THE ELSTREE PROJECTStories from Britain’s studio townThe Elstree Project
30 June 2022On Thursday 30th June, the new Platinum Stages at Elstree Studios were launched, with a tour for invited guests provided – including a climb to the very top of the lighting grid. Hosted by Chris Denmead MD of Elstree Studios, and Morris Bright MBE Chairman of the studios, both Paul Welsh MBE and Howard Berry […]
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28 June 2022On Tuesday 28th June, a new exhibition opened at Elstree Screen Arts (esa) to celebrate the people involved in the British Hollywood at Borehamwood and Elstree’s studios. Led in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery, and featuring new portraits by artist Marysa Dowling; Howard from The Elstree Project was involved in helping train students from […]
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26 May 2020On May 23rd, it was the 40th anniversary of the release of The Shining. To celebrate the official Stanley Kubrick social media pages (on instagram, twitter and facebook) released a new video with various crew and cast, plus super-fan Lee Unkrich, talking about their favourite scene or moment. The Elstree Project were proud to have […]
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4 May 2020Our acclaimed 2013 oral history film about the making of The Shining, Staircases to Nowhere, is receiving it’s official Warner Bros. debut by being screened on the official Stanley Kubrick facebook account. The film will be screened on Thursday 7th May, at 1700 BST (GMT+1), and will be followed by a pre-recorded Q&A with project […]
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13 September 2019Howard Berry, leader of The Elstree Project, was invited by the Design Museum and University of the Arts London, to give the second annual Stanley Kubrick Lecture at the Design Museum on Friday 13th September 2019. Howard’s lecture – entitled Surviving The Shining, or: “This guy should be sued!” How The Shining was filmed at […]
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23 April 2019Today we were very sad to learn of the passing of Terry Rawlings, film editor and post-production supervisor on some of the most well known and recognised films of the latter half of the 20th Century. Terry was born in London in 1933, he started working in the industry in 1955 when he joined Rank […]
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27 September 2018In April 2018, I received a phone call from an insert producer for BBC’s The One Show. Katharina Kubrick had been approached by them to participate in a special report to mark the 50th anniversary of the brilliant 2001: A Space Odyssey. Along with an interview featuring Katharina at the Kubrick Archive at LCC, they […]
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16 January 2018It is with a heavy heart that we pass on the news of Ray Merrin’s passing. A wonderful sound re-recording mixer and supervising sound mixer of many features, including the Oscar winning film The Last Emperor. Ray was a sound editor on The Shining, and worked under the brilliant Bill Rowe at Elstree for many […]
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29 September 2014The past month has been busy for our project! We have made the cover story of Hertfordshire Life magazine with a story about the centenary, and an interview with Howard Berry about our forthcoming documentary. Newsquest, publishers of the Elstree and Borehamwood Times, have produced a fantastic souvenir publication called Screen 100. The booklet contains the […]
Read story ↗On Sunday 7th, Bob and I travelled into London to record our 55th interview as a project! We are so lucky to have had the opportunity to film with Louise Gold. We spent just over two hours with her, and asked her about her time working at ATV Studios in Borehamwood when she worked on […]
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