Director Rob Marshall, whose feature film directing debut, Chicago, won the best motion picture Oscar, is moving into the spot arena. He’s now available to helm commercials via an exclusive deal with bicoastal Moxie Pictures…..PostWorks, New York has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Tapehouse, New York, and its affiliates (Tapehouse Editorial, Tapehouse Digital Film, Tapehouse Broadband, Tapehouse Toons, Photomag, Black Logic and The Anx), as well as the assets of SMA Realtime, New York. Additionally, PostWorks has acquired 50 percent of New York audio post house Caterini Studios. The deals widely expand PostWorks continued growth into high definition, film finishing, visual effects, CG animation, graphic design and audio. In the coming months, PostWorks New York plans to consolidate most of the companies into a new 45,000-square-foot corporate headquarters in the SoHo section of New York—a prime exception being The Anx, which will remain in its current downtown Manhattan facility….Director Jason Harrington has shifted his U.K. representation from London-based Stark Films to Believe Media, London. This consolidates his relationship with Believe globally; he joined bicoastal Believe last summer for U.S. market spots….Bob English has joined R!OT Manhattan as creative director; he continues as creative director at thebritpack, New York, which has scaled back its operations…..Colorist Roger H. Doran has joined Company 3, New York… Editor Lars Fuchs has come aboard Click 3X, New York…..Mitchel Greenspan, formerly of DeWolfe Music Library, New York, has launched American Music Company, a music publishing and library music catalog based in Oceanside, N.Y….Composer/producer Brian Aumueller and producer Chris Gargani have partnered to launch Blue Room Music, New York…..Debbie Brenner has launched SmallFishBigPond, a marketing and competitive strategy consultancy tailored for postproduction houses and other industry facilities. Brenner was formerly director of marketing and product demonstrator/trainer for Quantel, New Canaan, Conn….In last week’s (3/28) "Street Talk" item regarding the promotion of John Garland at J. Walter Thompson (JWT), the incorrect office was stated. Garland is executive VP/creative director of broadcast and development at the New York office of JWT….
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