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


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


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


Street Talk for February 22, 2019
L.A.-based production company London Alley , founded by Luga Podesta, has brought Jordana Freydberg aboard as executive producer. She will help... more...


Rep Report for February 22, 2019
Creative production studio Versus has hired K.C. Gulino as sr. business development executive. Gulino will work closely with head of sales John Levy... more...


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Creative Studio Versus Welcomes K.C. Gulino and Tom Colabraro


Casey Bloys, Ava Duvernay, Doug Herzog, Pearlena Igbokwe, David Madden and Lisa Nishimura Named as New Television Academy Executive Committee Appointees


Producers Guild of America's 2019 "Produced By" Conference Set


The One Club Partners With OUTFRONT To Honor Excellence In Out-of Home For The One Show 2019


Amazon Prime Video Celebrates The Apocalypse at SXWX With The New Series "Good Omens"


Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance To Hold 3rd Annual Advertising Law Seminar In New York City


Winners Announced For The 21st Costume Designers Guild Awards


2019 New York Festivals Advertising Awards Unveils Film Craft Executive Jury


London-based Animation and Creative Studio Jelly Launches In United States


Oscar-Nominated Production Designers and Set Decorators to Participate in Oscar Panel Discussion at Egyptian Theatre, February 23


Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Present The 66th Annual Golden Reel Awards


2019 Writers Guild Awards Winners Announced


“Bohemian Rhapsody”, “Isle of Dogs” and “Free Solo” Take Top Honors at 55th CAS Awards Recognizing Outstanding Mixing


Lucky Post Helps Rabbit Foot Studios Illuminate The Life of A “Navajo Son” For YETI


"Crazy Rich Asians," "A Star Is Born," "Vice" and "Mary Queen of Scotts" Motion Picture Winners at the 6thAnnual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards


Tom Hanks, George Clooney, Jennifer Aniston, Regina King and Others Sign Statement of Support For #StrikeBBH


SHOOT's 17th Annual 2019 New Directors Search Is Now Open For Entries; Aspiring Filmmakers May Enter Spots, Docs, Shorts, Music Videos, TV, Film And Spec Work




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Ludwig Goransson, Skip Lievsay reflect on their nominations, collaborators
LOS ANGELES -- It’s been an eventful awards season for composer Ludwig Goransson who in recent months earned his first career Oscar and Golden Globe nominations--for Best Original Score for Black Panther (Marvel Studios/Disney). Last week he also won his first two Grammy Awards, sharing Song of the Year and Record of the Year honors with Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) for the stirring, searing social commentary, “This is America.” Goransson is gratified over his good fortune to have had the opportunity...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- At the glad-handy Oscar nominees luncheon earlier this month, film academy president John Bailey proudly told the 171 nominees in the room that there were a record number of women nominated for Academy Awards this year. The statement seemed to take everyone a moment to process, or calculate, but soon Lady Gaga, Amy Adams, "Black Panther" costumer Ruth E. Carter and others were applauding. Numbers-wise, women did have a comparatively good year. In the 20 non-gendered categories, 52 individual...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- After more than a decade collaborating with the writer and director Alfonso Cuaron, producer Gabriela Rodriguez knew his work inside out. But even she didn't anticipate the universal success his "Roma" has enjoyed. "I thought it would have an interesting impact in Latin America, but not that it would get to where it's gotten around the world and much less that the academies and guilds would recognize it as they have," Rodriguez said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. "I never...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- For Grammy-winning producer-songwriter Alexander Shuckburgh, the Academy Awards are so close and yet so far. Shuckburgh should be celebrating as an Oscar nominee since a song he co-wrote — "All the Stars" from the "Black Panther" soundtrack — is competing for best original song at Sunday's show. But he isn't. That's because the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences limits the number of nominees in the best original song category to four, forcing one of the song's five writers to take a...
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CULVER CITY, Calif. -- Production company Superprime has added Icelandic directing duo Samuel & Gunnar to its roster for U.S. commercial representation. Samuel Bjarki Petursson and Gunnar Pall Olafsson are award-winning directors with a passionate eye for detail and a holistic approach to filmmaking. Recent work includes “Unstoppable,” a moving and cinematic portrait of a young girl’s passion for soccer in spite of the stereotypes women must overcome in sports. Made for Icelandair’s sponsorship of the Iceland...
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YouTube has plenty of problems to deal with, ranging from advertiser boycotts to a recommendation engine often blamed for encouraging conspiracies on the video-sharing network. But rarely does it score such a spectacular own goal as it did with its 2018 year-in-review video. That production is normally a celebration of the YouTube video creators who upload free clips — sometimes wacky, sometimes personal, sometimes offensive — that the company sells advertising against. But for "Rewind 2018 ,"...
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LOS ANGELES -- Serial Pictures has signed director Arnaud Uyttenhove for North American representation spanning commercials, branded entertainment, and music videos. The young, Belgium filmmaker has already established himself in the commercial world, directing for worldwide brands including Hermes, Airbnb, Coca-Cola, Toyota, Gatorade, and UNIQLO. He had been repped in the U.S. by Caviar which continues to handle him in France and Belgium. Uyttenhove’s body of work includes two Super Bowl campaigns, one for...
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CINCINNATI -- Adam Kahn has been promoted to chief creative officer of Grey Midwest. He has served as executive creative director since 2015. Kahn’s promotion was announced by Grey’s worldwide CCO, John Patroulis. Grey Midwest, a future-facing, end-to-end marketing hub located in Cincinnati, debuted in April 2018. At Grey Midwest, Kahn oversees all creative development, helps to set and implement the creative vision, recruit top talent, and guide new business creative efforts. Tony Desjardins, managing...
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NEW YORK -- Bicoastal design and production company Brand New School has added Nico Casavecchia to its directorial roster for commercials and branded content in the U.S. Prior to signing with Brand New School, Casavecchia spent five years at 1stAveMachine, where he directed visual campaigns for clients including Sonos, Dropbox, Facebook, IBM, and Izze. His work, which employs mixed media techniques from his background in live action, graphic design, illustration and animation, has been showcased in film...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- On a year where one of the lead Oscar contenders is titled "The Favourite," the 91st Academy Awards lack a clear front runner. Normally a fairly predictable process with one or two favorites, this year's best picture race has been maddeningly unclear, almost devious in its contradictions. The guild awards, usually a road map to the Oscars, have spread their honors around like never before. Not one of the top prizes from the leading guilds has lined up with another. The producers went for "Green...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Bowing to a backlash that had threatened to engulf an already blunder-plagued Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday reversed its decision to present four awards during the commercial breaks of this year's Oscar broadcast. All 24 categories will be shown live, after all, at the 91st Academy Awards on February 24, the academy announced in a statement. On Monday, the academy had said that the winning speeches for cinematography, film editing, makeup and...
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"Mrs. Maisel," "The Americans," "Barry" among TV winners
LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK -- Eighth Grade (A24) and Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Fox Searchlight) won the marquee feature honors--for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay, respectively, at the 2019 Writers Guild Awards. Concurrent ceremonies at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles and the Edison Ballroom in New York City recognized outstanding achievement in writing for film, television, new media, videogames, news, radio/audio, promotional, and graphic animation categories. Director Bo Burnham penned the original screenplay for...
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LOS ANGELES -- Bohemian Rhapsody won the top prize for sound mixing, taking the live-action motion picture category at the 55th Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards on Saturday night (2/16) in Los Angeles. Rounding out the feature winners were Isle of Dogs for animated motion picture and Free Solo for best documentary. On the TV side, winners included the series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Mozart in the Jungle, American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace , and Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown ...
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LOS ANGELES -- Bohemian Rhapsody and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse each won two Golden Reel Awards from the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) on Sunday evening (2/17). Bohemian Rhapsody topped the sound editing for a musical and the sound editing--dialogue/ADR categories while Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse won for sound editing for feature animation and for best sound editing--music score. A Quiet Place earned a Golden Reel Award for sound editing--effects/Foley. Roma won for sound editing in a...
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TV winners include "Mrs. Maisel," "Westworld," "Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story"
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- It was a big night for costume designer Ruth E. Carter at the 21st CDGA (Costume Designers Guild Awards) celebrating excellence in film, television, and short-form costume design. During a gala CDGA ceremony on Tuesday evening (2/19) at the Beverly Hilton. Carter’s work on the Ryan Coogler-directed Black Panther topped the Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film category. She also, as earlier announced, was the recipient of the Guild’s Career Achievement Award. The Black Panther win could be a...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It's a big week for Ruth E. Carter, who on Sunday could become the first African-American to win an Academy Award for costume design through her Afro-futuristic wardrobes in "Black Panther." But before that show, Carter will receive a career achievement award Tuesday at the 21st annual Costume Designers Guild Awards. She talked about her early years with Spike Lee and her favorite "Black Panther" costumes during a recent interview. WHERE IT ALL STARTED Carter still possesses her sketches from...
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TV series honorees include "Mrs. Maisel," "American Horror Story: Apocalypse," "Westworld"
LOS ANGELES -- A Star is Born, Vice, Crazy Rich Asians and Mary Queen of Scots were the major feature film winners at the 6th annual Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706) Awards held Saturday night (2/16) in Los Angeles. Television winners included The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, American Horror Story: Apocalypse, Westworld and Dancing with the Stars . Motion picture made for TV category winners were King Lear, Cocaine Godmother and Jesus Christ Superstar: Live and in Concert . In total...
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BERLIN (AP) -- Israeli director Nadav Lapid's "Synonyms," a movie about a young Israeli man who uproots himself to France and is determined to put his homeland behind him, won the Berlin International Film Festival's top Golden Bear award on Saturday. A jury headed by French actress Juliette Binoche chose the movie from a field of 16 competing at the first of the year's major European film festivals. Set in Paris, it stars Tom Mercier in the role of Yoav, who refuses to speak Hebrew and is accompanied by an...
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BERLIN (AP) -- The voice of the female filmmaker was louder than ever at this year's Berlin Film Festival, with seven out of the 16 films in the competition section helmed by women, and female directors from all corners of the globe featured prominently at the festival. The number of women-directed films in competition is the most in the festival's 69-year history. In addition, the festival's selection committee was overwhelmingly female. However, male-directed films were still the majority of films...
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Amandla Stenberg brought the audience to their feet as she talked of being protected by the ancestors. KiKi Layne evoked tears as she talked about having the comfort of black women during an exciting but "terrifying" time. Regina Hall kept people in stitches as she cracked jokes and celebrated her longevity in Hollywood. And Jenifer Lewis commanded everyone to honor those who came before them— while seemingly alluding to the arrest of Jussie Smollett for allegedly concocting a hoax about being...
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LOS ANGELES -- “Wonder Woman” took moviegoers by storm in 2017, taking in more than $820 million in ticket sales worldwide. And Patty Jenkins’ role as director of the blockbuster was part of a positive — if possibly short-lived — trend for women directors that year. Counting each year’s 200 top-grossing films, the number of women directors nearly doubled from 2016 to 2017, according to the newest UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report, published today by the UCLA College Division of Social Science. But women’s...
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CHICAGO (AP) -- As authorities laid out their case against "Empire" actor Jussie Smullett, the narrative that emerged Thursday sounded like that of a filmmaker who wrote, cast, directed and starred in a short movie. Prosecutors said Smollett gave detailed instructions to the accomplices who helped him stage a racist, anti-gay attack on himself, including telling them specific slurs to yell, urging them to shout "MAGA country" and even pointing out a surveillance camera that he thought would record the beating...
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NEW YORK -- Creative content studio The Collective @ LAIR has signed NYC-based director Kamp Kennedy for commercial and network content representation in the U.S. Expanding on a prolific career in the music and beauty industries, Kennedy has amassed a body of work which includes commercial, feature films and branded content for clients ranging from Netflix to Biogen, Garnier Fructis, Levi’s, Nestle and Coca Cola. Prior to joining The Collective @ LAIR, he had his own shop for an interim stretch and earlier...
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LOS ANGELES -- Production company Eskimo has signed directing duo SÄMEN for U.S. commercial representation. Consisting of Sami and Ludovico, SÄMEN has turned out spots for the likes of Nike, Vodafone, Hyundai, BMW, Lamborghini, Apple, Tudor, Greenpeace, Yamaha, Fastweb, US Soccer, and Schoffel. The duo has collaborated with such agencies as J. Walter Thompson, DLV BBDO, Vice, Ogilvy & Mather, Grey United, Saatchi & Saatchi and Leo Burnett. Italy-native SÄMEN began its directorial journey in the music...
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NEW YORK -- Jelly, a London-based animation, design and production company that’s produced for a bevy of American agency and direct clients, has opened a full-time presence in New York and dispatched its sr. creative producer, Eri Panasci, to lead it as executive producer. The news was announced today by Chris Page, Co-Founder and Partner. Launched in 2002, Jelly functions as both a production company and artist management agency. On the commercials front, Jelly represents a global roster of directors and...
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Born in the 3-D land rush, "How to Train Your Dragon" has never quite shrugged off the bland corporate sheen attached to it from the start. But almost a decade since taking flight in 2010, these movies have made up for their lack of fire with enough sincerity and genuine sense of wonder to sustain a mild but moving trilogy. "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World" brings the franchise to a close with an affectionate chapter that continues the adventures of the Viking boy-turned-chief Hiccup...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The sci-fi fantasy "Alita: Battle Angel" topped the charts and beat out a number of newcomers including the meta romantic comedy "Isn't It Romantic" and the horror sequel "Happy Death Day 2U" in its first weekend in theaters, but it is a victory with a few caveats. It's leading the slowest Presidents Day weekend at the box office in almost 20 years and has a ways to go to make up its costly budget. 20th Century Fox said Sunday that the James Cameron-produced film earned an estimated $27.8...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Fired FBI acting director Andrew McCabe’s headline-making interview on CBS’ news magazine proved a TV audience grabber as well. The program ranked as the third most-watched last week with 9.7 million people tuning in, according to Nielsen figures released Wednesday. Viewership was down across the board during the Presidents Day holiday weekend, and the Sunday audience for “60 Minutes” didn’t approach its season average of 11.6 million. But McCabe’s memoir “The Threat,” about the FBI and the...
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Directed by Floyd Russ from Tool of North America for agency Forsman & Bodenfors Singapore, the online documentary Meet me Halfway --sponsored by global skincare brand SK-II--follows the real-life stories of three young single Chinese women as they bravely take on the daunting first steps of reaching out to their parents after years of avoiding and not returning home during holidays due to marriage pressure. Many single women in China find themselves having to choose between living up to...
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News UK’s agency, Pulse Creative, approached Framestore Pictures’ BAFTA-winning director William Bartlett to create a TV ad for The Times and The Sunday Times that plays on the idea that the UK’s House of Commons bears a strong resemblance to a noisy zoo. Drawing on his extensive experience in VFX supervision and technical know-how when it comes to pre-production problem solving (as well as Framestore’s impressive portfolio of CG animals), Bartlett was perfectly placed to work closely with...
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Deutsch and its Steelhead arm created and produced a series of essentially "fake" ads to promote the new ABC primetime series Whiskey Cavalier . Dubbed “Spyvertising” by Deutsch, the spots feature the stars of the show, Scott Foley and Lauren Cohan. Included in the mix is this promo, “Getaway,” depicting a couple’s seemingly perfect international romantic vacation that takes an unexpected twist. “We love this kind of work; making provocative content for clients willing to take a shot at...
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In this spot we see beautiful, CGI, mechanical butterflies made from individual components of the all-new Ford Focus Active hatching out of chrysalis to come together in a stunning kaleidoscope to form the new vehicle. The ad uses the butterflies to symbolize the beauty that can emerge from change. The Ford UK commercial was directed by Steve Cope at 2AM Films for agency GTB UK. Visual effects house on the job was Electric Theatre Collective. Neil Scholes, VFX supervisor at Electric, said: “It...
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Venables Bell & Partners has rolled out Chipotle Mexican Grill’s “Behind the Foil” campaign, billed as an intimate look into the company’s operations in its 25-year history. The documentary-style digital and TV spots, shot by famed documentarian Errol Morris via production house Biscuit Filmworks, aim to “pull back the foil” by featuring behind-the-scenes footage of Chipotle restaurants including Chipotle’s kitchens, equipment and prep routines, and featuring Chipotle employees and the...
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Everyone appreciates the beauty of getting a good night’s sleep, and just how essential a comfortable bed and bedroom set are to making that a reality. Ogilvy New York’s new IKEA campaign, “The Morningmorphosis” directed by O Positive’s Jess Coulter, depicts people everyone can relate to enjoying the newfound benefits of becoming a morning person. In this spot driven by humor and IKEA’s aesthetic, we meet one of those morning people, Sarah.
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This comedy commercial introduces us to a guy out on a date trying to impress a young lady--but his oily skin does him in as a body builder approaches their table at a restaurant and lubricates his body by touching the gent’s face. Clearly for his next date, the guy had better use Ponds’ Men (Unilever) Lighting Oil Clear lotion. Alex J. Morsanutto directed the spot, which is being broadcast in Southeast Asia while also gaining exposure on social media channels. The job was produced by...
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