Dick Johnston: Last News

Charna Flam The Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences has launched an Academy Originals podcast, “The Art of the Documentary.” The new podcast is hosted by Oscar-nominee and “Crip Camp” documentarian Jim LeBrecht. The six-episode season will include LeBrecht sitting down with documentary filmmakers, as they reveal to the host and the audience their filmmaking processes. “The Art of the Documentary,” will chronicle “how a filmmaker approaches their subject and how they engage with it,” according to the press release. The podcast will highlight how the various documentarians work to find new filmmaking approaches, all in an effort to tell their stories in innovative ways. LeBrecht and guests will discuss how they achieve special access and how far they’ll go to get their story — even if that means taking dangerous risks.

Daniel Johnston‘s estate for a new creative partnership.The partnership, which was first conceived by Studio Managing Partner Lee Foster, will see Electric Lady Studios preserving the late songwriter’s drawings and original art.Foster presently curates a large collection of Johnston’s art at Electric Lady, which is currently displayed in its famous Studio A.