Liz Laine Reps, Chicago, has expanded its representation of graphic, live action and motion design house Eyeball to include New York. Liz Laine Reps continues to handle the NYC-based Eyeball in the Midwest and on the West Coast. Liz Laine Reps pairs Liz Laine with Katy Richter; the indie firm represents a stable of animation companies and directors….Grace & Wild Studios, headquartered in Farmington Hills, Mich., has brought Josh Yurich aboard as director of business development. He will explore new business opportunities and assist in the expansion of the company’s interactive media service offerings. Yurich spent the past two years assisting with the startup of Digital Extensions, a global digital production agency based in Miami. During his time there, he built and maintained relationships with traditional and digital agencies throughout the Midwest and East Coast, and sold website and microsite design/development, social media applications, and mobile applications….DP Jan Richter Friis and costume designer Kelle Kutsugeras are now repped exclusively by WME for features, commercials and music videos….
DGA Award Nominees Set For TV, Documentaries and Commercials
The Directors Guild of America has unveiled the nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2024. The winners will be announced at the 77th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 8, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Garnering multiple nods in their respective categories of Dramatic Series, Comedy Series and Movies for TV/Limited Series were, respectively, Shogun, The Bear and The Penguin. Three of the five nominations in Dramatic Series went to Shogun--Hiromi Kamata for the “Ladies of the Willow World Episode,” Frederick E.O. Toye for “Crimson Sky” and Jonathan van Tulleken for “Anjin.” The other two nods were garnered by Alex Graves for The Diplomat episode “Dreadnought” and Issa Lopez for the “Part 6” installment of True Detective, Night Country. The Bear also took three out of five nominations, in the Comedy Series category: Directors Ayo Edebiri for the “Napkins” episode, Duccio Fabbri for “Doors,” and Christopher Storer for “Tomorrow.” The other two Comedy Series nods went to Lucia Aniello for the Hacks episode “Bulletproof” and Jeff Schaffer for the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode “No Lessons Learned.” And garnering three of the five nods in Movies For Television and Limited Series was The Penguin: Directors Kevin Bray for “Top Hat,” Jennifer Getzinger for “A Great or Little Thing” and Helen Shaver for “Cent’anni.” Rounding out the category were nominationns for Alfonso Curaon on the strength of Disclaimer, and Steven Zaillian for Ripley. Nominated in the Documentary category were Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev for... Read More