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George W. Lucas, Jr.
George W. Lucas, Jr. 1944-, American film director, producer, and writer, b. Modesto, Calif. Although Lucas's first film, THX-1138 (1970), was not successful, his next two, American Graffiti (1973) and Star Wars (1977), set the course for filmmaking in the next decade. The first made song sco... Read more
Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford 1893-1979, American movie actress, b. Toronto, Ont. In 1909 she began working with D. W. Griffith . Specializing in playing young girls, she was dubbed "America's Sweetheart." Her films include A Poor Little Rich Girl (1917), Pollyanna (1919), Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921),... Read more
American Film Institute
American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide work grants for new and established filmmakers, and to increase recognition and understanding of th... Read more
George Abbott
George Abbott 1887-1995, American theatrical producer, director, and playwright, b. Forestville, N.Y. He began (1913) in the theater as an actor and, during a career that spanned eight decades, was celebrated as a coauthor, director, or producer of more than 100 Broadway plays, including The Fall ... Read more
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn , 1882-1974, American film producer, b. Warsaw, Poland. Goldwyn arrived in the United States in 1896, and with Jesse L. Lasky and Cecil B. De Mille he organized the Jesse Lasky Feature Photoplay Company, coproducing The Squaw Man (1913). In 1916 he formed the Goldwyn Pictures Corp... Read more
Joshua Logan
Joshua Logan 1908-88, American theatrical and film director and writer, b. Texarkana, Tex. He directed several successes in New York, including Knickerbocker Holiday (1938) and Annie Get Your Gun (1946). Later he was director, producer, and coauthor of Mr. Roberts (1948), South Pacific (194... Read more
Pierre Cardin
Pierre Cardin , 1922-, French fashion designer. He spent most of his early years working in Paris for such firms as Schiaparelli and Dior . He designed the costumes for Jean Cocteau 's film Beauty and the Beast (1946). At first known as a designer of expensive clothing, he produced his first r... Read more
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett , 1884-1960, American movie director and producer, b. Danville, Que. In 1909 he began working for D. W. Griffith at the Biograph Company, and in 1912 he organized his own Keystone Company. Sennett's films, rarely more than one or two reels long, were slapstick comedies noted for their... Read more
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polyethylene , widely used plastic . It is a polymer of ethylene , CH 2 [symbol]CH 2 , having the formula (-CH 2 -CH 2 -) n , and is produced at high pressures and temperatures in the presence of any one of several catalysts , depending on the desired properties for the finished product. Polyet... Read more
Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty (Henry Warren Beatty) , 1937-, motion picture actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, b. Richmond, Va. An eminently bankable star, the handsome, charismatic, yet oddly elusive leading man made his film debut in Splendor in the Grass (1961). His reputation as a Hollywood Don Ju... Read more

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film industry
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...was a corresponding growth in film-making and for the first decade British producers were very successful, establishing...Nevertheless only 15 per cent of films released in Britain were of...characteristic of the British film industry in the decade following...saturation that by 1926 British ...
Film
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...in Cairo. Their first film, Layla (1927), made with an Egyptian producer, director, and cast, is the first Egyptian film. By the 1950s the Egyptian film industry was the most...in Cairo, began making films as early as 1953 and continues...
SIC 2671 Coated and Laminated Packaging Paper and Plastics Film
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...and sheets, except foil and film, for flexible packaging uses...packaging paper and plastics film, not specified by kind, represented...Massachusetts was the leading producer, followed by Tennessee, Wisconsin...primarily active in flexible film packaging, was one of the leading...
Producers, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Producers, The (2001), a musical...x2010;out theatrical producer Max Bialystock ( Nathan Lane...That Face; I Wanna Be a Producer; We Can Do It. A smash...x2010;time tradition, The Producers boasted outstanding performances...Hollywood, beginning with his film The Producers in 1968. ...
Lucas, George
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...for his work on the film in exchange for rights...follow — up films). Lucas made $500...companies to manage his film empire. In 1980 the second film in Lucas's trilogy...Lucas was the executive producer (one who pays for the...story. Still, all three films together brought ...
Movie Rating
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...restricted, the pornographic film industry voluntarily labels its films X or XXX in an effort to increase...members, views approximately 600 films a year, discusses each film's content, and chooses a...identities secret to prevent film producers and studios from attempting...
Thomas Ince
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and changed the way in which films were made. Because many westerns...Ince was also changing the way films were made in other ways. Previously...picture, but Ince put the producer in charge of the film from inception to final product...other directors to make all the films that needed to be ...
Otto Preminger
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...bombastic Austrian-born film director and producer Otto Preminger (1906...countless stars in dozens of films from the 1930s through...single specialty, but his films ranged over a wide variety...over all aspects of his films. Early Years Preminger...he directed his first film, Die ...
Weber, Lois
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...highest paid directors in the film industry. Weber was a prolific...filmmaker; in the early silent film era, when the art and business...emerging medium as a director, producer and writer. However, today...For modern audiences, her films offer little, if any, entertainment...which Weber toiled, ...
Martin Scorsese
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...literature and other stories. Film director Martin Scorsese...with movies. He watched films on television and attended...entered the prestigious Film School at New York University...You Murray! won the Producer's Guild Award for best...strongly autobiographical film about an ...

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Hitler: Ein Film aus Deutschland
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers HITLER: EIN FILM AUS DEUTSCHLAND (Hitler: A Film From Germany; Our Hitler) West...rgen Syberberg Production: TMS Film (Munich), WDR (Cologne), BBC...minutes. Released 1977. Executive producer: Harry Nap; screenplay: Hans...
Film D'Amore e D'Anarchia
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Released 1973. Filmed in Italy. Producer: Romano Cardarelli; screenplay...later. The remainder of the film takes place in a Roman bordello...Tripolino. The climax of the film takes place on the day appointed...for venereal disease. The film ends with Tunin's execution...that outpouring of Italian ...
Zanuck, Richard D.
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...quality effort). If the producer is as invisible to the...was brought up in the film business, where his...later an independent producer, a man who very forcefully put his mark on the films made under his auspices...Zanuck fought for the film's length, its expensive...procedure for making ...
Levine, Joseph E.
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...independent motion picture producer than Joseph E. Levine...system of independent producers feeding distributor...of high-grossing films of the 1960s including...on the fringe of a film industry then dominated...out The Graduate, a film that cost less than...oriented blockbuster ...
Foreman, Carl
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Final Fury ) (Goldstone) Films as Producer/Executive Producer: 1959 The Mouse That Roared...High Noon (screenplay), in Film Scripts One, edited by George...Summer 1961. Journal of the Producers of America, December 1968...Paris), February 1969. Films and Filming (London), November...
Elfman, Danny
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Darkened Theater (1990); film composer, from 1980...Horror, and Fantasy Films Saturn Award for Best...Batman Returns (+ music producer); Buffy the Vampire...Instinct ; Sleepy Hollow Films as Actor: 1977 Hot Tomorrows...as himself) Other Films: 1998 Pyscho (music...Listening to Movies: The ...
de Grunwald, Anatole
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...writer at Two Cities Films; 1946—formed...MGM. Award: National Film Award for "the best...13 January 1967. Films as Producer and Writer...Paris (Parry) Films as Producer: 1943 The Demi-Paradise...which other English producers too quickly assumed...the best-loved war ...
Justin, George
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers JUSTIN, George Producer and Production Executive...documentary and industrial films shot in the U.S...Service, International Film Foundation, and Southern...Secret, 1955; co-producer (with Leo Kerz and...x2013;1975; associate producer, production supervisor...Pictures, supervising all ...
Havelock-Allan, (Sir) Anthony
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1, England. Films as Producer: 1935 The Price...naturally into his first film assignment, to...director, and later producer, he was destined...the outstanding film producers of the Golden Age of British films. Besides introducing...
Vachon, Christine
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers VACHON, Christine Producer. Nationality: American...University. Career: Worked odd film jobs to learn the trade while...of production company Killer Films, 1996. Awards: Frameline...Achievement, New York Women in Film and Television, 1996; Producer...Awards, 1999. Address: Killer Films, ...

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Top US independent film producers: six producers participated in films with total budgets of $200m+.(Focus)
Newspaper article from: Screen Digest; 10/1/2005; 700+ words ; ...most profitable for US films, whereas PG-13 accounted...2004, while seven producers earned over $300m...Passion of the Christ Producers and budgets The leading US producer in 2004 was Scott Rudin...have taken the top 20 producers in terms of total budget...Territories USA Sectors ...
China needs outstanding film producers, official says
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 2/2/2007; 544 words ; ...needs to resurrect its producer system and find a new generation of producers who are politically...state took over all the film studios and copied...control of homemade films. The studio director and film director system was...more outstanding film producers," He said, ...
Movie Moguls Speak: Interviews with Top Film Producers
Magazine article from: Film & History; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Interviews with Top Film Producers. McFarland, 2005...What do you do as a producer?" In one interview...reflect that different producers do different things...Kevin Smith met in film school and began making...feels that as Smith's producer, it is his job to...not cover all of the ...
Film producers' taxing problem
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 5/17/2004; ; 572 words ; ...united under the umbrella of Film Producers Association of Malaysia...happened,especially when film festivals are around the corner. Recently, two producers complained about paying the...PFM. As a result, their films have been disqualified from the 17th Malaysian Film Festival (FFM) ...
Kerala film producers to strike from August 1
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 5/30/2007; 561 words ; ...days. The president of the producers guild said that the cost of...Rs.18 lakh more to make a film. A joint council meeting will...season, which may effect the film industry. Last year, the Kerala film industry did more than Rs...used to thrive with nearly 160 films being released annually. ...
The alchemist Many film producers make money some even win Oscars, but few make great art. Jeremy Thomas has done the lot. Neil Norman meets a very British maverick
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 9/3/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...establishment." Many independent producers ally themselves exclusively...David Mackenzie and his 2003 film, Young Adam. He is, as Tim Adler writes in his book The Producers, that rare thing among the breed: an "auteur" producer. "People don't credit producers with an The hit: the ...
Visual Champagne Gives New Film Producers Movie Art Fundamentals and a Free Nikon.
PR Newswire; 5/5/2008; 700+ words ; ...But for first-time film producers, the process can be daunting...the toast of first-time film producers, the photography...digital camera to first-time film producers," stated Willie...design." For those new to film production, the workshop is...thousands of dollars on first ...
SERBIAN FILM PRODUCERS GO TO CALIFORNIA TO GET HOLLYWOOD TO COME TO SERBIA
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/4/2009; 700+ words ; ...release: The Association of Film Commissioners International...possibilities for where to film everything from feature films to television commercials...the first time, the Serbian film industry joined this 'must...that gathered TV and movie producers from the largest production...the ...
Mum's the word for Scots film producers; Named after a piece of computer hardware and with a superstar's mother as co-founder, McDongall Films is making its mark in movies, writes Brian Pendreigh
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 8/31/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...These days most independent producers start with a low-budget...McGregor and Cutting are co-producers of the $15 million ((pounds...McGregor is no stranger to film sets, of course. "I've...schoolteacher. "Being a producer is fantastic." They hope...their company, McDongall Films, into a ...
Arizona bills would offer incentives to lure film producers.
Newspaper article from: AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ); 3/15/2005; 700+ words ; ...Tucson-based independent film producer, got Carradine to star in...offering tax incentives for film producers in an effort to compete with...Louisiana in landing Hollywood films. But Turner thinks that becoming...only way to generate a local film community that draws tourists...