Production and post house Optimus has promoted Tim Cahill to editor. Cahill brings almost a decade of experience with top agencies and brands, as well as significant industry recognition, to the chair.
“Tim’s easygoing manner belies the fact that he is a true professional in the edit chair,” said Optimus EP/managing director Brian Hrastar. “He runs the room effortlessly, balancing the creative and technical needs of the project while simultaneously making the clients feel immediately comfortable. Clients and Optimus producers alike know their projects are in good hands with Tim. He has built lasting relationships inside and outside the building.”
A University of Dayton graduate, Cahill started at Optimus in the fall of 2009 as an intern and worked his way up to assistant editor two years later. He has worked with agencies including Edelman, Leo Burnett, mcgarrybowen and Ogilvy for clients such as Barilla Pasta, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Capri Sun, Coca-Cola, DSW, Humana, JCPenney, Lincoln, and Olive Garden. Earlier this year, Cahill was nominated for AICE Awards in two different categories for his work on Leo Burnett and Off the Street Club’s “One Chicago,” which also made the AICP shortlist in 2016.
“It means everything to have accomplished my goal of making editor,” said Cahill. “Years of hard work, learning, dedication and patience have paid off, and I look forward to creating and collaborating with clients and colleagues alike on exciting new projects and brands. I’ve met amazing people along the way, and look forward to continuing to do so. My new goal is to establish myself as a top-tier talent in the postproduction community.”
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More