In an effort to keep more commercial editing within the agency, The Assembly Line, the in-house editorial division of Fallon, Minneapolis, is looking to establish a strategic alliance with an outside editorial company. Per the arrangement, an edit house will relocate one of its cutters to the Minneapolis shop for one year to cut spots at The Assembly Line….Harry Nash, the London production company under the aegis of managing director Julia Reed, has shut its doors. Meanwhile, director Ringan Ledwidge, formerly of Harry Nash, and his long-time producer, Sally Humphries, have launched production company Small Family Business, London. He continues to be repped stateside by Claire.Alden Partners, New York….Jason Harrington has signed with Large, London, for representation in the U.K. He remains with bicoastal/international Believe Media for U.S. work. Additionally, director Steve Bendelack has signed with Large….Wild Brain, San Francisco, has signed animation director Jan Carlée for commercial and feature work….BeachHouse Films, Santa Monica, has added directors Bill Werts and the mono-monikered Karsten to its roster…..Agency Bates Worldwide, headquartered in New York, is closing its doors….Laura Rosenblatt has joined Company X, New York, as executive producer. She comes over from New York agency Margeotes|Fertitta+Partners, where she served as a producer and business manager….Editor Adam Parker, formerly of Jigsaw, Santa Monica, has joined Chrome, Santa Monica…. Viviana Pendrill, the founder and former co-founder of Hispanic ad agency Casanova Pendrill Publicidad, Irvine, Calif., has been hired by Warner Bros. Pictures as VP of targeted marketing. In the newly created position, she will research and develop feature film marketing strategies for select niche audiences, including Hispanic, teen and urban demographics….Director Todd Phillips is back at bicoastal Moxie Pictures and available for spots after wrapping the feature film Starsky & Hutch….Julie Shevach has joined bicoastal Trollback & Company as executive producer. She was most recently head of production at Treehouse Animation, New York….Partners Michael Waldron and Erik van der Wilden have opened motion graphics company NailGun, New York….
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