New York-based editorial house earth2mars has welcomed editors Christopher Koons, formerly of New York-based mad.house; and J.P. Cadaveira, who had been freelancing. Koons’ work has included spots for Prego, Haagen Dazs, Burger King, Colgate, Mennen, and W Hotels, as well as an impressionistic film for art photographer David Bradford, and a short, Today I Found Out, helmed by director/actor Griffin Dunne. Cadeveira has freelanced in New York and Miami, cutting spots for Sony, Toyota, Gatorade, and Canon; the editor also brings long form experience for PBS, Discovery and others….New York post boutique Mad.house appointed Cagan Yuksel to the position of senior designer. Cagan joins the company following the completion of his second graphics Masters degree and his recent work at New York-based post house Creative Bubble…..New York-based Chemistry has added editor Hannah Neufeld to its creative team. Neufeld moves to the company from New York-based wild(child) Editorial, where she spent the last five years. Her commercial work has included spots for 3M with Grey Worldwide, Absolut with McCann, and Old Navy Hispanic and Heineken Hispanic with The Vidal Partnership. She also worked with del Rivero Messianu DDB on Hispanic campaigns for Budweiser and Bud Lite….Commercial and music video colorist Clive Christopher is a new senior colorist at Manhattan Transfer Miami. He comes from Prime Focus in Mumbai, and his experiences having included working at London’s The Moving Picture Company and SVC, Los Angeles area companies Complete Post and now-closed Pacific Ocean Post, the since shuttered Editel Chicago, and Molinare in Madrid–Micah Scarpelli has been promoted from assistant editor to staff editor at New York-based Version 2–Bicoastal Post Logic Studios has hired colorist Doug Delaney, who was one of three colorists supervised by DI supervisor Peter Doyle and cinematographer Andrew Lesnie, ASC for the DI of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Since then, Delaney has completed digital intermediates for titles including Yours, Mine and Ours with cinematographer Theo van de Sande, ASC; and The Ring 2 with director Hideo Nakata. Delaney also worked closely with Allen Daviau, ASC, grading the StEM (Standard Test Evaluation Material) test footage for the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI)–New York-based graphic design and postproduction studio Creative Bubble announced the addition of Lisa Kwon to its roster. Formerly of New York-based mad.house, Kwon will serve as Creative Bubble’s design director…..Mary O’Gara has joined Chicago-based Filmworkers Club as executive producer. She previously served as director of telecine and visual effects at Company 3 in Santa Monica. O’Gara brings more than 10 years of postproduction experience to her new position. Prior to Company 3, she served as finishing producer and operation manager at Company 3’s sister post house R!OT, Santa Monica…New York-based Freestyle Collective announced the addition of Elizabeth Kiehner as executive producer. Formerly of bicoastal Trollbäck + Company, Kiehner brings experience as a producer for both the broadcast and commercial industries. Prior to Trollbäck, Kiehner produced at L.A.-based Suissa Miller Advertising and Chicago’s EURO RSCG Tatham— Gene Curley has been promoted from night colorist to day colorist at Nice Shoes, New York. Matt Rosenblum of Nice Shoes was recently upped from assistant colorist to night colorist…..Jonathan Airale and Juan Zorn have been promoted from assistant colorists to final colorists at Bobine Video, Santa Monica….
SUPERLATIVE Signs Director Claudia Abend For Spots and Branded Content
Latin American director/editor and documentary filmmaker Claudia Abend has joined SUPERLATIVE for her first U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content.
Abend's empathetic docu-style POV has garnered several international awards for the documentary films Hit (2008) and The Flower of Life (2018). Her spotmaking credits include such brands as Procter & Gamble, Nestle and Blue Cross/Blue Shield. SUPERLATIVE has already worked with Abend, together producing a new ad campaign for digital agency Tinuiti and The Honest Company, a consumer goods corporation featuring eco-minded products.
“We found Claudia through her poignant documentaries on the festival circuit,” said SUPERLATIVE creative manager Stefan Dezil. “We are excited about her textured narratives, emotional storytelling, and her powerhouse long-form storytelling abilities, currently on her third feature film. As SUPERLATIVE continues to build our brand after premiering our latest films at Sundance and SXSW, Claudia is the kind of multidimensional artist we are excited to partner with on branded content and beyond. Fluent in English and Spanish, her reel shows real prowess with infants, food and skin products, families both young and old. Great visual storytelling and inspirational doc work.”
Abend began her career in her native Uruguay, studying film and editing in college. “My dad would show me films like Citizen Kane,” she said. “I love cinema and became an editor. It was here that I learned all about communicating human emotion.”
From the get-go, Abend hit it big as a documentary director, teaming with Adrianna Loeff on Hit, a movie chronicling pop artists of Uruguayan music. Abend took home a Best Editing... Read More