Colorist Sean Beach, formerly of Company 3, has joined post/effects shop Riot. Both Riot and Company 3 are Santa Monica-based shops that are part of the Four Media Company family of facilities.
Beach began his career as an assistant at 525 Studios, Santa Monica, and at Riot. He came aboard Company 3 two years ago, and assisted colorists Stefan Sonnenfeld and Mike Pethel before being promoted to a full-fledged colorist. Beach’s Company 3 credits included spots for Nike, Oldsmobile and Mountain Dew.
In addition to Beach, Riot has also acquired a Philips BTS Spirit Datacine, the studio’s third such telecine system. Beach becomes part of a Riot colorists roster that includes Bob Curreri, Bob Festa, Beau Leon, Clark Muller and Mark Wilkins. Richard Cormier is Riot’s managing director.
The Long and Short of The IDA Documentary Awards’ Shortlists
The lineups are set as 20 feature-length and 20 short documentaries have been shortlisted for the 40th IDA Documentary Awards.
This year, the IDA Documentary Awards shortlists and nominees are selected by independent committees of 300 documentary makers, curators, critics, and industry experts from 40-plus countries. More than 700 total entries were submitted for all categories from 77 countries.
Additional IDA Awards will be presented in the following categories: Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Writing, Best Music Score, Best Curated Series, Best Episodic Series, Best Limited Series, Best TV Feature Documentary, Best Music Documentary, Best Audio Documentary, the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award, the ABC News VideoSource Award, and the Pare Lorentz Award.
All nominees in the above categories will be announced on November 19.
The 40th IDA Documentary Awards Ceremony will be held on December 5 at The Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles.
Here’s a rundown of the feature and short film IDA Documentary Awards’ shortlists.
FEATURES SHORTLIST
Agent of Happiness
Black Box Diaries
Brisa
Dahomey
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
Hollywoodgate
Igualada
Kamay
Mediha
Motherboard
My Sweet Land
No Other Land
Queendom
Seeking Mavis Beacon
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane
Tell Them You Love Me
The Last Journey
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Water For Life (Agua Es... Read More