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23 Emmy noms? Interview: Margie Cohn, head of DreamWorks TV.

As anyone in the animation industry, and indeed anyone who follows the world of film and animation knows, an Emmy Award nomination is always to be celebrated. Multiply that by 23, and you can imagine the party-like atmosphere happening at DreamWorks TV, after the news they were nominated for daytime Emmys in a wide variety …

The Women of “Kung Fu Panda 3”: Girlpower in the World of Animation

Originally posted and featured on Indiewire and Cinema Siren.   The announcement of a new president of Oriental DreamWorks came just as the release of  Kung Fu Panda 3 is happening simultaneously in China and the US. Their choice is a woman, Melissa Cobb, the producer of all three films in the wildly successful franchise.  She …

Lots of video interviews with movie directors and artists

Today you’ll notice that we’ve added several posts of Cinema Siren’s video interviews with movie directors and artists. Keep in mind that not every interview is filmed, so if your interest has been piqued you can read the written interviews at ArtInsights Magazine. In fact, links to all of the  reviews and interviews can be found in …

Interviews with Film Artist John Alvin

Interviews with famed movie poster artist John Alvin, where he discusses his inspiration for the many poster one sheets he created in his 35 year career, with Cinema Siren Leslie Combemale. For images of his work go to www.johnalvinart.com. For more film art, www.artinsights.com. This video is part 1 of 4. Be sure to check out part 2, …

Steve Chorney: Cinema Artist

Steve Chorney and Leslie from ArtInsights talk about the movies he worked on, how his career got started as a cinema artist, working on many 80s movie posters, and the current state of the business. Steve Chorney is one of a select few in Hollywood hired to create comps for some of the most well …