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Outsider Writers: Four Not-in-LA Grad Programs in Screenwriting

Jared M. Gordon interviews graduate program directors at schools in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Illinois, and Nevada.

March 26th, 2013 | Jared M. Gordon
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Hollins was a great fit for Gordon when he was a student.

Jared M. Gordon is convinced that studying screenwriting outside of NY or LA can greatly benefit budding scribes. He spoke to graduate program directors at Carnegie Mellon University, Hollins University, Northwestern University, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to gather facts and substantiate his theory.

You don’t have to spend your whole savings and attend a graduate program in Los Angeles or New York to learn screenwriting. In fact, could a program, unshackled from geographic proximity to Hollywood, actually be a unique and advantageous experience for its students?

Film-Friendly State: Shooting in Illinois

Chicago has served as a backdrop for a number of films...but as Jennifer Sheffield found out, Illinois has a lot more to offer than just a pretty skyline.

February 22nd, 2010 | Jennifer A. Sheffield
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The Chicago skyline...one advantage of shooting in Illinois. (Photo credit: Stuck in Customs, flickr.com)

In the third installment of The Independent's Film-Friendly State series, we explore the indie ins and outs of Illinois, including tax breaks, the infamous skyline, and why Central Illinois is the next cinematic hot spot -- no, really.

In her role as managing director of the Illinois Film Office, Betsy Steinberg spends a lot of time talking with filmmakers on both coasts and overseas. “In Chicago, and around the state, the abundance of looks is never-ending,” she says. “Every filmmaker says it is the most under-photgraphed place in the movies.”

Distributor FAQ: Facets Multi-Media

July 1st, 2003 | Jason Guerrasio
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What is Facets?
Facets Multi-Media is an arts organization based in Chicago, Illinois. We also have the world’s largest and most unique collection of foreign, classic American, independent, experimental, documentary, cult, fine arts, and children’s videos and DVD’s. The Facets collection represents over fifty thousand individual titles.

Q&A with Milos Stehlik of Facets Multi-Media

How this distributor looks for "great films that have fallen through the cracks"

July 1st, 2003 | Jason Guerrasio
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What is Facets?

Funder FAQ: The Playboy Foundation

December 1st, 2000 | Michelle Coe
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What is the Playboy Foundation?
The Playboy Foundation is not a foundation, but in fact an operating department and charitable giving program of Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI).

Who makes up the Foundation?

Distributor FAQ: Video Data Bank

July 1st, 1998 | Lissa Gibbs
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What is the Video Data Bank?

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