Bicoastal Transmission@RSA has signed New York-based director Brent Harris. Formerly of bicoastal Go Film, Harris joins a directorial roster that also consists of Sean Mullens, Wayne Holloway and ACNE….Michael Crapser, best known for his long tenure as executive producer and head of the commercials division at Rhythm & Hues, Los Angeles, has joined Hollywood-based Motel Films as its executive producer. He had most recently been partner/executive producer at Santa Monica-based CGI/ visual effects house Moving Pixels. Motel’s directorial lineup includes company president Rick Dublin, Todd Korgan and Eric Young….Bicoastal Elias Arts has signed multimedia performance group Fischerspooner (Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner) for spotwork….Mia Films, Miami, has launched a new division to work on branded content. Mia Next will be headed by general manager Sisco Sanchez….Ivo van Riet has departed his position as executive producer of The Haus, New York, a company which he co-founded, and has joined Hyena Films, New York, as executive producer….Laurence J. Hyman has assumed ownership of San Francisco-based audio postproduction house Crescendo! Studios from Bob Shotland and Jack Leahy. Hyman, who comes from a background in still photography, journalism and filmmaking, will work closely with Crescendo’s longtime director of operations, Cindy McSherry. The shop’s ensemble of talent includes senior audio engineers Jay Shilliday, Craig Helmholz and Dave Baker….Millennium Pictures, Southfield, Mich., has launched an office in Toronto headed by executive producer Michael Cooper. The full roster of Millennium directors—Derek Case, Mark Walton, Jamie Way, Bill Scarlet, Charlie Watson and Jb Carlin—will be available via both offices….Thwak!, a New York music production company, has opened an office in Chicago with Cliff Kennedy as producer/creative director….Jeff Odiorne, chairman/executive creative director at Odiorne Wilde Narraway + Partners, San Francisco, has left the agency. Odiorne, who has helmed some spots with his brother, Peter Odiorne, an editor in the New York office of bicoastal Crew Cuts, is expected to pursue a new venture involving directing….
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