Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg has landed her first career representation as a spot director, coming aboard the roster of Los Angeles-based production house Hello!
Berg is best known for her Oscar®-nominated documentary, Deliver Us From Evil, an exposé on the Catholic Church’s cover up of serial rapist Father Oliver O’Grady. The director has also produced Emmy®-winning documentary segments for CBS, ABC News and CNN to name a few.
“Amy infuses her work with a raw realism that we think will translate well to spots,” said Carl Swan, executive producer at Hello!.
Berg recently completed a national PSA campaign for the RAINN Network starring Dylan McDermott, Kevin Bacon, Gabrielle Union and Christina Ricci.
Also among Berg’s credits is Polarized, one of the spotlight short films for the Live Earth campaign sponsored by Al Gore. Polarized, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, explores consumer habits and their contribution to the decline of the planet.
Currently Berg is working on two documentaries in different phases of development. The first chronicles the life of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto while the other centers on the infamous Bernard Madoff.
Berg is attached to shoot her first feature, Since Walker Left, which is a remake of the French film Since Depuis Qu’Otar Est Parti. Produced by Anonymous Content, Since Walker Left stars Catherine Keener with production slated for next summer.
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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