CINE Interviews

CINE Interviews Rob Henninger

For our most recent "Master Class", CINE Board Member Mark Finkelpearl interviews longtime CINE sponsor Rob Henninger, the President and CEO of Henninger Media Services - Washington, D.C.'s premier post-production company. Join us here to listen to this insightful interview with a pro whose career has spanned a period of dramatic changes in industry technology and the market.

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CINE Interviews Marvin Hamlisch

For the latest in our Master Class Series, CINE interviews a true "singular sensation" - composer Marvin Hamlisch. Join us to hear the conversation about music, composing for Broadway and film, his iconic songs from The Way We Were and A Chorus Line, and more from this thoughtful and gifted musical legend.

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CINE Interviews Rick Allen, CEO of SnagFilms

CINE has entered a distribution partnership with SnagFilms, the innovative online distribution system and only broadband platform dedicated to bringing documentary films to a wide audience over the internet. CINE Board Member Mitch Praver sat down with SnagFilms CEO Rick Allen to discuss the origins of SnagFilms, the evolution of web distribution of documentaries, the concept of "filmanthropy" and the upcoming CINE Channel on the SnagFilms website.

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CINE Interviews Pat Aufderheide
July 2008

In CINE's interview with Pat Aufderheide she discusses fair use issues, her advice for young filmmakers, and the nature of documentary and independent film.

CINE Interviews Dan Glickman
February 2008

CINE is proud to continue our new Master Class Series, webcasts of conversations with those who have shaped the media, including legendary filmmakers, journalists, and other personalities . . . many of whom are CINE Golden Eagle Award winners.

Our second Master is Dan Glickman. In 2004, Mr. Glickman succeeded Jack Valenti as Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Mr. Glickman sat down with CINE President Donald Thoms to discuss the purpose of the MPAA, piracy and other issues affecting the film industry today.

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CINE Interviews Ken Burns
November 2007

CINE is proud to present our new Master Class Series, audiocasts of conversations with those who have shaped the media, including legendary filmmakers, journalists, and other personalities . . . many of whom are CINE Golden Eagle Award winners.

We are delighted that our first Master Class is with Ken Burns, the celebrated documentarian. Mr. Burns' first film was Brooklyn Bridge; his first award, a CINE Golden Eagle. More than twenty five years and fifteen Golden Eagles later, he is one of the preeminent documentary filmmakers of his - or any - generation. His latest work, The War, an epic miniseries on World War II, premiered in September on PBS to record ratings and critical praise. Former CINE President Mathew Tombers spoke with Mr. Burns about his passion for history, the state of nonfiction film, and "being accepted into the club" of filmmakers by winning his first Golden Eagle Award.

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CINE Interviews Chubb

Wendy Revel interviews Ken Goldstein, Worldwide Media Liability Manager for the Chubb Group of Insurers, and Joe Fitzgerald, National Manager of Chubb's Entertainment Division, on film insurance and filmmaking as a business.

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CINE Interviews Steven Fischer
February 2008

Steven Fischer won two Golden Eagles in 2007, for Draw the Line: An Animator's Showcase and Freedom Dance. Freedom Dance also received a 2008 CINE Special Jury Award as the Best Independent Documentary Short of 2007. One of his previous films, Silence of Falling Leaves, was nominated for an Emmy. Mr. Fischer has worked independently and on commission in Belfast, Miami, London, Washington and Baltimore. He spoke to CINE Executive Director Wendy Revel about his muse and his acclaimed works in an interview at CINE's Washington, D.C. office.

View below an excerpt of Freedom Dance and hear Steven talk about the making of the film.

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CINE Interviews Bill Simon
February 2008

Bill Simon has been chairing CINE juries for as long as he can remember. He's written over seven hundred short and feature films (really) and several best-selling books on a variety of topics. A member of the Writers Guild, Mr. Simon actively manned the picket lines in support of the recent writers' strike. He spoke to CINE Director of Competitions Betsy Walters about his diverse professional history and the process of chairing a CINE jury.

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