Dave Beanes has been named executive VP and general manager of Universal Operations Group, filling the position vacated last month by Jim Watters. Beanes previously served as sr. VP of production services, Universal Operations Group, a role he held since May 2001. He had also been VP of production services since January 2000.
In his new capacity, Beanes will have responsibility for Studio Operations, including production and postproduction facilities, and ancillary production support departments. In addition, he will oversee and manage the company’s real estate of more than 2 million square feet of office and production support space within Universal’s 392 acres.
For nearly two decades Beanes has been a valuable resource to NBCUniversal and has built extensive relationships inside and outside the company. Before joining the Universal Operations Group, he served as VP of Television Production for Universal Television from 1995-97 and VP, Television Production, Studios USA Television from 1997-99.
“A Complete Unknown,” “Wicked,” “Sing Sing,” “Baby Reindeer” Among Guild of Music Supervisors Award Winners
The Guild of Music Supervisors held its 15th annual awards ceremony on Sunday night (2/23) at the Wiltern Theatre in L.A., honoring the best achievements in music supervision and songwriting with feature category winners including “Wicked,” “A Complete Unknown,” “I Saw the TV Glow” and “Sing Sing.” Among the TV category winners were “Baby Reindeer,” “English Teacher” and “Agatha All Along.”
Stephen Schwartz was awarded the Icon Award to celebrate his contributions to the music and film industry. Schwartz performed his song “Beautiful City” on stage from his musical “Godspell.” Music producer and supervisor Bonnie Greenberg took to the stage to accept the Legacy Award for her outstanding career in music supervision. Music supervisor and executive at EA Games Steve Schnur won the most awards for the evening with two wins for his work on video games EA Sports FC 25 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Keeping their promise of live performances from Best Song nominees, Oscar-nominees Abraham Alexander & Adrian Quesada performed their nominated song “Like a Bird” from “Sing Sing,” which took the prize for Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film. Danielle Ponder performed her nominated song “Egún” from Apple TV’s “Manhunt,” and the artist Role Model gave a rousing performance of their song “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out” as the Spotlight artist of the evening.
The complete winners list for the 15th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards is as follows.
FILM
Best Music Supervision in Major Budget Films
Maggie Rodford - “Wicked”
Best Music Supervision in Mid-Level Budget Films
Steven Gizicki - “A... Read More