Mike Pandolfo, David Logan and Craig Chang have partnered to form Native, a New York-based music shop….Amber Music, London and New York—best known for its work in commercials on both sides of the Atlantic—has signed composer Michael Kamen, who has roots in feature films (i.e. X-Men, Shine) and in composing music for acts such as Aerosmith and Metallica….Chicago-based Steve Ford Music has signed composer/sound designer Joel Corelitz….Pow Wow Productions, a Santa Monica-based animation shop founded last year by director David Smith and exec producer Donna Smith, has added five animation director to its roster: Sheila Aldridge, Tim Biskup, David Brewster, John Corbitt and Miles Thompson….Visual effects artist/designer Kim Harper has joined The Finish Line, Santa Monica. She previously was at Avenue, Santa Monica and Chicago….Colorist Arnold Ramm, formerly of The Syndicate, Santa Monica, has come aboard Hollywood Digital….Meanwhile, colorist Bob Curreri has joined The Syndicate. He comes over from R!OT Santa Monica…. Michael Pollock, executive producer at New York-based Charlex’s interactive division Grain, has exited the company to pursue other interests. Grain will continue to design Web advertising and interactive media for its clients as a counterpart to Charlex’s visual effects work for TV. A replacement for Pollock has not been named…. Actor/director John Turturro has become available to helm commercials via bicoastal Coppos Films. Turturro has just wrapped acting duties on Fear the X, directed by Nicholas Winding Refn, and Secret Passage, directed by Ademir Kenovic. Beginning in late ’02, Turturro is slated to direct a feature with Joel and Ethan Coen as exec producers….
London Critics Name “The Brutalist” The Film of the Year
The Brutalist, Brady Corbet’s immigrant saga, won the Film of the Year prize at the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.
While The Brutalist garnered just one award, it was the marquee honor. Meanwhile Nickel Boys, Conclave and A Real Pain all receivd multiple awards, and Zoe Saldaña was honored twice.
Edward Berger’s Vatican thriller Conclave took two awards for British/Irish Film of the Year and Actor of the Year for Ralph Fiennes, while RaMell Ross’s radical Colson Whitehead adaptation Nickel Boys was recognized with Director of the Year and the Technical Achievement Award for Jomo Fray’s first-person cinematography. Jesse Eisenberg’s dark comedy A Real Pain was the night’s other multiple prizewinner, landing Screenwriter of the Year for the actor-filmmaker, and Supporting Actor of the Year for co-star Kieran Culkin.
Payal Kapadia’s Mumbai-set drama All We Imagine as Light was named Foreign Language Film of the Year, while the Palestinian-Israeli collective behind No Other Land took Documentary of the Year.
Alongside Conclave, British productions awarded by the Circle in the top categories included Mike Leigh’s intimate character study Hard Truths, which took Actress of the Year for Marianne Jean-Baptiste, while Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl was named Animated Feature of the Year. In the British/Irish-specific categories, Saoirse Ronan won British/Irish Performer of the Year for her performances in The Outrun and Blitz, 14-year-old Nykiya Adams won Young British/Irish Performer of the Year for her screen debut in Andrea Arnold’s Bird, and Rich Peppiatt won the... Read More