ShootersNYC, the new satellite of Philadelphia-based post house ShootersINC, has added editor Anthony Marinelli. Based at ShootersNYC, he is also available for projects at the company’s Philly headquarters. Marinelli began his editing career 17 years ago as an in-house editor at agency DDB Needham. From there he worked at Steel Rose Editorial, Crew Cuts and Cut + Run, before joining Red Car in 2008. His work over the years includes the 2005 Super Bowl “Superheroes” spot for Visa, as well as ads for Aleve, NY Lottery, Bayer, Scotts/Miracle-Gro, Atlantis Resorts, Wendy’s and the US Tennis Open. In 2002 he was nominated for an AICE Award for his work on the NY Department of Tourism’s “New Day” campaign, an effort to revitalize the city tourism industry following the September 11th terrorist attacks. His work outside of advertising includes his 2008 documentary feature with Alicia Keys called “Alicia in Africa,” for her Keep a Child Alive charitable organization…..Ntropic, L.A. and San Francisco, has added sr. Inferno artist MB Emigh. Her experience includes serving as a VFX supervisor/compositor at such houses as Radium, Troika and Hydraulx. She is currently working on spots for Smokey Bear and Green Mountain Coffee….Make+Model has launched a documentary division headed by exec producer Mark Hyatt. The new entity has two documentaries in production: director Marcos Zavitsanos’ What’s for Lunch? examining a healthy school food initiative, and a project with director Russell Bates exploring a group of organic, treatment-free beekeepers based in L.A. With partial funding from the Annenberg Foundation, the later film will be co-produced by Make+Model and Max Wong at Pink Slip Pictures….Tim Caldwell has come aboard Fletcher Camera & Lenses, based in Chicago with a branch office in Detroit, as its technical service manager. Fletcher is a leading provider of high-end film and digital camera and lens rentals. Caldwell has 28 years experience as a camera operator/technician and service provider in the film and digital camera industry, starting his career at Panavision in 1983. Working his way up the through the organization, Caldwell was a central figure in Panavision’s manufacturing division, working closely with the manufacturing and design teams, and playing a key role in the successful building of the company’s signature Millennium camera and Primo lenses. Before moving to Chicago in 2010, Caldwell spent five years as the service manager for Panavision New York, simultaneously establishing its new HD department and servicing clients during a period of explosive growth in the N.Y. market. Between his stints for Panavision on the East and West Coasts, Caldwell was recruited by Plus 8, a rental house with facilities in the U.S. and Canada, to head the operations department in both Burbank, Calif., and New York.
A self-described still photographer at heart, Caldwell received his BA with honors from UCLA’s film school and has worked closely with filmmakers for a number of high-profile features, television shows and films, including Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos, I Am Legend, and the Star Wars prequels.
Director Cassandra Brooksbank Joins Monument Content For Spots and Branded Content
Monument Content has signed director Cassandra “Cassie” Brooksbank for U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content. She brings to her directing and storytelling the experience and skills of a writer, conceptual artist, editor and visual effects artist.
Her body of work as a director includes Pepsi’s “Selfie” featuring Lionel Messi amid a flurry of fans, Barclays madcap women’s Soccer League spot where she collaborated closely with the agency to develop the creative, ultimately winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sports Industry Awards, and a grass-roots campaign for Fellow Coffee. The latter just didn’t brew buzz; it helped raise $1.2 million on Kickstarter.
Prior to joining Monument Content, Brooksbank had been repped in the U.S. for commercials by production house Hey Wonderful.
On the long-form front, she is repped by CAA for film and television. And on the horizon is her debut feature, My Masterpiece, produced by Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions and backed by Amazon.
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