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Dreaming Beyond ‘Dallas’

March 1, 2022March 11, 2022 Greg Nielsen 0 Comments (S)hit Squad, business, entertainment, Event Horizon Films, film, filmmaking, Harry Hunsicker, Jonathan Brownlee, Park Cities, preston hollow, Torfoot Films

Filmmaker wants North Texas to create more than commercials, corporate films

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Romcom Screenwriter Got Her Filmmaking Start at Parish

January 4, 2022January 13, 2022 Josh Hickman 0 Comments Alex Yonks, arts, Candy Coated Christmas, Dallas International Film Festival, film, filmmaking, Life, Parish, Parish alumni, Parish Episcopal, Park Cities, Pioneer Woman, preston hollow, Ree Drummond

Young filmmaker Alex Yonks, whose new holiday romcom Candy Coated Christmas features Ree Drummond of The Food Network’s Pioneer Woman, got her ambitious start at Parish Episcopal High School.

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By Opening His Heart, an SMU Grad Hopes to Open Your Mind

November 8, 2021November 9, 2021 Todd Jorgenson 1 Comment arts, Caged Birds, Christian Menace, film, filmmaking, Fred Leach, Kamil McFadden, Life, Park Cities, preston hollow, SMU, SMU alumni

Growing up Black in the Texas suburbs, Fred Leach felt the effects of magnified stereotypes, social isolation, marginalization, and unconscious biases.
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Border Western a Passion Project for Filmmaking Allyn Siblings

January 6, 2021February 1, 2021 Todd Jorgenson 0 Comments Community, Conor Allyn, David Barraza, film, filmmaking, Jake Allyn, Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, No Man’s Land

Conor and Jake Allyn have collaborated on almost a dozen films over the past decade, but few have been as close to their heart as No Man’s Land.

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Lights, Camera, Action at Camps

May 10, 2018November 15, 2019 Cynthia Mendez 0 Comments Camp, Camps, filmmaking, Funimation, KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts, Studio, summer camp

Her actors’ studio is turning 40, a Dallas institution, but Kathy Tyner wonders: Do people know we’re here? “Really, we’re

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Directors of Dunk

July 22, 2015November 15, 2019 Meredith Carey 0 Comments Armstrong Simms, Basetball, filmmaking, Highland Park High School, Trick Shots, Youtube

[pullquote-left]Siblings grow viewership for trick-shot vids[/pullquote-left]Armstrong Simms is getting accustomed to the attention. “My brother the other day was getting