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Producer Dino De Laurentiis first came to Wilmington to film Firestarter, which was released in 1984. [3] He would later create De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG), build a studio complex (operated by a subsidiary called the North Carolina Film Corporation [4]), and found its headquarters in Wilmington; the film studio began releasing films ...
For years, British camera wizard Joe Dunton was a prominent member of Wilmington's film community and ran the Joe Dunton & Co. camera shop, or JDC, on 23rd Street in Wilmington.
In September 2006, Commissioner Bill Arnold retired after 26 years of service to North Carolina's film industry. [25] The North Carolina Film Office is now part of the NC Department of Commerce's Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development. Aaron Syrett (former Director of the Utah Film Commission) was hired as Director of the North ...
Long story short, in 1983 "Firestarter" became the first major motion picture shot in the Wilmington area. By the time "Firestarter" was released on May 11, 1984, De Laurentiis was building what ...
Entertainment industry labor unions use the studio zone to determine per diem rates, work rules, and workers' compensation for union workers. For example, entertainment works produced within the area are considered "local" and workers are responsible for paying for their own meals and transportation to work sites; those outside the zone are considered "on location" and the studios are ...
Last month, during Wilmington's 29th annual Cucalorus Film Festival, dozens of festival attendees and film industry workers showed up for an event at the new DuntonCine Studios on North 23rd Street.
It is one of the largest film festivals in the U.S. South and recognized as a destination film festival for indie filmmakers. [1] MovieMaker magazine recognizes it as "one of the coolest film festivals in the world", and "one of 50 film festivals worth the entry fee". [2] [3] The Brooks Institute named it one of the top ten film festivals in ...
The downturn comes on the heels of a record year for the film industry in 2021, when $416 million was spent in N.C., most of it in Wilmington.