On July 17, The New York Times featured The Fuzzies in its "Five Horror Movies to Stream Now" column, placing the film I photographed alongside studio releases like Obsession and the new Silent Night, Deadly Night.

Two local filmmakers launch animation fest By Esmeralda Ramirez Photo caption: Animation Chico founders Josh Funk (left) and Shawn Dyer in the studio with Funk's replica of the festival's home, the El Rey Theatre. PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY Original Publish Date: December 10, 2015, page 28 For artists, theater actors and musicians, Chico is a pretty wide open art town, with fun venues and an established support network in place. But for filmmakers—an arts niche that has been grow

Original Publish Date: December 11, 2013 - Mention of Shawn Dyer highlighted CHICO — As the final curtain loomed for the Pageant Theatre, people from around the world helped the longtime Chico establishment keep its doors open. The Pageant Theatre’s “Go Digital or Go Dark” crowd-funding campaign has reached its minimum $51,000 goal — enough to purchase a digital projector and remain open, owner Tim Giusta said. The goal was reached almost exactly one month to the day from sta

New works from Chico’s up-and-coming filmmaking scene Original Publish Date: 6/13/2013 Section about Shawn Dyer is Highlighted Below Traditionally, filmmaking has been the most rarefied field of the arts, a lottery dream shared by the many, but a form accessible to only a very, very few. But over the last decade, revolutionary advances in off-the-shelf technology have democratized the field, putting the possibility of realizing the dream in the hands of the backyard auteur op

Original Publish date: January 20, 2012 CHICO — A short film that was shot in the Chico area in mid-2011 will have its debut Saturday at the Pageant Theatre, 351 E. Sixth St. “Fly” was created by local independent filmmaker and writer-director Shawn Dyer and produced by Chris Madrigal and James Smith. The 25-minute short will start at 3 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door. It is a romantic comedy about a man who one day decides he can fly. Along his journey, he meets a woman who

By Ken Smith Original Publish Date: 8/11/2011 When the organizers of the Show Us Your Shorts! Film Festival sent out a call for submissions in March, they’d initially set their expectations on the low side. “We were hoping for six,” said Renee Boyd, one of seven local film aficionados and filmmakers who’ve combined resources to organize the fest. “We were shocked and thrilled when we started getting a lot more than that.” By the June 30 submission deadline, they had received