Ring of Fire Advanced Media, a West Hollywood visual effects/design boutique, has added to its roster. Joining the company are Inferno artist Ali Laventhol; visual effects/digital composite artist Jeremy Alcock; CGI artist John Jenkins; and producers Jill Heinrich and Kimberly Evans.
Before joining Ring of Fire, Laventhol freelanced as a Flame artist at Rhythm & Hues Studios, Los Angeles, and as a digital effects artist at various San Francisco shops, including Western Images.
Alcock comes from bicoastal/ international Pittard Sullivan, where he was a digital artist.
Jenkins had been freelancing for Ring of Fire as a CGI artist. Jenkins was previously lead animator at Visual Magic Images, Los Angeles.
Heinrich comes from the Attik, a bicoastal/international broadcast design firm, where she held the position of associate producer. In that post, she helped launch the Attik’s San Francisco production department.
Evans, who recently relocated to Los Angeles, formerly served as a staff producer at Atlanta companies Turner Entertainment Group, Big Mouth Productions and iXL Inc.
Additionally, Ring of Fire has also acquired two NT compositing workstations for its CGI department.
Judge Upholds Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Charge Against Alec Baldwin In “Rust” Shooting
A New Mexico judge has upheld her decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
In a ruling Thursday, state District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer stood by her July decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin. She said prosecutors did not raise any factual or legal arguments that would justify reversing her decision.
"Because the state's amended motion raises arguments previously made, and arguments that the state elected not to raise earlier, the court does not find the amended motion well taken," the judge wrote, adding that the request was also untimely.
A spokesperson for Baldwin's lawyers said Friday that they had no immediate reaction to teh decision.
The case was thrown out halfway through trial on allegations that police and prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense in the 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
Baldwin's trial was upended by revelations that ammunition was brought into the Santa Fe County sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammo unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers say investigators "buried" the evidence in a separate case file and filed a successful motion to dismiss.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey can now decide whether to appeal to a higher court.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer for "Rust," was pointing a gun at Hutchins during a rehearsal on a movie set outside Santa Fe in October 2021 when the revolver went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer —... Read More