The Backlot Film Festival was founded in 2004 by writer/producer Ross Hawkins to pay tribute to the rich motion picture history in Culver City and LA's Westside. The first Backlot Film Festival was held at West Los Angeles College because a portion of the campus was used by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios until 1967. |
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The first Thomas Ince Award Honoree was Daniel M. Selznick and the award was presented to him by Producer Thom Mount. The 2007 BACKLOT FILM FESTIVAL gave independent filmmakers an opportunity to showcase their work for industry executives and distributors. The Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills was carefully chosen because it brings back the glamour of the movies' golden era when going to a motion picture was an event. The second Thomas Ince Award Ceremony was hold in the historic Veterans Memorial Building Auditorium in Culver City, within walking distance of where key scenes from "Mutiny On The Bounty" (1935) and "Gone With The Wind" (1939) were filmed. |
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CARL REINER Biography
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DANIEL SELZNICK Biography
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