Nathy Aviram has joined McCann Erickson New Yorkas exec VP, director of integrated production. In his new role, reporting to chief creative officers Sean Bryan and Tom Murphy, Aviram is responsible for overseeing broadcast and digital production for McCann NY's portfolio of clients, including Verizon, L'Oreal, Jose Cuervo, General Mills, MasterCard and Weight Watchers.
An award-winning producer and content director, Aviram has served in high-profile roles at TBWA/Chiat/Day NY and Y&R NY. He most recently was co-founder of Half Irish with Kerry Keenan (who recently became CCO of Deutsch, New York).
After starting his career as an assistant director in the NY indie film community, Aviram moved to JWT, then to NY's TWBA/Chiat/Day where he spent 10 years producing lauded, iconic advertising, including Absolut Films, one of the first examples of integrated branded content, as well as the original Skittles and Starburst campaigns.
In 2008 he moved to Y&R as co-executive director of content production and over the next four years was a key part of that agency's creative turn-around, including capturing the Art Directors Club's Agency of the Year honors and becoming runner-up Agency of the Year at Cannes. In addition to his head of production responsibilities, Aviram added EP of YREntertainment, creating a 12 episode docu-series on high school football, Head to Head, that ran nationally on Fox Sports Net for Cellular South and won AICP and One Show Entertainment honors, among others.
“Wicked,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Emilia Pรฉrez” Among Feature Film Winners At MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Wicked, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pรฉrez, 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 Shลgun, 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 eveningโs emcee, marking the third time heโs 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.
Hereโs 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 โ Broadcast Animation
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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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