Paul Bales

Who Needs Sleep?

It’s really only the first full day of the Cannes Film Festival and I’m already exhausted. It didn’t help that I couldn’t sleep on […]

Here’s to the REAL Low Budgets!

I meant to write this during “Awards Season,” but I got so busy preparing my acceptance speech for Best D.P. Necomer at the AVN

Don’t Mess with Texas

Darrien and I are in Texas for the SXSW Festival and Film Trade Show. Austin is a really cool town (and, I’m told, the

Not Dead Yet

We haven’t given up on this newfangled “blog” thingy. We’re just lame. We had hoped to file numerous reports at the Sundance Film Festival…

Holy S*** Batman!

Last night we attended the 2006 Gotham Awards, the event that celebrates New York independent filmmaking and kicks off the awards season. As usual,

To Market

For the fifth year in a row SAGIndie has programmed a panel at the American Film Market in Santa Monica, CA.   The AFM is

Scott Gives Good Booth

I’m posting this photo to prove that Scott did more at the IFP Market than just binge drink and try to pick up girls.

Rocky Mountain Hi

I’m sitting in the lobby of my hotel, looking out at the snow-capped peaks of the Rockies. Not a bad way to spend a

Reality Bites

Anyone who’s ever seen a so-called “reality show” being made knows that reality has nothing to do with these productions. They were taping one

Incentives Anyone?

There is a story in today’s Los Angeles Times about States with progressive tax incentives designed to keep production in the United States. Programs

Producers Conference Wrap-Up

Sorry it’s taken so long to post. I ate those mushrooms I found growing in the forest in Utah and the next thing I

Summer in Sundance

I’m in Utah again for the Sundance Producers Conference. As you may recall, I was here a month ago and it was snowing. Now

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