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  • 2010
    • August
    • July
      • MINOT NOW...
        07/22/10
        Join us w/ a $100 contribution and see YOURSELF in a scene, in a professionally made movie set in and inspired by North Dakota.

        Your Moment (individual/extra)

        UND Center for Family Medicine -- Saturday July 24 @ 9am

        Ebeneezers Bar -- Sunday July 25 @ 1pm

      • FARGO NOW...
        07/16/10
        Join us w/ a $100 contribution and see YOURSELF in a scene, in a professionally made movie set in and inspired by North Dakota.

        Your Moment (individual/extra)

        NDSU Alumni Center -- Saturday July 17 @ 9am

        Empire Bar -- Sunday July 18 @ 2pm

        Fort Noks Bar

      • Thank you again KX News...
        07/08/10

      • Thank you High Plains Reader...
        07/05/10
        Thank you to the High Plains Reader and Tyler Sorenson...

        We are making a movie -- Join Us. I love the first line, "Nathan Anderson has never made a film before." The truth will set you free and so will an experienced crew. Believe in us, contribute $100 and see yourself, your N

    • June
      • Join Us...
        06/29/10
        Your Moment (individual/extra)

        Your Business/ Product (product placement)

        Your Town (landmark/identifier)

      • My beautiful son's impression of NoDak Films...
        06/28/10
        NoDak Films, where great Kids live


      • Shhhh! Don't tell anyone.
        06/27/10

      • Does anyone have a green road sign?
        06/27/10
        Does anyone have a green road sign laying around there Quonset or garage? The sign is a very crucial character in the movie.

        Let me know -- you can leave a comment on this post

        OR email me info@nodakfilms.com

        OR give me a call 661 703 8485


      • Just did the math -- 62 North Dakota towns and cities, 8 states in the US and DC
        06/24/10
        Fargo
        Carrington
        Dickinson
        Gilby
        Minot
        Harwood
        Bismarck
        Ryder
        Larimore
        Plaza
        Casselton
        Osnabrook
        McKenzie
        Mandan
        Binford
        Sawyer
        Linton
        Moorhead
        Wheatland
        Mantador
        Ray
        Grand Forks
        Velva

      • Pick a place...
        06/22/10
        Pick one, contribute $100 and see yourself in a professionally made movie set in and inspired by North Dakota.




        Your Moment (individual)

        Your Business/Product (product placement)

        Your Town (town landmark/identifier)

      • High Plains Reader mentions NoDak Films..
        06/20/10
        Here's what they wrote:

        "The first feature-length project by Nathan Anderson’s Nodak Films, “Last Summer for Boys,” will be shooting most of next month in this area. Locations are lined up in Minneapolis, Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot, Plaza, and Ray, N.D. While the major roles have

      • Thank you Merrill Piepkorn and Hear It Now
        06/20/10

        Take a listen. Had a great time.

        NoDak Films -- Hear It Now

      • Location. Location. Location.
        06/17/10
        We have the locations, we have the talent -- the time is now, the place is North Dakota and the person is you. Join us with a $100 contribution and SEE YOURSELF, YOUR BUSINESS, YOUR TOWN in a professionally made movie set in and inspired by North Dakota.







      • 6 minutes 36 seconds --
        06/05/10
        The place is North Dakota, the person is you. Join us with a $100 contribution (CLICK HERE) and see yourself in a professionally made movie set in and inspired by North Dakota.

      • Got a lot of this on the mind lately...
        06/04/10
        Got a lot of this on the mind lately. Each one represents another detail towards the production of a great movie this summer.



        Join us with a $100 contribution, see yourself in a movie, make movie history and so on and so forth.

    • May
    • April
      • Something bothers me...
        04/27/10
        Something bothers me about Avatar vs. a movie called Delgo. I don't know what, but something.

      • Thank you Kelly and the Examiner online...
        04/20/10
        From Examiner.com

        Click on the link below to view the article

        NoDak Films brings 21st Century filmmaking online - Part 1

        NoDak Films and 21st Century filmmaking online - Part 2

        NoDak Films and 21st Century filmmaking online - Part 3

      • $100 over a lifetime
        04/17/10
        via Facebook



        via Youtube





        Individual, Business, or Town

        Production begins soon, Movie history follows

    • March
      • And the winners are...
        03/04/10


        In case you forgot, anyone who contributed during the month of February automatically signed up to win a gift basket comprised of over $300 in items donated by NoDak Films Business Contributors...

        The items included:

        Chug A Lug Bar, Landa ND (Gift Certificate) -- $2

      • Now hear this...
        03/04/10


        It all started and now we're ready to begin...

        Thank you to the nearly 400 North Dakotans who came out to audition...

        As told to you during auditions, you may be perfect for a speaking role in a future NoDak Film...

        I want to keep making movies in No

    • February
      • Thank you Mr. Johnson and the Grand Forks Herald
        02/20/10


        Nathan Carpenter said he thought 8 a.m. was a little early for an audition, yet he was one of 18 people who were out early to answer a casting call by Nathan Anderson, owner and founder of NoDak Films.

        Anderson plans to produce the movie “Last Summer for Boys” this summer in N

      • Grand Forks Casting Call
        02/19/10
        Thank you Roslynn for the space, UND for the building, all the great folks who showed up to audition and Jude for keeping understanding the game...







      • Great interview with Jason Spiess @ Nighttime Live KFGO 790am
        02/19/10
        Had a great time with Jason and Kevin Tobosa of North Dakota Realized the other night in studio, here are the results:

        Interview -- Part 1

        Interview -- Part 2

        Interview -- Part 3

      • Bismarck Casting Call...
        02/17/10
        Thank you old Riverside Cafe, Brian for helping out, all the wonderful individuals who came down to audition and my son Jude for entertaining himself without complaint...



      • Thank you again to KX News out of Minot and Bismarck
        02/16/10
        Thanks again to KX News...



      • Minot Casting Call
        02/16/10
        Thank you to Nathan Smith for donating the space, my sister Gretchen, mom Susan and niece Peri for helping out and all the wonderful folks who contributed to NoDak Films and came down to audition...


      • Ray Casting Call...
        02/12/10
        Thank you to Ray Lutheran Church, my father Steve for helping out and all the wonderful folks who contributed and auditioned...



      • GIFT BASKET -- Contribute during the month of February...
        02/05/10
        ...And you sign up to win over $300 worth of items donated by NoDak Films Business Contributors. The basket will follow Nate around to each casting location

        The basket is comprised of an eclectic mix of items that will be raffled off to anyone who contributes the month of February:
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    • January
      • CASTING CALL UPDATE...
        01/19/10
        So we begin casting in North Dakota on Thursday, February 11th, the schedule is as follows:

        Thursday, February 11

        Ray Lutheran Church -- Ray, ND (11:00am - ?)

        Friday, February 12 & Saturday February 13

        Basement of Rick's Jewelry -- Downtown Minot,

  • 2009
    • December
    • November
      • NoDak Films Commercial
        11/25/09
        The names are all the same...

        In, from or finding themselves in North Dakota...

        www.nodakfilms.com (click to go Home)

      • Thank you Robert Morast and the Fargo Forum
        11/20/09
        NODAK FILMS WANTS YOU, AND YOUR MONEY by Robert Morast

        From Friday November 20 edition of the Fargo Forum

        If you’re from North Dakota and give $100 to NoDak Films, Nathan Anderson says he will put you in a movie.

        Some people will read that and instantly think “this s

    • October
      • North Dakota Young Professional (YP interview) Member Profile
        10/23/09
        I was randomly chosen from the network of North Dakota Young Professionals, but it was fun answering the questions...

        Member Profile



        Name: Nathan Anderson
        Marital status/kids: Married / 3 kids (Son 5, Daughter 3 1/2 and Son 16 months)

        Where did you

      • NoDak Films first Town Contribution (and what a town)....
        10/21/09
        Backstory: I grew up in a small farming town called Plaza (50 miles SW of Minot). The population now is listed at 155 people, I know most of them and they know me and they know NoDak Films.

        The other day I received a deposit receipt from Edward Jones where NoDak Films has the Business Ba

      • The message hasn't changed in 3 years...
        10/15/09
        Time has passed, but the message remains as strong as ever...

        Friday, October 13, 2006 (Three years ago)

        Welcome To NoDak Films -- an interview with founder Nathan Anderson (from lonelyprairie.net)

        Q: Why is it important to have movies of high caliber associated wi

      • Give the Gift of NoDak Films
        10/15/09
        Give someone special the gift of a lifetime...

      • See yourself in a North Dakota movie
        10/15/09
        The time is now with production beginning soon and movie history following...

    • September
      • Fell right out the pocket...
        09/28/09
        I went to the grocery store today after I picked my kids up from daycare. I bought three bottles of wine and some Milk Chocolate bars. I wasn’t going to buy the milk chocolate bars, but I had been fasting all day because my friends were…

        My wife is a graduate student at UC Berkeley (work

      • It is here written...
        09/11/09
        Now 30 North Dakota towns and cities now represented by an Individual or Business Contribution...

        View all the great incentives below...


      • Team NoDak...
        09/10/09

    • August
      • Logline...
        08/13/09
        A logline is a summary of a particular movie in no more than two sentences. Here is the logline to 'Last Summer For Boys':

        BeauDrey Treeland, in his early 20’s, fresh from a college degree and a new job in Minneapolis leaves the combine for a cubicle, but the burden of leaving

      • Winner of 2009 North Dakota State Fair Contributor Raffle...
        08/05/09
        For anyone who contributed to NoDak Films during the Fair, they automatically signed up to win some great items donated by NoDak Films business contributors:

        Thank you too:

        John Witzke and his Hockey Shots Game

        Darlene Ellefson and her Lefse Making Book

        Ra

      • 9 days, over 100 hours...
        08/01/09
        9 days, over 100 hours -- NoDak Films has officially been introduced to the State of North Dakota via the 2009 North Dakota State Fair...

      • Thank you Oakes Times
        08/01/09


        Moe Bohannon/Oakes Times


        Nathan Anderson, a filmmaker [living in] California, stopped by the Times office this past week to let North Dakotans know that he is in the process of making a movie that is about and will take place in North Dakota. Nathan is the founder and o

    • July
      • Thank you Minot Daily News
        07/31/09
        Thank you to Dan Feldner for a great article and the Minot Daily News for publishing the article on the front page of the paper on Friday, July 31st...

        Come on out to the North Dakota State Fair...

        You only have two more days to check out NoDak Films and sign up to win some gre

      • Believe in NoDak Films
        07/30/09
        Pressing the flesh at the North Dakota State Fair...


      • Stories from the North Dakota State Fair…
        07/29/09
        You know it’s interesting having a booth at the North Dakota State Fair…

        For decades (I’m 30 now) I attended the fair as a fair-goer, passing by booths without much interest, passing the carnies much the same, although I do remember going into the Pride of Dakota booth and sampling North

      • We are up and running at the North Dakota State Fair Commercial Building III
        07/24/09
        NoDak Films is at the North Dakota State Fair, come and say hi...



      • A different route this time...
        07/22/09
        My NoDak Films “tour” began on July 16th @ Maple River Winery. Greg Kempel is an individual and business contributor to NoDak Films and had no problem donating his space for the event…

        There was a small turnout, but a turnout nonetheless…

        I stuck around Fargo for the Fargo Str

    • June
      • The nodakfilms.com Tour
        06/22/09


        Come check out Nate West...

        The nodakfilms.com tour

        7/15 -- Acadia Cafe -- Minneapolis 7pm
        7/16 -- Red Raven -- Fargo 7pm
        7/17 -- Zandbroz -- Fargo 7pm
        7/18 -- TBA
        7/19 -- TBA
        7/20 -- Riverside Cafe -- Bismarck 7pm*
        7/21 -- TBA
        7/2

      • The consumer is the producer....
        06/17/09
        'The consumer is the producer'

        Heard that on the radio the other day and it sounded good...

    • May
    • April
      • Summer Plans...North Dakota State Fair Booth (July 24-August 1)....
        04/21/09
        So NoDak FIlms will be at this summer's North Dakota State Fair July 24-August 1...
        Commercial Building III. If you need more convincing, please stop by the booth and ask questions, pick up a business card or promotional sticker...

        That's what I know now...

        In th

    • March
      • InnovateND -- not again!
        03/04/09
        I really thought our Idea Plan was good enough to advance to the finals of InnovateND, but again, that was not the case.

        On a positive note, I sent an email to all the organizing sponsors of the competition and received a nice reply from Mr. Bruce Gjovig who runs the Center for Innovation

    • February
      • Independent Spirit Awards 2009 or the same people dressed independently
        02/24/09
        I’m a little confused by the Independent Spirit Awards. I think I nailed down a few essential guidelines:

        Profanity
        Lack of dress code
        Booze
        Trash can joke
        Facetious
        You people

        Profanity

        The slew of words under this category need no introduc

      • InnovateND 2009 Round 2
        02/13/09
        The Idea Plan is in. Apparently nearly 175 participants and 89 ideas enrolled -- NoDak Films being one of them. I am very happy with this year's Idea Plan. Here's what will happen next:

        Feb. 7-15: Idea Plan judging and Top 20 finalist will be chosen to advance to the Innovat

    • January
      • House Concurrent Resolution No. 29
        01/21/09
        Below is an actual resolution passed by the Idaho Legislature

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        House Concurrent Resolution No. 29

        It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

        WHEREAS, the State of Idaho recognizes the vision, talent and creativity Jared and Jerusha Hess in

  • 2008
    • December
      • InnovateND 2008-09 Round 1
        12/02/08
        So I am competing in InnovateND again this year with the goal of getting to the finals and winning...

        Just to refresh everyone's memory, here is the format -- taken directly from the innovatend website:

        Judging Rounds

        NEW-- Determine your competition category!
    • November
      • Innovative Thinking...
        11/07/08
        I listen to National Public Radio a lot, enough to know and look forward to the next day's broadcasts. A few weeks ago I listened to a show called “Forum” hosted by Michael Kransy. The show’s next day topic was titled “Innovative Thinking” with the tagline:

        “Neuroscientist Greg Ber

    • September
      • The United States of Mind...an article
        09/24/08
        The Wall Street Journal published an article the other day titled:

        The United States of Mind: Researchers Identify Regional Personality Traits Across America

        The article focused on the "geography of personality" on a state by state basis using the "Big Five Inve

      • A couple factors that make NoDak Films unique...
        09/09/08
        So back in December of '07 I received a call from the North Dakota Securities Commission about NoDak Films. The call came from a Securities Investigator. Immediately I thought I was in trouble, when in fact the North Dakota Securities Commission only wanted to review my NoDak Films contributo

    • August
      • Actions, words, and Farm Rescue...
        08/04/08
        My wife was giving the kids a bath the other night. I was sitting on the couch and feeling unmotivated, which has been the case this summer between our 2-month-old son August, our 4-year-old son and 21/2 year-old daughter, my part-time job as a Resident Advisor, music, and NoDak Films -- the former

    • June
      • Charles Bowden (Round 3 of 3)
        06/16/08
        On April 9th, 2006 an article by Richard Rubin appeared in the New York Times titled "Not Far From Forsaken." Although the title sounds alot like Mr. Bowden's "The Emptied Prairie," -- 'Not Far' is a lot farther from the 'Emptied Prairie'.

        Mr.

      • Charles Bowden (Round 2 of 3)
        06/16/08
        I went back and read Charles Bowden’s article to refill my senses with the “robin’s egg blue kitchen” of North Dakota’s past because I believe in second chances and maybe I read his article “The Emptied Prairie” with a bias bent too cynical. Then I scanned the first paragraph and remembered the “te

    • May
      • NoDak Films on North Dakota Public Radio...
        05/29/08
        Although the interview is from last October, the dialogue is a great window into NoDak Films. I do say, in the interview, that our fundraising goal is June 1st, 2008. We will not reach that goal, but with your help we can reach it soon.

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        Bringing ND to the Silver Screen
      • InnovateND finalists' and winners...
        05/28/08
        Below are the list of finalists' from this year's InnovateND competition. The 5 winners are in bold, italicized print.

        Dennis, Jeremy, Brent and Dale Lura, West Fargo: Lightning Strike Roller Screed. The Lightning Strike Roller Screed is a device for leveling concrete and has t

      • That is the Soul...
        05/13/08
        Man Becomes Machine. The summer’s first two blockbusters provide glimpses of the future of movies.

        Is the title of the article in the most recent Time magazine’s Arts: Movies section written by Richard Corliss.

        The article refers to two films: Speed Racer and Iron Man. The a

      • A dream...
        05/12/08
        I had a dream the other night I was back in my hometown just off a gravel road just North of 23 between 37 and 28 at the local ice cream/burger place where you can order at the window.

        The town was different. The roads didn’t go to the places I remembered in my youth. At one point I ask

    • April
      • The Budget and the Creative Process -- a conversation...
        04/22/08
        Had a great talk with a guy the other night. A smart guy who is a classmate of my wife’s. We got to talkin about NoDak Films, in depth. This guy, who is Australian, was an investment director for Australia bringing business to the continent so I listened intently because one big goal of NoDak Fil

    • March
      • InnovateND and the Innovative businesses still seeking funds...
        03/28/08
        A few weeks ago an entrepreneur competition called InnovateND wittled it's 58 second round participants to 23 final round participants who are competing for cash prizes, exposure, and investors. In all, 84 businesses submitted ideas to this year's innovateND competition. The particpants,

      • On to something...
        03/26/08
        My wife, kids and I live in an apartment complex full of student families from all over the US and the world and most have children. It’s an interesting little world to call home for the time being before we get back to North Dakota (my wife is in Graduate School). We have some friends who live dow

      • InnovateND and the NoDak Films Idea Plan
        03/13/08
        Last November 2007 NoDak Films enrolled in an entrepreneur competition called InnovateND. The competition focuses on business ideas who want to locate their business in North Dakota and are generating less than $1million in revenue. The key is a creative and innovate business idea i.e. NoDak Films

      • The Wire...
        03/10/08
        Every Wednesday my wife and a few classmates have dinner at a professor's house for an Advanced Policy Analysis class. The other week she was lent the Season 1 box set of a series called The Wire from her professor.

        The last week-and-a-half my wife and I have watched the entire Seas

      • Digital vs. Film
        03/01/08
        I watched this video and it presents a lot of valuable insight into the world of digital filmmaking. The guy being interviewed is Brad Rushing. He is a cinematographer based in Los Angeles, CA. He has worked on ad campaigns for clients such as McDonald’s, Coors, NASCAR and the National Football Lea

    • February
      • Once
        02/25/08
        This past weekend the two premiere film award shows aired. The Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday and the Academy Awards on Sunday. I watched both and in them found the middle ground I hope may emerge and shape into a third premiere film award show.

        Weird-for-the-sake-of-being-weir

    • January
      • Deja Vu...
        01/16/08
        I was sitting in a cafe today working on the Idea Plan for the second round of the InnovateND entrepreneur competition when a bout of deja vu came over me. In this moment of clarity I found myself listening to the soundtrack to our first film, which was connected to my earphones, connected to my it

      • Prairie Business Magazine and NoDak Films...
        01/15/08
        In the December Target Marketing issue of Prairie Business Magazine, NoDak Films received a brief introduction by editor Rick Killion in the article "Marketing Support, Success Comes in Many Forms." Mr. Killion writes:

        "A North Dakota filmmaker named Nathan Anderson is mark

      • My letter to National Geographic and Mr. Charles Bowden (Round 1 of 3)
        01/07/08
        Mr. Bowden,

        Your article was haunting and written beautifully. If I was not from North Dakota, I would file the recurring image of a lonely house stationery against the surrounding grassland along with every other article written about North Dakota. But, as a North Dakotan, I would then w

      • Cinematography vs. Authenticity...
        01/06/08
        I was reading the local paper’s film section and they had a heading titled “Industry Buzz”. In it they focus on the cinematographer for the new Coen Brother’s movie “No Country for Old Men”, Roger Deakins. Definitions differ on the role of a cinematographer, mine included because I prefer an exampl

  • 2007
    • December
      • A comment and a response...
        12/21/07
        Nowadays when an article is written for a newspaper and transferred online, there is room at the bottom to leave comments. When the Bismarck Tribune article was published after Thanksgiving I read the article online, but failed to read the comments until a few days ago. The person who wrote the st

      • ND Securities Commission and NoDak Films...
        12/10/07
        I received a call last week from the North Dakota Securities Commission Investigation unit. They had received a call requesting information on the contribution model of NoDak Films. The gentleman was very friendly and was curious to find out the details of our contribution model because he had nev

      • Fargo Forum and NoDak Films
        12/06/07
        I would like to thank Tracy Frank for writing a great story about NoDak Films, the Fargo Forum for publishing the article and Greg Kempel, Eric Bobby and Casey Fines for their inspired words.

        Click on the "related link" tab below to view the article

    • November
      • Bismarck Tribune and NoDak Films
        11/25/07
        I would like to thank Mr. John Irby for writing a wonderful editorial about 'longing for home,' Mr. Tony Spilde for writing a great story about NoDak Films, the Bismarck Tribune for publishing the article, Sen. Tim Mathern for his kind words, and Mr. Mark Zimmerman.

        Click on th

      • It happened again...
        11/14/07
        My wife and I buy our produce at a local produce grocery store that buys from independent growers. Some of my friends call us hippies because we indulge in such an activity and I always tell them:

        What if there was a grocery store or a produce market that sold groceries straight from Nor

      • An article with "soul"...
        11/12/07
        I recently read an article from the SF Chronicle titled, “Straight from Italy, new films with soul”. The article began with the history of Italy’s “wildly ambitious” cinema juxtaposed with Italian movies today. Then the writer said this:

        “Today’s Italian movies are…human scale movies ab

      • When the weather is right...
        11/09/07
        When the weather is right I like to play music for an hour or so in the morning. I've been doing this for the good part of a year on the steps outside an adminstrative building where students congregate at the University my wife attends. My music is well received so I keep playing.
      • What does that mean?
        11/06/07
        As most of you know, NoDak Films is currently raising money for our first film. Individuals, Businesses/Products and/or Towns who contribute $100 each become an identifiable part of our first film.

        For an Individual it means a chance to represent the state of North Dakota in a feature-

      • Happy Birthday North Dakota!
        11/02/07


        North Dakota (NoDak) is 118 years old today...

        You Know You're From North Dakota When...

        You think that "UFF DA" is a standard English phrase.
        East means to Fargo. And, West to Williston.
        You find 3 feet of snow a minor inconvenience.
        Y

    • October
      • A Chicken Suit and a Doctor...
        10/23/07
        Leading up to Halloween, my wife and I had two costumes in mind based on my 3-year-old son’s perception; he would be Superman and our 19-month-old daughter would be a princess. We didn’t think much further until we got to Target to buy the costumes. Superman didn’t fit and there were too many prin

      • NoDak Films on North Dakota Public Radio (NDPR)
        10/19/07
        Bringing ND to the Silver Screen
        T.McDonald

        FARGO, ND (2007-10-19) A Plaza, North Dakota native...has launched a project to bring film making back to the state.

        Prairie Public's Todd McDonald has details...

        © Copyright 2007, NDPR

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      • Give it a shot...
        10/02/07
        The previous "What's New" post titled "Your Town" allowed me to gain perspective on my upbringing, but it failed to answer the man's question:

        What is your film about?

        So now I pose a question to you, (anyone who takes the time to view the "Wh

      • Your Town
        10/02/07
        My upbringing happened in shifts. I was born in Ohio, moved around the area, up to Michigan and then my dad received a call, both literally and religiously, to come preach in North Dakota. So at the age of three myself, along with my mom, dad, two older brothers, and older sister moved to Plaza, No

    • September
      • To love North Dakota...
        09/21/07
        I watched a documentary a few weeks ago about Henri Langlois, a guy who dedicated his life to preserving and showing films – by any means necessary. In an earlier ‘NoDak Films What’s New Post’, I positioned the Sustainable Filmmaker as one who makes a film – by any means necessary. Mr. Langlois was

    • August
      • One year old...
        08/24/07
        As a business it's hard to pinpoint dates because an idea is constucted far before the practical application. Same with NoDak Films, but we do have a notarized document from the State of North Dakota dated August 24, 2006: Our certificate of trade name registration. The idea for NoDak Films

      • Wooly Boys, Industrial Commission and NoDak Films
        08/02/07
        Way back in 1999, the Bank of North Dakota approved a $3.9 million dollar loan for the producers of the "Wooly Boys." Gov. John Hoeven was President of the bank at the time and a 3-member Industrial Commission approved the loan. The 3-person commission consisted of:

        Gov. Ed Sc

    • July
      • NoDak Films and City Magazine...
        07/17/07


        I would like to thank Deb Dragseth for interviewing me, City Magazine for publishing the article and Ashley English for taking the picture.

        The "related link" tab below shows the article and the magazine.

      • The new independent film is not an independent film at all...
        07/08/07
        According to Nielsen EDI (Entertainment Data Inc.), independent films accounted for $1.08 billion of the $9.14 billion total 2006 box office gross in the US and Canada, but what parameters are set around an independent film?

        I read somewhere that an independent film is one financed outsid

    • June
      • But gravel can...
        06/23/07


        The wife, kids and I moved to Minneapolis for the summer and because we don’t have a car, we went to the next best source or the next best source came to us. My sister lives on a beautiful farm about 55 miles SW of Minot, where my brother-in-law farms and raises cattle while my sister w

    • May
      • Making history
        05/31/07
        I was reading the Film section of the City Pages, which is a weekly News and Arts newspaper in Minneapolis/St. Paul. The particular article I read dealt with the Cannes Film Festival, held in the south of France in a resort town that bears the festivals name. Cannes began in 1939 and is considered

      • Regional ----- Contributions
        05/07/07
        I'm in the habit of reading movie reviews and articles that deal with independent films and films in general. Recently two articles captured my attention. One article dealt with George Lucas and other dealt with a film called "Disappearances" starring noneother, than Kris Kristoffer

    • April
      • Breakfast with 'Northern Lights'
        04/16/07


        The first question I asked the gentleman above (seated on the right) was, "What was it that made you even want to make a movie about North Dakota."

        He said his mother was born in Bismarck, his grandfather was North Dakota's first filmmaker and the film's st

    • March
      • What am I trying to do?
        03/23/07
        What am I trying to do?

        I’ve been asking myself this question the last few weeks because that’s the nature, right, of any business in its infant stage. The owner goes through emotional ups and downs wanting constant reassurance that the goals are still pure and the model is secure like

      • Like parting the Red Sea (River)
        03/08/07
        “Lift up your walking stick and hold it out over the sea. The water will divide…”
        “The water was divided and [they] went through the sea on dry ground.”
        “I will make them so stubborn that they will go in after them…”

        Exodus 14: 16, 17, 22

        Some say its better to

    • February
      • Grand Forks Herald prints story about NoDak Films...read all about it
        02/18/07
        I'd like to think Mr. Ryan Bakken and the Grand Forks Herald respectively for writing and printing an article about myself and NoDak Films in Sunday's Community section of the Grand Forks Herald.

        Mr. Bakken captures the essence of my conviction in the latter half of the story, b

      • I have NoDak Films too....a quote
        02/16/07
        This morning my 11-month-old daughter wore her NoDak Films sweater jacket. My 2-and-a-half year old son pointed to the logo on the back and asked my wife “What’s that”? She told him and he said, “I have NoDak Films too.”

        He spoke in that great voice all 2 ˝ year old's share--as th

      • What do you think?
        02/06/07
        According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, in 2000 North Dakotan’s spent 6 million dollars in the Motion picture…industries.

        In 2004, the most recent update, North Dakotan’s spent 11 million dollars in the Motion picture…industries.

        In 2000 the average ticket was $5.39, whic

    • January
      • How much is in 2.94%?
        01/22/07
        $612, 692, 448

        This figure represents the box office numbers of four films:

        Dances with Wolves (shot almost entirely in South Dakota).
        A River Runs Through it (shot almost entirely in Montana).
        Field of Dreams (shot almost entirely in Iowa).
        Fargo (shot almost

      • Motivation
        01/09/07
        My father-in-law is a photoshop/illustrator wiz, which is impressive considering he started using the program at 50 (he's now 54) and he's not a computer guy, he's a landscape architect.

        His new hobby is ironing on obscure, usually jazz oriented images onto t-shirts. He an

  • 2006
    • December
      • i've been lookin for these
        12/28/06
        A gift from my dad this Christmas, along with the annual his and hers Klutz toy...

      • Emblematic
        12/24/06
        Which item below is most different then the others?

        (A) Wolves
        (B) Field
        (C) A River
        (D) Fargo

        The irony of the answer, if you put Fargo, is that Fargo puts you in a specific place, but as soon as I expand (A) (B) and (C):

        (A) Dances With Wolves
        (

    • November
    • October
      • History....and the digital revolution in film
        10/23/06
        I’m excited! NoDak Films is here thanks to fellow Minotian Luke Graner who was the graphic technocrat of the website.

        I’ll get right into it…

        My wife is a graduate student in public policy so her professors constantly make her read policy/political related articles. One of he