Arcade Edit has brought Nicole Visram on board as executive producer. She previously served in the same capacity for seven years at Cutters. Her experience spans TV, film, TV commercials and news media.
British-born Visram began her career as a producer with the BBC in London before moving to the U.S. to work in commercial production. It was the role of producer for The Three Tenors that traced her path to Los Angeles. Visram then chose to take a role with director Tony Kaye–who was working on American History X at the time–producing for his company TONY K, working on commercials for brands including IBM, Volvo and MasterCard.
She later became a sr. producer with Ogilvy & Mather in Los Angeles, producing spots for such clients as Motorola, IBM, Mattel and the Anaheim Angels baseball team.
Recently Visram was an associate producer on the short film entitled The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom, directed by Lucy Walker and produced by Supply & Demand Integrated. Tsunami earned an Oscar nomination this year in the Documentary Short Subject category. The short was edited by Aki Mizutani, Visram’s colleague at Cutters.
Some of Visram’s other notable achievements include serving as a producer on the critically acclaimed documentary film, Earthlings, narrated by Joaquin Phoenix, as well as the 2001 film Bad Actors, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
Visram was the creative lead and producer of Jared Leto’s band 30 Seconds to Mars–a tribute to Japan’s relief for the tsunami disaster.
Arcade Edit is an editorial collective and partnership between managing partner Damian Stevens and editors/partners Kim Bica, Geoff Hounsell, and Paul Martinez. Arcade’s roster of talent also includes editors Christjan Jordan and Greg Scruton. Alongside Arcade, the partners have also launched Airship, an integrated creative arm specializing in online, graphics, design, and visual effects headed by directors/artists Chris Homel and Matthew Lydecker.
Utah Leaders and Locals Rally To Keep Sundance Film Festival In The State
With the 2025 Sundance Film Festival underway, Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees are making a final push — one that could include paying millions of dollars — to keep the world-renowned film festival as its directors consider uprooting.
Thousands of festivalgoers affixed bright yellow stickers to their winter coats that read "Keep Sundance in Utah" in a last-ditch effort to convince festival leadership and state officials to keep it in Park City, its home of 41 years.
Gov. Spencer Cox said previously that Utah would not throw as much money at the festival as other states hoping to lure it away. Now his office is urging the Legislature to carve out $3 million for Sundance in the state budget, weeks before the independent film festival is expected to pick a home for the next decade.
It could retain a small presence in picturesque Park City and center itself in nearby Salt Lake City, or move to another finalist — Cincinnati, Ohio, or Boulder, Colorado — beginning in 2027.
"Sundance is Utah, and Utah is Sundance. You can't really separate those two," Cox said. "This is your home, and we desperately hope it will be your home forever."
Last year's festival generated about $132 million for the state of Utah, according to Sundance's 2024 economic impact report.
Festival Director Eugene Hernandez told reporters last week that they had not made a final decision. An announcement is expected this year by early spring.
Colorado is trying to further sweeten its offer. The state is considering legislation giving up to $34 million in tax incentives to film festivals like Sundance through 2036 — on top of the $1.5 million in funds already approved to lure the Utah festival to its neighboring... Read More