Category: Short Films

Blogs

Peter and the Wolf Producer Hugh Welchman Answers The Six Questions

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 3:30pm

I was approached by a conductor, Mark Stephenson (who went on to be our Music Director on the film, and conducted the world premiere at the Royal Albert Hall) who had heard about the awards that I had picked up at film school, and he asked me if I had ever thought about doing films with live music.

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Madame Tutli-Putli Producer Marcy Page Answers The Six Questions

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 4:55pm

The studio was crammed with interesting bits of artistry that clearly pulled in influences from a broad base of culture — art, theatre and film. Amidst the puppets, props, collage assemblages, posters and paraphernalia, I remember one sign that they had up on the wall, that said something like, “an impossible task, a tight budget and a crazy deadline are the mothers of invention”. No doubt, a little spirit catcher for stray producers.

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Smith's Early Abstractions Added to National Film Registry

By Rick DeMott | Thursday, December 28, 2006 at 12:00am

Librarian of Congress James H. Billington adds 25 motion pictures -- including Harry Smith's abstract animation, EARLY ABSTRACTIONS #1-5, 7, 10 (1939-56) -- to the National Film Registry to be preserved for all time, bringing the total number of films on the registry to 450. 

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