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New Directors Showcase Tally
At the recently wrapped Cannes Film Festival, actress Julianne Moore said that quotas would be a viable option in order for the American movie... more...


Google Updates Ad Policies on Abortion-Related Advertising
Google just announced changes to its policies relating to... more...


Why Casting For Commercials Is Paramount In This Hard Sales Era
In the world of 30-second storytelling, there are days of location scouting, disputes over wardrobe choices and heated exchanges over which couch the... more...


Short Takes for May 2019
DIRECTOR STETT BREAKS GLASS CEILING FOR FORD Carrie Stett, who’s repped by Washington Square Films, directed this brand film, Breaking the Glass... more...


Hot Locations: Slow Start To L.A. Lensing In 2019
On-location filming in Greater Los Angeles declined 9.1 percent in the first quarter of 2019, due to a simultaneous slowdown in feature, TV and... more...


People on the Move
Executive and staff hires and promotions at ad agencies, production and post-related companies, networks and studios. more...


Toolbox
Hardware & Software News, including cameras, lighting, post equipment, VFX and post software, production & digital asset management workflow... more...


Music Notes
News and developments from the worlds of music production, sound design, audio post, music licensing & publishing and music libraries. more...


Street Talk for May 24, 2019
L.A.-based production company HOUND has added Marc Klasfeld and Mark Pellington to its directorial roster. HOUND will rep Klasfeld for exclusive... more...


Rep Report for May 24, 2019
Bicoastal indie production company Hey Wonderful , headed by founder/managing partner Michael Di Girolamo, has signed on Fox-Mills to represent its... more...


Flashback for May 2019
May 24, 2014 The Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’O r was bestowed upon Winter Sleep , an intimate, wintry epic set on Turkey’s Anatolian steppe. And... more...


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Cut+Run’s Robert Ryang Wins Sports Emmy For Outstanding Editing For "Zion"


Engine Room’s QuickFX Takes Visual Effects Production to the Next Level: The Cloud


NoSlate Production Partners With SAP To Create One-Of-A-Kind Experiential Marketing Hubs For Under Armour, Tapestry, Cirque du Soleil And More At SAPPHIRE NOW Conference, SXSW


Must See Sigma Cine Lenses and Presentations at Cine Gear Expo LA


SHOOT Sets Panels and Announces Sponsors For May 30th New Directors Showcase Event At The DGA, NYC


a52 Color Takes The Spotlight


Movita Juice Bar Releases Its First Campaign


Nice Shoes Celebrates the Rich History of Qatar Through Immersive Film Galleries for the National Museum of Qatar


Wave Studios Wins Best in Show at 2019 AMP Awards For Music & Sound for "Fearlessness" for The New York Times and Droga5


Senior 3D Designer/Animator Jake Allen Opens New Design Dimensions for Sarofsky


Union’s Christjan Jordan Wins with Amazon at 2019 AICP Post Awards


Sound Lounge Promotes Becca Falborn To Executive Producer


Whitehouse Post London Welcomes Editor Joe Walton


M3 Creative To Present Special Creative Directors Session "The Ultimate Secrets Revealed" During the 2019 Promax Conference in Los Angeles


Colorist Jeremy Sawyer Heads To Light Iron


Union Entertainment Group Partners On New Southern Thriller ‘Blood For Dust’


Petite2Queen Names Top 25 Films Starring Powerful Female Role Models


Jessi Williams & Coyote Debut "Roam, Little Gypsy, Roam" Music Video


A Week In The Life Of Filmotechnic USA


SHOOT Unveils 17th Annual New Directors Showcase Class of 2019; 32 Solo Filmmakers, 2 Duos Make Cut; DGA Screening Event Set


SHOOT Emmy Season Coverage Kicks Off With Special Preview Article As Precursor To Annual "Road To Emmy" Series




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"Apocalypse Now" auteur, "American Horror Story: Apocalypse" and "9-1-1" director, "Mrs. Maisel" DP discuss their work and collaborators
Nic Pizzolatto has presided over True Detective (HBO) from its inception. As series creator, lead writer, executive producer and a director of the anthology drama crime series, he’s shaped each season’s distinctively different narrative set in a distinctly different locale. The show won five primetime Emmys the first year--for Outstanding Director (Cary Fukunaga), Cinematography (Adam Arkapaw), Casting, Makeup and Main Title Design. Season one scored seven additional Emmy nominations in 2014,...
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Two-time Oscar nominee sheds light on his collaborative relationship with director Adam McKay
Composer Nicholas Britell is a two-time Oscar nominee for Best Original Score, both for films directed by Barry Jenkins: Best Picture Academy Award winner Moonlight in 2017, and If Beale Street Could Talk this year. Britell’s feature filmography also includes a couple of notable features for director Adam McKay-- The Big Short and Vice . The collaborative relationship with McKay additionally yielded the composer’s first foray into series television: HBO’s Succession which introduces us to the...
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Two-time DGA Award winner Matthew Heineman to share insights “In The Director’s Chair”
NEW YORK -- SHOOT has revealed the slate of speakers for select sessions at its 2019 New Directors Showcase Event to be held at the DGA Theatre in NYC on Thursday, May 30. The event includes an afternoon “In the Directors” Chair on-stage interview and “Living on the Cutting Edge of Content” panel discussion, followed by the debut screening of the SHOOT 2019 New Directors Showcase Reel and then the “Meet the New Directors” panel. Wrapping up the event will be the annual after-party hosted off-site. The...
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CANNES, France (AP) -- If you're going to earnestly shout "Vive le cinema!" the Cannes Film Festival is the place to do it. That's what Quentin Tarantino declared from atop Cannes' red-carpet stairs on his way into the premiere of "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood," his affectionate ode to the movie industry. The movie, aglow with nostalgia for the halcyon days of 1969 and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, encapsulates what's now almost extinct in Hollywood: a big-budget, movie star-led original epic. It's...
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CANNES, France (AP) -- Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio said they forged a "cinematic bond" making Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood," while Tarantino bristled at the suggestion at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday that Margot Robbie's Sharon Tate isn't primary enough in the film. "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" made its splashy premiere Tuesday evening at Cannes, 25 years after Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" debuted at the French Riviera festival, where it went on to win the Palme d'Or...
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Droga5 and Academy Films named Advertising Agency and Production Company of the Year, respectively
LONDON -- The 57th D&AD Professional Awards ceremony took place this evening in London, where six Black Pencils--the competition’s highest honor--were awarded. Droga5 and Furlined won Black Pencils for The New York Times' “The Truth is Worth It” campaign, which sheds light on the rigor behind journalism, chronicling the lengths that reporters will go to in order to uncover the truth. Wieden+Kennedy claimed a Black Pencil in Integrated for its "Dream Crazy" campaign for Nike, led by the controversial...
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LOS ANGELES -- RSA Films has brought Pascal Dangin aboard its roster for commercial representation. Dangin is an award-winning filmmaker and a digital artist who has retouched iconic photos and set the look as colorist of major feature films. He’s also a creative director, photographer and book publisher of artists’ monographs, who plies his talents across the luxury, fashion, beauty, lifestyle and fine arts’ industries. His aesthetic and technical acumen have satisfied longstanding clients and collaborators...
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She will also handle creative leadership across Publicis Communications North America
CHICAGO -- Liz Taylor will join Leo Burnett Worldwide as chief creative officer. Starting July 8, she will sit at the agency’s Chicago headquarters leading the creative direction of the global agency network. Taylor will work alongside the network’s creative leadership team to help build the agency’s offering and culture for the future. Taylor will take on a hybrid role as North American creative lead of Publicis Communications, the creative communications hub of Publicis Groupe. She will partner with...
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Antfood Music, Droga5 also enjoy big night; Apple inducted into Hall of Fame
NEW YORK -- “Fearlessness,” a riveting spot about what it takes for reporters at The New York Times to get to the heart of a vital news story, won Best in Show for Wave Studios at tonight’s AMP Awards for Music & Sound in New York. The spot, part of the “The Truth is Worth It" campaign created by Droga5, uses on-screen typography, dynamic editing and a compelling storyline, all tied together with a sound design that adds to the suspense and tension of the film. Held at Sony Hall, the awards...
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LONDON -- Cannes Lions has named Apple Inc. as the Creative Marketer of the Year 2019 in honor of its world-class creative communications and marketing initiatives. The highly coveted award recognizes an organization that demonstrates sustained creative excellence in the marketing of their products across multiple platforms and distinguishes itself by embracing collaboration between partners and agencies to produce truly outstanding creative communications and marketing. In 2018 the company won the...
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Anders Jedenfors, award-winning filmmaker and director of photography, has joined RadicalMedia’s roster of commercial directors globally. Jedenfors’ personal style and intimate photography has translated into beautifully crafted films for clients such as BBC, BMW, The Economist, Alcro, Diesel, IKEA, McDonalds, Lexus and most recently Porsche. His commercial photography is based on a stylized approach with a heightened sense of atmosphere and feeling. Before pursuing a career in filmmaking,...
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CANNES, France (AP) -- "Where's Terrence Malick?" It's a familiar question for the famously press-shy filmmaker that was, predictably, hollered again Monday at the Cannes Film Festival. Malick, whose "Tree of Life" won the Palme d'Or in 2011, returned to the French festival with a movie whose title could double for a description of the seldom-seen director himself: "A Hidden Life." The film, based on the true story of an Austrian conscientious objector to Adolf Hitler's army in World War II, premiered Sunday night in...
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CANNES, France (AP) -- Mati Diop was initially disappointed when she, by reading a news article, discovered that she was the first black female filmmaker in the Cannes Film Festival's prestigious competition in its 72-year history. "I hadn't realized myself. I didn't know," the 36-year-old French-Senegalese filmmaker said in an interview. "My first reaction is that I found it quite sad. I thought, 'Oh, is it?' So there's still a long way to go before it becomes something completely natural and normal and something...
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CANNES, France (AP) -- Since her shimmering, shattering period romance "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" premiered to rapturous acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival, its director Céline Sciamma has had some time to consider the passionate response. "I think it's because it's a love story," Sciamma said in an interview on a sunny terrace in Cannes. "You can get some love back. It's kind of beautiful, actually." The French filmmaker's movie has arguably provoked more ardor than anything else in Cannes. "Portrait of a Lady on...
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CANNES, France (AP) -- Pedro Almodovar's "Pain and Glory" is a self-portrait of rare precision and warm intimacy. It stars Antonio Banderas as Salvador Mallo, a famous aging filmmaker, hobbled by physical ailments, who lives in a Madrid apartment reproduced from Almodovar's own, right down to the books on the shelves and the paintings on the walls. "Pain and Glory" toggles between Mallo's present and his childhood past (Penelope Cruz plays young Salvador's mother) in a deeply personal drama that weaves together...
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LOS ANGELES -- Director Samir Mallal has signed with Interrogate, bringing his emotionally rich brand of storytelling to the production company, which spearheads projects out of its Los Angeles, New York and Sydney offices. Interrogate will handle commercial, film and branded content representation for Mallal in the U.S. and Australia. He continues to be repped in the U.K. by Independent, in France by Grand Bazar, in Canada by Skin and Bones, and in India by Ransom. In the U.S. market, he was last handled by...
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LOS ANGELES -- Executive Producer Ron Cicero has launched INVADER. The L.A.-based production house opens with a roster that includes comedy director Andy Fisher, British visualist David Edwards, documentary director Christina Burchard and the directing team LGI Collective, of which Cicero is a member. The shop’s directors are expert across multiple disciplines and genres beyond commercials: Burchard was an editor on the Oscar-winning documentary Citizenfour; Fisher, who was previously at Caviar, was nominated...
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NEW YORK -- Bicoastal production company Honor Society has signed director Jeremy Heslup for U.S. commercial representation. He brings to the branded content space a cinematic eye and an affinity for capturing a story in challenging outdoor environments. He has a track record of infusing authenticity, risk and adventure into his short and longform content, with work distributed on both broadcast and digital for such clients as Land Rover, Lamborghini, Wahl Clippers, Zenith Watches, Optima Batteries,...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In 1992, Disney transported audiences to the mythical land of Agrabah, where they met a street rat with a heart of gold, a flying carpet, a headstrong princess and a magical genie with some oddly current pop culture references. With the music and lyrics of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, "Aladdin" would go on to win the hearts of millions and become the highest-grossing picture of the year. It was an ambitious animation project that paid off and generated decades of fan goodwill, not...
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Study cites lack of transgender characters, a decline in racial diversity
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The advocacy organization GLAAD says that LGBTQ representation is up for major studio films released in 2018, but that none included transgender characters. Of the 110 movies surveyed, 20, or 18.2%, contained an LGBTQ character. This is a significant improvement from 2017's all-time low of 12.8% and the second-highest in the seven years that GLAAD has been doing the report. Both 20th Century Fox and Universal received "good" ratings for their individual contributions for releases like "Bohemian...
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NEW YORK -- Marking its 40th anniversary, The Telly Awards announced this year’s winners, including animated, environmentally-conscious standouts like Passion Pictures’ “There’s a Rang-Tan in my Bedroom” for Greenpeace, live streaming favorite DC Entertainment’s “DC Daily Live with Kevin Smith,” Netflix’s drag show music video of Dolly Parton’s legendary “Jolene,” and CBS Interactive’s viral juggernaut for “The Late Late Show with James Corden: The Biggest Baby Shark Ever” starring a crooning Josh Groban...
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CANNES, France (AP) -- Robert Eggers' "The Lighthouse," starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe as turn-of-the-century lighthouse keepers, kicked up a storm Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival with a wave-making, madhouse period tale that seemingly washed ashore from another era. "The Lighthouse," Eggers' anticipated follow-up to the 2015 indie horror hit "The Witch," premiered in the festival's Directors' Fortnight section. While "The Witch" adopted the psychological folktales and terrors of a 1630s New England...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Actress Julianna Margulies knew she was claustrophobic. But she didn't realize just how much until she had to wear a sealed, full-body biosafety suit while filming the upcoming limited series "The Hot Zone." Margulies had to spend hours in the suit while filming the six-part show about how the deadly Ebola virus appeared on U.S. soil in 1989. "I hated it," Margulies said in a recent interview. "You immediately start to sweat. You are ensconced in rubber. There's two fans keeping the air...
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CANNES, France (AP) -- Some stars and directors come to the Cannes Film Festival by boat, others by private jet. Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin pretty much cycled their way into Cannes. Covino's "The Climb," in which he and Marvin star as lifelong friends, opens on a French mountain. One of the breakout films at Cannes this year, it uses long, fluid takes to capture comic moments in a male friendship that develops over many years and hundreds of miles on their bikes. Mike and Kyle (their characters share their...
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Whatever you say about Dexter Fletcher's glossy, glittering Elton John blinged-out biopic "Rocketman ," a shiny sequin of a movie, it doesn't lack for sparkle. Like its flamboyant subject, it's a movie outfitted to the nines in dazzle and verve, even if it's gotten all dressed up with nowhere to go but the most conventional places. Almost slavishly sealed within the hermetic bubble of the rock biopic, "Rocketman" will, justifiably, draw plenty of comparisons to its opening act: last year's...
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The insanely winning "Booksmart" boasts too many breakthroughs to count. There are the two leads, Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein, both of whom we've seen before but not like this. There is the director, Olivia Wilde, whose debut behind the camera is remarkably assured. And then there is the teen comedy genre, itself, which "Booksmart" has blown wide open. You can tell a lot by a movie's first minutes. In "Booksmart," you know that the smile on your face isn't likely to leave from the first...
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BURBANK, Calif. -- The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA), the trade association serving the community of individuals and businesses who provide creative and technical expertise, support, tools and infrastructure for professional content creation, distribution and archive, has brought Phil Kubel on board as the organization’s director. Kubel will be the Burbank-based presence of the HPA management team, managing the organization’s day-to-day business as well as supporting strategic planning, membership...
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CINCINNATI (AP) -- Lights, camera, cut? Some of Hollywood's biggest hit movies and equally big bombs have something in common: They were shot in Ohio, taking advantage of a 10-year-old tax credit incentive program. Now some Ohio legislators want to dim the lights on a program aimed at luring filmmaking to the Buckeye State that offers up to 30 percent rebates for production cast and crew wages and other in-state spending. Though the tax credit has been worth millions to blockbusters such as Marvel's "Avengers"...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In its last blast, “The Big Bang Theory” topped the TV ratings by a light-year. The back-to-back, two-episode finale of the nerdy CBS comedy’s 12-season run drew 18.5 million live viewers Thursday night to easily win the week, the Nielsen company said Tuesday. Sunday night’s much-ballyhooed finale of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” was a distant second with 13.61 million live viewers. “Game of Thrones,” however, had a comparable 18.4 million viewers when HBO’s same-night reruns and streaming services...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The box office has a new king and his name is John Wick. The third installment of the hyper violent Keanu Reeves franchise has taken the top spot at the North American box office and ended the three-week reign of "Avengers: Endgame." Studios on Sunday say "John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum" has grossed an estimated $57 million in its opening weekend. Not only did it far exceed expectations, it's a franchise best that nearly doubled the opening of the second film, which itself doubled the...
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This brand film for Lacoste out of agency BETC Paris features a couple whose relationship has hit a rough patch. They are arguing and on the verge of breaking up. Words that can’t be taken back are said and a metaphoric gap is created between the man and the woman. As their apartment and the entire multi-story building housing it collapses and crumbles into pieces around them, they suddenly realize that they have gone too far, and they take a brave leap back towards each other. The scene is...
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The Lab at Anonymous Content has created Unlock Life, the new brand platform for Lime, the electric scooter transportation company. The campaign--which sprung from a partnership between Lime and The Lab--includes short films such as this one, Carlos , which profiles an inner city lad whose life has been changed by the mobility he gains from Lime rental scooters. He can access all of L.A., connecting him with people from different walks of life as well as the realization that all of us, no...
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“Rescue Me,” OneRepublic’s catchy new single, is out along with this music video directed by Christian Lamb of Black Dog Films. Lamb worked closely with OneRepublic lead vocalist Ryan Tedder and the band to create the video, centering around a young boy who digs deep to thwart an Orwellian-esque gang of BMX bullies. Filmed in Silverton, Ore, the video follows the fleeing boy (Cody Bingham) who makes his stand in spectacular fashion in a dance choreographed by Sherrie Silver (“This Is America...
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Sophie Muller, signed to production house PRETTYBIRD UK and US, has directed the music video for Shakespears Sister’s “All the Queen’s Horses.” The track is the first new material in 26 years from Shakespears Sister and their first release since signing to the reformed London Records. Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit formed Shakespears Sister in the early ‘90s and Muller shot the videos for the band’s iconic tracks “I Don’t Care” and “Stay.” The “All The Queen’s Horses” video features a cameo...
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Lena Beug of Station Film directed this “Super Fresh Granny” online video, part of a campaign for Chevrolet, Buick and GMC Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles out of agency MRM/McCann Detroit A storyteller appears on camera and tells us of a young man who’s on his first solo road trip but he gets a flat tire in the middle of nowhere. Suddenly, his sojourn to help his grandma, who has a pending bake-off event, is in jeopardy. But the roadside assistance service provided by the certified pre-owned GMC...
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