http://donswaynos.com Freelance Editor / Screenwriter Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:40:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The video for Hayes Carll's award-winning song is written and directed by Dano Johnson at Collection Agency Films, and edited by me. Hayes's album Trouble in Mind is getting great reviews and is in stores now. Watch a higher-res version of the video at Hayes' official site. http://donswaynos.com/2008/10/03/she-left-me-for-jesus-now-online/ The New Austin Film Festival Ad is now online... Directed and Animated by Cameron Petri, Produced and Edited by Don Swaynos for essempe.com. The 15th Annual Austin Film Festival runs October 16th through the 23rd. http://donswaynos.com/2008/09/18/new-austin-film-festival-ad/ Mike Everleth at Bad Lit posted his very positive review of Year at Danger today. He says "This is an incredibly powerful, emotionally moving and deeply resonant documentary" and that it "...unfolds like a traditional action film, really." You can read the whole review at Bad Lit. http://donswaynos.com/2008/09/15/year-at-danger-reviewed-on-bad-lit/ Here's the link to the LA Times article. Also, an article appeared in The Daily News, you can read that here. http://donswaynos.com/2008/09/08/the-american-widow-project-in-the-los-angeles-times/ Year at Danger is featured in an article in the current issue of National Guard Magazine. You can check out the article here. (Be advised that this will download a PDF file of the full article, for the magazine's main page, go here) http://donswaynos.com/2008/09/08/year-at-danger-in-national-guard-magazine/ The American Widow Project is featured on the front page of the Arts section in today's New York Times. Here is the link. http://donswaynos.com/2008/08/25/the-american-widow-project-in-the-new-york-times/ A trailer for the show One Hit Wonder is now online. The two-episode pilot was shot in Austin and LA using the RED ONE Camera. Both episodes were written and directed by Josh Frank and edited by yours truly. Look for them soon. Watch the trailer at Resolute Productions' Website. http://donswaynos.com/2008/08/13/one-hit-wonder-trailer/ The American Widow Project is going to be featured on three upcoming episodes of Brave New Foundation's new web series In Their Boots. They've posted two trailers (1, 2) and a Supplemental Short. The first episode will air live Wednesday September 10th, 7PM ET @ intheirboots.com. http://donswaynos.com/2008/08/12/the-american-widow-project-featured-on-in-their-boots/ With its launch/premiere, The American Widow Project garnered a lot of press over the weekend... CBS 11 - 07.03.08 KVUE - 07.10.08 Fox 7 - 07.11.08 San Marcos Record - 07.11.08 Austin American Statesman - 07.12.08 News 8 Austin - 07.12.08 KENS - 07.12.08 Killeen Daily Herald - 07.13.08 http://donswaynos.com/2008/07/14/press-for-the-american-widow-project/ Year at Danger received a fantastic review from Pete Vonder Haar at Film Threat. He gives it 5 stars (out of 5) and calls it "...an extraordinary achievement..." "...truly remarkable..." and "...not to be missed." Read the whole review here. http://donswaynos.com/2008/06/16/film-threat-gives-year-at-danger-5-stars/