Helen MacKenzie has been named head of production, commercials, at Framestore CFC, London….Doner, which is headquartered in Southfield, Mich., is closing its Baltimore outpost at the end of August….Homestead Editorial, New York, has opened aWounded Knee, an independent film division. The new entity has already completed the features Ash Tuesday and The Lucky Ones, both of which were showcased at the recent Tribeca Film Festival. Homestead editors are Chris Hellman, Skip Duff, Sam Welch, Charly Bender, Lisa Barnable and Greg Dougherty. Company principal is Lance Doty….Cine/drsa international, New York, has signed director Rodrigo Ortuzar for exclusive representation in the United States….Mono-monikered editor Shrader, formerly of Red Car, Santa Monica, has joined Union Editorial, Santa Monica….Noted special effects coordinator Allen Hall (Forrest Gump, Backdraft, How the Grinch Stole Christmas) has been named CEO of Special Effects Unlimited, Hollywood. He is looking to expand the shop’s commercial and special events divisions, while continuing its work in features and TV….Grammy Award-winning art director Tommy Steele, well known in the music industry, has been named director of design at Team One Advertising, El Segundo, Calif. Steele formerly served as VP, creative director at Capitol Records….Director Justin Harder has come aboard the roster of Transistor Studios, Hollywood, a shop maintained by Backyard Productions, Venice, Calif., and Chicago. Transistor specializes in cross-platform branding and entertainment, creating design for broadcast, the Web, DVD and print.… RavensWork has promoted Chris Canning to audio mixer. He had been an assistant mixer with the Venice, Calif.-based shop, which provides audio post services, sound design and music composition for commercials….
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