William Vance (Bill) Arnold, Jr., North Carolina’s first Film Commissioner, died Sunday, August 14, 2011, at the age of 75, at his home in Raleigh. Named to the post in 1980 by then-Governor Jim Hunt, served in that role for 26 years, helping to establish the state’s production credentials, until his retirement in September 2006.
Four of the state’s leading film organizations are among the 325 groups tapped to receive grants from the North Carolina Arts Council in the 2011-12 fiscal year.
While Wilmington is the foundation of the North Carolina film industry, more productions are expanding their locations and filming throughout the state as the new tax incentive continues to prove its worth.
UNCSA Film School Alum Craig Zoebel is one of eleven filmmakers selected for the $1.5 million Cinereach Project at Sundance Institute.
After three years of a nearly limitless film incentive program, Michigan’s governor Rick Snyder instituted a $25 million total annual cap on the program.
At the 13th annual RiverRun International Film Festival, acclaimed actor Michael Shannon received the festival’s Emerging Artist award.
This year’s RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem will host a Work-in-Progress screening of the music documentary “The Wonder Year,” directed by North Carolina native Kenneth Price. CPJ recently caught up with Price and asked him to tell us a little more about his film.
The RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem will host the World Premiere of the documentary feature “The Day Carl Sandburg Died,” directed by Asheville-based filmmaker Paul Bonesteel. We recently spoke with Bonesteel and asked him to tell us a little more about his film.
British born writer/director Erica Dunton has steadily built an impressive resume of films over the past few years while maintaining a strong connection to North Carolina. With her latest film, “to.get.her,” which won a high-profile audience award at this year’s Sundance, set to show at RiverRun, CPJ tossed a few questions her way.
The Wilmington Regional Film Commission announced that the new ABC Family TV movie “Teen Spirit” has opened its production office and will begin filming next month in Wilmington.
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