Mirrror Films, the L.A. house headed by owner/executive producer Eric Barrett, has added director/DP Liz Hinlein to it roster. She had formerly been represented by production veteran Tom Mooney’s shop, Moon.
As a commercial director, Hinlein has traveled the world working for such brands as Dove, Revlon, Maybelline, Olay, Visine, Gillette and Nivea. She has shot in China, Moscow, Prague, Argentina, Brazil, Poland and Thailand. Her spot exploits also include directing celebrity talent such as Kelly Garner, Jonathan Tucker, Halle Berry, Britney Spears, and Mary J. Blige.
Hinlein is perhaps best known for her fashion/beauty work, and she sees Barrett as helping to further diversify her ad endeavors. “Eric Barrett is so dedicated to the industry,” she said. “He’s enthusiastic about his directors through his work with Mirror and the X-Dance Film Festival. I’m excited to see how he can broaden the work I’ve been doing focusing on Fashion and Beauty, but also opening me up to new opportunities in areas like automotive and sports, which are visceral and active.” In addition to her commercial career, Hinlein is in the midst of working her own feature film entitled Other People’s Children.
Born in Philadelphia, Hinlein received a BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and an MFA in Cinematography from the American Film Institute (AFI). Her short films White Boys Can’t Dance, Mistress Ruby, and Haute Voltage have screened at venues worldwide, including the Berlin Film Festival, Slamdance, Blackwatch Film Festival, the NY Indie Film Festival, the Hamptons International Film Festival, and on Comedy Central.
Hinlein recently served as DP on the Candice Bushnell-written/Maybelline-sponsored The Boardroom, starring the ensemble cast of Jennie Garth, Jennifer Esposito, Talia Balsam, and Mary McCann. Hinlein also lensed the popular All About Me series for Strike TV, and the upcoming black women in rock documentary, Nice and Rough, starring Nona Hendrix and Cindy Blackman.
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.
The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.
"This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."
The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."
And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.
Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.
Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.
Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."
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