‘It’s a rough ride,’ cautions Toronto’s Showline Studio president Peter Lukas after 24 years of weathering the highs and lows of the stage rental industry. ‘There’s a lot of turbulence in this business and many studios go down. It’s survival of…

Arriving at the new address of William F. White, one wonders if it’s the right place, as the fleet of ubiquitous white trucks ­ one of the hallmarks of the company ­ is nowhere in sight at the as yet signless…

Electropolis Studios, an ambitious venture between Salter Street Productions, Citadel and Cochrane Entertainment, will open its doors in Halifax Nov. 1, vying for work with Imagex’s Cinesite Studios, and other smaller Nova Scotia studios also pushing ahead with expansion plans. The…

There is such a critical need for studio space in Vancouver that no vacant building is safe from the big lights, set builders and cameras of the 30-odd film and television crews working every day here this summer….

The Canadian film industry was still in its infancy in 1957 when Herb Alpert and ‘Sammy’ M. Jackson-Samuels decided that although they were few in number, Canadian cinematographers needed an organization to promote and foster their craft….

‘If it’s not in the catalogue, make it,’ says Mark Irwin csc/asc, the Canadian cinematographer whose credits include The Fly, Scream and Vampire in Brooklyn (Paramount) and who now calls Hollywood home….

THE BRIEF…

Lacewood Productions has until July 28 to reveal its plan to repay Paragon Entertainment’s $2.4 million investment. In January, Paragon announced plans to increase its stake in Lacewood to 75% from 50% and advanced the funds to the studio. When the…

A week behind crtc hearings, there are few questioning the commission’s approval of Baton Broadcasting’s merger with Electrohome or its asset swap with chum….

Spy Films is no doubt thinking ‘hat trick’ as the Toronto-based shop scored again in the second annual Saatchi & Saatchi/Playback First Cut Awards for new commercial directors with its very own Jeff Eamer winning top honors….

A few years ago actor Michael Moriarty was called to a meeting with u.s. Attorney General Janet Reno. He thought it was a photo op ­ ‘Attorney General meets da from Law and Order.’…

Three more specialties and a new $77.9 million in the Canadian programming kitty as the cable companies stack Space: The Imagination Station, Outdoor Life and Home and Garden Television Canada in the tier three lineup of new fall specialties….