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Bicoastal editing company Lost Planet–whose editorial roster includes Hank Corwin, Paul Martinez, Geoff Hounsell, Charlie Johnston, Saar Klein, Kim Bica and Jen Dean–has aligned with Work, a new London-based editorial shop led by cutters Richard Orrick, Neil Smith and Bill Smedley. Orrick and Smith were most recently with The Whitehouse, London, while Smedley previously worked at The Quarry, London. Previously a managing executive producer at The Whitehouse, Jane Dilworth is Work's executive producer. Per the agreement, Work editors are now available to cut commercials stateside at Lost Planet's Manhattan outpost or Los Angeles headquarters, while Lost Planet's editors are available to edit in London through Work. “Hank and I are delighted to align with Work,” said Betsy Beale, executive producer, Lost Planet. “We believe there is tremendous value in matching the best creative talent with the best projects, without regard to location issues.” — Chicago-based The Filmworkers Club has hired colorist Fred Keller, formerly with Company 3, New York. Keller began his career with now-closed Prinzco Productions. He followed that with stints at New York-based DuArt Film & Video, now-closed Digital Universe, and Manhattan Transfer, which eventually became Company 3, New York. His recent credits include spots for GMC, Budweiser, Adidas, Samuel Adams and MTV–“Orange Bow”, a short film edited by New York-based Bluerock's Karama Horne, is in competition at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. Inspired by a true story, “Orange Bow” offers a slice of what it is like to grow up in Brooklyn. It was directed by Diandrea Rees — Vivian Marks has joined Raleigh, N.C.-based editorial/animation/visual effects house Serious Robots as post production producer–.Canada's Frank and Gordon, the popular CG “spokesbeavers” for Bell Canada, are produced by Montreal-based Buzz Image Group and directed by Buzz's Sandra Germain, for Bell Canada's ad agency Cossette Communication Group, Montreal. To date, Buzz has produced a half dozen animated spots for the campaign and has several more in the works. Buzz initially produced two spots in French and English for airing in Quebec, then Cossette rolled out the campaign nationally. The beavers also appear in radio and print advertising, and have their own Web site.Category:News
Karla Sofía Gascón Could Make Trans History For Role In “Emilia Pérez”
Karla Sofía Gascón's performance in "Emilia Pérez" as a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirmation surgery to become a woman has brought her global acclaim and set Gascón on a path that may make her the first openly transgender actor ever nominated for an Oscar. But on this morning, she's feeling contemplative. "I woke up with such a philosophical streak," Gascón says, smiling. "In life, everything can be good or bad. We are a mix of so many things. There are things that make you happy and instead they make you sad, or the other way around." The dichotomies of life are a fitting subject for Jacques Audiard's "Emilia Pérez," a film that puts just about every genre — musical, crime thriller, melodrama — into a grandiose mixer, and, by sheer nerve, manages to coalesce into one of the year's most memorable movie experiences. "Emilia Pérez," which began streaming Wednesday on Netflix, is widely expected to be a best picture nominee. At the center of the "Emilia Pérez" phenomenon – which began with a barn-storming premiere at the Cannes Film Festival — is Gascón who plays both the menacing cartel kingpin Manitas and the woman who emerges after Manitas fakes his own death, Emilia Pérez. Years later, Emilia contacts the lawyer who facilitated her transition (Zoe Saldaña) to her reunite with her wife (Selena Gomez) and their children. The wild swings of "Emilia Pérez" – a movie that has earned comparisons to both "Sicario" and "Mrs. Doubtfire" – wouldn't be possible without Gascón. In Cannes, she and her co-stars shared in the best actress prize, which Gascón accepted. "We've been insulted, denigrated, subjected to a lot of violence without even knowing why," Gascón said that evening. "I think this is award is so much more... Read More
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