Mary Knox, who most recently served as managing director of commercials for New York-based animation and mixed media production company Curious Pictures, has been hired as managing director of Red Car New York, which maintains a roster of editors that includes Deidre Bell, JP Cadaveira, Charlie Cusumano, Jonathan Edwards, Joe K, John Maloney, Anthony Marinelli, and Wendy Rosen. Additionally, all of Red Car’s editors in its offices throughout the U.S. and internationally are available to work out of any Red Car shop in the global network.
Beyond its core of creative editors, Red Car offers clients an ensemble of producers, designers and visual effects artists backed by a state-of-the-art technical infrastructure, as well as complete finishing services. The company also maintains a Redhead division with animation, design, and VFX talent and resources.
“Curious grew dramatically under Mary’s leadership, and the work she produced won many awards including an Emmy, several Webbys, One Show Pencils, and numerous AICP nominations,” said editor/director Larry Bridges, founder of Red Car, about the appointment. “I’ve known her for a long time and have always respected and admired her management abilities and her knowledge of the business. She’s going to be an enormous asset for Red Car as we enter a period of tremendous change in our industry.”
During Knox’s tenure at Curious she successfully expanded the company’s directorial roster to include a range of talents beyond the animation genre, including Steve Chase, Greg Ramsey, Douglas Keeve, and David Turnley. She also oversaw the development of the studio’s roster of animation directors, bringing on several promising new talents such as Ugly Pictures (now directors Rohitash Rao and Abraham Spear), man vs magnet (Matt Smithson) and Hayley Morris, all of whom have gone on to produce notable work. Knox, who joined Curious in 2005 as executive producer, oversaw all of the company’s advertising assignments, which included the production of TV commercials as well as longer format web video work, network promos and show opens.
Of Bridges, Knox said, “Larry is one of the smartest people I’ve ever met in this business, so it’s beyond exciting now to become part of the Red Car team. The Red Car brand is one of the strongest in the entire ad industry–not just among editing companies–and I look forward to working with Larry to realize his exciting ideas for the creative manifest destiny that lays ahead for us.”
Knox succeeds Jennifer Lederman in running Red Car New York. Lederman served as overall national managing director of Red Car before joining New York-headquartered creative editorial house BlueRock as VP/managing director (SHOOTonline, 2/23).
Prior to joining Curious, Knox represented a number of top production and post production companies, including Lost Planet, The Whitehouse, Believe Media, and A Band Apart. She began her career as a journalist and segued into advertising, working as a copywriter for Hill Holliday and Young & Rubicam. She then was named editor of what is now SHOOT.
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The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
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