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    Director & Writer Audrey Ellis Fox Joins Fela for North American Representation

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    TORONTO & LOS ANGELES --

    Production company Fela has added Audrey Ellis Fox to its directorial roster for North American representation.

    Ellis Fox’s work with global brands includes Nike, On, Gatorade, Amazon, Adidas, Coach, Puma, Foot Locker, New Balance, Motorola, and Vogue/Conde Nast. She has directed world-class talent like Salma Hayek, Zooey Deschanel, Heidi Klum, Hailey Bieber, Khalid, Jessica Alba, Simu Liu, Future, Sha’Carri Richardson, Chloe Bailey, and Vanessa Bryant. Prior to joining Fela, Ellis Fox was most recently repped in the U.S. ad market by Los York Films.

    She was also nominated for an MTV VMA for her work with Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker, and Blackbear. Her short films Patricia Drive and Retreat have played at Oscar-qualifying festivals around the country and her script NDA was on the annual 2024 Black List and is currently in development. NDA was also selected for the 2023 Women in Film X Black List’s Feature Residency program.

    A third-generation Angeleno, Ellis Fox is a director and writer with a background in acting, producing, choreography, music production, and installation art. She attended Brown University for her Bachelor of Arts and has built her career by blending these skills to create vivid and dynamic worlds, whether it’s a 30-second commercial or feature film script. Her background as an actor enables her to relate to her onscreen talent with deep understanding and sensitivity; while her experience producing commercials and music videos informs her grasp on every facet of production.

    “My favorite feeling in the world is being completely immersed in the directing process–concepting, creating, and collaborating,” said Ellis Fox. “Fela is committed to beautifully crafted storytelling that’s rich in style, and they do it with incredible heart. I’m excited to push the boundaries of bold expression with Fela.”

    “Audrey’s creative vision and dedication set her apart,” said Taj Critchlow, founder and managing partner at Fela. “Her work bursts off the screen with vibrancy, inventive craft, and technical precision. With her unique background in acting, choreography, writing, and producing, she brings a brilliant combination of skills to the table. Beyond that, she’s a true professional, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to get started.”

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    AI-Assisted Works Can Get Copyright With Enough Human Creativity, According To U.S. Copyright Office

    Wednesday, January 29, 2025

    Artists can copyright works they made with the help of artificial intelligence, according to a new report by the U.S. Copyright Office that could further clear the way for the use of AI tools in Hollywood, the music industry and other creative fields.

    The nation's copyright office, which sits in the Library of Congress and is not part of the executive branch, receives about half a million copyright applications per year covering millions of individual works. It has increasingly been asked to register works that are AI-generated.

    And while many of those decisions are made on a case-by-case basis, the report issued Wednesday clarifies the office's approach as one based on what the top U.S. copyright official describes as the "centrality of human creativity" in authoring a work that warrants copyright protections.

    "Where that creativity is expressed through the use of AI systems, it continues to enjoy protection," said a statement from Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, who directs the office.

    An AI-assisted work could be copyrightable if an artist's handiwork is perceptible. A human adapting an AI-generated output with "creative arrangements or modifications" could also make it fall under copyright protections.

    The report follows a review that began in 2023 and fielded opinions from thousands of people that ranged from AI developers, to actors and country singers.

    It shows the copyright office will continue to reject copyright claims for fully machine-generated content. A person simply prompting a chatbot or AI image generator to produce a work doesn't give that person the ability to copyright that work, according to the report. "Extending protection to material whose expressive elements are determined by a machine ...... Read More

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