LIFT Productions

AWARDS

BUG (Lionsgate) Feature film starring Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, and Harry Connick, Jr.; Directed by Academy Award® winner William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection); Premiered at Cannes Film Festival in May, 2006

Winner, FIPRESCI Award, 2006 Cannes Film Festival Directors’ Fortnight Competition

Elvis
Winner, 2005 Golden Globe, Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominated, 2005 Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Seriesmini, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominated, 2005 Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominated, 2005 Emmy Award, Outstanding Miniseries, including nods to LIFT co-owners and executive producers Malcolm Petal and Kimberly Anderson

Nominated, 2005 Emmy Award, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

Nominated, 2005 Emmy Award, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

Nominated, 2005 Emmy Award, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

Nominated, 2005 Emmy Award, Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special

Nominated, 2005 Emmy Award, Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special

Winner, 2005 International Press Academy Satellite Award, Outstanding Miniseries

Winner, 2005 International Press Academy Satellite Award, Outstanding Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture

Winner, 2005 International Press Academy Satellite Award, Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominated, 2006 Directors Guild of America, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television

FAITH OF MY FATHERS (A&E) Movie-of-the-Week starring Shawn Hatosy
Nominated, 2005 Emmy Award, Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie

Nominated, 2005 Emmy Award, Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie
Nominated, 2005 Emmy Award, Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated, 2005 Emmy Award, Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated, 2006 American Society of Cinematographers, Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie-of-the-Week/Miniseries/Pilot

THE BROOKE ELLISON STORY (A&E) Movie-of-the-Week starring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Lacey Chabert; Directed by Christopher Reeve (THE BROOKE ELLISON STORY marked Reeve’s last project before his death on October 10, 2004)

Nominated, 2005 Directors Guild of America, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television

Winner, 2005 Gracie Allen Award, Outstanding Female Lead in a Drama Special

THE DEAD WILL TELL (CBS) Movie-of-the-Week starring Anne Heche and Eva Longoria
Nominated, 2005 Saturn Award, Best Actress on Television
Nominated, 2005 Saturn Award, Best Television Presentation

MIRACLE RUN (Lifetime) Movie-of-the-Week starring Mary-Louise Parker and Aidan Quinn; Also released as THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY

Nominated, 2005 Emmy Award, Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special

FRANKENSTEIN (USA Network) Movie-of-the-Week starring Parker Posey, Adam Goldberg, and Michael Madsen; Directed by Marcus Nispel

Nominated, 2005 Emmy Award, Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Non-Prosthetic)

Nominated, 2005 American Society of Cinematographers, Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Miniseries'/Pilot for Basic or Pay TV

News & Upcoming Events

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11/01/06 Film Factory Breaks Ground
11/01/06 New Studio Groundbreaking Shows Promising Revitalization of Hollywood South
10/19/06 Louisiana’s Hollywood South Lifts Again In New Orleans
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The Film Factory

Educating, Training, & Employing Louisiana Residents

The Film Factory is a 300,000 square foot world class motion picture production studio, film vocational school, and distribution house located on 18 acres of land in the downtown New Orleans area. The Film Factory will be the first facility in the United States to house a state-of-the-art training institute on an active motion picture studio lot. The Film Factory will be owned and operated by LIFT Productions, a Louisiana-based company that has produced and financed more than 30 motion pictures and television movies, totaling more than $200 million in production, since it opened its doors in 2002.

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