Hello. Welcome to Seven Thoughts, and welcome to what has [somehow] become one of the most widely read articles on film financing on the planet. It’s nice to see you here. My name is Lee Rudnicki, I’m an entertainment lawyer and producer based in LA, and sometimes, Italy. First things first — thank you for attending. […]
This is Fleur, a US/Japanese/Italian short sci-fi film that took one pop star, three countries, three years, seven film festivals, and one major international incident to produce. The film was shot at different frame rates, got stolen in the Midwest, was edited, re-re-edited in Hollywood, re-edited, and then was completely re-envisioned in Italy from square […]
We have a very rude, argumentative, disorganized and chaotic country at times. Our politicians fight like cats and dogs, they almost never get anything done. But despite all of that chaos, despite all of that friction and political hate — somehow, someway, every once in a while, the United States reminds the world of our […]
Next week in Los Angeles … we commence Hollywood/Italy “Movie Camp II” … my colleague and I will take a ton of meetings over the span of one week, concerning motion picture and television projects that will be shot in Italy, in the English language, with US/UK actors (mostly). We’re trying this mission again … […]
Ciao, gatti. Ho scritto questo per tutte le persone che si trasferiscono a Los Angeles da tutto il mondo per “farcela” a Hollywood. Ai fini di questo articolo – “Hollywood” non significa solo l’industria cinematografica e televisiva statunitense, ma anche l’industria musicale, in quanto una percentuale significativa delle persone che si spostano a Los Angeles […]
Ciao, cats. I wrote this for all of the people who move to LA from all over the world to “make it” in Hollywood. For purposes of this article – “Hollywood” not only means the U.S. film and television industry, but also the music business, as a significant percentage of the people who move to […]
As I was walking home tonight, a giant raccoon ran down the sidewalk towards me at full speed. True story. I thought it was going to attack me, I then spent approximately 2.5 seconds of my life contemplating the proper combat stance and technique for fighting off a raccoon. At the last second, the beast […]
The feature film project My Immortal – The Vampires of Berlin has come back to life. Imagine that…
The feature film project Goodbye Blue Sky has come back to life. Imagine that…
