Creative editorial house Final Cut has added Jasmine “Mac” McCullough as an editor at its L.A. location, as well as the promotion of Lucas Moesch to editor at the company’s New York office.
With over a decade of cutting her teeth as a film editor, McCullough came into the craft when she realized her passion for storytelling through fragments of footage in college. McCullough’s breadth of award-winning work includes the short film “You Can’t Stop Us” for Nike, which won the primetime commercial Emmy and the Film Grand Prix at Cannes in 2021. McCullough’s short film “Call it COVID” received a Silver Lion at the 2021 Cannes Lions Awards and a Gold Pencil from The One Club. Her additional brand work includes P&G, Coke, Verizon, and Google.
Prior to joining Final Cut, McCullough was editing at Joint.
Moesch is a Brazilian film editor who has brought his vivid, intimate editing to a wide range of content mediums. The project he edited for São Paulo artist Nego Bala, “Sonho (Dream),” represents his editorial vision, blending music video format with short film gravitas. The film went on to win awards at Cannes, Ciclope Latino, and the Clio Awards. His short documentary edit on Malko was a Young Directors Award finalist and shortlisted for the Ciclope Festival. Moesch’s venture into commercial editorial has seen him collaborate with global brands such as Facebook and Budweiser. He becomes editor after honing his craft as Assistant Editor in Final Cut’s NYC office.
“I learned so much while on Final Cut’s New Blood roster, the mentorship from Final Cut senior editors was key for me to find my voice as an editor,” said Moesch. “I’m ready to take that into this exciting new role and continue growing side by side with some of the most respected editors in the business.”
“Lucas and Jasmine are immensely talented editors who are not only highly skilled and forward-thinking but who also each have a distinct and exciting point of view,” said Final Cut U.S. director of global business Justin Brukman.”
Final Cut maintains offices in London, New York and Los Angeles.
SCHROM x Yacht Club and Be Electric Studios Launch Electric XR for Virtual Production
SCHROM x Yacht Club, a full-service live-action, tabletop, and postproduction company, has teamed with Be Electric Studios, a soundstage, equipment rental, and virtual production company, to launch Electric XR, a virtual production collective.
Industry veteran Thomas Rossano will lead the new venture, which provides advanced virtual production solutions across multiple facilities. He brings over 25 years of experience in live-action, tabletop, postproduction and talent curation to enhance Electric XR’s offerings as a resource for brands and agencies, as well as other production companies in need of virtual production solutions. Additionally Rossano continues to serve as EP at XR New York (XR-NY), a role he’s held since December 2022. SCHROM x Yacht Club originally established XR-NY to help provide XR services for third-party rentals. While XR-NY will continue to function independently for SCHROM X Yacht Club, it now operates under the Electric XR umbrella.
Rossano’s expertise spans producing live-action commercials, branded content, interactive and experiential content. In addition to leading Electric XR, he holds responsibilities at SCHROM x Yacht Club which include driving business development, collaborating with sales reps and expanding the company’s creative talent network. Rossano’s career includes serving as an exec producer at Hungry Man for about 11 years, right from that company’s inception. He then went on to become a partner at Station Film where he also had a lengthy tenure. Later he was a partner at PRISM. Then after the pandemic hit, he became a freelance EP for nearly two years, looking into opportunities in virtual production, which led him to XR NY and now Electric XR. Over the years, he has produced high-profile... Read More