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    Los Angeles-based Zoic Studios has added Leighton Greer as senior producer of commercials, and John Shirley as senior compositor. Prior to joining Zoic Studios, Greer was a producer at L.A.-based Entity FX where she worked on the feature Hitch. Earlier, she worked at Santa Monica-based A52, producing effects for such high-end spots as Nike “Before” and “Move” for Portland, Ore.-based Wieden & Kennedy. John Shirley comes from Das Werk, Frankfurt, and most recently Encore Hollywood….Digital post house Match Frame, Austin, Texas, has hired Jessica Coats Berry as senior producer. She brings an agency pedigree to Match Frame, having served as a senior producer at GSD&M, Austin, where she worked on jobs for such clients as Southwest Airlines, the U.S. Air Force, CBS Sports, Fannie Mae and Pennzoil. Prior to GSD&M, Berry ws a producer at The Richards Group, Dallas. Earlier she was a senior producer at Mullen in Wenham, Mass….Editor Mike Douglas has joined the roster of Cut+Run, New York. He was last editing as a freelancer via Mad River Post, New York, cutting comedy campaigns for Capital One, Bud Light and Arby’s. Prior to that he was with Chickonkey, New York. He first established himself as a full-fledged editor at Mackenzie Cutler, New York. Cut+Run also maintains operations in Los Angeles and London….Homestead Editorial, New York, has generated industry buzz with its first feature, made through its independent film production company, aWounded Knee. Titled Noise, the feature played successfully on the festival circuit and has been acquired by ThinkFilm for distribution….

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    After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”

    Friday, November 8, 2024

    Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.

    She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.

    Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.

    In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.

    At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.

    "They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More

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