NEW YORK LOUNGE AT SUNDANCE 2013
(January 29th, 2013) Each year the New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture and Television Development creates a pop-up NY Lounge during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT. This year's Lounge took over the Willie Holdman Gallery and used the...
PATRICK GALLO: The Buffalo Boardwalk Empire Connection
(December 17th, 2012) Patrick Gallo was born and raised in Buffalo. In the 1980s as one of the pioneering Buffalo Skateboarders in the Elmwood Village, Pat started to exercise his creativity through extreme sports, before performing in his first musical at Lafayette...
HALFWAY HOME W.N.Y. PREMIER: Friday, January 18th, 2013 Seneca Niagara Events Center
(November 30th, 2012) U.S. Army Silver Star and Purple Heart recipient SSG Tommy Rieman, a Wounded Warrior from Charlotte, NC along with one of the most highly decorated Vietnam War Veterans in New York State Stephen T. Banko III of Buffalo; local businessman...
BUBBLE GIRL FILMING BEGINS
(November 13th, 2012) Buffalo filmmaker Peter McGennis used the Dann Memorial Ice Rink at North Buffalo's Nichol's School to re-create a “Fall Classic” Squirt Major Championship for the opening scene of his new feature film entitled Bubble Girl this past Monday....
WEREWOLVES IN BUFFALO: Ward’s Island Wraps
(October 9th, 2012) A brand new airport, a legendary art deco train terminal, and array of other choice location assets allowed Buffalo and Niagara Falls to represent New York City, paved the way for over a month of local production with werewolf thriller...
MODEL HUNGER CONSUMES BUFFALO
(July, 27th, 2012) She's been described by Horror Movie Magazine Fangoria as the "First Lady of Fear", but upon her entry to Buffalo City limits this month legendary horror actress Debbie Rochon takes on the role of director with feature film "Model Hunger". ...
WALLENDA’S WNY PRODUCTION IMPACT
(June 18th, 2012) In the United States alone over 13.1 million viewers (100 Million Internationally) witnessed the beauty and grandeur of Niagara Falls throughout the world thanks to the ABC News special "Megastunts – High Wire Over Niagara Falls" featuring Nik...
PRODUCTION SPOTLIGHT: The Wake Up
(April 15th, 2012) Along with supporting larger projects like feature films and network television production in Western New York, the Buffalo Niagara Film Office alsolends it support to the future of the our industry as with Buffalo Native Kameron Wood and his short...