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Phil Klapwyk
Omnifilm adds production, business development execs
The Vancouver-based prodco has hired industry veterans Nicole Shizuka Oguchi and Phil Klapwyk to help build its “value proposition” as a producer of “projects of any size and scope.”
More testing issues temporarily close down productions in Vancouver
With increasing demand for COVID testing causing a slower turnaround time, a number of service productions have had to shut down as cast and crew await results.
Resolution to COVID testing dispute paves way for B.C. production restart
The Good Doctor will resume production later this month after the BC Council of Film Unions reached an agreement with Sony Pictures TV, while negotiations for other series continue this week.
Production demand swells in Vancouver as U.S. reopening plans falter
Consistently low COVID-19 numbers have paved the way for a late-summer production restart, as networks and studios begin to find workarounds to COVID-19 insurance issues.
Production spend in B.C. up 31% in 2017/18
While the province hosted more than $3.4 billion in production across the year, more spending is anticipated as Apple, Facebook Watch and Disney set up productions in Vancouver.
B.C. industry expecting higher volume of U.S. business in 2018
“From the major studios to the streaming services, everyone is projecting more activity going into 2018,” said Creative BC’s Prem Gill, following a trade mission to L.A.
New studio to be unveiled in Langley, B.C.
The 128,000 square-foot Martini Film Studios will open its doors for business on May 1.
Legion, Lucifer leave Vancouver for California
In the short term, the shift in production will cost the B.C. city approximately 400 crew jobs.
Crew numbers surging in B.C.
With production continuing to boom, the province’s IATSE local has been looking for out-of-the-box solutions to the crew crunch.
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