Rep Report
New York-based production house foreign films, headed by executive producer Federico Fasolino, has signed independent rep firm Shortlist (Charlie McBrearty and Vanessa McLean) to handle the West Coast and Texas. Foreign films’ roster includes directors Matthias Zentner and Stevan Treshow….Bicoastal Brand New School has hired Meghan Lang as in-house West Coast sales rep; the shop has also secured Paul Saylor of BS Worldwide to handle the Midwest….Digital asset management company Beam.TV has hired business development directors on both sides of the Atlantic. Simon Boyce has been named to serve in that role for North America; he will be based in the company’s New York office. His experience spans the software world (Siebel Systems, San Francisco) and the ad agency arena (Grey Daiko, Toyko, as account manger on P&G business, and stints at London shops Saatchi & Saatchi, and McCann Erickson). Meanwhile Tim Horton has joined Beam.TV, London, as business development director. Horton’s background encompasses TV companies in Sydney, Singapore and throughout Asia. He’s been based in London for the past six years, and has worked in Saatchi’s in-house content creation companies (Triangle Post Production, Vermilion Films, and Shell Like Radio)….Production designer Elizabeth Burhop has joined The Skouras Agency, Santa Monica, for exclusive representation….DP Tim Suhrstedt is now available through Innovative Artists, Santa Monica, for all work after wrapping principal photography on Little Miss Sunshine, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris….DP Steve Ackerman and production designer John Doliner are again available for commercials through Orlando Management, Sherman Oaks, Calif., having wrapped seven episodes of Free Ride for Fox Television, directed by Rob Thomas. The comedy series debuts on Fox March 1….
