MPC New York is pleased to announce several significant new hires to its production ranks designed to strengthen its work in color grading, finishing, visual effects, live action and virtual reality.
Joining is Dani Zeitlin, who comes aboard as Executive Producer of Color. Most recently she was with the New York-based creative editorial and finishing studio Crew Cuts, where she was Head of Sales. At MPC NY Zeitlin will supervise marketing, workflow and client service for its corps of senior colorists who include Adrian Seery and James Tillett. During her eight years at Crew Cuts she worked closely with some of the city’s top creative talents on high-profile campaigns for a range of major agencies and brands such as Google, BBDO, Ogilvy, JWT and others.
Zeitlin’s appointment headlines a number of production hires already making a mark at the studio. Elissa Norman, formerly a senior producer at jumP Editorial, has joined as a Senior Producer. Norman started her career on the agency side in London at McCann before her move to the US and entry into the postproduction world. Prior to joining jumP she was an Executive Producer at Wildchild, where she helped launch the company’s VFX division. She’s also freelanced at such post houses as The Whitehouse and Cut + Run, and was bicoastal executive producer at the iconic music and sound design studio Tomandandy.
Rounding out the producer hires are Senior Producer Brendan Kahn, who most recently was at 321 Launch, and Producer Dorian Douglass, who joins from Studio 6, the in-house facility at Havas. In addition, MPC’s Chris Connolly and Aiste Akelaityte were promoted to Associate Producer roles from scheduling.
“We’re delighted to have such talented and dedicated people joining us at MPC New York,” says Managing Director Justin Brukman. “As our clients continue to challenge us to deliver the best work possible across all of our lines of business, it falls to people like Dani, Elissa and the rest of our EP and producer corps to make sure our creative staff is meeting or exceeding expectations. Our continued growth reflects how successful they’ve been at doing just that.”
Kamala Harris Receives Chairman’s Prize At NAACP Image Awards
Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering message, calling the civil rights organization a pillar of the Black community and urging people to stay resilient and hold onto their faith during the tenure of President Donald Trump.
"While we have no illusions about what we are up against in this chapter in our American story, this chapter will be written not simply by whoever occupies the oval office nor by the wealthiest among us," Harris said after receiving the NAACP's Chairman's Award. "The American story will be written by you. Written by us. By we the people."
The 56th annual Image Awards was held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in the Los Angeles area.
Harris, defeated by Trump in last year's presidential election, was the first woman and the first person of color to serve as vice president. She had previously been a U.S. senator from California and the state's attorney general.
In her first major public appearance since leaving office, Harris did not reference her election loss or Trump's actions since entering the Oval Office, although Trump mocked her earlier in the day at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Harris spoke about eternal vigilance, the price of liberty, staying alert, seeking the truth and America's future.
"Some see the flames on our horizons, the rising waters in our cities, the shadows gathering over our democracy and ask 'What do we do now?'" Harris said. "But we know exactly what to do, because we have done it before. And we will do it again. We use our power. We organize, mobilize. We educate. We advocate. Our power has never come from having an easy path."
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