Music Video Helmer Looks To Make Mark In Spotmaking
Director Rich Newey, best known for his work in music videos, has joined bicoastal The Joneses for exclusive spot representation. His clip credits are for such artists as Christina Aguilera and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, but he has diversified into the ad arena with work for Midway Games, DeVry University, and a PSA for Kids Count.
Mel Gragido, executive producer of The Joneses, believes Newey’s music video experience will help him carve out a commercials niche catering to the youth market. A graduate of San Francisco’s Academy of Art, Newey got his start by writing video treatments for directors John Landis, Dave Meyers and Darren Grant, among others. Newey signed his first directing contract with now defunct Atlas Pictures; he was later repped by since closed Palomar Pictures and then Copper Media, where he first met Gragido.
Newey is no stranger to The Joneses. He helmed the earlier alluded to Aguilera video (from the Shark Tale soundtrack) featuring Missy Elliott through Karma, which is the music video division of The Joneses. Newey’s latest project was the video “What We Do” by the Kray Twins.
The Joneses’ directorial roster includes Newey, the Goetz Brothers, Derek Richards, Don Burgess, Hans Moland, Fred Durst, Zosimo Maximo, Glenn Ashley, Lara Shapiro and Gary Weis. Pam Rohs is the company’s exec producer in New York.
The sales force for The Joneses consists of independent reps Maggie Klein on the East Coast, Doug Stieber in the Midwest, except for Detroit which is handled by Dawn Ratcliffe, and Howell Associates which covers the West Coast.
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
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