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All-Star National Attention (Top)
                All-Star Locations, Boca Raton, served the location needs of a national Ovaltine commercial produced by Marcus Productions in Delray Beach. The production powers selected one of All-Star’s great-looking homes from their impressive photo library. Lisa Collomb, of All-Star Locations, works tirelessly to bring production to PBC. In the last few years, she has attracted Vogue magazine, Estee Lauder several commercials and print shoots. When not marketing the County, Collomb concentrates on her restaurant, Café Lanotte in Boynton Beach. Check out All Star’s revamped website for a taste of the best of everything,  www.all-starlocations.com.

All-Star Locations....Where the best locations can be found!

Filmmaker Plans a Movie Sized Summer for PBC (Top)
                Local filmmaker and producer Jonathon Clarke will produce Big Red, a new feature to star Christina Applegate in late August or September 2002. The feature film tells the story of a female jockey and will mark Clarke’s second feature experience in Palm Beach County. In 2000, he shot 80% of Sea Ghost Diaries, a spin off of Blair Witch Project right here at home. In his career, Clarke has written for and/or directed actors like Eva Gabor, Rebecca Holden, Jackie Mason and Cliff Robertson. His background is essentially television where he writes and produces documentaries and talk shows for national television. He has recently worked with WXEL on Start Your Own Business and has also produced National Medicine Update, a 13-wk series for public television.

Florida Atlantic University Gets LA Space (Top)
                FAU College of Business's DeSantis Center for Motion Picture Industry Studies was presented an office at the Sony Pictures Plaza in LA, CA. This office is going to be the West Coast Connection starting in May, 2002. FAU is building a pavilion for the DeSantis Center that will include a screening room and various conference rooms. In November 2001, FAU hosted a scholarly workshop for national and international scholars interested in the motion picture industry. This workshop will now be an annual event. For local educational opportunities, go to www.pbfilm.com.

The FTC welcomes  the new Production Manager Mary Bart Houston, a former commercial production coordinator from LA. We also welcome new interns Jason Banguela, Linda Rosendahl,  and Leslie Gould to the team. The interns are available to help on location. Administrative Assistant Maria Vega and Production Manager Kristen Gray will be departing the FTC in mid-April. Good Luck to them!

Film Commissioner, Chuck Elderd
Director of Operations, Michelle Hillery
Production Manager, Kristen Gray
Production Coordinator, Jason Goldman
Location Manager, Jennifer Williams
Administrative Assistant, Maria Vega

Capitol Pictures (Palm Beach) is in discussions with a London studio regarding co-production of the feature film The Man on the Grassy Knoll.  Capitol owns screen rights for the recently revealed journal of the same name, and has the completed screenplay.   In addition, Capitol Pictures has begun fundraising efforts for the feature Lemonade and has raised 50% of the film's budget to date.
www.capitol-pictures.com. 

Models and photographers from all over the world graced the city sidewalks of West Palm Beach and CityPlace for the 2nd annual Supershoot. David Blecman, President of Positive Negatives, Inc., Columbia, MD, started the event last year. Professional models and photographers gather in one location to build their portfolios.