ONE at Optimus, the live-action production arm of post house Optimus, has promoted Joe Tipre to producer and Sarah Slevin to associate producer.
Tipre has come up the ONE at Optimus ranks from production intern to production assistant, associate producer and now producer. His line producer credits include work for Jose Cuervo out of Crispin Porter+Bogusky, Boulder, Colo., and Allstate via Leo Burnett, Chicago. His associate producer endeavors span AT&T for Rodgers Townsend/DDB St. Louis, the Museum of Science & Industry for Hoffman York, Chicago, and Lasikplus via Fathom Communications, Chicago. Tipre also collaborated directly with Pitchford to produce original content for the Pitchfork Music Festival.
Slevin broke in at Optimus, serving in such capacities as intern and online assistant (to editor Ed Nichols) before shifting over to ONE at Optimus as an assistant producer prior to being promoted to associate producer. She has had gigs as a producer on Suave for Ogilvy & Mather, Chicago, and line producer for Sears Craftsman out of Young & Rubicam, Chicago.
“There aren’t many places that give you the opportunity to gain experience in such a short time in both post-production and production,” commented Slevin. “I feel like I’ve found my home in production at ONE.”
Optimus maintains offices in Chicago and Santa Monica, serving as a one-stop shop with a full suite of creative services, including production, editing, film transfer, color correction, visual effects and design, audio mixing and finishing. ONE encompasses all production services from shoot through post.
Oscar Nominees Gather For Cocktails, Dinner and The Annual Class Picture
Five days before the Academy Awards, nearly every nominee gathered for a cocktail reception, dinner and class picture shoot that served as an Oscars orientation.
The event Tuesday night at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures was a stand-in for the annual Oscars luncheon usually held about a month earlier but scrubbed because of the Southern California wildfires.
With the voting over and winners determined, contenders got chummy and the mood was cheerful. Best actress favorites Mikey Madison and Demi Moore hugged and chatted. So did best actor front-runners Timothรฉe Chalamet and Adrien Brody.
"Everyone say Oscar nominee!" best actress nominee Cynthia Erivo shouted gleefully from the front row of the museum's David Geffen Theater, where the dozens of nominees sat for their group picture.
Clustered in front with Erivo were three best supporting actress nominees: her "Wicked" castmate Ariana Grande, Monica Barbaro of "A Complete Unknown" and Zoe Saldaรฑa of "Emilia Perez" along with Madison, nominated for "Anora." The five women stood in a circle and talked happily together after the photo, and kept the conversation going as they descended the stairs together to dinner.
In the back of the theater, a trio of best actor nominees sat together: Sebastian Stan of "The Apprentice," Colman Domingo of "Sing Sing" and Brody, of "The Brutalist."
After the photo was taken, Academy President Janet Yang gave the orientation presentation, reminding everyone that the 97th Academy Awards will be held Sunday.
She greeted first-time nominees and acknowledged there were also some with more than one.
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