Craig Duncan and Kristin Redman re-elected president and secretary, respectively; newly elected are LaRue Anderson as VP, Ken Skaggs as treasurer
AICE will start the new year with a new slate of top officers of its International Board. Craig Duncan, partner and executive producer of Cutters in Chicago, has been re-elected by AICE’s International Board to another two-year term as its president. Also re-elected was Kristin Redman, EP at Hudson Edit in Detroit, to another term as secretary. Joining them are LaRue Anderson, managing director and partner of Apache Digital in Los Angles, who was elected VP, and Ken Skaggs, president and partner of 3008 in Dallas, who was elected treasurer.
Together the four industry leaders comprise the Board’s Executive Committee and are deeply involved in all of the association’s ongoing initiatives in the areas of refining business practices and helping establish industry standards. AICE has advocated strongly over the past several years for fairness and transparency for independent postproduction companies across the advertising content creation process.
Duncan noted that the new Executive Committee reflects the divergence of AICE’s members. “The fact that LaRue heads up a boutique studio that specializes in color grading is a testament to the emergence of so many creative disciplines that are now active in setting the course for AICE,” he said.
“Our leadership group also reflects the broad geographic range of our industry, with members from the West Coast and the Southwest represented,” Duncan added. “They bring with them the unique perspectives and challenges of their markets, which is important for an international association such as ours. We’re deeply appreciative to have them accept these important volunteer posts.”
Anderson has held a top role in the AICE Los Angeles chapter for the past several years, where she’s VP of the Chapter board. As a co-founder of Apache Digital she believes in applying a new boutique approach to the field of color grading, providing a level of support to both local ad agencies in Southern California while also supporting L.A.’s growing creative and production community. Prior to launching Apache Digital in 2014 she was an EP at The Mill, working with two-time AICE Award winning colorist Adam Scott and the rest of the production and post team there. She came to The Mill after spending seven years working in a wide range of postproduction roles at companies like Arcade Edit, Radical Media and Outpost Digital.
Skaggs has been active in AICE since 2005, when he joined what was then the Dallas Chapter board (now the Texas Chapter), which he currently serves as president. A Texas native, he was initially in sales for a technology company that created specialized industrial products but was drawn to postproduction by a friend who was an editor. He launched his first post company, Frames Per Second, in Dallas in 1996. The company grew continually and in 2006 moved into its current space at 3008 Ross Ave. and rebranded itself as 3008.
“Coming from a very different industry, my exposure to the postproduction world has been largely limited to my own company and my own ideas of what it should be,” Skaggs said about his involvement with AICE. “Becoming a part of the association has given me interaction with companies that face the same day-to-day issues we do, and has helped build a sense of camaraderie with like-minded people. Becoming an officer of the International Board allows me to give back to the association that gives us all so much, and hopefully help contribute to its ongoing success.”
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More