I am so impressed with what this organization has done for women -- by women -- in the film industry. And it all started at home, with an idea amongst friends having dinner. For a city like Houston, these are important conversations to be having. We affect change faster as a team of like minds. We are all in this together.
Read MoreOne of our favorite yoga masters in Houston Texas, is the transcendental Pam Johnson. Together we created not only a film, but ultimately an immersive experience performance event. This short, inspirational film, featuring the Pam’s velvety and unbelievably deep breath and slow movement, is an elegant study of light and breath, honoring the technique and style of Bill Viola’s timeless video art. Both the film and performance were created to capture and inspire awareness about our constant companion, the breath. It is the essence and integrity of the ancient healing practice of yoga, as well as our innate human capacity to create and manage our internal spaces.
Read MoreMost of us don't often have opportunities to engage in meaningful conversation about our life's work. When we do have the chance, with an embracing group of like-minds, it can be used as both a purposeful endeavor to share all the things you love about your career path, and also a time to reveal some of how the industry's sausage is made.
Read MoreTrying something new and creative sometimes means opting for the surprise of lo-fi and vintage style. This was a very special production that was quick and exciting. And we got a hilarious reminder of what it used to be like in the days when we still had a video tape transfer step, before post production could commence.
Read MoreSimone is the most rewarding celebrity athlete talent to work with. She is game for anything, is the consummate professional, and is also a sincerely nice person.
Read MoreThe ultimate expression of surrealism in music. This was a tremendous effort under the leadership of Executive Producer Nathan Scherrer and the ultimate Music Video Director ever — Dave Meyers. The most collaborative creative experience ever, and what a great locations backdrop for Houston Texas. A very long song, a lot of just jaw-droppingly stunning talent, production design, locations and scenes.
Read MoreOne of our favorite music videos was half live action and half paper animation. Shot in 2015 for Runaway Sun’s lead singer and song writer Andrew Karnavas, we are always happy to watch this film. Produced and directed by Lynn Birdwell, shot by Raul Casares, animated by Brandon Ray, and edited by Matt Holicek, everyone loved the music and the story. Happy to hear the band recently reunited to play together, and to see where their individual careers have taken them.
Read MoreUnions, studios, major universities and global organizations now offer courses which are available for crew to become educated and certified in protecting everyone on set. This era marks the emergence of the new crew position: COVID Compliance Officer. As the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing the disease COVID-19 continues to spread and evolve globally, the film industry works diligently to continually seek and employ better methods and safer solutions to working as a team on a film set together.
Read More2nd.MD, a leader in Telemedicine, required a web and mobile video produced, to introduce their on-line agent “Gabi,” a virtual assistant, who will streamline consultation services with human doctors and nurses to remotely-located 2nd.MD clients.
Read MoreFor the gig economy, the effects from a recession versus the coronavirus pandemic are very different. If it were just a recession, we would just lose corporate and industrial work, for that time period. But with COVID-19 infecting people in groups, there is less chance of any productions continuing since film production is really a team sport. So, how do we continue moving forward.
Read MoreThe Houston Creative Endowment, a non-profit 501(c)3, is dedicated to preserving, protecting, developing, fostering, and supporting the creative industry by focusing on the film and television production industry in Houston, Texas.
Read MoreAs a New Yorker working in the arts sector in Houston, Houston Cinema Arts Society Artistic Director Jessica Green sits down with Lynn Birdwell to discuss how Houston’s diversity can help build the next great global film city.
"There are obviously a lot of challenges, there's a lot of infrastructure challenges, but there is so much potential to develop film production in Houston...We do have a long way to go, but the further we can get, the more we're going to tap into this potential, and it's really, like, endless what could happen here around developing a real film industry."
Speaking from the first-ever Black Media Story Summit at the DeLux Theatre in Fifth Ward, she also talks about the power of film and its healing process for black filmmakers and audiences.
Read MoreFilm is a team sport. It takes a range of professionals to collaborate in making a film -- set designers, wardrobe, directors, producers, art directors. Everyone comes from different backgrounds and have different passions, yet all can come together to create something beautiful and well done.
This week in the Bird Feed blog, we continue our series of Creatives in Houston and how these successful professionals took different career paths into the creative industry, and what the next generation should learn from them.
Read MoreFilm Finance Seminar Houston moved to Fall 2020, date to be announced. Houston Creative Endowment, Bird House Productions and FilmPro Finance are deeply encouraged by the strong public response to upcoming The Film Finance Seminar Houston 2020, and are looking forward to hosting the first ever film finance event of this caliber in Houston.
Read MoreFilm is a team sport. It takes a range of professionals to collaborate in making a film -- set designers, wardrobe, directors, producers, art directors. Everyone comes from different backgrounds and have different passions, yet all can come together to create something beautiful and well done.
This week in the Bird Feed blog, we continue our series of Creatives in Houston and how these successful professionals took different career paths into the creative industry, and what the next generation should learn from them.
Read MoreFilm is a team sport. It takes a range of professionals to collaborate in making a film -- set designers, wardrobe, directors, producers, art directors. Everyone comes from different backgrounds and have different passions, yet all can come together to create something beautiful and well done.
This week in the Bird Feed blog, we continue our series of Creatives in Houston and how these successful professionals took different career paths into the creative industry, and what the next generation should learn from them.
Read MoreFor the first time ever, the Bayou City will host Film Finance Seminar Houston in the Fall of 2020. This event is an initial step towards establishing Houston as a profitable location to develop films and television productions.
Film Finance Seminar Houston is part of a larger initiative to develop a profitable film arts industry in and around Houston and serves as the next major step in building the Houston creative economy through film.
Read MoreFilm is a team sport. It takes a range of professionals to collaborate in making a film -- set designers, wardrobe, directors, producers, art directors. Everyone comes from different backgrounds and have different passions, yet all can come together to create something beautiful and well done.
This week in the Bird Feed blog, we talk to successful professionals on different career paths to see how they got their start in the creative industry and what the next generation should learn from them.
Read MoreTemple Northrop, Director of the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication, University of Houston, sits down with Bird House Productions Lynn Birdwell to discuss his strategic plan on how UH is building upon their current program to establish the county's leading film production program at the university level. He also calls for working industry professionals to help him reach his goal of training the next generation of A-list talent.
Read MoreThe City of Houston and Houston Independent School District (HISD) recognize the importance of the arts in education. The newly created Mayor's Office of Education works with schools to prepare students through workforce development and training, including in the film industry.
"There are some amazing programs at the elementary, middle school and high school level for young people to have an opportunity to experience what it's like to be in the film and the arts as a career. You have some places that have full-fledged studios that are operated by young people, and they write, produce, edit, and learn cutting edge technology that they're able to use and have access to," reports Juliet Stipeche, Director of the Mayor's Office of Education.
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