Daniel Mirsky joins Twist’s sales staff
Twist has added Daniel Mirsky to its staff sales team. He joins fellow team members Rob Neill and Kathryn Lotis to represent nationwide Twist’s directorial roster which includes: Rich Michell, Matt Pittroff, Scott Pitts, Chris Stocksmith and Marc AndrĂ© Debruyne; and recent roster addition, integrated creative collective Tomato. Mirsky continues his creative pursuits as an ensemble member of theatre company The New York Neo-Futurists, for whom he previously worked as a technical director and artistic collaborator. He brings to Twist much experience in environmental activism and sales, with organizations such as Greenpeace, Green Mountain Energy, and 3D printing startup Makerbot.
Skouras welcomes back production designers
Production designer David Batchelor Wilson has wrapped principal photography on Soham Mehta’s Run the Tide starring Taylor Lautner and produced by Pilar Savone. The production designer is again available for commercials and features through The Skouras Agency. The same holds true for Skouras production designer Kevin Kavanaugh who recently completed Otto Bathurst’s Hysteria.
Calderon joins Band Pro's sales team
Christian Calderon has joined the sales team of Band Pro Film & Digital, Inc. at its Burbank headquarters. An experienced DP, producer and media specialist, Calderon has worked in the professional broadcast and cinema industry for over 15 years. In addition to studying at the New York Film Academy and earning a BA in Communications from Cal State Northridge, Calderon has delivered over 600 talk show episodes for the Telemundo Network, and has worked producing over 100 short and long form commercials over the course of his career. Calderon’s hiring also comes, in part, as a response to the ongoing Latin American industry renaissance. A fluent speaker of Spanish, Italian, and English, Calderon will work closely with Band Pro’s international Latin American market client base, as well as local Los Angeles and domestic US clientele.
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
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