

Half a dozen camera operators and their assistants walked off the set to protest working conditions. The Times reported last week that there were tensions on set before the deadly incident. None of the other producers responded to requests for comment. Consistent with financing partners across productions of all sizes, Streamline Global, Emily Salveson and I received executive producer credit on the film 'Rust,' having no involvement with the physical and day to day production.” "'Rust' is a union-certified production, in good standing with all of the major production unions and guilds, including IATSE, the Teamsters, SAG, and DGA. “The six credited producers on the independent film 'Rust,' Ryan Smith, Alec Baldwin, Nathan Klingher, Ryan Winterstern, Matt DelPiano and Anjul Nigam, collectively have more than 35 years’ experience producing small to mid-level film and television projects," Cheney said. In a statement, Cheney defended the credentials of the producers of "Rust." "I think there was some complacency on this set, and I think there are some safety issues that need to be addressed by the industry and possibly by the state of New Mexico." “Obviously I think the industry has had a record recently of being safe," Mendoza said at a news conference. Investigators said they were still trying to determine how bullets ended up on the set of “Rust,” which would be a major violation of standard film safety protocols, according to experts in film production and firearms. The deadly projectile was recovered from Souza’s shoulder at an area hospital.Īmong the roughly 500 rounds recovered on set were a mixture of “blanks, dummy rounds and what we are suspecting were live rounds,” Mendoza said. Santa Fe County, N.M., Sheriff Adan Mendoza on Wednesday described the projectile that killed Hutchins as a lead bullet. No charges have been filed in the case, which police are still investigating. On a call sheet obtained by the Los Angeles Times, they are credited as executive producer and producer, respectively, on the film “Rust.” On its New Mexico set, actor and producer Alec Baldwin discharged a gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza.

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Now, another movie with Cheney and Smith's names attached is drawing the worst kind of attention. The grandson of a musician and the son of a banker, Cheney named his production company Thomasville Pictures, which he co-owns with business partner Ryan Donnell Smith, and filmed movies featuring the likes of Machine Gun Kelly and Mel Gibson in southern Georgia.
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When the low-budget action-thriller movie “One Way” was filming in Thomasville, Ga., in February, it was enough for a local TV news anchor to exclaim that executive producer Allen Cheney was “bringing Hollywood to his hometown.” (Getty Images for the Crescendo Foundation Inc.) Ryan Smith and Allen Cheney attend the Crescendo Book Launch at WO Smith School in Nashville in 2019.
