Glenn Gainor of Screen Gems Cares About Shooting in California
I recently met and interviewed Glenn Gainor for a documentary film that I am making about the side effect that movie work is having on our local and state economy here in California.
When a friend knew that I was looking to talk to people in our industry that still cared about shooting in California, he told me that I had to talk to Glenn Gainor ( Look out for  interview clips with Glenn soon).
Glenn went to film school Cal State Northridge in California.
Starting at the bottom, Glenn worked on set on a “few” movies before he became the head of physical production at Screen Gems ,which is on the Sony lot in Culver City.
A recent quote by Glenn: “We (Screen Gems) are committed to reviving that tradition of producing films in Los Angeles, where we can draw upon a deep pool of talented people who are happy to be working at home”.
“We are building a family with many people collaborating with each other on different projects.”
He also cites the unique support infrastructure in the city, including stages and the backlot at the studio  (Sony lot) equipment rental companies and labs and post-production facilities.
Glenn will be honored 4 times in the next month from the following organizations:
Friday April 23rd at 10:00 AM
The Los Angeles City Council is honoring Glenn and 7 other filmmakers who have kept their productions mostly in LA and the surrounding area.
Jim Horwitz, Deputy for Councilman Bill Rosendahl, CD 11 (Pacific Palisades) will be coordinating the event.
Wednesday May 5, 2010 at 7:30 PM
The Department of Cinema at California State University, Northridge
honors its top senior film projects at an annual gala screening event thrown at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in North Hollywood.
They will honor successful alumni with the presentation of the CSUN Cinematheque Award.
Saturday May 15th at 11:00 AM The Palm Springs Women in Film will have Glenn speak at their monthly lunch.
Friday May 21st at 9:00 AM
Councilmember Bernard Parks would like to publicly thank Glenn in his City Council Chambers for his support with the Million Trees LA program.
By clicking on Stage 23 you can see a video with Glenn describing the new “Green” stage and the reconstruction that was done to make it “Green” and more cost effective.
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