Following
Susan Sarandon in 2002, William Baldwin promises to
be an outstanding guest and participant at the 2003
Cape May NJ State Film Festival.
For more information, contact:
Nigel Roth (609) 972-6810
Ron Rollet on (609) 898-3475.
For
immediate release
William
Baldwin, now president of production for New Jersey-based
CSC Communications / Cargo Films, will be headlining
at this year’s event, and will accept the 2003
Governor’s Award for his contribution to the rebirth
of filmmaking in New Jersey.
The
CEO of CSC/Cargo, Thomas Colitsas, responsible for creating
the New Jersey Film Production Assistance Program, signed
into law in September by Gov. James E. McGreevey, will
also receive this award for his work in this field.
Under
the new initiative, loans of up to $1.5 million can
be allocated by the state's economic development association
to production companies that agree to shoot their films
in New Jersey.
Among
the films shot in New Jersey in recent years are Ron
Howard's Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind and the upcoming
Jersey Girl, starring Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck,
and directed by Kevin Smith.
For
this tradition to grow and for the States film industry
to continue to be reborn, the program is fundamental.
Baldwin
Bio
2003
marked William Baldwin’s first foray as a producer
as he partnered with Sydney Pollack to bring Tom Kelly’s
gritty political novel The Rackets to network television.
Baldwin will also star in the one-hour drama for ABC
and Touchstone television.
This
challenge has not kept Baldwin from his love of movies
and the upcoming year will see him star in three very
diverse films; One Eyed King, an Irish Hell’s Kitchen
drama with Chazz Palminteri and Armand Assante, Red
Rover, an edgy supernatural thriller with Jodi Lynn
O’Keefe, and You Stupid Man, a romantic comedy
starring Denise Richards and Milla Jovovich
Baldwin,
who has a penchant for choosing original and eclectic
projects, has recently starred in the screen adaptation
of Noel Coward’s Relative Values with Steven Fry,
Colin Firth and Julie Andrews, The Brotherhood of Murder,
a drama about a breakaway faction of the Aryan Nation
with Peter Gallagher and Kelly Lynch as well as Universal’s
techno-thriller Virus with Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald
Sutherland.
His other films include Shattered Image; Curdled; Pyromaniacs:
A Love Story; Fair Game; Sliver; Three of Hearts; Backdraft;
Flatliners; Internal Affairs, and The Preppy Murder.
A
native of Massapequa, New York, Baldwin graduated from
the State University of New York at Binghamton with
a degree in Political Science. After studying acting
for several years in New York, Baldwin launched his
film career with Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth
of July.
In
June of 1998, The Creative Coalition (TCC) elected Baldwin
its President. TCC is the leading non-profit, non-partisan
social and political advocacy organization of the arts
and entertainment industry. The Creative Coalition is
dedicated to mobilizing and educating the arts community
on issues of public importance, including the First
Amendment, arts advocacy, public education and campaign
finance reform.
In
addition to his work with The Creative Coalition, Baldwin
also served on the boards of: Rock the Vote, which promotes
voter registration and public service; HELP USA, an
organization dedicated to solving the problems of housing
for the homeless in New York City; Project ALS, which
raises funds to find a cure for Lou Gehrig’s Disease;
The New York City Cultural Advisory Committee, a group
of citizens chosen by the city government to study arts
funding and public participation in the arts; Enterprise
Works Worldwide, which enables poor farmers and families
across the globe to build profitable micro businesses
to alleviate poverty, create jobs and trade opportunities,
and protect the environment; and The Carol M. Baldwin
Breast Cancer Research Fund.
Baldwin
presently lives in New York City with his wife Chynna
Phillips, and their daughter Jameson and son Vance.
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