Creative studio Stink USA–with a directorial roster that includes John Hillcoat, Eliot Rausch, Nicolas Winding Refn and Norman Bates–has secured Lisa Sabatino for exclusive representation on the West Coast. Sabatino formerly handled Anonymous Content….
SAM–created by the fusion of Quantel and Snell–has brought Said Bacho on board as chief business development and marketing officer. Having previously worked with Grass Valley and Harris Broadcast (now Imagine Communications and GatesAir), Bacho has experience spanning more than 30 countries across Eurasia, North Africa, the Gulf, CIS and Indian subcontinent. Prior to Harris, Bacho managed Pinnacle Systems/Avid business in MENA (Middle East and North Africa) from 2000 to 2005, and worked at TekVideo and Future Television in sales and technical management roles respectively from 1993 to 2000….
Cast & Crew Entertainment Services, a provider of technology-enabled payroll and production management services to the entertainment industry, has named industry veteran David Benavente as its VP of strategic sales. In his new role, Benavente will drive independent television sales as well as lead the Cast & Crew Financial Services division which focuses on production incentive financing, administrative services and consulting. Benavente has more than 25 years of experience, with 22 years at Warner Bros., which he left in 2009 as sr. VP finance and administration. Most recently, he served as director of business development at Tax Credit Co., where he led the implementation of the California Enterprise Zone Tax Credit Program, which facilitated production accounting software overhauls and increased tax credit revenue for clients including The Walt Disney Co., NBCUniversal and Lionsgate. He also served as sr. VP of production finance and administration at Shine America….
8 Aspiring DPs Receive Emerging Cinematographer Awards
The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) presented eight aspiring DPs with 2024 Emerging Cinematographer Awards (ECA) during a ceremony, screening and reception held on Sunday (9/29) in the Television Academy’s Wolf Theatre at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood.
Also during the ECA proceedings, Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC accepted the Distinguished Filmmaker Award. Prieto is a four-time Best Cinematography Oscar nominee--for Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain, and Martin Scorsese’s Silence, The Irishman and Killers of the Flower Moon.
In his opening awards ceremony remarks, Stephen Poster, ASC--who co-chairs the Guild’s ECA committee with Jimmy Matlosz--estimated that over the 26 years of the ECA, more than 200 up-and-coming lensers have garnered invaluable exposure and recognition early on in their careers. Submissions are open to Local 600 members who are not yet classified as DPs, and a panel of established ICG members from across the country assess the short film entries. The competition has intensified over the past two-plus decades. This year’s eight honorees and their short films were selected from 118 submissions.
The class of 2024 ECA honorees are:
–Dominic Bartolone for the short film Sweet Santa Barbara Brown
–Adam Carboni, INCOMPLETE
–Matthew Halla, The Unreachable Star
–Jessica Hershatter, Pirandello on Broadway
–Allen Ho, Iron Lung
–Nick Mahar, Sands of Fate
–Dylan Trivette, Bearing Witness: A Name & A Voice
–Andrew Trost, Bloom
These emerging cinematographers benefited from more than just the Sunday showcase in North... Read More