SHOOTonline will publish a Special Directors >e.dition on Monday, October 21, that will contain the entire Directors Series section from SHOOT‘s October 18th print issue.
The lineup of Director Profiles includes several Oscar contenders, including Paul Greengrass for Captain Phillips, Brian Percival for The Book Thief, J.C. Chandor for All Is Lost, Scott Cooper for Out of the Furnace, and Ben Stiller for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
Also in the Profile mix are: Drake Doremus of B-Reel, a lauded feature filmmaker (Like Crazy, the 2011 Sundance Grand Jury Dramatic Prize winner) whose The Beauty Inside for Intel/Toshiba went on to earn three Grand Prix honors (Film, Branded Content & Entertainment, and Cyber) at the 2013 Cannes International Festival of Creativity; Nicolai Fuglsig of MJZ who directed this year’s primetime commercial Emmy Award winner, Canon’s “Inspired” for Grey NY; and John X. Carey, who recently joined Tool of North America, scoring impressively at Cannes this year with Dove’s “Real Beauty Sketches” which garnered the Titanium Grand Prix and an Integrated Gold Lion for Ogilvy Brazil, as well as more than 56 million views on YouTube.
Our Directors section also includes the latest installment of our Cinematographers & Cameras Series which this time around features Barry Ackroyd, BSC, who shot Captain Phillips; Anthony Dod Mantle, ASC, BSC, who lensed Rush, the Ron Howard-directed feature generating early Oscar buzz; and Adam Arkapaw who won the primetime Emmy for Best Cinematography in a Miniseries or Movie on the strength of BBC/Sundance TV’s Top Of The Lake.
And our featured Up-and-Coming Directors rundown includes: an actress/writer who has successfully diversified into filmmaking; a SHOOT New Directors Showcase helmer who just landed his first production company roost; another director who just missed the Showcase cut but has seen his career continue to progress; a music video director who shows promise as a commercialmaker; a spot director Down Under who has moved stateside; a production company principal who initially served as a DP to his shop’s roster of directors only to later gain momentum as a director himself; a comedian, radio show host and former producer of the TV series Monk who recently gained his first commercial production house representation; and an artisan from Spain who’s extending her creative reach into the U.S. market.
Plus we have two sponsored content profiles in which directors Jay Patton of Dictionary Films and James Lipetzky of Foundation Content reflect on their most significant, creative challenging work this year, as well as lessons learned about the business and/or themselves based on their experience/projects in 2013.
Also appearing in the 10/21 >e.dition will be the Street Talk, Flash Back, and Rep Report columns.
SCHROM x Yacht Club and Be Electric Studios Launch Electric XR for Virtual Production
SCHROM x Yacht Club, a full-service live-action, tabletop, and postproduction company, has teamed with Be Electric Studios, a soundstage, equipment rental, and virtual production company, to launch Electric XR, a virtual production collective.
Industry veteran Thomas Rossano will lead the new venture, which provides advanced virtual production solutions across multiple facilities. He brings over 25 years of experience in live-action, tabletop, postproduction and talent curation to enhance Electric XR’s offerings as a resource for brands and agencies, as well as other production companies in need of virtual production solutions. Additionally Rossano continues to serve as EP at XR New York (XR-NY), a role he’s held since December 2022. SCHROM x Yacht Club originally established XR-NY to help provide XR services for third-party rentals. While XR-NY will continue to function independently for SCHROM X Yacht Club, it now operates under the Electric XR umbrella.
Rossano’s expertise spans producing live-action commercials, branded content, interactive and experiential content. In addition to leading Electric XR, he holds responsibilities at SCHROM x Yacht Club which include driving business development, collaborating with sales reps and expanding the company’s creative talent network. Rossano’s career includes serving as an exec producer at Hungry Man for about 11 years, right from that company’s inception. He then went on to become a partner at Station Film where he also had a lengthy tenure. Later he was a partner at PRISM. Then after the pandemic hit, he became a freelance EP for nearly two years, looking into opportunities in virtual production, which led him to XR NY and now Electric XR. Over the years, he has produced high-profile... Read More