Monday, January 31, 2005

Jan. 31, 2005

By Hannah R. Brown, PR Intern

Wilmington, N.C. – The Department of Film Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington will present film commissioner Johnny Griffin at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11 in Morton Hall, Bryan Auditorium, Room 100 on the campus of UNCW. This event is free and open to the public.

Griffin, whose films include Crimes of the Heart, Glory, Rambling Rose, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Ace Ventura – When Nature Calls, 28 Days and the television series Matlock, is the director of the Wilmington Regional Film Commission, Inc. He is also a member of the Association of Film Commissioners International and a board member of Film U.S. Griffin will discuss how the Wilmington film commission originated and has evolved.

For more information on the Friday Moviemakers Series or to receive e-mail notices of upcoming events, visit the Film Studies Department Web site at www.uncw.edu/filmstudies or contact the department at filmstudies@uncw.edu or 910/962-7502.