‘Jersey Shore’ director casts net for Mass. natives

‘Jersey Shore’ director casts net for Mass. natives

By Tenley Woodman Boston Herald The Inside Track April 13, 2010 From one of the guys behind MTV’s “Jersey Shore” comes the next great reality TV sensation – “Massholes.” Casting director Doron Ofir, the man credited with discovering the “Jersey Shore” cast, said...
Hollywood shops in Duxbury when it needs movie material

Hollywood shops in Duxbury when it needs movie material

Behind the seams on screen By Rich Fahey Boston Globe April 11, 2010 DUXBURY — Suzanne Boucher’s job involves cutting fabrics, but she also knows what it’s like to end up on the cutting-room floor. Experience has told Boucher that even when a movie company buys her...
Weymouth town council approves script for movie tax credit

Weymouth town council approves script for movie tax credit

By Ed Baker GateHouse News Service April 9, 2010 Weymouth — The town council has voted 9-0 to urge local state representatives to keep a $125 million tax credit incentive for producers to make motion pictures in Massachusetts. Councilors approved a resolution by Vice...

Production workshop comes to Boston

Since 1984, Tom Kane has taught Film and Video production to hundreds of students from around the world. He created “The Line Producer, Assistant Director & Unit Production Manager Workshop” for The Maine Media Workshops in Rockport, Maine, where he has...
Hollywood shops in Duxbury when it needs movie material

Will Boston be TV star?

By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein Boston Globe Staff March 31, 2010 There’s a long history of television shows that take place in Boston. “Ally McBeal.’’ “Boston Legal.’’ “Cheers.’’ And now J.J. Abrams’s series “Fringe.’’ But as we all know, most of those...