Harvest Films–the longstanding production house founded by executive producer Bonnie Goldfarb and DGA Award-winning director Baker Smith–has signed director Nicholas Schrunk.
Schrunk brings action and adventure storytelling sensibilities to the company’s boutique and curated roster.
“Nick’s work is memorable and takes ‘action genre’ content creation to an entirely new level,” assessed Harvest co-owner Goldfarb. “His experience working with Red Bull, as a creative director, has given him the tools to excel in our marketplace.”
Schrunk just returned from China on a major new launch for Cadillac and he most recently won an Emmy for his feature documentary, Blood Road, which has drawn praise from the L.A. Times, The Huffington Post, Access Hollywood, USA Today, Sports Illustrated and ESPN. Blood Road introduces us to professional multi-sport athlete Rebecca Rusch as she and riding partner Huyen Nguyen become the first people to cycle the entire Ho Chi Minh trail through Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos–a 1,200-mile journey.
Schrunk comes aboard a Harvest directorial roster that consists of company co-owner Smith, Elizabeth Banks and Sam Jones.
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