Editor Jessica Hernández, who won an Emmy last year for her work on the “Sister, May I Call You Oshun?” episode of A Black Lady Sketch Show, has joined the roster of Lost Planet for commercials and branded content. This marks Hernández’s first representation in the advertising arena.
In terms of her awards pedigree, Hernández recently landed her first ACE Eddie nomination, also for A Black Lady Sketch Show. And back in 2011 she won a Peabody Award for the feature documentary Bhutto, directed by Duane Baughman. Bhutto made its premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
Hernández’s body of work ranges from scripted TV to documentaries and narrative features. In addition to A Black Lady Sketch Show, her most recent endeavors include episodes of Adam McKay’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Laker Dynasty miniseries which is slated to debut next month on HBO Max.
SMPTE elects board officers, regional governors
SMPTE®,the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has revealed the board officers and regional governors who will serve terms beginning in January 2025.
Three new officers--Richard Welsh as SMPTE president, Eric Gsell as SMPTE executive VP, and Polly Hickling as SMPTE Education VP--have been elected for a two-year term from Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2026. One SMPTE officer, Lisa Hobbs, will be continuing her service as SMPTE secretary and treasurer for another two-year term. Additionally, Raymond Yeung will be stepping into the role of standards VP on Jan. 1, 2025.
“SMPTE’s membership has spoken,” said SMPTE interim executive director Sally-Ann D’Amato. “These officers have been tasked with an important responsibility, one each of them is prepared to tackle head-on. These next two years are looking bright for SMPTE!”
In addition to the officers, 10 regional governors were elected by the Society to serve two-year 2025-2026 terms.
These include the following regional governors, re-elected to continue their service:
Asia-Pacific Region Governor
Tony Ngai, Society of Motion Imaging Ltd.
EMEA - Central & South America Region Governor
Fernando Bittencourt, FB Consultant
United Kingdom Region Governor
Chris Johns, Sky UK.
USA - Central Region Governor
William T. Hayes, Consultant
USA - Eastern Region Governor
Dover Jeanne Mundt, Riedel Communications
USA - Western Region Governor
Jeffrey F. Way, Open Drives
Also elected were four newcomers to the SMPTE Board:
Canada Region Governor
Jonathan Jobin, Grass Valley
USA - Hollywood Region Governor
Allan Schollnick, Voxx... Read More