[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]By Diana Whitten This series of posts highlights some of our local industry talent: on-screen and behind-the-scenes, established and up-and-coming. In June of 2015, the US Supreme Court legalized gay marriage, requiring all 50 states to perform and recognize same-sex marriages. Paving the way to this...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] This series of posts highlights some of our local industry talent: on-screen and behind-the-scenes, established and up-and-coming. Brent Geisler is the producer of Little Women, Jane & Emma, and is currently the 1st AD on Disney Channel's Andi Mack. Brent started in the industry around...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1530139379073{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"] By Stephen B. Strong Settled by Mormon pioneers in the mid-1800s, Kanab, Utah, sits along the highway that links Zion National Park to the Grand Canyon. The majestic landscape circling the city has made this section of the state an important destination...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1524775021924{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"] This series of posts highlights some of our local industry talent: on-screen and behind-the-scenes, established and up-and-coming. Penny Johnson has been working as a script supervisor in Utah since 1985, making this her 34th year. She has worked on many productions, including...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1525278268717{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"] May 25, 1977, saw the US release of the very first Star Wars production, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Written and directed by George Lucas and starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, to name just a...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1524766162364{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"] Sunday, April 22 saw all eyes on Utah as HBO’s Westworld returned to our screens with its anticipated second season. The ten-episode sci-fi-western series returned to film in Utah in 2017, spending an estimated $1 million in state. Season one featured the...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1524282445908{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"] With the annual ‘Earth Day’ celebrated around the world today, what better time to highlight the message of sustainability? The Earth Day Network has become the world’s largest environmental movement, with April 22 marking the anniversary of the first celebration in...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1523306069166{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"] 25 years ago, on April 7, 1993, the popular coming-of-age baseball film, The Sandlot, was released in the US. Shot entirely in Utah during the summer of 1992, filming locations included Glendale, Midvale, Salt Lake City (specifically Sugar House), Ogden and...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1522531975216{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"] This series of posts highlights some of our talented local industry: on-screen and behind-the-scenes, established and up-and-coming. Patrick Hubley is currently the Programming Director at the Utah Film Center. Since 2009, he has overseen all of the Utah Film Center’s public programming,...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPrfjUA8ucE"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1520630680178{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"] Here's What You Need to Know About the Latest Made-in-Utah series, Youth & Consequences. Ogden, Utah, made its web debut this week with the premiere of the anticipated YouTube Red original series, Youth & Consequences. From the producer of Grey’s Anatomy and...