Lynne Mannino is leaving her position as executive producer of Nomad Edit, New York, to pursue other creative interests and freelance producing. Mannino helped launch and build the N.Y. office of bicoastal Nomad and now exits with full support of the company partners who are currently seeking her successor.
“Being an EP is a full-time job that requires all of my attention. I need more flexibility in my schedule to pursue some key creative projects and it just makes sense for me to go freelance,” explained Mannino. The partners have given me great encouragement to take this next step.”
Editor John Murray, a Nomad co-founder, said of Mannino, “She was instrumental in the opening of our New York office and has built a dynamic and creative work environment. We wish her great success in her new endeavor.”
Mannino came aboard Nomad in 2007 after spending a year on personal projects and travel. Prior to that she served for six years as co-founder/exec producer of editorial house 3 Fingered Louie,, and earlier served as a producer for Mad River Post.
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