T h e A r t i s t s' C o l o n y was established in 1996 at UNIVERSAL PICTURES and has been recognized as one of the country's foremost independent film incubators for more than 13 years. we are about to announce the launch of our new film company BUZZ FILMZ dedicated to providing storytellers the tools necessary to realize their creative vision. founder and managing director, lloyd a. silverman executive produced the Academy Award nominated SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS directed by Scott Hicks and distributed by Universal, he produced SHATTERED IMAGE for european master Raul Ruiz distributed by Lion's Gate, The Artists' Colony production of SOLID ONES, purchased and released by Roger Corman's Concorde/New Horizons as A GIRL, 3 GUYS and a GUN, directed and produced The Artists' Colony production and festival favorite "12" which opened the Hollywood, Cinequest, CineVegas and St. Louis International Fillm Festivals and CRASHER, for Hallmark, released as TIDAL WAVE for ABC. He has consulted on numerous feature film and television projects, spoken at most major film festivals, universities and syposiums worldwide, has presented at The White House, The Pentagon and was visiting lecturer in the Department of Film and Media Studies at Washington University in St. Louis