Word is New York-based production company Lovinger Mahoney Adelson (LMA) has ceased operations. According to a former insider, the company closed its doors as of Sept. 1. SHOOT called LMA for confirmation, but at press time the office number at LMA was not in service. Reportedly, director/cameraman Charlie Cole, who had signed with LMA in 2000, has been shopping around for a new representation deal in recent weeks….Wild Brain has added designer/director Nick Hewitt to its roster….Documentary filmmakers Earle Sebastian and Marc Singer have signed with Nonfiction Spots, Santa Monica, for commercials….Mono-monikered director Selby has signed with Hyena Films, New York…. Director/DP Karen Schuld and director Maria Ripoll have joined the roster of Taxi Films, New York….Chuck Kinsinger, formerly of Bates West, Irvine, Calif., has joined Ant Music, New York, as executive producer….Dave Dakich has come aboard Genuine Music, Chicago, as executive producer. He had been with Steve Ford Music, Chicago….Editor Mitch Schreiber, formerly of Steel Rose, New York, has joined New York-based Refinery….Editor Steve MacCorkle has come aboard Avenue Edit, Santa Monica….TeamHeavy, New York, has added Michael Darmanin as creative director….Composer/sound designer/mixer Scott Persson, formerly of Headroom Digital Audio, New York, has joined Burst@Creative Bubble, the audio post/sound design division of postproduction/visual effects house Creative Bubble, New York…. Michel Suissa has joined bicoastal post/visual effects shop Sideshow as creative director….Helena Lee, formerly a producer at Inside/Out, Santa Monica, has joined King Cut Editorial, Venice, Calif., as executive producer….Senior colorist Matt Turner has joined Framestore CFC Commercials, London, after serving the past eight years at The Mill, London….
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