Director Matthew Egan, a specialist in branded entertainment and other new media content, has joined Filmworkers as part of its newly-formed production division Filmworkers Media Content. Egan has directed web-based projects for a number of national brands including Target, POM Wonderful, Geico and Chicago-based designer Agga B. At Filmworkers MC, he will pursue similar work and will also team with Filmworkers and its affiliates Vitamin and Giannini Creative to provide packaged creative services for broadcast and interactive.
Egan was formerly with Chicago-based Foundation Content and prior to that Digital Kitchen. He began his career as an editor at Cutters. His notable recent work includes several web, broadcast and in-store projects for Target. Among those is a stop-motion campaign promoting the store’s reusable bags and Earth Day event. He also directed a viral video for POM Wonderful in which a man dressed as an orchestra conductor gives an elaborate demonstration of how to open a pomegranate. In addition to directing, Egan often conceives, writes and edits his work.
Egan notes that joining Filmworkers gives him access to a broad range of production resources, including visual effects and color correction. He also hopes to take advantage of the company’s sales reach to broaden his clientele.
Filmworkers president Reid Brody said that Egan’s arrival is part of the company’s plan to offer companies and ad agencies a one-stop production solution. “We’ve developed a network of creative boutiques within Filmworkers. Matt is another piece in that puzzle–he takes us into a new and growing area of production with Filmworkers MC. It’s another service that our clients are demanding.”
Oscar Countdown: What’s Going To Win Best Picture? Ranking The Field Of Nominees
The inner-Vatican machinations of "Conclave" have nothing on this year's Oscar race.
Just as Edward Berger's film juggles various candidates for the papacy, the race for best picture at the Academy Awards has seen one favorite replaced by another, and then another.
While some clarity has lately emerged, with a handful of big wins for Sean Baker's "Anora," it seems likely to be a nail biter until a winner is declared at the March 2 Oscars, when white smoke unfurls from the Sistine Chapel, I mean the Dolby Theatre.
As of now, "Anora" is the clear frontrunner thanks to wins with the Producers Guild and the Directors Guild — both prizes with a long history of predicting Oscar winners. Where the Screen Actors Guild and the BAFTAs fall will offer the last major clues.
But unlike years like last year, when "Oppenheimer" was way ahead wire to wire, no lead in this year's best picture race seems ironclad. So, with that in mind, here are the best picture nominees, ranked in order of least likely to win to most likely to win. It's telling that at least half of these films, with three weeks to go, still have a chance.
10. "Nickel Boys"
If this was a ranking of merit, RaMell Ross's movie would be first. Ross' film, thrillingly and thoughtfully shot largely in first person, introduced a new filmic grammar to American movies. But "Nickel Boys" was seemingly on the cusp of getting a nomination, so we should just be glad it's counted here among the best of the year.
9. "Dune: Part Two"
Denis Villeneuve's first Frank Herbert adaptation garnered 10 nominations and won six. "Part Two" hasn't been the same awards force. It's up for five nominations and will probably walk home with one or two... Read More