Spot Welders has brought editor Livio Sanchez aboard its roster. Sanchez’s exploits span commercials, music videos, documentaries and independent films.
Sanchez, who edited the much heralded original Budweiser ‘Wassup’ spot, began his career at Mad River Post, where he first worked with now Spot Welders’ editor/partner Dick Gordon on a Miller Lite package. From there, Sanchez’s career progressed with his joining The Whitehouse and then Final Cut, before Filmcore (now Beast) in 2007. Over the years, he has amassed various awards including a Cannes Gold Lion as well as honors from the AICP Show, AICE Awards, MVPA Awards and D&AD.
Most recently Sanchez cut Wilderness Downtown a HTML5 film by director Chris Milk, for the band Arcade Fire. Sanchez regularly collaborates with Milk on music videos and commercials. The editor has also worked with such other notable directors as Kathryn Bigelow, Scott Hicks, The Hughes Brothers, Janusz Kaminski, Stacy Peralta, and Marc Webb. Sanchez’s credits include such brands as Nike, Google, Anheuser Busch, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ESPN and PBS.
Spot Welders is a film and television editorial house with locations in New York City, Venice, CA, and a partnership with Work in London.
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