Sentences with phrase «film business»

This exciting, inspiring experience led me to believe — wrongly — that I could easily venture into the traditional film business and become a director or editor.

This week, Grunebaum responded to the midwives» study via Twitter, making sure to tag Ricki Lake, the producer of the pro-home-birth film The Business of Being Born.

Movies and participants profit, and hopefully keep alive the small section of the serious film business for grownups (mostly foreign made films or independently financed films) alive.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first installment of The Hunger Games franchise, The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn — Part 2, Now You See Me, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Warm Bodies, Snitch, Texas Chainsaw 3D, The Expendables 2, The Possession, Sinister, Arbitrage and Pantelion Films» breakout hit Instructions Not Included, the highest - grossing Spanish - language film ever in the U.S.

Kodak invented digital imagery, but didn't want to bring it to market and kill its profitable film business.

In «FYC,» the subject isn't so much the movie industry (Guest already made the best American dissection of the contemporary film business back in 1989 with «The Big Picture») as the awards and publicity industry.

But instead of commercializing the breakthrough, the company sat on it for decades for fear of cannibalizing its lucrative film business.

This humanitarian aid worker attracted the famous mentor and launched a virtual reality film business acquired by Verizon AOL.

Revenue from Viacom «s film business increased 24 % to $ 758 million in the quarter from a year earlier.

Wang has been the biggest Chinese dealmaker in the U.S. film business, buying Legendary Entertainment — one of the producers of «Jurassic World» and «The Dark Knight» — and U.S. cinema chain AMC Entertainment Holdings.

I have a couple of friends who are doing an international film business MA at the London Film school that looks really interesting.

(This gesture evokes Coogler's own desire to bring film business to Oakland as an alternative to crime.)

It's a good thing Fox has those American Idol revenues to support its ailing film business.

«Peter is one of the most talented executives in the industry and I'm confident that under his leadership, Focus will become even more of a force as the specialty film business continues to evolve.»

Lovelace claimed Traynor had forced her to take part in pornography by holding a gun to her head, and was violent towards her - she then became a famous anti-porn campaigner saying her time in the adult film business had ruined her life.

Teenagers clamour to see each new episode while box office analysts, after shaky recent times in the global film business, look to the films to provide a major end of year boost.

Green's company is a signal of the tectonic shifts rippling across the landscape of the independent film business.

The documentary feature goes on to reveal that film studio TriStar Pictures were jonesing to get in on the still - lucrative slasher film business, made popular by Halloween, Friday the 13th, and more, and they jumped at the chance to buy the rights to Silent Night, Deadly Night.

Providing a fan's - eye view of the studio, with an emphasis on director Hayao Miyazaki, she shadows the iconic filmmaker as he goes about his daily routines and films business meetings and press conferences.

What if you are looking at an industry in secular decline, such as the photo film business (think of how Kodak (EK: NYSE) has fumbled, or, worse, Polaroid), fixed - wire phone service companies, or the newspapers?

The luxurious hotel will host a function for 50 film officials, representatives and community supporters next week (Thursday 10th of December) including New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister and local Queenstown MP Bill English as they gather to pitch for continued support and new film business for the destination.

The Mentawai Islands have been the playground of surfing, dominating the surf film business since it finding back in the late 80's.

Disney already had the characters it needed to sell toys and T - shirts, the classic movies to resell on video, and a booming live - action film business.

The land deal for a proposed 1.9 - million square - foot digital media and technology campus in Parker — touted by Gov. John Hickenlooper last summer as a potential stepping stone toward growing a «more mature film business» in Colorado — has fallen through.

He earned a law degree from Dalhousie University in 1977 but eventually decided to jump into the film business with his writer - director brother, Paul.

«We are glad to finally put this matter behind us and look forward to refocusing all of our attention back on our film business,» Red Granite said in a statement.

TV's stability is important too because the economy can wreak havoc with the film business.

Canada's dominant movie distributor had had a couple of solid years and, with the film business finally turning around after the post-2008 slump, the investors saw a window to cash out.

Going back to the failure of Kodak (there are many, but we'll focus on one), looking back now, everyone and their mom knew that digital would crush the film business, especially Kodak.

Disney isn't the only movie studio looking to incorporate virtual reality into its film business.

«We've watched this happen to director Lexi Alexander and screenwriter Julie Bush when they published their respective exposes on sexism in the film business,» they added, referring to blog posts by Alexander and Bush that risked backlash (and blacklisting) by taking the entertainment industry to task.

Netflix grabbed a record eight Oscar nominations on Monday, signaling that the streaming service's film business has started to overcome what some critics have called an «anti-Netflix bias» in Hollywood and among Oscar voters.

The president and CEO of Cineplex Entertainment has been in the film business for more than 25 years.

«Hirai's background is in the entertainment divisions, and we're seeing him begin to successfully manage the music and films businesses,» Kiyoto Utsumi, an analyst at Tachibana Securities Co., said prior to the release.

But her chance meeting with a tech pioneer inspired her to try a new formula that could change the film business: crowdfunding with a cryptocurrency akin to bitcoin.

When a friend's son (who was, so tragically, dying from an incurable illness) made a wish: to meet Luke Skywalker, it fell on me — the only person the dad knew who worked in the film business — to make a call.

The fact that I just learned that after 35 years in the film business — we aren't going back.»

Max India announced yesterday that it has sold its bi-axially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film business to German firm Treofan for 5.4 bn rupees (US$ 97M) following months of speculation.

It was at a fundraiser for my local women's clinic that I saw the film The Business of Being Born.

I, Danielle Repp, think the film The Business of Being Born is a dangerous piece of propaganda full of misinformation.

The film business in Western New York has had a very busy 2017 so far and the last quarter of the year is on track to maintain that level of activity.

that's just the honest reality if you want to look professional (and especially if you work in the film business)

At this point I'm looking into breaking into the film business I don't think it's ever to late to start!

Been working in the film business over ten years.

Ten years ago I moved to LA to work in the film business.

Though adolescents are the most desired demographic in the film business today, it's not often that movies imaginatively, intelligently dive into what it's like to be one.

Of course, a filmmaker needs a script, and David swipes one from one of his neighbors, Toni Edelman (Mary - Louise Parker, who is trying to get her own foot in the door of the film business).