Editorial, finishing and VFX studio Uppercut has added Cayce Cole as executive producer in the recently launched Los Angeles office and Dez Macleod-Veilleux as sr. EP in the flagship New York studio.
Macleod-Veilleux began his career in Sydney, Australia at visual effects companies Cutting Edge and the Oscar-winning Animal Logic. Upon his arrival in the U.S., he landed at The Mill NY as an EP before moving to MPC, where he was instrumental in building out its NY and Mexico City offices as head of production. Macleod-Veilleux has since served as sr. EP at Framestore, overseeing business development for its NY operation, and most recently, as director of production at The Mill, where he was responsible for overseeing business development and strategy for its NY office. Throughout his career, Macleod-Veilleux has developed strong relationships with various agencies including Wieden+Kennedy, VMLY&R, Grey/Townhouse, Arts & Letters, The Martin Agency, and BBDO; with major brands including Apple, DoorDash, Spotify, Meta, Dell, AT&T, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Mercedes, Maybelline, and Ford; and with directors such as Nicolai Fuglsig, Rupert Sanders and Filip Engstrom.
Cole started in production at Mars Media with director Sam Bayer before joining The Directors Bureau, a then-young production company started by Mike Mills and Roman Coppola. Cole quickly moved up the ranks from office manager to music video rep to EP, spending the subsequent decade overseeing projects for Mills and Coppola, along with Sofia and Gia Coppola, Romain Gavras, Melodie McDaniel, Patrick Daughters, Spike Jones, and others. Cole has since worked with Epoch Films; as an EP for artist and director Kahlil Joseph on work for Kenzo, Sampha, Apple, and BLK NWS; and as managing EP for Even/Odd, an award- winning minority and immigrant-owned creative studio and production company. Cole has produced work across commercials, music videos, short films, fashion films, PSAs, animation, and live television.
Uppercut maintains studios in NY, Los Angeles and Atlanta.
Review: Writer-Directors Scott Beck and Bryan Wood’s “Heretic”
"Heretic" opens with an unusual table setter: Two young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are discussing condoms and why some are labeled as large even though they're all pretty much a standard size. "What else do we believe because of marketing?" one asks the other.
That line will echo through the movie, a stimulating discussion of religion that emerges from a horror movie wrapper. Despite a second-half slide and feeling unbalanced, this is the rare movie that combines lots of squirting blood and elevated discussion of the ancient Egyptian god Horus.
Our two church members — played fiercely by Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East — are wandering around trying to covert souls when they knock on the door of a sweet-looking cottage. Its owner, Mr. Reed, offers a hearty "Good afternoon!" He welcomes them in, brings them drinks and promises a blueberry pie. He's also interested in learning more about the church. So far, so good.
Mr. Reed is, of course, if you've seen the poster, the baddie and he's played by Hugh Grant, who doesn't go the snarling, dead-eyed Hannibal Lecter route in "Heretic." Grant is the slightly bumbling, bashful and self-mocking character we fell in love with in "Four Weddings and a Funeral," but with a smear of menace. He gradually reveals that he actually knows quite a bit about the Mormon religion — and all religions.
"It's good to be religious," he says jauntily and promises his wife will join them soon, a requirement for the church. Homey touches in his home include a framed "Bless This Mess" needlepoint on a wall, but there are also oddities, like his lights are on a timer and there's metal in the walls and ceilings.
Writer-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Wood — who also... Read More