Oregon Film[Makers].

The next Oregon-made film to be featured, is filmmaker Brian Lindstrom and “Mothering Inside“. The short documentary will be special screening March 3rd at 7p at the Level B Theater Pub, 445 High St SE, Salem, Oregon. Continue reading... “Lindstrom’s “Mothering Inside” – Second Film in Oregon Film[Makers] Screening Series”

Clackamas Community College Partners with Portland Film Festival

February 20, 2015February 23, 2015 portlandfilm Education, Film and Media Industry, Film FestivalsLeave a Comment

Portland Film Festival (September 1st – 7^th, 2015) is partnering with Clackamas Community College’s (CCC) Digital Media Communications (DMC) program for the 2015 festival season.

Led by director Andy Mingo, the DMC program has the led the state in film production experience in Oregon for its students. It is the only higher education program with state-of-the-art tools including Oculus Rift Virtual Reality devices and digital cinema cameras, like those used in locally produced, “Wild,” with Reese Witherspoon. Continue reading... “Clackamas Community College Partners with Portland Film Festival”

Oregon Film Office and Local Scouts Get LMGA Award Nominations

January 29, 2015January 29, 2015 Oregon Film Award, car commerical, Commercial, Contest, Events, Film and Media Industry, Oregon Film, Uncategorized Car Commercials, commericals, LMGA, Location Manager Guild of America, Nancy Haecker, Wild1 Comment

The Second Annual Location Managers Guild of America (LMGA) Awards announced the finalists this week. The Oregon Governor’s Office of Film & Television, as well as local scouts, Crofton Diack, Mike Floyd, Alissa Desler and Lori Allen have been nominated for consideration for Location Managers Guild of America Awards. Oregon Film for the “exemplary work on WILD“, Diack and Floyd for Outstanding Locations in a Single Commercial (Nissan Altima, “Migration” – see below)[youtube]http://youtu.be/nlUDk2qkV5I[/youtube] and Desler and Allen for Outstanding Locations in a Commercial Campaign (Subaru Outback). Continue reading... “Oregon Film Office and Local Scouts Get LMGA Award Nominations”

Ashland Named #1 Town in the US to Live and Work as a Filmmaker by MovieMaker Magazine

January 29, 2015February 2, 2015 garykout Uncategorized1 Comment

This year, Ashland, Oregon took the top spot in MovieMaker’s Best Places to Live and Work contest Town category (for populations under 100,000). The award acknowledges Ashland’s focus on the arts, great quality of life, beautiful surroundings, and most importantly, its commitment to film and media activity as a bonafide industry in this community of 20,000. Last January, Ashland placed second behind Asheville, NC, but managed to unseat their east coast counterpart for 2015 by having another banner year of production including features, commercials, corporate films, documentaries, tv shows and more. Continue reading... “Ashland Named #1 Town in the US to Live and Work as a Filmmaker by MovieMaker Magazine”

Director & Educator Andy Mingo

January 20, 2015 portlandfilm Talent chuckpalahniuk, clackamas, clackamascommunitycollege, director, eduator, education, portlandfilm, profileLeave a Comment

Andy Mingo is a Portland-based director/producer. He gained recognition as several of his films were included at national and international film festivals and screenings. His most recent film, ‘Romance’ was adapted from a story by ‘Fight Club’ author, Chuck Palahniuk. ‘Romance’ made its world premiere at the 2012 Raindance Film Festival and went on to screen at Cinequest, the Seattle True Independent Film Festival, and the 2013 Portland Film Festival. In 2012 Andy was invited to the Paris-Sorbonne University where he lectured on the process of adapting Chuck Palahniuk’s fiction to the screen. Continue reading... “Director & Educator Andy Mingo”

The Oregon Film Annual Governor’s Awards

January 7, 2015January 9, 2015 Oregon Film Award, Events, Film and Media Industry, Oregon Film, Oregon Video Games, Rural Production, Technology, Television, Uncategorized Cheryl Strayed, Clackamas Community College, Crater Lake National Park, Film Advocate Award, Governor Awards, Governor Kitzhaber, Oregon Film Governor Awards, Russell Hornsby, Senator Wyden, Wild, Zigzag Ranger DistrictLeave a Comment

Gordon Sondland, Governor Kitzhaber, Cheryl Strayed, Russell Hornsby (photo: Kim Oanh Nguyen)

There was a big turnout at the Eastside Exchange Ballroom last night for the Oregon Film’s Annual Governor’s Awards. Kicking off the event was Gordon Sondland (Oregon Film Board Chair, founder and chairman of Provenance Hotels, and co-founder of the merchant bank Aspen Capital) who introduced the evening and then actor Russell Hornsby (“Grimm“), who then declared himself now a Portland local! (“Grimm” is now shooting season 4 in the Portland Metro area). Continue reading... “The Oregon Film Annual Governor’s Awards”

‘Oregon Actors Awards’ Nominates and Celebrates Oregon Actors, this Sunday

October 8, 2014 OMPA Acting, Award, Events, Film and Media Industry, Independent Films, Movies, Oregon Film, Television3 Comments

You are invited to celebrate the brightest rising stars in Oregon at the 2014 Oregon Actors Awards. The awards show, sponsored and attended by talent agents, actors and industry supporters from around the region, is this Sunday October 12 at BodyVox in Portland. The one-hour multimedia awards show starts at 6pm and is preceded by a red carpet entrance at 5pm. Hosted reception follows on-site. RSVP and more information is at www.ompa.org/awards/invitation.

The Oregon Actors Awards recognizes on-camera talent whose work has been featured on network television shows, award-winning feature films, indie shorts and web series. Continue reading... “‘Oregon Actors Awards’ Nominates and Celebrates Oregon Actors, this Sunday”

Governor’s Office of Film & TV Has New Executive Director

September 2, 2014September 2, 2014 Oregon Film Film and Media Industry, Jobs, Uncategorized Executive Director, Oregon Film, Oregon film industry, Press Release7 Comments

The Oregon Governor’s Office of Film & Television Board announced today the appointment of Tim Williams as Executive Director. Williams comes to the job after a lengthy search by the Oregon Film Board and plans to officially start in Oregon Film’s Portland office by October 1st.

Previously based in London and New York, and now living in Los Angeles, Williams has a long history in film and TV production and finance throughout the US and internationally. He recently worked for Fox Searchlight during preparations for their upcoming film “Wild” – which shot on more locations throughout Oregon than any other feature film. Continue reading... “Governor’s Office of Film & TV Has New Executive Director”