Music house Human Worldwide has hired Carol Dunn as its newest executive producer. Dunn joins Human from post-house PS260, where she served as EP in its West Coast office for two years. She will report to Human’s partner and composer Gareth Williams.
In her new role, Dunn will be responsible for developing Human’s business from their L.A. office, growing its model to expand its brand, as well as helping market Human to remain top of mind with current and potential clients. She will also work hand in hand with its sales team, and has an additional role in helping to create the company music as a creative producer.
At PS260, Dunn worked with big-name agencies and brands, including Omnicom, WPP, American Greetings, NBA, Hyatt, Kia, Instagram and TRUTH. She has also served as EP and head of sales at Squeak E Clean Productions and Amber Music, where she oversaw and directed their national sales force, marketing and new business efforts. Duunn also previously held leadership roles at the record labels Capitol Records and Interscope Records, co-producing such soundtracks as Baz Lurhmann’s Romeo + Juliet, Boogie Nights and Office Space.
“Human’s musical output is second to none, and I’m excited to bring my career experience from film and TV to Human with the intention of extending our focus beyond advertising,” Dunn said. “I joined Human because it was an opportunity to set my heart’s passion back on my musical career path with a company that has all the tools to change the idea of how a music house functions in our industry. After a rewarding stint in postproduction, I am overjoyed to be back.”
This news comes on the heels of Human’s expansion with its Sonic Branding department, helmed by sr. producer Craig Caniglia, which has created work for notable brands such as Coca-Cola, IKEA, Visa, GE Appliances, and Lowe’s. In addition, Human’s postproduction department Post Human–led by chief engineer Sloan Alexander–recently mixed projects for adidas, Under Armour, Google, Verizon, and Stella Artois.
Writers of “Conclave,” “Say Nothing” Win Scripter Awards
The authors and screenwriters behind the film โConclaveโ and the series โSay Nothingโ won the 37th-annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards during a black-tie ceremony at USCโs Town and Gown ballroom on Saturday evening (2/22).
The Scripter Awards recognize the yearโs most accomplished adaptations of the written word for the screen, including both feature-length films and episodic series.
Novelist Robert Harris and screenwriter Peter Straughan took home the award for โConclave.โ
In accepting the award, Straughan said, โAdaptation is a really strange process, youโre very much the servant of two masters. In a way itโs an act of betrayal of one master for the other.โ He joked that โYou start off with a book that you love, you read it again and again, and then you end up throwing it over your shoulder,โ crediting author Robert Harris for being โso kind, so generous, so open throughout.โ
In the episodic series category, Joshua Zetumer and Patrick Radden Keefe won for the episode โThe People in the Dirtโ from the limited series โSay Nothing,โ which Zetumer adapted from Keefeโs nonfiction book about the Troubles in Ireland.
Zetumer referenced this yearโs extraordinary group of Scripter finalists, saying โprojects like these reminded me of why I wanted to become a writer when I was sitting in USCโs Leavey Library dreaming of becoming a screenwriter. If you fell in love with movies, or fell in love with TV, chances are you fell in love with something dangerous.โ
Special guest for the evening, actress and producer Jennifer Beals, shared her thoughts on the impact of libraries. โIf ever you are at a loss wondering if there is good in the world,โ she said, โyou have only to go to a... Read More