Included in our series of Directors Profiles in this issue are three filmmakers who have won Oscars for their short film workโthe husband and wife helming team of Sean and Andrea Fine who won this yearโs Best Short Subject Documentary Academy Award for INOCENTE; and Cynthia Wade, who won the Short Subject Documentary Oscar five years ago for Freeheld and was nominated again this year for Mondays at Racine. Plus, thereโs a Producer Profile of Mino Jarjoura, EP at Hungry Manโs L.A. office and producer of the Bryan Buckley-directed Asad, nominated for the Best Live Action Short Film Oscar in 2013.
SHOOT gravitated to The Fines, Wade and Jarjoura not only for their filmmaking talent but also for the inherent goodness in their Motion Picture Academy-recognized projects.
INOCENTE introduces us to a homeless teenager whoโs an artist. Mondays at Racine introduces us to two beauty salon owners who provide free hair and beauty services for women undergoing cancer treatment. And Asad centers on two boys in a Somalian fishing village.
Asad sprung from Buckleyโs desire to do justice to the humanity of the Somalian people. Hungry Man has since helped the two lads in Asad get a formal educationโin a short span, theyโve gone from zero grade to the fourth grade in South Africa. And the Oscar nomination means that more people will see the film and become aware of the refugees and what they can accomplish if they just get the opportunity.
Mondays at Racine focuses on the beauty parlor ownersโtwo sisters who lost their mother to breast cancer and are determined to give women who are losing their hair a sense of normalcy and dignity during a traumatic, uncertain time. The story evolves into a poignant, moving look at womanhood, motherhood and marriage.
Backstage after winning the Oscar, Andrea Fine credited her filmโs protagonist, a girl named Inocente, with โreally giving a face to whatโs an invisible population. One in 45 kids in this country is homeless and that doesnโt make sense.โ Fine hopes that by raising awareness in the general public and among policy-makers in D.C., there will be a sense of, โLook, maybe we can do something about this.โ
โA Complete Unknown,โ โWicked,โ โSing Sing,โ โBaby Reindeerโ Among Guild of Music Supervisors Award Winners
The Guild of Music Supervisors held its 15th annual awards ceremony on Sunday night (2/23) at the Wiltern Theatre in L.A., honoring the best achievements in music supervision and songwriting with feature category winners including โWicked,โ โA Complete Unknown,โ โI Saw the TV Glowโ and โSing Sing.โ Among the TV category winners were โBaby Reindeer,โ โEnglish Teacherโ and โAgatha All Along.โ
Stephen Schwartz was awarded the Icon Award to celebrate his contributions to the music and film industry. Schwartz performed his song โBeautiful Cityโ on stage from his musical โGodspell.โ Music producer and supervisor Bonnie Greenberg took to the stage to accept the Legacy Award for her outstanding career in music supervision. Music supervisor and executive at EA Games Steve Schnur won the most awards for the evening with two wins for his work on video games EA Sports FC 25 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Keeping their promise of live performances from Best Song nominees, Oscar-nominees Abraham Alexander & Adrian Quesada performed their nominated song โLike a Birdโ from โSing Sing,โ which took the prize for Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film. Danielle Ponder performed her nominated song โEgรบnโ from Apple TVโs โManhunt,โ and the artist Role Model gave a rousing performance of their song โSally, When The Wine Runs Outโ as the Spotlight artist of the evening.
The complete winners list for the 15th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards is as follows.
FILM
Best Music Supervision in Major Budget Films
Maggie Rodford - โWickedโ
Best Music Supervision in Mid-Level Budget Films
Steven Gizicki - โA... Read More