Bruce A. Goronsky–a noted agency producer and entrepreneur who founded editorial house Fleet Street Pictures, which enjoyed a seven-year run in the Bay Area–died on Monday, March 29, in San Francisco of cancer. He was 61.
Goronsky served as a producer at such ad shops as Foote, Cone & Belding, San Francisco, and Ogilvy & Mather, Los Angeles. At FCB his work on Levi’s and Clorox earned a pair of Clio Awards and a regional Emmy. A native of Seattle, he moved to San Francisco after college to pursue his career in advertising and broadcast production.
Goronsky’s personal interests included a love of senior Golden Retrievers and a particular joy in vintage car racing with his Shelby Mustangs. He is lovingly remembered by his many friends and colleagues, by his father and brother, Ade and Paul Goronsky of Seattle, by his wife of 25 years, Louise Ure, and by the children of his heart, Brian and Maya Washington of San Francisco. All who knew Bruce Goronsky will remember his laugh that entered the room before he did.
A memorial celebration in Goronsky’s honor will be held at the Firehouse at Fort Mason in San Francisco, from 3 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 8. RSVP and inquiries can be made to Anna Frost, an agency colleague of Goronsky over the years, at (415) 459-5901. Memorial contributions in Goronsky’s name may be sent to the San Francisco chapter of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA at http://sfspca.org/) or San Francisco-based residential shelter and family services program charity Raphael House (http://www.raphaelhouse.org/).
Snubs and Surprises In Oscar Nominations
In one of the more wide-open Oscar fields in recent history, there were plenty of nominations surprises Thursday. Not too long ago, it seemed that people like Angelina Jolie and Nicole Kidman were destined for best actress nominations, while general audience disinterest in the young Donald Trump movie "The Apprentice" might have indicated its awards chances were dead on arrival. But the members of the film academy had something different in mind. Here are some of the biggest snubs and surprises from the 97th Oscar nominations. SURPRISE: Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan, "The Apprentice" The young Trump movie "The Apprentice" has been one of the bigger awards season question marks, especially after it failed to resonate with moviegoers in theaters. And yet both Jeremy Strong, for his portrayal for Trump lawyer Roy Cohn, and Sebastian Stan (who was also in the conversation for "A Different Man" ), for playing the future two-time president, made it in. Only Strong got nominated by the Screen Actors Guild. SNUB: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, "Hard Truths" This will forever be one of the more confounding awards season oversights. Marianne Jean-Baptiste delivered one of the all-time great performances in Mike Leigh's "Hard Truths," as the perpetually aggrieved and sharp-tongued London woman Pansy. The general thinking is that it was either going to be Jean-Baptiste or Fernanda Torres, and Torres got in for the equally beloved "I'm Still Here." SNUB: Pamela Anderson, "The Last Showgirl" This is perhaps up for debate, but there was certainly a lot of goodwill behind Anderson's movie-star turn in Gia Coppola's "The Last Showgirl," especially considering her SAG nomination. But like with Jennifer Lopez and... Read More