Editorial house Final Cut has partnered with indie firm Maven Label for nationwide creative representation. Given that the sales team at Maven Label, led by Pamala Buzick and Kamila Prokop, has already been representing Final Cut on the East Coast since 2010, an expansion to the West Coast and other territories is a natural fit for the two companies. Maven Label, who also represent Bandito Brothers, Hello!, Paranoid, Sibling Rivalry and Squeak E Clean, have even widened their reach beyond the US, opening their services to Brazil last year. The move was a highly successful one, resulting in a Cannes Lion Grand Prix for their viral project, Dove “Sketches“….Hello Tomorrow’s Mary Eiff and Michelle Stuart will represent Cutters Studios newest office in New York City for the East Coast market. Based in Chicago, Cutters Studios also m aintains offices in L.A., Detroit and Tokyo….
DGA Award Nominees Set For TV, Documentaries and Commercials
The Directors Guild of America has unveiled the nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2024. The winners will be announced at the 77th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 8, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Garnering multiple nods in their respective categories of Dramatic Series, Comedy Series and Movies for TV/Limited Series were, respectively, Shogun, The Bear and The Penguin. Three of the five nominations in Dramatic Series went to Shogun--Hiromi Kamata for the “Ladies of the Willow World Episode,” Frederick E.O. Toye for “Crimson Sky” and Jonathan van Tulleken for “Anjin.” The other two nods were garnered by Alex Graves for The Diplomat episode “Dreadnought” and Issa Lopez for the “Part 6” installment of True Detective, Night Country. The Bear also took three out of five nominations, in the Comedy Series category: Directors Ayo Edebiri for the “Napkins” episode, Duccio Fabbri for “Doors,” and Christopher Storer for “Tomorrow.” The other two Comedy Series nods went to Lucia Aniello for the Hacks episode “Bulletproof” and Jeff Schaffer for the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode “No Lessons Learned.” And garnering three of the five nods in Movies For Television and Limited Series was The Penguin: Directors Kevin Bray for “Top Hat,” Jennifer Getzinger for “A Great or Little Thing” and Helen Shaver for “Cent’anni.” Rounding out the category were nominationns for Alfonso Curaon on the strength of Disclaimer, and Steven Zaillian for Ripley. Nominated in the Documentary category were Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev for... Read More