Industry vet Jeff Blodgett has been hired as executive producer of Brickyard VFX‘s Santa Monica shop. Brickyard also maintains a home base in Boston. He comes over after five years at Radium/ReelFX as executive producer. He worked out of the Santa Monica office of Radium/ReelFX overseeing visual effects, animation and motion graphics projects primarily for commercials for brands such as Target, Nike, Pepsi, Lexus, and Energizer.
Previously Blodgett spent 10 years at Sight Effects, where he learned the business through his roles as visual effects producer, producer, and senior producer. Jeff has worked on more than 300 commercials over the course of his career.
Blodgett hails from Western Massachusetts and joining a team with a strong Boston foothold was a natural fit. He will be working out of the Santa Monica Brickyard office, and joins just as the company expanded with an additional 3,200 square feet. The space provides a new home for the company’s growing CG team, screening room, conference room, and Autodesk Flame suites.
Steve Michaels, managing partner at Brickyard VFX, cited Blodgett’s experience and “deep ties in the advertising industry…With our recent expansion, we’ve been able to build out our design and CG team and Jeff is the perfect choice to help Brickyard extend our service slate beyond visual effects into more design-centric CG and motion graphics work.”
“Wicked,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Emilia Pérez” Among Feature Film Winners At MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Wicked, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Saturday Night and The Wild Robot were among that feature category winners at the 72nd Annual Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Golden Reel Awards held Sunday (2/23) at the Wilshire Ebel Theatre in Los Angeles. The Golden Reel Awards honor outstanding achievement in sound editing, sound design, music editing and foley artistry in film, television and gaming.
Television winners included Shōgun, Ripley, The Penguin and Only Murders in the Building.
Two honorary awards were also presented: Kevin Costner received the Filmmaker Award and supervising sound editor Greg Hedgepath, MPSE received the Career Achievement Award. Patton Oswalt served as the evening’s emcee, marking the third time he’s hosted the Golden Reel Awards. MPSE president David Barber presided over the festivities as the sound community came together to celebrate their own. The MPSE invited firefighters to attend the gala as special guests with the audience honoring them for their heroic efforts during the recent L.A. wildfires.
Here’s a category-by-category rundown of the Golden Reel Award winners.
WINNERS FOR THE 72ND ANNUAL MPSE GOLDEN REEL AWARDS
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Animation
Secret Level: “Warhammer 40,000: They Shall Know No Fear”
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Supervising Sound Editors
Brad North MPSE
Matt Yocum MPSE
Sound Designers
Joseph Fraioli
Nolan McNaughton MPSE
Ryan Sullivan
Sound Effects Editors
Chris Battaglia MPSE
Harry Cohen MPSE
Foley Editors
Matt Manselle
Matt Telsey
Foley Artist
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