Chuck Silverman Represents has added three shops to its roster–production companies Rogue Agent, Los Angeles, and Sherpa Pictures, Las Vegas, and production/VFX/3D/design and motion graphics house Studio Cassis in Portland, Ore. Silverman is handling national representation for all three. Rogue Agent is headed by exec producers John Thorpe and Jesse Felsot and has a directorial roster that includes Simon Brand, Gustavo Garzon, Trip Gruver, Vladimir Jedlicka, Farhad Mann, Peter Manus, Scott McCullough, Charley Randazzo and Matt Simon. Under the aegis of exec producer Don Turley, Sherpa has a lineup of directors consisting of Ali Akbarzadeh, Bodega Boys, Jamal Dedeaux, Cam McHarg, Michael Rainin, Kurt Rauf, Lance Tracy and Kevin T Wilson…. Production designer David Skinner is now repped exclusively by WME for commercials and features….TidalTV, a video advertising, optimization and yield management solutions provider, has further expanded its New York sales team with the addition of Kevin Gannon and Matthew Jamison who will each serve as director of platform sales. They will report to Steven Sackey, VP of national sales. Gannon and Jamison will be responsible for driving revenue for TitalTV's technology offering as well as agency sales. Gannon previously was VP, director of new business at Varick Media Management. Before joining TidalTV, Jamison was sr. director of national sales at [x+1] and an account executive at IAC Advertising Solutions/Ask.com…..Marketing associate Kimberly Jacobson has joined the corporate marketing department of Grace & Wild Inc., which offers a wide variety of creative and technical services within the audio, video, film and interactive production industry via its operating divisions Grace & Wild Studios, Postique, and STS-Griot. Prior to joining Grace & Wild, Jacobson served as social media manager for Orange Creative Solutions where she managed corporate identity and brand development; implemented a public relations and social media marketing plan; and analyzed and reported on social media metrics….
A Similar But Different Take On A Feature Film Debut
Similar But Different is not only the moniker for the directorial duo of Dani Girdwood and Charlotte Fassler but also in some respects an apt description of their feature filmmaking debut, My Fault: London (Amazon MGM Studios). The movie, which premiered last week on Amazon Prime Video, has on one level some select elements similar to what we’re accustomed to in the young adult (YA) universe--which helps make it familiar, comfortable and relatable--yet at the same time My Fault: London brings a new, decidedly different dimension to YA entertainment, uniquely meshing action-adventure, mystery, music, romance and humor. The film captures the feel of the underground London culture, lending an authenticity and contemporary vibe that’s a departure from the norm when it comes to the adaptation of YA literature. This mesh of similar but different has served the film well in that there was some target audience skepticism initially over the notion of doing an English adaptation of the popular, fan-favorite Spanish-language novel “Culpa Mia,” the first of the “Culpables” trilogy. Thus it’s most gratifying for Girdwood and Fassler to see the social media response after the release of My Fault: London, with many viewers enthusiastically embracing the film. My Fault: London introduces us to Noah (portrayed by Asha Banks) who’s uprooted from her U.S. hometown, having to leave her boyfriend and friends behind to move with her mother (Eve Macklin) to London. Mom has a new rich husband (Ray Fearon) in London and their new residence is a mansion. There Noah meets Nick (Matthew Broome), her new stepbrother. They have an immediate mutual dislike for each other which blossoms into something quite different over time. Along the... Read More