The man who teamed with Michael Douglas to launch Columbia-based production outfit Stonebridge Entertainment died today of cancer in L.A. Peter McAlevey was 58. The Suffern, NY, native was working as a Newsweek entertainment writer when Jeffrey Katzenberg recruited him to the new Disney team. During McAlevey’s tenure there, he partnered with Michael Douglas on Stonebridge, where they produced such films as Flatliners (1990), Double Impact (1991), and Radio Flyer (1992). Outside of Stonebridge, McAlevey also produced the romantic comedy Hard Promises (1991), starring Sissy Spacek and future CSI star William Petersen, which bowed at the Toronto International Film Festival. After Stonebridge shuttered in 1994, McAlevey launched Thunderbrid Pictures, which made such pics as Klash (1995) and the boxing remake Body And Soul (2000). Other credits include Shadow Hours (2000) and the System of a Down docu Screamers (2006). The Columbia University grad, who roadied for the New York Dolls during their 1970s heyday, also produced last year’s horror pic Kill Her,...
- 8/16/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
By Pete McAlevey
Let’s be honest here -- it’s easy to tell the truth about David Ansen, picked last week to be the new artistic director of the annual Los Angeles Film Festival, held every June (right around my birthday … I’m hoping that helps the next time he has to screen one of my movies; he killed my last one!).
Now, truth in advertising: Yes, he killed it (a movie called “Screamers” featuring the No. 1 heavy-metal band in the world, Glendale’s legendary System of a Down.) Still, I can’t say I really blame him for killing it -- ...
Let’s be honest here -- it’s easy to tell the truth about David Ansen, picked last week to be the new artistic director of the annual Los Angeles Film Festival, held every June (right around my birthday … I’m hoping that helps the next time he has to screen one of my movies; he killed my last one!).
Now, truth in advertising: Yes, he killed it (a movie called “Screamers” featuring the No. 1 heavy-metal band in the world, Glendale’s legendary System of a Down.) Still, I can’t say I really blame him for killing it -- ...
- 11/16/2009
- by Lew Harris
- The Wrap
As the 11-day film festival drew to a close, the AFI Fest 2006 juries awarded prizes Sunday to a wide range of international contenders. Taking home the international feature competition's narrative grand jury prize was rookie filmmaker Jasmila Zbanic's Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams, Bosnia and Herzegovina's official entry for the 2006 best foreign language Oscar, starring Mirjana Karanovic (When Father Was Away on Business) as a mother dealing with the Third Balkan War. Strand Releasing is distributing the film in the U.S.
The international documentary grand jury prize went to Mark Verkerk's Dutch-French co-production Buddha's Lost Children, about a Thai Buddhist monk who fights for orphans. Verkerk also received a $10,000 grant from Aquafina.
Winning feature audience awards in a tie were Carla Garapedian's rock activist docu Screamers and Lucy Walker's Tibetan climbing docu Blindsight, plus Swiss filmmaker Fredi M. Murer's narrative film Vitus, about a gifted boy who rebels against his doting parents.
Receiving special mention was the Danish feature from Peter Schonau Fog, The Art of Crying, starring Jannik Lorenzen.
The international shorts competition jury awarded the grand jury prize to Disappearing, directed by American Stefanie Berk, who took home a $10,000 camera package from Dalsa Digital Cinema.
The international documentary grand jury prize went to Mark Verkerk's Dutch-French co-production Buddha's Lost Children, about a Thai Buddhist monk who fights for orphans. Verkerk also received a $10,000 grant from Aquafina.
Winning feature audience awards in a tie were Carla Garapedian's rock activist docu Screamers and Lucy Walker's Tibetan climbing docu Blindsight, plus Swiss filmmaker Fredi M. Murer's narrative film Vitus, about a gifted boy who rebels against his doting parents.
Receiving special mention was the Danish feature from Peter Schonau Fog, The Art of Crying, starring Jannik Lorenzen.
The international shorts competition jury awarded the grand jury prize to Disappearing, directed by American Stefanie Berk, who took home a $10,000 camera package from Dalsa Digital Cinema.
- 11/13/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As the 11-day film festival drew to a close, the AFI Fest 2006 juries awarded prizes Sunday to a wide range of international contenders. Taking home the international feature competition's narrative grand jury prize was rookie filmmaker Jasmila Zbanic's Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams, Bosnia and Herzegovina's official entry for the 2006 best foreign language Oscar, starring Mirjana Karanovic (When Father Was Away on Business) as a mother dealing with the Third Balkan War. Strand Releasing is distributing the film in the U.S.
The international documentary grand jury prize went to Mark Verkerk's Dutch-French co-production Buddha's Lost Children, about a Thai Buddhist monk who fights for orphans. Verkerk also received a $10,000 grant from Aquafina.
Winning feature audience awards in a tie were Carla Garapedian's rock activist docu Screamers and Lucy Walker's Tibetan climbing docu Blindsight, plus Swiss filmmaker Fredi M.
The international documentary grand jury prize went to Mark Verkerk's Dutch-French co-production Buddha's Lost Children, about a Thai Buddhist monk who fights for orphans. Verkerk also received a $10,000 grant from Aquafina.
Winning feature audience awards in a tie were Carla Garapedian's rock activist docu Screamers and Lucy Walker's Tibetan climbing docu Blindsight, plus Swiss filmmaker Fredi M.
- 11/13/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jeff Valdez is joining Maya Entertainment as co-chairman, a title he will share with company founder Moctesuma Esparza. Valdez is the former CEO and chairman of Si TV, the first national English-language network targeting Latinos, which launched in 2004. Maya serves the Latino community through such ventures as Maya Cinemas, Maya Releasing and Maya Pictures. Under the leadership of Maya Releasing's newly named chief operating officer Michael Harpster and president Kevin Benson, it is embarking on its first theatrical release, the documentary Screamers. Maya Pictures has two films in postproduction, while Maya Cinemas has recently broken ground on three theater complexes and has three additional sites in the planning stages.
- 10/11/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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