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    King Named Exec. Prod. Of The Well: Grey Advertising Veteran Joins Newly Formed Editorial House.

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    By HEATHER JACOBS

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    Newly launched editing company, The Well, New York, has hired Bea King as executive producer. King comes over from Grey Advertising, New York, where she served as VP/producer.

    The Well-which will celebrate its official opening on Oct. 5-is based on a business plan put together by Robert Friedrich, former CFO at First Edition, New York. Friedrich, who joined First Edition in ’87, spent two years putting a team together to start an editing boutique. At The Well, he now finds himself joined by partners/editors Eric Horowitz and Joe McKay, formerly of New York-based Progressive Image Group (P.I.G.); Gary Hernandez, previously with the New York office of bicoastal Crew Cuts (which also maintains offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco); and former First Edition editor/partner Randy Ilowite. Additionally, Patrick Lavin, formerly of Quiet Man, New York, has joined The Well as a graphic designer.

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    For Documentaries At Sundance, Oscar Nominations (and Wins) Often Follow

    Friday, January 24, 2025

    The Sundance Film Festival welcomed back three Oscar-winning documentary filmmakers to help kick off the annual independent film showcase in Park City, Utah.

    On Thursday night at The Ray Theater, "20 Days in Mariupol" filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov, who won the Oscar last year, debuted his latest dispatch from Ukraine, "2000 Meters to Andriivka," a harrowing journey to the front lines of a 2023 counteroffensive. A few hours later, at the Eccles, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, who won an Oscar for "Summer of Soul" in 2022, unveiled his Sly Stone portrait, "SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genuis)." Earlier, "One Day in September" filmmaker Kevin MacDonald also showcased his film "One to One: John & Yoko," which debuted last year at the Venice Film Festival and will get an IMAX release on April 11 before hitting Max later this year.

    Some critics reflected that "2000 Meters to Andriivka," a joint production between The Associated Press and PBS Frontline, was even more powerful than "20 Days in Mariupol." "SLY LIVES!" (on Hulu Feb. 13) was called "sublime" and "illuminating" in its examination of an underappreciated, shapeshifting genius.

    "I've been coming here since 2000 and I thought the coolest thing you could do would be to DJ an after party," Thompson said before the screening. "I never dreamt this for my future, so this is really humbling."

    It was a full-circle end to a day that began with a slate of documentary Oscar nominations all connected to the Sundance Institute in some way. Some were supported by the Institute, some debuted at the festival as recently as last year.

    "Black Box Diaries," in which a Japanese filmmaker investigates her own sexual assault, had its premiere in Park City last year and was supported by the... Read More

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