The Minnesota Film and TV Board 2446 University Ave West, St Paul, MN 55114 Phone: 651 645 3600 Fax: 651 645 7373 Fast crew referrals. Give us a call. 
Now in Production
Recently Wrapped
MN Showcase
FILM AND TV ARCHIVES
• Filmography
• TV-ography
TV-ography List Search Made in MN:
Made in Minnesota > Recently Wrapped
Older Than America
Directed by Georgina Lightning
Producer: Christine Walker
The Indie feature OLDER THAN AMERICA, produced by Minnesota filmmaker Christine Walker (FACTOTUM, AMERICAN SPLENDOR) and directed by Georgina Lightning, wrapped principal photography in mid-December. Shot in Carlton County, Minnesota, it stars Adam Beach (FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS) and Bradley Cooper (WEDDING CRASHERS) and is currently in post-production with editors Michael Miller (GHOST WORLD, RAISING ARIZONA) and Clayton Condit (SPLICE HERE.) The filmmakers plan a festival run in fall 2007 followed by a 2008 release schedule. Pictured above are 1st AC Michael Lindquist on location with actors Bradley Cooper and Adam Beach.
| .................................................................................................................. | |
| Top |
Trust Me
Directed by Brandon VanVliet
Restraining Hollywood
a DarK-CoMedY/DraMa/ThriLLer aBouT a LaWyer ThaT GeT's BusTeD FoR a CriMe He DiDn'T CoMMiT & GeT's SenT To TreaTmenT. WhiLe iN TreaTmenT He ReaLiZes He Was SeT uP, So He HiRes a BounTy HunTer To FinD The MaN Who TrieD To DesTroY His Life...DruGs, DraMa, MurDer & MaYheM!!!
| .................................................................................................................. | |
| Top |
Cold Feet
Directed by Ross McNamara
Spilt Step Productions, LLC
Cold Feet is a feature-length screwball romantic comedy set during the week before the wedding of a neurotic atheist to a well-to-do art critique critic. The film channels the fast-paced, banter-filled style of the Hepburn/Grant films from the ‘40s and follows in the footsteps of movies like The Philadelphia Story where everything goes wrong before everything can be set right again. As the engagement of the main characters falls apart thanks to a wacky murder mystery, things spiral out of control for fiances Allen and Carol... and Ted, the ghost that haunts them. To find out more check the website: http://www.coldfeet-themovie.com
| .................................................................................................................. | |
| Top |
The Hagstone Demon
Directed by Jon Springer
Slap Shot Productions, LLC/Cricket Films
Jon Springer's latest horror feature "The Hagstone Demon" starring Mark Borchardt of "American Movie" fame has recently wrapped post-production. Borchardt plays Douglas, an alcoholic writer and caretaker haunted by visions of his dead wife and pursued by supernatural forces bent on revenge for his past deeds. When tenants start turning up dead, Douglas suspects a strange but sexually alluring homeless prostitute named Karna who sleeps in his basement by day and prowls the empty city by night. The pic features the fx talents of local gore masters Mike Etoll and Christian Hanson. The screenplay was written by Harrison Matthews and co-written by Springer, who was recently awarded the McKnight Filmmaker Fellowship.
| .................................................................................................................. | |
| Top |
Bits
Directed by Joe Lueben
FRD Productions
“Bits” follows the awkward, amateur inventor: Steve. Working to finish his mysterious “project”, Steve walks a fine line between innovation and insanity. On “Bits”, the first film by MN based FRD Productions, an entirely local crew created the film relying on intuition, collaboration, and improvisation rather than traditional narrative methods.
| .................................................................................................................. | |
| Top |
Four Boxes
Directed by Wyatt McDill
Lake Street Productions
Four Boxes, a feature-length thriller set in the Twin Cities, tells the story of three twenty-something suburbanites who scour the obits for dead loners so they can acquire their possessions and sell them on eBay. They also keep an eye on a website called fourboxes.tv, where grainy images appear to show a man preparing a sinister bomb-like device. The three race to figure out where the evil man is and what's really happening on fourboxes.tv.
| .................................................................................................................. | |
| Top |
Dawning
Directed by Gregg Holtgrewe
WholeCrue Productions
WholeCrue Productions has finished principal photography on Gregg Holtgrewe’s 2nd feature film, DAWNING. In the classic tradition of suspense thrillers, DAWNING follows a family of four recently affected by divorce. Isolated in the middle of nowhere they are forced into confrontation. The family must come to terms with their differences before their worst fears become realized. Dawning Features Najarra Townsend, star of the independent hit film “Me, You and Everyone We Know.”
| .................................................................................................................. | |
| Top |
13 Hours in a Warehouse
Directed by Dav Kaufman
Crotalus Productions, LLC.
13 Hours in a Warehouse is a feature thriller that spins the tale of five baddies who after a successful heist, spend the night hiding out in an abandoned warehouse to wait for the buyer to arrive in the morning. Two of the baddies know this warehouse as the place that was once thought to be used by their father as a porn studio. But as they settle themselves in, strange numbers begin to appear everywhere, and as the story progresses, we find that it wasn’t porn daddy was filming, it was snuff films, and now our baddies have a big problem…they are not alone in the warehouse.
| .................................................................................................................. | |
| Top |
Open Wounds
Directed by James Byrne
"Open Wounds", a short film starring Josh Iley, Katie Novalany, and Kate Lawrey, written and directed by James Byrne, recently wrapped up production in St. Paul. There were 285 takes during the four days of filming - nearly all of them above average. "Open Wounds" is a comic drama about a jilted bride who finds comfort from a stranger.
Dave Buck served as Assistant Director, Chris Curran-Dorsano was Director of Photography, and Stephanie Hopf was Script Supervisor and 2nd AD. James Byrne, a previous recipient of a Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship and a McKnight Fellowship for Screenwriters, heads the Screenwriting Program at Metropolitan State University. Look for the "Open Wounds" DVD release in October 2007.
| .................................................................................................................. | |
| Top |
Horror House
Directed by Chad Martin
Horror House, LLC.
The feature-length thriller, Horror House, will be filming in and around the Twin Cities this June. The movie follows a group of aspiring actors who are lured by a twisted filmmaker to an empty house to shoot a horror movie. The movie becomes frighteningly real when the attractive cast are killed off slowly and methodically while the cameras roll.
| .................................................................................................................. | |
| Top |
Northern Sky Productions, LLC
Holiday Beach, winner of the McKnight Screenwriting Fellowship and the Minnesota Independent Film Fund, is a drama inspired by events that took place on a desolate Navy radio base on Kodiak Island, Alaska in 1962. It recounts the terror faced by young sailors at the hand of a fellow sailor and psychopath - all framed against the backdrop of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
| .................................................................................................................. | |
| Top |
Dead Of Night Productions, LLC
The indie feature film "Dead Of Night" is the story of a reality television shoot that goes terrifyingly awry when its crew becomes stranded in a remote Northern town.
Dead Of Night has a strong production team behind it with collective credits including: "Dreamgirls," "Kill Bill," "Friday Night Lights," "House," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "24" and "The Simple Life."
| .................................................................................................................. | |
| Top |
Propeler Films
Propeler Films is producing "Buick Riviera", a non-union feature that has chosen the Fargo/Moorhead area as its main location. "Buick Riviera" is a film about an unlikely friendship formed around a shared appreciation for a car. Principal Photography is underway.
| .................................................................................................................. | |
| Top |
Paris Bennett Music Video
Directed by Danny Kimura
Push Productions
Producer Craig Rice and Director Danny Kimura are seen here reviewing storyboards for a PUSH PRODUCTIONS music video they shot at Icehouse in January. The music video was For Minnesota native Paris Bennett's first single, airing on the Disney Channel. (Photo couretesy of St. Paul Pioneer Press)
| .................................................................................................................. | |
| Top |