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FilmLEX lead Lisa Brin said her Lexington office offers “concierge hospitality” to indies and has eliminated any red tape, including streamlining the collaboration of police, fire, parks, or hotels.
Author: Brian Welk
Date: December 19, 2024
Michael Gilkison, a Lexington, Kentucky-based filmmaker whose latest project, "The Finish Line," is on Amazon's Prime Video, said a free AI app helped create a scene where a car was crushed.
Author: Geoff Weiss and Lucia Moses
Date: December 15, 2024
Kentucky passed an incentive program in 2022 offering fully refundable production tax credits worth up to $75 million total or $10 million a project. Its second-largest city, Lexington, recently hired the entertainment marketer Lisa Brin, a Lexington native, to help persuade studios to shoot there.
Author: Lucia Moses
Date: November 14, 2024
What’s your favorite scary movie? If you’re a Kentucky queer, that answer may soon be “Horrified,” a meta-horror comedy on track to film in Bowling Green and Lexington next year.
Author: Missy Spears
Date: November 14, 2024
Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (King Richard) and Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight franchise) have wrapped on Liz Here Now, a new indie drama from director Sterling Macer Jr. Shot in Lexington, KY, the film is based on the novel of the same name by Todd Connor.
Author: Matt Grobar
Date: October 21, 2024
Lexington’s convention and visitor’s bureau has just launched Film Lexington, a team and resource hub led by Hollywood marketing exec Lisa Brin to promote Kentucky’s incentive program launched in 2022 and help producers on the ground.
Author: Jill Goldsmith
Date: October 15, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Lexington's convention and visitor's bureau, VisitLEX, has launched Film Lexington (FilmLEX), a film and entertainment team and resource hub led by industry veteran Lisa Brin, to market Kentucky's competitive entertainment incentive program.
Author: FilmLEX
Date: October 10, 2024