Executive producer Gabrielle Yuro and director Chuck Bennett have teamed to launch Big Lawn Films, a company slated to move into permanent Santa Monica digs next month. Yuro’s résumé includes having served as exec producer at bicoastal Reactor Films. Bennett comes over from Crossroads, bicoastal and Chicago. Director Jamie Vickers has also joined Big Lawn, which becomes his first formal spot roost….Seattle has passed legislation that reduces the city’s film permit fees from more than $300 daily to a flat rate of $25 per day. The legislation additionally streamlines the permit process and provides limited police assistance for shoots…. Director Paul Fuentes has joined The Production Farm, New York, for exclusive representation….Director Marcos Siega has finished principal photography on Miramax Films’ Underclassman. He’s again available for commercials and music videos through bicoastal/international Hungry Man….Audio mixer/sound designer Carl Mandelbaum, who spent the past four years with The Anx, New York, has joined New York-based audioEngine….Deep Blue Sea, Miami, has added Carlos Rondon as executive producer…. Editor Alexis Chavez, formerly of Jigsaw, Santa Monica, has come aboard King Cut, Venice, Calif….The BBC, London, intends to sell its wholly-owned commercial subsidiary BBC Technology, which includes such technologies as the Colledia for Production asset management system….Effective Jan. 5, Kate Sturgess joins London digital post facility VTR in the newly created senior management role of facility director. Sturgess’ experience spans post shops and ad agencies, the latter including her serving as a producer at Fallon, London….If you are a member of the commercial production community who has a film that will be screened during the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and would like the project to be considered for coverage in SHOOT’s Sundance roundup, send a screener to senior reporter Christine Champagne c/o SHOOT, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003. You can also e-mail info to cchampagne@shootonline.com….
Lol Crawley Wins British Society of Cinematographers’ Feature Film Award For “The Brutalist”
For his work on The Brutalist, Lol Crawley, BSC has earned Best Cinematography in a Feature Film at the 69th British Society of Cinematographers Awards on Saturday evening (2/1). The awards ceremony at the Royal Lancaster Hotel was emceed by Edith Bowman and drew some 450 attendees.
This marked Crawley’s first BSC Award win--for his first career nomination.
In the Television Drama (UK Terrestrial) category, Jody Lee Lipes, ASC won for his work on the BBC drama The Listeners. Lipes was the winner in 2023 (for an episode of Dead Ringers) and becomes the first cinematographer to win back to back awards in the Television category. In the Television Drama (International/Streaming) category, Benedict Spence, BSC won his first award for his photography of the Netflix miniseries Eric.
In the newly launched Cinematography In A Music Video category, Daniel Landin BSC was named the winner for his work on the FKA twigs music video “Eusexua.”
The Operators Award, presented by the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC), Association of Camera Operators (ACO) and Guild of British Camera Technicians (GBCT),named Karsten Bloch Jacobsen, DFF and Simon Finney, ACO Assoc BSC the winners for their operating on the film Wicked and in the Television category Chris Plevin ACO Assoc BSC, Robert Patzelt and Michael Ole Nielson were victorious for their work on the HBO show True Detective: Night Country.
As for the competition’s two Short Film categories, Edward Hamilton-Stubber took Best Student Short Film for his National Film and Television School graduation film, Tapeworm. In the BSC Club category Jon Muschamp was victorious for his short film Bookyville.
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