THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF

DENNIS F. STEVENS &

CINEMA ARTS PRODUCTIONS, LLC

FORMERLY CINEMA ARTS PRODUCTIONS, INC


ABOUT

Although in the past Cinema Arts Productions, Inc. (now know as Cinema Arts Productions, LLC) has developed, financed and produced feature motion pictures, today it is best known for its many award winning television commercials including the 1976 Beringer commercials spoofing Steven Spurrier’s Judgment of Paris wine competition of the same year.  

 

A few years later Dennis F. Stevens with the help of the iconic food and wine critic, Robert Lawrence Balzer, filmed TV commercials of some of France’s top rated wineries, including Moet et Chandon, Hennessy, and Lafite Rothschild (among others), for the Far East and Australasian markets.  The commercials were a big hit in Japan and is said to have been partially responsible for triggering the vast Australian wine market of the late 1970s.  

 

Today, cinema Arts specializes in aerial cinematography, especially aboard navy ships, including aircraft carriers. 

 

Although (because of age and health) writer – producer – director – cinematographer  Dennis F. Stevens has been replaced by more able and younger protégés, Stevens nevertheless maintains a strong influence over the company and will likely do so for some time to come.  

 

Cinema Arts Productions, LLC holds the motion picture and ancillary rights to a number of best selling novels and screenplays.  It is the exploitation of these rights; together with its radio controlled PRV (remotely piloted vehicles) drone, camera platform miniature aircraft, and its ability to produce award winning TV commercials and business films which will keep Cinema Arts competitive for years to come.  





Director – Cinematographer Stevens grabs a light meter reading.
 










Tippi Hedren & Don Johnson; stars of “The Harrad Experiment.”
Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith at the wrap party for “The Harrad Experiment.” 
Maria Alverez, one of Dennis F. Stevens’ girlfriends during filming of “The Harrad Experiment.”  Maria was a negative cutter who worked out of several film labs – including CFI (Consolidated Film Industry), where she cut the negative for “The Harrad Experiment” (Cinerama 1973). 
 
Stevens took this photo of Maria on the balcony of her Marina del Rey apartment in 1972.