Deluxe New York, a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, has launched online editorial and visual effects services for the New York television and commercial market.
The new services are as a result of a collaboration between Deluxe and Ben Murray, whose online and visual effects editorial credits include NBC’s 30 Rock, Showtime’s Nurse Jackie, and HBO’s Bored to Death.
Murray’s expertise goes beyond editing. He began working in the industry as a colorist in 2001, expanding his career to image restoration and animation. His body of work includes television episodic, specials, documentaries and feature films including Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story where he served as supervising conform editor.
Deluxe is making an aggressive move to partner with creative talent to add to its array of services. “Deluxe has been in the New York market for two years now, and we felt it was the right time to partner with top notch creative talent to complement our editorial and postproduction services,” said Mike Jackman, VP/general manager, Deluxe New York. “Ben brings a wealth of experience, fantastic attitude and immense talent. We are thrilled to be partnered with him.”
Deluxe New York is a full service television and film postproduction facility offering processing of both 35mm and 16mm film, HD/SD telecine, a full EFILM® Digital Intermediate platform, as well as Media Management services for film and video deliverables. A 40-seat new screening theater supports multiple-format digital and film projection in premier digital audio formats.
Ron Cicero and Bo Clancey Launch Production House 34North
Executive producers Ron Cicero and Bo Clancey have teamed to launch 34North. The shop opens with a roster which includes accomplished directors Jan Wentz, Ben Nakamura Whitehouse, David Edwards and Mario Feil, as well as such up-and-coming filmmakers as Glenn Stewart and Chris Fowles. Nakamura Whitehouse, Edwards, Feil and Fowles come over from CoMPANY Films, the production company for which Cicero served as an EP for the past nearly five years. Director Wentz had most recently been with production house Skunk while Stewart now gains his first U.S. representation. EP Clancey was freelance producing prior to the formation of 34North. He and Cicero have known each other for some 25 years, recently reconnecting on a job directed by Fowles. Cicero said that he and Clancey “want to keep a highly focused roster where talent management can be one on one--where we all share in the directors’ success together.” Clancey also brings an agency pedigree to the new venture. “I started at Campbell Ewald in accounts, no less,” said Clancey. “I saw firsthand how much work agencies put in before we even see a script. You have to respect that investment. These agency experiences really shaped my approach to production--it’s about empathy, listening between the lines, and ultimately making the process seamless.” 34North represents a meeting point--both literally and creatively. Named after the latitude of Malibu, Calif., where the idea for the company was born, it also embraces the power of storytelling. “34North118West was the first GPS-enabled narrative,” Cicero explained. “That blend of art and technology, to captivate an audience, mirrors what we do here--create compelling work, with talented people, harnessing state-of-the-art... Read More