Senior colorist Tom Poole has joined Company 3, Santa Monica, for commercials, music videos and features. The announcement was made by colorist Stefan Sonnenfeld, cofounder of Company 3, which has operations on both coasts.
Poole got his industry start at The Mill in London where he began as an assistant to some of Europe’s leading colorists. He moved stateside in 2004, in order to help start The Mill’s New York telecine department. At The Mill in New York, Poole focused primarily on commercial and music video projects. He contributed to advertising campaigns for such clients as eBay, Mastercard, FedEx, ESPN, Reebok, Tanqueray and Infiniti. He also worked on music videos for The White Stripes, Eminem, The Killers, and Beyonce, among others. Poole has also collaborated with such high-profile directors as Michel Gondry, Fredrik Bond, Happy, Joe Pytka and Jake Scott.
Poole was nominated for a Music Video Production Association (MVPA) Award as best colorist on the strength The Killers’ “When You Were Young” clip. That video also scored a One Show Silver Pencil as well as a Grammy nomination. Additionally, among the Poole projects that have gone onto perform well on the awards show circuit are eBay’s “Anthem” which won a London International Award, and Beyonce’s “Impossible” which earned a Black Entertainment Television (BET) Award for video of the year.
“I have made the move to Los Angeles to become part of Company 3 primarily because of the creative diversity the L.A. market has to offer,” said Poole. “I have always wanted to work on all aspects within the telecine medium.” Poole also expressed admiration for Sonnenfeld. “His artistry as a colorist, and his ability to work simultaneously on commercial and feature film projects is something I was very much drawn to. Not only are we good friends, I consider Stefan a like-minded soul. I look forward to working with him.”
Review: Malcolm Washington Makes His Feature Directing Debut With “The Piano Lesson”
An heirloom piano takes on immense significance for one family in 1936 Pittsburgh in August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson." Generational ties also permeate the film adaptation, in which Malcolm Washington follows in his father Denzel Washington's footsteps in helping to bring the entirety of The Pittsburgh Cycle — a series of 10 plays — to the screen.
Malcolm Washington did not start from scratch in his accomplished feature filmmaking debut. He enlisted much of the cast from the recent Broadway revival with Samuel L. Jackson (Doaker Charles), his brother, John David Washington (Boy Willie), Ray Fisher (Lymon) and Michael Potts (Whining Boy). Berniece, played by Danielle Brooks in the play, is now beautifully portrayed by Danielle Deadwyler. With such rich material and a cast for whom it's second nature, it would be hard, one imagines, to go wrong. Jackson's own history with the play goes back to its original run in 1987 when he was Boy Willie.
It's not the simplest thing to make a play feel cinematic, but Malcolm Washington was up to the task. His film opens up the world of the Charles family beyond the living room. In fact, this adaptation, which Washington co-wrote with "Mudbound" screenwriter Virgil Williams, goes beyond Wilson's text and shows us the past and the origins of the intricately engraved piano that's central to all the fuss. It even opens on a big, action-filled set piece in 1911, during which the piano is stolen from a white family's home. Another fleshes out Doaker's monologue in which he explains to the uninitiated, Fisher's Lymon, and the audience, the tortured history of the thing. While it might have been nice to keep the camera on Jackson, such a great, grounding presence throughout, the good news is that he really makes... Read More