Getting films made is never an easy task. But Dan Halperin at Epiphany Pictures has been making some fundamental changes to his approach for his new movie. "Sweet Home Chicago is a feature film based upon the award winning short story Blight by renowned writer Stuart Dybek," explains Halperin, one of the creators and producers of the Emmy winning series Picture Windows for Showtime. Last year, Halperin and his Epiphany Pictures partner Scott … [Read more...]
Producer Eric Gozlan of Goldrush Entertainment and the independent film “Beautiful Boy”: Distribution of a Movie
by The U.S. National Archives Article by Mark There is no single most important job for a movie producer. Rather, what is the most important job AT THIS POINT in the project?Before the project even reaches the embryonic stage, the producer must find a great idea and turn it into an even greater proposal. He has to ensure that the evolution of the idea results in a package that he can now use … [Read more...]
Indie Film Producer Errors and Omissions Insurance
by State Library of New South Wales collection Article by Sid Kali Errors & Omissions Insurance (E & O) acts like a shield to help protect indie film producers from a lawsuits dealing with copyright infringement, using music without proper permission, chain of title issues and a lot of other lawsuits that can come up when distributing a movie.Without E & O insurance most film … [Read more...]
Christopher Mallick: Innovative Film Producer
by The Library of Congress Texas-born and current Los Angeles resident, Christopher Mallick is the founder and owner of Oxymoron Entertainment, one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and next-generation minded production company’s headquartered in Los Angeles. Leveraging over 30 years of success in various business ventures, the ambitious entrepreneur brings a refreshing approach to the Television and film development process by … [Read more...]