SHOOTonline.com will be publishing a Special Directors >e.dition on Monday, March 22, 2010, that will contain the entire Directors’ section from SHOOT‘s March 19th Print Issue
The lineup of profiles includes such notable directors as: Marc Webb who broke into features with the critically acclaimed (500) Days of Summer and is now slated to take on the next Spider-Man movie; Marina Zenovich who in September won two Emmy Awards–one for directing, the other for writing–on the strength of her documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired; Pete Circuitt whose CBS TV primetime special Yes, Virginia for Macy’s and JWT debuted to rave reviews; and Ellen Kuras, who last year received a Best Documentary Oscar nomination for Nerakhoon. Webb is handled for spots and videos by DNA. Zenovich recently secured representation as a commercial director via Saville Productions. Circuitt is with The Ebeling Group. And Kuras settles into the spot director’s chair at Park Pictures.
Also in the mix are profiles of the five nominees for the DGA Award as Best Commercial Director of 2009: Joaquin Baca-Asay of Park Pictures; Garth Davis of Anonymous Content; Craig Gillespie of MJZ; Tom Kuntz of MJZ (who won the DGA Award); and Chris Palmer of Gorgeous Enterprises (repped stateside by Anonymous Content).
Our line-up of Up-And-Coming Directors to watch includes a recent BAFTA Award winner for an animation short; a noted DP who’s making his first foray into commercial helming; an editor who’s diversified into directing; a documentary filmmaking duo who have both Oscar and Emmy nominations; and an artist with a VFX background who’s made a splash with a short film that is featured in our “The Best Work You May Never See” gallery.
Plus our Cinematographers Series feature looks at ASC Lifetime Achievement Award winner Caleb Deschanel, ASC (who is repped as a spot director by Dark Light Pictures); Eric Steelberg, who shot Jason Reitman’s Juno and Up in the Air; and rising music video and spot lenser Shawn Kim.
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
Defense counsel says that prosecutors tried to establish a link... Read More