Well, if you didn’t get a chance to watch the footage of PREDATORS at SXSW here it is! Check out this highly anticipated look at producer Robert Rodriguez’s new take on the PREDATOR series.
Shot on location under Rodriguez’s creative auspices at the filmmaker’s Austin-based Troublemaker Studios, and directed by Nimród Antal, “Predators” stars Adrien [...]

Here at Short Film Texas we do not typically post personal posts, but this is actually a video for anyone who is creative. Michael Giacchino, composer for the film Up and Oscar winner for Original Score for the same movie, is a very fortunate man; his family, his whole support team throughout his life [...]

If you want a primer on the frustrations of Hollywood filmmaking, just ask Tom Huckabee, who didn’t see his dream film, Carried Away, come to fruition until he returned to North Texas. The film will premiere Feb. 6, 2010 in Mississippi at the Oxford Film Festival, about 20 years after Huckabee wrote the original script.
Huckabee’s [...]

East Texas Filmmakers Society (ETSFS) Gathers East Texas Talent in Longview.

Hollywood may be making a move towards the lone star state, courtesy of a group in East Texas. With grand film ideas already in their heads, it was the first meeting of the East Texas Filmmakers Society (ETSFS) at Longview’s Maude Cobb Activity Center.
“What we’re [...]

This coming Sunday, El Paso, Texas native Director Ryan Piers Williams’ will debut his feature film, “The Dry Land,” at the Sundance Film Festival. Congratulations to Ryan Piers Williams and the entire cast and crew of “The Dry Land.”
Having worked on several films previously, including “Tape,” “Ocean’s Twelve,” and “Ocean’s Thirteen,” “The Dry Land” is [...]

The Rise And Return Of The Independent Film.

The month of January takes its name from the Roman god Janus, the “god of the doorway,” and every year, for a whole new crop of independent films and filmmakers looking for an opening, this couldn’t ring more true. It’s a time when Hollywood’s movers, shakers and soon-to-be [...]

Dallas Film Society Under New Management.

The Dallas Film Society (DFS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Tanya Foster to the position of CEO/President of the Dallas Film Society and to the newly-created position of Executive Director of the DALLAS International Film Festival (previously the AFI DALLAS Film Festival). In her role, Foster will be [...]

Film Company Breaks Ground on San Antonio Studios and Filmmaking Center.

A San Antonio film company broke ground Tuesday on a development that’s planned as a San Antonio filmmaking center and tourist attraction. Executives for SAF Studios say they are ready to begin construction on a 20,000-square-foot soundstage, the first phase in a studio complex [...]