Is the Film Industry 'Imploding'? Indiewire's Influencers Respond For the occasion of the first Indiewire Influencers list, a survey of 40 people and companies impacting the direction of the film industry, the Los Angeles Film Festival hosted a panel in downtown Los Angeles on Monday night sponsored by DIRECTV and Loyola Marymount University - Los Angeles featuring several people from the list. The hour-long conversation opened with a recent news hook: A ...
June 18, 2013 - indieWIRE
Law On Film Tax Called Positive With a film tax incentive now on the books, the Nevada film industry may not only grow but thrive. Last year, JR Reid, owner of JR Lighting and a leader in the push for incentives, said the state's lack of them over the years had caused a gradual erosion
June 18, 2013 - Las Vegas Review-Journal
In Film Buying and Selling: Too Much Insider Information, Not Enough Data In his latest post for his Filmonomics blog, Slated Editorial Director Colin Brown makes the argument that the film industry needs to make more of its data available so that filmmakers -- and their distributors and sales agents -- can make more informed decisions on what kind of return other films have seen. He also shows off data that proves there's no clear correlation between budget and ...
June 17, 2013 - indieWIRE