Pulse Films has added director Jonathan Van Tulleken to its commercialmaking roster. He has helmed E4’s BAFTA-honored show Misfits and in 2013 directed the entire second season of Channel 4’s celebrated drama Top Boy. His shorts have been selected and screened at a number of international film festivals and his work in TV has been nominated for and has won awards including BAFTA, BBC Short Film Awards, and Virgin Media Short Finals. His 2009 film Off Season was nominated for a BAFTA and is currently being adapted into a full-length feature for Big Talk Films and Studio Canal….Director Matteo Bonifazio has joined MRB Productions’ spot directing roster for exclusive representation in the U.S. Shortly after graduating from the University of Genoa, Bonifazio began collaborating with MTV Networks, shooting pan-European promotions and ads in London and Milan. The work he helmed during that partnership earned him several accolades including a PromaxBDA Europe Award for one of his MTV Your Noise’s television promos. It also helped to shape and develop his very personal directing style that is strongly rooted in the youth generation of today. Bonifazio has since also directed campaigns for major international brands including Sony, Reebok, Vodaphone, Campari, Fiat, Fila, VW, Hyundai, McDonald’s and American Airlines. Bonifazio has worked all across Europe and in the U.S. He recently relocated from Spain to London. He joins a directorial lineup at MRB that includes Jamie Babbit, Jeremy Haft, Mark Teitelman, Branson Veal and James Wahlberg….Encore, a Deluxe Entertainment Services company, has brought technology expert Scott Ballard aboard its VFX division as pipeline supervisor. Ballard is tasked with expanding the company’s inter-studio pipeline across all Encore VFX facilities worldwide. He comes to Encore from the L.A. area offices of international technology and ride film company RGH….
Michelle Satter To Be Honored At Sundance Film Festival Gala
The nonprofit Sundance Institute today announced details for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival’s gala fundraiser, Celebrating Sundance Institute, which will take place on Friday, January 24, 2025 at the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley in Utah. The event will be an evening in celebration of Michelle Satter, founding sr. director of artist programs at Sundance Institute, for her longstanding commitment to nurturing artists and cultivating independent film through the Sundance Labs, where visionary artists convene to develop groundbreaking projects through an in-depth creative process, for the past four decades. The annual Vanguard Awards will be presented during the evening to Sean Wang, writer and director of Dìdi, and Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, co-directors of Sugarcane, who premiered their films at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
The annual gala enables the nonprofit to raise funds to support independent artists year-round through labs, grants, and public programming that nurture artists from all over the world. The 2025 event is made possible with the generous support of Google TV. The Festival will take place from January 23–February 2, 2025, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, with a selection of titles available online from January 30–February 2, 2025 for audiences across the country to discover bold independent storytelling.
“For over four decades Michelle has been devoted to truly championing independent storytellers,” said Amanda Kelso, acting CEO of Sundance Institute. “She has encouraged artists to own their voice, learn their craft, become fierce leaders, and develop their resilience in our changing ecosystem. Her life-long commitment to supporting artists, especially in underrepresented... Read More