Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg has landed her first career representation as a spot director, coming aboard the roster of Los Angeles-based production house Hello!
Berg is best known for her Oscar®-nominated documentary, Deliver Us From Evil, an exposé on the Catholic Church’s cover up of serial rapist Father Oliver O’Grady. The director has also produced Emmy®-winning documentary segments for CBS, ABC News and CNN to name a few.
“Amy infuses her work with a raw realism that we think will translate well to spots,” said Carl Swan, executive producer at Hello!.
Berg recently completed a national PSA campaign for the RAINN Network starring Dylan McDermott, Kevin Bacon, Gabrielle Union and Christina Ricci.
Also among Berg’s credits is Polarized, one of the spotlight short films for the Live Earth campaign sponsored by Al Gore. Polarized, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, explores consumer habits and their contribution to the decline of the planet.
Currently Berg is working on two documentaries in different phases of development. The first chronicles the life of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto while the other centers on the infamous Bernard Madoff.
Berg is attached to shoot her first feature, Since Walker Left, which is a remake of the French film Since Depuis Qu’Otar Est Parti. Produced by Anonymous Content, Since Walker Left stars Catherine Keener with production slated for next summer.
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More