tom meyers

Executive Director of the Barrymore Film Center and Fort Lee Film Commission in Fort Lee NJ where the American motion picture industry was born.

[tom meyers @FortLeeFilm]

Fox Studio born in Fort Lee, NJ, 1915.

[tom meyers @FortLeeFilm]

Happy Birthday to our Cliffhanger Queen Pearl White. Pearl made history on the cliffs of Fort Le New Jersey's Palisades and that cinematic history made her a film pioneer and a legend.

[TCM @tcm]

#TCMFF News: @leonardmaltin to receive The Robert Osborne Award: https://t.co/Xt8kYhc030 via @thr

[tom meyers @FortLeeFilm]

New Jersey's own! Congrats Joe Pesci!

[Barrymore Film Center @BarrymoreFilm]

Congrats goes out to NEW JERSEY'S OWN #JoePesci
on his @TheAcademy Nomination for @TheIrishman!

[tom meyers @FortLeeFilm]

Olive Thomas in Selznick Studio of Fort Lee NJ - The Flapper (1920) https://t.co/ZCr76WdpTM

[NJ Motion Picture & TV Commission @NJMotionPicture]

@FortLeeFilm can’t wait for the @BarrymoreFilm to open.

#NJFilm can’t wait for the #BarrymoreFilmCenter to open.

@NJGov can’t wait for the #BFC to open.

The WORLD can’t wait for it! It’s going to be so great.

[NJ Motion Picture & TV Commission @NJMotionPicture]

She founded hers, in 1910, with her husband and another business partner, in Flushing, New York, and moved it to #FortLee, #NewJersey, the pre-Hollywood #filmmaking capital. Blaché wrote in 1914...

[NJ Motion Picture & TV Commission @NJMotionPicture]

This is such a fantastic film that needs to be seen.

[NJ Motion Picture & TV Commission @NJMotionPicture]

#NewJersey is the birthplace of #film.
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@EastOrangeNJ @essexparks @FortLeeFilm @BarrymoreFilm @FortLee_NJ

[tom meyers @FortLeeFilm]

Amazing footage narrated by one of the Fort Lee Film Commission Barrymore Award winners, late Oscar winning actress Celeste Holm!

[NJ Motion Picture & TV Commission @NJMotionPicture]

#NewJersey is the birthplace of #film.
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@EastOrangeNJ @essexparks @FortLeeFilm @BarrymoreFilm @FortLee_NJ

[tom meyers @FortLeeFilm]

See this Instagram video by @barrymorefilmcenter https://t.co/JxKQJxW9qr

[tom meyers @FortLeeFilm]

See this Instagram photo by @jnlentz https://t.co/euzYp42UUf

[tom meyers @FortLeeFilm]

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché https://t.co/1qFmAQ5leM

[tom meyers @FortLeeFilm]

This Sunday 11/17 Be Natural screening in NJ

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Alice Guy Blaché was the first female filmmaker in history. Even before women had the right to vote, Blaché, in her actions and in her films, expressed female drives, desires and self-determination. https://t.co/ACcwdWljdQ

[Barrymore Film Center @BarrymoreFilm]

Last week, acclaimed actor/playwright Stephen Lang ('Manhunter', 'Don't Breathe') visited the BFC construction site. BFC Executive Director Tom Meyers, BFC Chair Nelson Page, and BFC Trustee and Directors Guild of America’s Gary Donatelli led Stephen on the tour of the site.

[Classic Movie Hub @ClassicMovieHub]

Theda Bara Rock in Fort Lee NJ #classicmovies #classictravel -
More pictures here from our visit to Fort Lee and the Fort Lee Museum... @CitizenScreen @2MovieReviewers
@FortLeeFilm
https://t.co/mXufZ60GGl

[tom meyers @FortLeeFilm]

Happy Birthday to our 20th Century Fox, Theda Bara of Fox Studio in Fort Lee, NJ where she became a worldwide star of the silver screen!

[tom meyers @FortLeeFilm]

Once Upon a Time....in Hollywood...WOW! I loved it! For me this is one of the best films I have seen in several years and an amazing time capsule of a Hollywood that was....and the icing on the cake for me is Brad Pitt’s tip of the hat to one of my faves Jackie Gleason!