Postproduction/digital media company Utopic has hired Christopher Elliott as director of finishing. He served in the same capacity at Red Car for 10 years. Prior to that, he was on the staff at Optimus where he worked with Tim Kloehn, Utopic’s co-owner and editor.
Elliott’s move to Utopic also reunites him with fellow Red Car alumnus, Kevin O’Rourke, Utopic’s motion graphics designer who came on board in June. O’Rourke is a two-time AICE nominee for Best Motion Graphics Design.
Elliott’s credits include assorted national spots, such as McDonald’s Super Bowl 2013 ad “All American,” and McDonald’s Mighty Wings’ “Play Offs” (both directed by Joe Pytka of PYTKA), as well as Reeses Puffs’ “Ultimate Sessions,” and Miller Light “See and Say” and “Dating.”
Additionally Elliott has lent his talent to a number of short films and documentaries, including the NEA Big Read Series directed by Larry Bridges. Also, Elliott edited the animated short Stubble Trouble for Calabash Animation, which earned an Oscar nod in the Best Animated Short Category in 2001.
SCHROM x Yacht Club and Be Electric Studios Launch Electric XR for Virtual Production
SCHROM x Yacht Club, a full-service live-action, tabletop, and postproduction company, has teamed with Be Electric Studios, a soundstage, equipment rental, and virtual production company, to launch Electric XR, a virtual production collective.
Industry veteran Thomas Rossano will lead the new venture, which provides advanced virtual production solutions across multiple facilities. He brings over 25 years of experience in live-action, tabletop, postproduction and talent curation to enhance Electric XR’s offerings as a resource for brands and agencies, as well as other production companies in need of virtual production solutions. Additionally Rossano continues to serve as EP at XR New York (XR-NY), a role he’s held since December 2022. SCHROM x Yacht Club originally established XR-NY to help provide XR services for third-party rentals. While XR-NY will continue to function independently for SCHROM X Yacht Club, it now operates under the Electric XR umbrella.
Rossano’s expertise spans producing live-action commercials, branded content, interactive and experiential content. In addition to leading Electric XR, he holds responsibilities at SCHROM x Yacht Club which include driving business development, collaborating with sales reps and expanding the company’s creative talent network. Rossano’s career includes serving as an exec producer at Hungry Man for about 11 years, right from that company’s inception. He then went on to become a partner at Station Film where he also had a lengthy tenure. Later he was a partner at PRISM. Then after the pandemic hit, he became a freelance EP for nearly two years, looking into opportunities in virtual production, which led him to XR NY and now Electric XR. Over the years, he has produced high-profile... Read More