RIP Bingham Ray

The indy film world lost a giant in the passing of Bingham Ray.

He suffered a series of strokes at the Sundance Film Festival last week

and he passed away yesterday; our thoughts and prayers go out to his family

and friends.

Bingham was a consultant to us at SnagFilms and Indie wire. He attended some

of our board meetings; he was a very nice man; creative – enthusiastic and

beloved in the industry.

See this article about his life and times and the comments from people

around the industry in tribute to his career – also quoted is Rick Allen – our

CEO of SnagFilms. Thank you.

INDIEWIRE Redesign

New platform and technology infrastructure here; click away and take it for a tour.

New design. New user interface.

New sections.

New look and feel, and fonts.

I like it.

Crisp and clean.

Indiewire is an important medium and platform for our industry.

I promised the founders when they sold the property to us that we would take good care of it – we would invest in it and continue to celebrate film makers and this indy film culture.

Indiewire is a part of SnagFilms.

I am proud of this work. Thank you to the team, led by CEO Rick Allen, thank you to David Gang and his team at Perfect Sense Digital for the great design touch and new platform introduction.

Enjoy it – read it every day. Thank you.

SnagFilms Editorial on The Huffington Post

SnagFilmsClick here for a smart editorial by Rick Allen — CEO of Snagfilms –  hosted on the Huffington Post — in regards to the meaning of Memorial Day.

And more importantly — check out the ten film package widget we have created to celebrate Memorial Day — I am honored to help  us program  up this great work by film makers that explores America’s  heroism and  our constant vigil to protect our liberties as a country.

Grab the film widget and share it amongst your friends; bake it into your editorial work this Memorial Day — watch a film and never forget.