Josh and Travis have started working on their newest feature screenplay.
August 20, 2006
Meydenbauer Entertainment has completed the video content for Queensryche. You can see it on their current tour for Mindcrime I & II.
July 24, 2006
The Beautiful Lie has been accepted into the 2006 Los Angeles International Short Film Festival. It will screen on Tuesday September 12th at 1:15.
July 15, 2006
Microfilmmaker Magazine has reviewed the The Beautiful Lie. Check it out here.
June 21, 2006Another article on Josh and the MTV Movie Awards appeared in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Check it out: "Filmmaker award could be start of something big for Bellevue High grad."
June 17, 2006
Check out this article on Josh that appeared in the Seattle Times: "Local Filmmaker Gets MTV Salute" by Judy Chia Hui Hsu.
June 12, 2006
Meydenbauer Entertainment will be producing video content for Queensryche for their up-coming tour. Meydenabuer will be creating narrative pieces based on two of the band's concept albums, Mindcrime I and Mindcrime II, to enhance the live show.
June 10, 2006
"The Beautiful Lie" has been chosen as an official selection of the One Reel Film Festival, which will take place during Bumbershoot in Seattle, September 2-4.
June 6, 2006
Joshua Caldwell and Travis Oberlander have begun work on their first
full-length script, currently titled "Coincidence." Josh will be pitching
the script when he meets with several producers and managers in LA later
this month.
June 5, 2006
Meydenbauer Entertainment is happy to announce that Joshua Caldwell was
awarded the first ever MTV Movie Award for Best Student Filmmaker at the
2006 MTV Movie Awards on Saturday, June 3rd. Actor Zach Braff (Scrubs,
Garden State) presented the award to Josh on stage at the awards ceremony,
which will air on Thursday the 8th, in front of celebrities such as Kevin
Spacey, Kate Beckinsale and Steve Carell. A nine-year veteran of film and
video production, Caldwell¹s nomination and subsequent win marks the first
national exposure of his work and latest project, a short film entitled "The
Beautiful Lie."
Visit mtvU.com to view Josh's experience at the awards along with the uncut speech.
May 1, 2006
"The Beautiful Lie" has won the Award of Distinction at the 2006 Videographer Awards.
April 27, 2006
"The Beautiful Lie" has been accepted into the 2006 Seattle True Independent Film Festival. Stay tuned for more information such as time and location of the screening.
April 25, 2006
Principle photography has wrapped on "The Family Will." Everyone came out and gave it their all and we have a really great short film on our hands. The footage will soon be handed to the editor, John Rosen, and we'll have more news for you shortly.
Thanks to everyone on the cast and crew for making this a great experience.
April 24, 2006
Josh Caldwell has been nominated for mtvU's Student Filmmaker Award for his film "The Beautiful Lie." In addition to a shot at a development deal with mtvU, the winner of the award will be handed the first ever mtvU Student Filmmaker Award live onstage at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards! Vote for Josh!!! Go to http://www.mtvu.com/on_mtvu/movie_awards/2006/ or http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/ma06/ to vote.
April 11, 2006
"The Beautiful Lie" won both First Place and the Audience Award at the First Annual Fordham C.I.T.Y. Student Film Festival. We're very pleased with the win and want to thank the organizers for putting on a great event.
April 10, 2006
Production has wrapped on the short film "Best Laid Plan," directed by Bryan D'Alessandro and produced by Rick Silvestrini and Joshua Caldwell.
It was a long four days, but we got everything done. Everyone worked hard and we want to say thanks to everyone for coming out and helping. Stay tuned for updates.
April 6, 2006
"The Beautiful Lie" has been accepted into competition at the 2006 Fordham C.I.T.Y Student Film Festival. This means it will be eligible for the prizes to be awarded, including a Grand Prize of Final Cut Pro.
The festival takes place on Tuesday, April 12, at Fordham University Rose Hill in Walsh Library. Seven films were accepted. There will be a Q&A with the filmmakers after the screenings.
April 2, 2006
We want to say thanks to the guys at dranktank.com for posting an entry regarding our Heineken spec "Spilling Beer."
They wrote, "Michael Abbott, Jr., the very funny and talented lead, has been in a Heineken commercial… and it’s one of those beer commercials that I think deserves to be considered a “classic” if that is possible. Make sure you have your sound on."
We've gotten numerous hits from their site and want to say thanks and glad they enjoyed it. You can check out the commercial here.
March 29, 2006
"Family Will" is coming along smoothly. The cast is beginnning to round out and Josh is looking forward to production, which has been schedule for April 22-23. The film will be shot in Harlem and New Jersey. Stay tuned for updates.
March 28, 2006
"The Beautiful Lie" is now complete. It has been submitted to a number of small festivals. We are currently working on the DVD and prepping it's festival submissions. We'll keep you updated on future screenings.
March 27, 2006
Josh Caldwell has signed on as a producer and assistant director for the Super16 film "Best Laid Plan." The film is being directed by Bryan D'Alessandro, who generously stepped in at the last minute to Assistant Direct 'Making the Team.'
March 15, 2006
Josh has completed a rough cut of "Making the Team." Keep checking back for the website and production diaries. We hope to have them up by the beginning of April.
February 20, 2006
Joshua Caldwell and Meydenbauer Entertainment have been approached by Eric Myrick Jr. and Kevin Threat to direct and produce a short based on their feature length screenplay 'Family Will.' The script, a comedy about the Hines family of Cleveland, Ohio as they try and get their grandmother's inheritance from their thievin' pastor, the Reverend 'Hollaback' Adams, has interest from a number of production companies and studios. In addition to film festivals, the short will be used to garner interest and a greenlight in the production of the feature length version. Josh is very excited to be a part of this project.
February 17, 2006
Three new Heineken specs: "Chores", "Remote Control" and "I'll Be Alright", have been shot and edited and are now available to view in the portfolio section. Thanks to all who came out in the blizzard to help get these done.
February 13, 2006
Michael Tremante has finished the score for 'The Beautiful Lie." Hans will now be creating the final sound mix and the films should completed by the end of the month. Stayed tuned as we will have the complete film available to view.
February 9, 2006
Production is all set for the new Heineken specs. On Sunday the 12th Meydenbauer will be shooting four new spec commercials from Heineken.
Final cast is to be determined. However, thus far we have: David Mason, Allison Doss, Jeny Batten, Brian Gillespie, Sarah Wheeler, Kevin Thoms and Carl Louis.
Thibaut Fagonde will be the director of photography.
January 23, 2006
Production has rolled on Meydenbauer Entertainment’s new film “Making the Team.” It was a long weekend, with long hours, and we can’t applaud our wonderful cast and crew enough. They all did such a fantastic job in helping to get this film completed. Everyone stepped up to the plate when we needed it and we’ve come away from this with an amazingly funny and entertaining film.
Josh, Jeny, Brian and Helene, along with part of the crew, will be returning to Long Island to grab a few pick up shots in a couple of weeks.
In the meantime, keep checking back for the official Making the Team website, complete with behind the scenes photos, storyline, video diaries and the trailer. All coming soon!
January 2, 2006
Making the Team has been pushed back to late January. The new dates are January 20-22. The part of Miriam has been recast and our new cast is as follows:
Savannah: Jeny Batten
Nicky: Brian Gillespie
Jack: Larry Bull
Miriam: Helene Galeck
Cooler Boy: Kevin Thoms
Gram: Tim Kubart
Repo Man: Jeremy Redleaf
Josh is very excited with the new cast and can’t wait to begin production.
January 1, 2006
Happy New Year! We look forward to new productions and new friends in the coming year and wish you all the best. Thanks for your support.