Richmond, VA.-based creative animation and design studio Hue&Cry–headed by EP Scott Friske and ECD Magnus Hierta–has tapped Sara Barnthouse’s indie firm DeVine Reps to handle West Coast sales and representation duties. The addition of DeVine Reps rounds out Hue&Cry’s nationwide sales force, which includes Mo Butler Reps for the Midwest and Anna Rotholz Management for the East Coast. DeVine’s current roster also includes: Colin Tilley’s new production company Boy In The Castle, most recently on the radar for Cardi B’s “WAP” video and J Balvin’s McDonald’s spot; female and minority-owned production house Cortez Brothers including Mexican directing duo The Flaminguettes; Thinking Machine’s identical twin brother comedy twosome the Docter Twins (Jason and Matt); bicoastal music house MAS, and feature film and advert editor Alexandro Rodriguez, known for his work on Alfonso Cuarón’s Y Tu Mamá También and Children of Men.
Harriet Donington has launched The VFX & Post Talent Agency, a European agency specializing exclusively in VFX and postproduction. Earning her stripes building the VFX division at Sara Putt Associates, Donington spent 10 years nurturing and developing the careers of VFX and post talent. The VFX Post & Talent Agency opens with a core roster of 14 VFX and postproduction artisans spanning such roles as post producers and supervisors, and VFX producers, production supervisors and editors. The boutique agency maintains a diverse lineup of talent and is committed to promoting inclusivity, equality and diversity in every aspect of VFX and postproduction……
Cooke Optics, a manufacturer known for its lineup of camera lenses, has appointed Hon Ming Lai to serve as director of sales for Asia, Australasia, Africa and the Middle East). Based in Hong Kong, he will report to Thomas Greiser, director of global sales. Lai joins Cooke from Shriro (H.K) Ltd where he spent seven years as business manager leading a sales and marketing team focused on high-end cine and video equipment including Zeiss, RED, Atomos, Tiffen and Kinoflo. Prior to that he held increasingly senior regional sales and business development roles with Kodak over 19 years, culminating in a 10-year stretch as country business manager. Hon Ming holds an MBA from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology….
From Restoring To Hopefully Preserving Multi-Camera Categories At The Emmys
When Gary Baum, ASC won his fourth career Emmy Award earlier this month, it was especially gratifying in that the honor came in a category--Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Half-Hour Series--that had been restored thanks in part to a grass-roots initiative among cinematographers to drum up entries. Last year the category fell by the wayside when not enough multi-camera entries materialized.
In his acceptance speech, Baum appealed to the Television Academy to keep multi-camera categories alive. He later noted to SHOOT that editors also got their multi-camera recognition back in the Emmy competition this year. Baum hopes that after resurrecting multi-camera categories in 2024, such recognition will be preserved for 2025 and beyond.
A major factor in the decline of multi-camera submissions in 2023 was the move of certain children’s and family programming from the primetime Emmy competition to the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ (NATAS) Emmy ceremony. For DPs this meant that multi-camera programs last year were reduced to vying for just one primetime nomination slot in the more general Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour) category. It turned out that this single slot was filled in ‘23 by a Baum-lensed episode of How I Met Your Father (Hulu).
Fast forward to this year’s competition and Baum won for another installment of How I Met Your Father--”Okay Fine, It’s A Hurricane,” which turned out to be the series finale. Two of Baum’s Emmy wins over the years have been for How I Met Your Father, and there’s a certain symmetry to them. His initial win for How I Met Your Father was for the pilot in 2022. So he won Emmys for the very first and last... Read More