Editor Geraldine Garcia-Esquivel–whose credits include national campaigns for McDonald’s, Tecate Light and Wendy’s–has joined the roster of New York-based Fluid. She comes over from Red Car where she spent the past year.
Garcia-Esquivel grew up in Caracas, Venezuela, studied audio and visual communications in Santiago, Chile, and holds a Masters in Montage from Uniacc. She moved to New York in 2000 to work at The Well, a boutique post house. From there, she moved to wild(child) where she edited commercials in the general and Hispanic markets, before joining Red Car at its New York and Dallas offices. The editor’s favorite spots are those that touch on universal themes. She cut Tecate Light’s “Medias de Seda,” which won a Hispanic Creative Gold TV Award from the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies’ competition, as well as Wendy’s “Tapita” which garnered Bronze honors. “Bed Sheet,” one of three spots Garcia-Esquivel edited for a national McDonald’s campaign, won the 2010 Telly Gold Award.
The bilingual editor’s body of work spans the general and global markets, mainstream English as well as Spanish-language fare. And outside the ad arena, she has cut the stop-motion short X-Mess Detritus, a twisted, Christmas-themed story about forgotten toys from past holidays directed by Voltaire. X-Mess Detritus brought in awards from a host of festivals including the South Beach International Animation Festival and Atlanta Underground Film Festival. Furthermore The Call, a Bloomberg TV documentary she edited, raised $3 million for the families of firefighters who died in the line of duty. Currently, Garcia-Esquivel is working on the long-boarding documentary The Brooklyn Bomb and the short film Alter Ego, directed by Martha Christian
Garcia-Esquivel rounds out a Fluid editorial roster comprised of Robin Burchill, John Mallerman, Jim Rubino, Peter Sabatino, and Zeke.
In addition to her colleagues at Fluid, Garcia-Esquivel joins a postproduction family that includes VFX artist Wes Waldron, Butter (music and sound), Piranha (graphics and CG), and Hyperbolic (audio post), all operating out of the same Manhattan studio complex.
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