Santa Monica-based visual effects studio Asylum and production company Kommitted Films (founded by director Nathan McGuinness, cofounder/creative director of Asylum) have secured Charlie McBrearty and Vanessa McLean of independent rep firm Shortlist to handle the West Coast….Riot’s studios in Santa Monica and New York have taken on Maureen Butler of Mo Butler & Associates for representation in the Midwest…Cutters, with shops in Santa Monica and Chicago, has hired independent rep Susan Bennett to handle West Coast sales….Paul Abatemarco has joined digital studio Radium, which maintains shops in San Francisco, Santa Monica and Dallas, as head of sales. He returns to Radium after a three-year absence, during which he was director of operations at Riot, Santa Monica. Abatemarco is based at Radium’s Santa Monica studio….Maria V. Elgar of Hardtribe is now handling representation in select territories, including the West Coast and the Southwest, for CineConcepto, spanning that production house’s directors in the United States and Mexico….Trackdownmusic.com has secured Rachel Green to represent the service in the Midwest and on the East Coast, and Charlie Pomykal to cover the West Coast and Texas….DP Jeff Cutter has joined endeavor, Beverly Hills, for representation in commercials, music videos and features…..
DGA Award Nominees Set For TV, Documentaries and Commercials
The Directors Guild of America has unveiled the nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2024. The winners will be announced at the 77th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 8, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Garnering multiple nods in their respective categories of Dramatic Series, Comedy Series and Movies for TV/Limited Series were, respectively, Shogun, The Bear and The Penguin. Three of the five nominations in Dramatic Series went to Shogun--Hiromi Kamata for the “Ladies of the Willow World Episode,” Frederick E.O. Toye for “Crimson Sky” and Jonathan van Tulleken for “Anjin.” The other two nods were garnered by Alex Graves for The Diplomat episode “Dreadnought” and Issa Lopez for the “Part 6” installment of True Detective, Night Country. The Bear also took three out of five nominations, in the Comedy Series category: Directors Ayo Edebiri for the “Napkins” episode, Duccio Fabbri for “Doors,” and Christopher Storer for “Tomorrow.” The other two Comedy Series nods went to Lucia Aniello for the Hacks episode “Bulletproof” and Jeff Schaffer for the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode “No Lessons Learned.” And garnering three of the five nods in Movies For Television and Limited Series was The Penguin: Directors Kevin Bray for “Top Hat,” Jennifer Getzinger for “A Great or Little Thing” and Helen Shaver for “Cent’anni.” Rounding out the category were nominationns for Alfonso Curaon on the strength of Disclaimer, and Steven Zaillian for Ripley. Nominated in the Documentary category were Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev for... Read More