411 Creatives
411 Creatives represents Storyboard Artists, Concept Illustrators, Character Designers, Animators, Matte Painters and 3D Artists. Please check out our website at www.411creatives.com to review the talent we provide for feature films, tv, commercials, animation companies, advertising agencies and the gaming industry.
• 310.568.2733 • info@411creatives.com • web site

Alliance of Artists' Communities
A nationwide consortium of organizations which offer artists time and space for working. the Alliance publishes a directory of artists' colonies ($18.95 plus shipping) that includes two-page profiles on individual communities. the directory also includes dozens of listings for residential programs accepting film and video makers, screenwriters, as well as artists working with digital imaging. Contact: AAC, 255 South Main Street; Providence, RI 02903
• (401) 351-4320 • FX: (401) 351-4507 • web site

American Academy in Berlin
Residencies for screenwriters
• (212) 588-1755 • FX: (212) 588 1758 • nyoffice@americanacademy.de • web site

American Academy in Rome
Residencies for film and video makers, and digital imaging.
• (212) 751-7200 • web site

American Photo Restoration
Photo Restoration and Coloring of Old Photos, and the restoring of faded color photographs.
• (323) 461-3009 • amerphoto@ix.netcom.com • web site

Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
Located in Red Wing. MN. Offers residencies for film directors, screenwriters and digital imaging.
• (651) 388-2009 • web site

Anderson Ranch Arts Center
Located in Snowmass Village, CO, offers residencies for artists working with digital imaging.
• (970) 923-3181 • web site

Art/Omi International Arts Center
Art Omi International Arts Center works to further communication and exchange among writers, musicians, and visual artists by offering international working residencies in a peaceful country setting. Art Omi advances the scope of traditional artists' retreats by introducing our residents to gallerists, publishers, critics, agents, curators and collectors who help them cultivate valuable career-networking opportunities.
• 212-206-6060 • FX: 212-206-6114 • artomi55@aol.com • web site

Arts Center/South Florida
Located in Miami Beach, FL, offers residencies for artists working with digital imaging and for film and video makers.
• (305) 674-8278 • mailto:info@artcentersf.org • web site

AS220
Located in Providence, RI, offers residencies for film and video makers.
• (401) 831-9327 • web site

Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers
AIVF is a 30-year old national trade association based in New York City, providing support to individual media artists and producers. Established by a group of inependent filmmakers, AIVF is the largest national organization representing independent media artists working at all levels across all genres. AIVF members number over fiv thousand individuals (from students to Academy Award winners) and 350 businesses across the country.
• (212) 807-1400 • members@aivf.org • web site

Atlanta Screenwriters Group
Founded in 1998, the Atlanta Screenwriters Groups is one of the largest screenwriting groups in the Southeast. The mission of the Atlanta Screenwriters Group is to help local screenwriters develop their ideas, give support, swap industry stories and give constructive feedback for their work. The group is also interested in supporting and developing a relationship with local filmmakers and providing a forum for them to talk about their projects and help find support for them. Visit our website for more information or to become a member.
• info@atlscript.org • web site

Awe and Mystery Productions
We are a consortium of experienced, award-winning filmmakers and media professionals who have a passion for the medium. Film is our expression, and it's been good to us. And now we want to give something back. We're located in a small town in the Northeast where living expenses are ridiculously low. Within easy driving distance of New York, Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia, we offer the same high-quality production services found in large metropolitan areas at a very small fraction of the cost. We'll give you free room, and pay your traveling expenses. There's 24/7 access to editing, too. Hi Speed Internet and WiFi, free nationwide phone service, FTP Server, Cable TV, pool table and large film library. Immerse yourself in your film or documentary. Contact us now for a quote. Equipment: Production Canon XL2 Panasonic AG-HVX200 Lowel lights Wireless, Shotgun and Lapel Mikes Editing: Avid Express Pro Final Cut Pro Sound: ProTools Digi200 YamahaDM200 Mixing Console Genelec Monitors Services: Production Editing High End DVD Authoring Graphics 5.1 Sound Mixing Voiceover Studio Recording
• 866-578-9748 • tony@aweandmystery.com • web site

Blue Mountain Center
Located in Blue Mountain Lake, NY, offers residencies for screenwriters, film directors, digital imaging, and film and video makers.
• (518) 352-7391 • web site

Bogliasco Foundation
The Bogliasco Foundation/Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities, located i New York City, offers residencies for film and video makers.
• (212) 940-8204

Border Art Residency
Located in Anthony, NM, offers residencies for film and video makers.
• (915) 747-5181

Byrd Hoffman Foundation/Watermill Center
Offices in NYC and Watermill, NY. Offer artists and film and video makers the opportunity to work with acclaimed theater director Robert Wilson.
• (212) 253-7484

Capp Street Project/CCAC Institute
Located in San Francisco, CA, offers residencies in digital imaging and for film and video makers.
• (415) 551-9210 • web site

Centrum
Located in Port Townsend, WA, offers residencies to film directors, screenwriters and artists working with digital imaging.
• (360) 385-3102 • web site

Cinema Libre Studio
CINEMA LIBRE STUDIO offers one-stop shopping to independent filmmakers in unique 6500' sqf studio in LA area. Services include: production offices, co-financing, post-production and distribution. Special offer for indie filmmakers – digital transfer to 35mm film rates begin at $275/minute!
• (818) 349-8822 • FX: (818) 349-9922 • bportello@cinemalibrestudio.com • web site

CineWomen NY
CineWomen NY is a grass-roots volunteer-run, non-profit organization that supports and encourages women in the film and entertainment industry. For more information or to become a member, visit our website. Membership is open to men and women; 203 members.
• 212-604-4264 • info@cinewomenny.org • web site

Debi Hammack - Storyboards & Concept Art
Six years experienced knowledge of sequential art and film techniques. Versatile, time conscious, passionate and dedicated. I'm always open for creative discussions in order to produce a final product that matches or exceeds your vision. Specialize in storyboards and concept art, specifically for feature films, television, video games, and comic books...all genres welcomed.
• 301-942-8153 • debi.hammack@gmail.com • web site

Desert Film Society
The purpose of the DFS is to enhance and to develop appreciation for film and to preserve and share knowledge about film. Such activities provide a powerful platform for artistic expression, cultural understanding, opportunities for its members and others to view, enjoy and discuss film together and to learn about the craft of making films.
• (760) 772-2999 • BEFromm@aol.com • web site

Djerassi Residents Artists Program
Located in Woodside, CA, the DRAP provides residencies for screenwriters and artists work with digital imaging.
• (650) 747-1250 • web site

Doghaven Center for the Arts
Located in Three Oaks, MI, DCA provides residencies for film and video makers.
• (847) 424-9224

Dorland Mountain Arts Colony
Located in Temecula, CA, the DMAC provides residencies for film directors, screenwriters, and film and video makers.
• (909) 302-3837 • web site

Edward F. Albee Foundation
The Edward F. Albee Foundation's William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center, in New York City, provides residencies for screenwriter and film and video makers.
• (212) 226-2020 • web site

Experimental Television Center
The Experimental TV Center, in Newark Valley, NY, provides residencies for film and video makers.
• (607) 687-4341 • etc@experimentaltvcenter.org • web site

Exploratorium
The Exploratorium in San Francisco offers editing facilities and equipment access, as well as residencies, to film and video makers.
• (415) 561-0309 • web site

Filmmakers Alliance
Filmmakers Alliance is a community of film artists bound together by a commitment to realize the full creative potential of independent film. FA supports its members in bringing humanity, authenticity, diversity, originality, intelligence, relevance, personal vision and emotion to American cinema. FA also hosts monthly meetings, screenings, seminars, discussion forums, writers groups and staged readings. We facilitate a unique mutual support system where members share time, energy, equipment and most importantly creative support on one another's work from concept through distribution. 274 members
• 818-980-8161 • info@filmmakersalliance.com • web site

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
The Fine Arts Work Center offers residencies to artists working with digital imaging.
• (508) 487-9960 • web site

Frameworks
Frameworks represents a large variety of illustrators for your film production needs. Specializing in Storyboard Artists, we also represent Concept Illustrators, Production Design Illustrators and 3D Artists.
• 323-665-7736 • info@frameworks-la.com • web site

Gell Writers' Center of the Finger Lakes
Gell Writers' Center of the Finger Lakes/Writers & Books, in Rochester, NY, offers residencies to screenwriters.
• (716) 232-1070 • web site

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Hallwalls, in Buffalo, NY, offers residencies in digital imaging for film and video makers.
• (716) 835-7362 • web site

Headlands Center for the Arts
Located in Sausalito, CA, the Headlands Center offers residencies for screenwriters, film and video makers, and in digital imaging.
• (415) 331-2787 • web site

Hedgebrook
Located in Langley, WA, Hedgebrook offers residencies for screenwriters.
• (360) 321-4786

Hollywood North
Hollywood North helps actors, models, photographers, casting directors and talent agents communicate more efficiently with each other. Actors and models have the ability to create personal portfolios which include photographs for the talent industry to access. Hollywood North offers a variety of benefits to its community and refreshing content that keeps pace with the entertainment industry.
• 423-454-3516 • hearty_benz81@yahoo.com • web site

Independent Women Filmmakers
Formed in Park City during the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, IWF is a non-profit organization that provides a casual and connective network for members to freely share information about their films and screenings, discuss general and technical filmmaking topics, support each other in the creative process, communicate needs and offer talent. For more information or to become a member, visit our website. 127 members
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John Michael Kohler Arts Center
The Arts/Industry Program at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, located in Sheboyan, WI, offers residencies for film amd video-makers.
• (920) 458-6144 • FX: 920-458-4473 • tcinealis@jmkac.org • web site

Kala Institute
The Kala Institute in Berkeley, CA, offers residencies in digital imaging.
• (510) 549-2977 • web site

Kalani Oceanside - Eco Resort
Located in Pahoa, HI, the Kalani Oceanside - Eco Resort offers residencies to screenwriters, film and video makers, and in digital imaging.
• (808) 965-7828 • web site

Levy Creative Management
LCM is an artists’ agency that represents fine artists and commercial artists & illustrators. LCM represents national and international award-winning artists who have exhibited and presented their work in motion pictures, galleries and in print worldwide. LCM represents artists who work in all facets of both the fine and commercial art world and have artists who create artwork for industries ranging from movie sets & props, movie/theater & entertainment posters & promotions, editorial, publishing, record companies, children’s books, advertising, corporate & design and more. The styles represented in LCM’s group range from photo realistic oil paint to abstract painting, graphic & retro art, silkscreen & printmaking, 3-D digital art & 3-D illustration, collage, to caricature design.
• (212) 687-6463 • FX: (212) 661-4839 • info@levycreative.com • web site

Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group
The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (LAFCPUG) is the world's largest FCP UG with other 4,500 members world-wide. We meet once a month at the Gallery Theater in E. Hollywood, CA. We are dedicated to meeting the learning needs of filmmakers who have chosen to use Apple's Pro-App tools.
• 818-717-0758 • FX: 818-717-0758 • michaelh@lafcpug.org • web site

MacDowell Colony
Located in Peterborough, NH, Macdowell is the oldest and largest artist colony in the U.S. Offers residencies to film and video makers, and to screenwriters.
• (212) 535-9690 / (603) 924-3886 • FX: (212) 737-3803 / (603) 924-9142 • info@macdowellcolony.org • web site

Marek Trochan
Stunt for Hollywood, Action Film Academy, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Beny the Jet Martial Arts School
• 347-543-2138 • actor@marektrochan.com • web site

Mary Anderson Center for the Arts
The Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, in Mount Saint Francis, IN, offers residencies to directors, screenwriters, and film and video makers.
• (812) 923-8602

Medicine Wheel Artists' Retreat
The Medicine Wheel Artists' Retreat, in Groton, MA, offers residencies to directors, screenwriters, and film and video makers, and in digital imaging.
• (978) 448-3717

Miami Beach Film Society
Membership ranges from $50-$25,000. Information about festivals and screenings available on the web-site.
• 305-673-4567 • info@mbcinema.com • web site

MicroCinema Magazine
MicroCinema Magazine is the Internet's premiere online microcinema database and your #1 source for everything "micro." Micro budget filmmakers, talent, crew and independent bands/musicians use our site as a building tool to further their craft, to network with others and to submit their work for review.
• 207.740.7790 • webmaster@microcinemamagazine.com • web site

Midwest Independent Film Festival
The nation's largest monthly film festival, presenting audiences with the finest independent cinema in the Midwest every first Tuesday of the month. Founded in 1999, it is a non-profit organization. Volunteers are always wanted.
• 312-642-4222 • mac@midwestfilms.com • web site

Millay Colony for the Arts
The Millay Colony for the Arts, located in Austerlitz, NY, offers residencies to screenwriters, film and video makers, and artists working in digital imaging.
• (518) 392-4144 • web site

Montana Artists Refuge
Located in Basin, MT, the Montana Artists Refuge offers residencies to screenwriters, film and video makers.
• (406) 225-3500

Moxie Films
ATTENTION WRITERS! DEADLINE AUGUST 31, 2003 LATE: SEP. 30. / EXPOSURE / CASH / PRODUCTION OPTION. The 6th Annual NEW CENTURY WRITER AWARDS SCREENPLAY & STAGE PLAY 2003. NCWA was established to help recognize the quality stories as written by emerging writers, provide cash awards, and bring awareness of the best of these writers to the attention of producers and agents. NCWA (Est. 1997) and MOXIE FILMS (Est. 1995) have joined forces to find top 10 new works in each category and reward writers with $10,000 in cash prizes, & a 12 month film/stage production option. Selected scripts/writers are showcased at our Industry Reading Series held at Moxie's stage theaters. DEADLINES: 8/31/03 Late: 9/30/03 http://www.moxie-films.com or http://www.newcenturywriter.org
• (212) 982-5008 • tal@moxie-films.com • web site

Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts
The Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, located in Nantucket Island, MA, offers residencies to film directors, screenwriters, and film and video makers.
• (508) 228-9248

New York Filmmakers Cooperative
Begun in 1961, NY Filmmakers Cooperative is an artist-owned and operated experimental film society. Number of Members: 880
• 212-267-5665 • film6000@aol.com • web site

Northwood Univ., Alden B. Dow Creativity Center
Northwood University, Alden B. Dow Creativity Center, in Midland, MI, offers residencies to film directors, screenwriters, film and video makers, and artists working in digital imaging.
• (517) 837-4478

Ocularis
Ocularis is a non-profit group that was established in 1996 as a rooftop film series, but is now a vibrant screening venue and platform for local film/video makers.
• 718-388-8713 • web site

Olympia Film Society
We are interested in expanding engagement with film and in developing our insights into filmmaking and filmmakers. Our mission is to enhance film appreciation within the community by promoting alternative films and by aiding and encouraging the development of allied arts. Membership fees range from $20-$500.
• 360-754-3635 • web site

P.S. 1 Contemporary Arts Center
P.S. 1, in Long Island City, NY, offers residencies for film and video makers and artists working in digital imaging.
• (718) 784-2084 • web site

Palm Springs International Film Society
The Palm Springs International Film Society is a 501 (c) (3) charitable non-profit organization whose mission is to cultivate and promote the art and science of film through education and cross-cultural awareness. With a year-round program of screenings and special events, the PSIFS hosts two major annual festivals, and presents bi-monthly screening of contemporary international films, many with the directors, screenwriters or producers attending for post-screening Q&A's.
• 760-322-2930 • info@psfilmfest.org • web site

Peanuts Independent Films
WE ARE AN INDEPENDENT FILM COMPANY We provide locations, permission letters, actors, fixers, producers, technical staff, and translators. Our company has been working form more then 10 years.and we have work for WORLD BANK, CNN NEWS, MALYSIALIN FILM COMPANY.GERMEN FILM COMPANY and many PAKISTANI film companys
• +92 321 812 7617 • FX: +92 81 400 2255 • arthameed@yahoo.co.uk

Phoenix Film Society
The Phoenix Film Society is a community organization founded to support independent film appreciation in the Valley of the Sun.
• 602-955-6444 • office@phxfilm.com • web site

Pike's Peak Writers' Retreat
The Pike's Peak Writers' Retreat, in Cascade, CO, offers residencies to film directors and screenwriters.
• (719) 684-0953 • web site

Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
PICA, in Portland, OR, offers residencies to film directors and film and video makers.
• (503) 242-1419 • web site

Post Mortem Studio Rentals
Post Mortem Studio Rentals is a prop house that specializes in medical and death related props. Cemetery, Mortuary, morgue, and hospital standing sets on premises, as well as a custom fabrication studio. A vast inventory of authentic autopsy instruments, caskets, and medical equipment, as well as replica skeletons, corpses, and tombstones.
• 310-575-5666 • pmsrla@yahoo.com • web site

Ragdale Foundation
The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL, offers residencies to screenwriters.
• (847) 234-1063 • web site

Red Cat Productions
Red Cat Productions specializes in music for film, television and advertising.
• 724-382-1435 • FX: 412-774-2840 • info@redcatproductions.net • web site

The Saltwater Film Society of Midcoast Maine
The Saltwater Film Society is an active group of movie-lovers who get together regularly to plan inspiring film events - and digress often into animated discussion (and impromtu reviews) or movies, acting, direction, screenplays, cinematography, special effects and vintage cartoons. We are a non-profit organization that welcomes all involvement. For more information or to become a member, visit our website.
• 207-596-6856 • info@saltwaterfilmsociety.org • web site

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, located in Otis, OR, offers residencies to film directors, screenwriters, and film and video makers.
• (541) 994-5485 • web site

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Located in New York, Skowhegan offers residencies, editing facilities and equipment access to film and video makes.
• (212) 529-0505 • web site

STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, in Pittsburgh, PA, offers residencies to film directors, screenwriters, and film and video makers. Also editing facilities and equipment access.
• (412) 268-3454 • web site

Sundance Institute
Offers residencies to screenwriters and directors, with access to equipment and editing facilities.
• (310) 394-4662 • web site

Tryon Center for Visual Art
Tryon Center for Visual Art, located in Charlotte, NC, offers residencies to screenwriters, and artists working with digital imaging. Editing facility and equipment access available.
• (704) 332-5535

Uncross Foundation Residency Program
Uncross Foundation Residency Program, in Clearwater, WY, offers residencies to film directors, film and video makers, and artists working in digital imaging.
• (307) 737-2291

Villa Montalvo
Located in Saratoga, CA, offers residencies for screenwriters, film and video makers.
• (408) 938-0438 • web site

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, in Sweet Briar, VA, offers residencies to screenwriters and artists working with digital imaging.
• (804) 946-7236 • web site

Walker Woods
Located in Atlanta, GA, offers residencies to screenwriters.
• (404) 634-3309

Women in Film & Television/Florida
Women in Film & Television - Florida (WIFT-FL) is charged with building positive images of media-makers, both women and men; empowering them to achieve their highest professional and creative potential; and helping create more job opportunities throughout the State of Florida (with a primary focus on Central Florida).
• 407-422-7159 • info@womeninfilm.org • web site

Women in Film and Video
Women in Film and Video (WIFV) of Washington, D.C., is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the professional development and achievement for women working in all areas of film, television, video, multimedia and related disciplines. WIFV supports women in the industry by promoting equal opportunities, encouraging professional development, serving as an information network, and educating the public about women's creative and technical achievements. Part of Women in Film and Television International (WIFTI). Visit the website for more information and membership. Number of Members: 1200
• 202-429-9438 • exec@wifv.org • web site

Women in Film and Video of Maryland
Women in Film and Video of Maryland, Inc., is an all-volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to educating, mentoring and promoting individuals in radio, film/video, television, multimedia and related disciplines. United in making the highest quality productions available, we are the professionals, students, organizations and dedicated women and men who support, envision, write, direct, participate in and produce independent films, movies, TV series, documentaries, industrials, multi-media, commercials, radio, print ads and more. We are the talent, cast, crew, location managers and production people that make visions come to life.
• 410-685-FILM (3456) • membership@wifvmd.org • web site

Women in Film/Atlanta
Women in Film Atlanta is a Georgia-based non-profit organization affiliated with other national and internation Women in Film, with an emphasis on education, advocacy and networking. Membership in Women in Film Atlanta is open to women and men working in or studying film, video, media arts and related fields. Visit our website for more information.
• 770-621-5071 • info@wifa.org • web site

Women in Film/Seattle
Founded in 1990, Women in Film Seattle is a non-profit organization of professional women dedicated to helping our members reach their goals by offering support through networking and skill-building opportunities. Our website shares news, feature articles and information resources and professional contacts to advance our membership toward their goals. For membership information, visit our website.
• wifsea@drizzle.com • web site

Women's Art Colony Farm
Located in Poughkeepsie, NY, offers residencies to film directors, screenwriters, and film and video makers.
• (845) 473-9267

Woodstock Guild's Byrdcliffe Arts Colony
Woodstock Guild's Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, in Woodstock, NY, offers residencies to screenwriters.
• (845) 679-2079 • web site

The Writer's Colony at Dairy Hollow
Located at the site of a former inn, the Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow provides temporary residencies for working writers, supporting and protecting their creative process.
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Writers' Center at Chatuaqua
The Writers' Center at Chatuaqua, in Western New York, offers residencies to screenwriters.
• (716) 483-0391

Yaddo
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY, offers residencies to film directors, screenwriters, film and video makers and in digital imaging.
• (518) 584-0746 • web site

Yellow Springs Institute
Located in Chester Springs, PA, offers residencies to screenwriters.
• (610) 827-9111

The Young Filmmakers Society
Our mission is to educate and promote young filmmakers, supply them with the means to creative expression, and to foster growth in their work. We also organize the annual Reel Talent Film Festival.
• reeltalent@young-filmmakers.org • web site