Editorial house Beast has expanded its Austin facility with the addition of a Smoke room for finishing projects and the hiring of senior editor Ariel Quintans and Smoke artist Jim Reed. In addition, Beast Austin has partnered with sister company Company 3 to provide virtual telecine services.
Quintans has been an editor in Austin for over 12 years, cutting spots, music videos and longer-form fare. On the latter front, he served as lead editor on Rollergirls, a 13-episode reality series for A&E, was the supervising editor for four seasons of the Emmy Award-winning documentary series Downtown, and has been a contributing editor and motion designer on feature length features and documentaries.
An industry veteran with over 30 years of experience, Reed joins Beast from 501 Post, where as senior editor and postproduction supervisor he worked on feature film projects such as Sin City and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Reed also has a long list of commercial credits for brands including AT&T, BMW, Burger King, Kohler, Land Rover, Snickers and Wal-Mart.
Company 3 will employ its remote technology for postproduction services on commercials and features, enabling clients at Beast Austin to collaborate in real time with Company 3 artists on color grading projects. A high-resolution monitor calibrated by a certified Company 3 engineer coupled with a video conferencing system ensures that client feedback reaches their Company 3 colorist in Los Angeles or New York without delays or color discrepancies.
Beast also maintains shops in Santa Monica, New York, Detroit, Chicago and San Francisco.
Marlee Matlin Is “Not Alone Anymore” At Sundance, Opens Up In A New Documentary
Marlee Matlin gives an unflinchingly honest account of her experiences as a deaf actor in the funny and revelatory documentary "Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore." The film kicked off the 41st Sundance Film Festival Thursday, as the first major premiere in the Eccles Theater in Park City, Utah.
After the screening audiences in the theater, some wiping tears away, greeted Matlin with a standing ovation when she took the stage.
The film delves into all aspects of her life, personal and professional: Her childhood and how her family handled learning she had become deaf at 18 months; her experience winning the best actress Oscar for her first movie role in "Children of a Lesser God" and her allegedly abusive romantic relationship with her co-star, the late William Hurt, which he denied; and her experiences in an industry not equipped to accommodate deaf actors.
The film was directed by Shoshanna Stern, who also is deaf. Matlin specifically requested that Stern take on the project when American Masters approached her about doing a documentary.
Matlin has written about her experiences before, including her volatile relationship with Hurt and drugs, in a memoir, "I'll Scream Later." But before the #MeToo movement, she felt her allegations were largely dismissed or glossed over.
Interviews from the book's press tour show journalists were more interested in the "amazing sex" she said she had with Hurt than the stories of the alleged physical and verbal abuse. One interviewer asked her why she waited "so long" to come forward with the claims.
The documentary isn't just a portrait of Matlin, but a broader look at deaf culture and how Matlin was thrust into the spotlight at a young age as a de facto spokesperson for all deaf... Read More