Bullet, a year-old creative production firm founded by producer Oscar Thomas, has brought executive producer Damon Webster and digital content producer Andrea Leminske on board, and opened offices in Los Angeles and Amsterdam.
Webster’s experience includes his having been head of production at Saatchi & Saatchi LA, Torrance, Calif., for nine years. He had most recently been freelancing. Meanwhile Leminske has worked with such agencies as R/GA, Digitas and Agency.com.
Webster will lead Bullet’s new Los Angeles office, while Leminske will head the New York office with Bullet producer and music supervisor Patrick Oliver.
Thomas will relocate to Amsterdam to head the new Bullet office there.
“New York is our central base, but having offices on the West Coast and in Europe means having a deep talent pool to dip into and share with our clients,” Thomas noted. “Ideally, we’d like to have small production offices across the globe that are networked together and can share resources. There’s a demand now for producers who are not afraid to take an entire production into their own hands and work without traditional baggage, and that’s what we’re building with the addition of Damon and Andrea.”
“Agencies today,” observed Leminske, “are under a great deal of pressure from their clients to produce great work across all media that achieve results despite challenging budgets. Bullet, with its great producing ability coupled with its business management services, is an ideal resource for a lot of agencies. I’m excited to be a part of what they’re building.”
Bullet’s business model includes having an ensemble of savvy producers that agencies can tap into for ambitious projects. It’s a resource designed to help agencies keep their overheads low while still being able to access agency producer expertise.
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More