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Earl Owensby Studios (shortened to E.O. Studios) is an American-based film and television film studio that was founded in 1974 by producer/actor Ernest Earl Owensby (born 1935).
Aug 7, 2015 · It’s been four decades since Earl Owensby turned his Shelby property into a movie studio. For his first film, he burned an old farm house along Old Boiling Springs Road and soon filled the area with offices and sound stages.
Nov 1, 2017 · By whatever title, Owensby churns out low-budget action films (e.g., “Chain Gang,” “Rottweiler, Dogs From Hell” and “Rutherford County Line”) that bomb with American audiences but do nicely overseas. By decade’s end, however, Owensby has run into financial problems and the soundstages at EO Studios fall quiet.
For five years, the man who had become a local legend to many dirt-road Southerners virtually disappeared from sight. But he was only "laying low," recharging his batteries with a new marriage ("I've finally found one I'm happy with") and a new calling: Earl Owensby, Sunday School teacher.
Owensby made his last movie in 1991, though the Earl Owensby Studios web site (http://www.earlowensbystudios.com/) lists three projects currently in development, including sequels to Wolfman and Buckstone County Prison.
Earl Owensby Studios (shortened to E.O. Studios) is an American-based film and television film studio that was founded in 1974 by producer/actor Ernest Earl Owensby (born 1935).
Aug 5, 2021 · Earl Owensby was a pioneer in independent filmmaking, and he did so without the support of the Hollywood establishment. He built a film studio in rural North Carolina between Shelby and Boiling Springs (1973), he resurrected 3D films, he discovered the global film market before others even cared, he starred in his own films, and he helped turn ...
