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.
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