No Smoke, New York, has named Lori Youmans of Lori & Company to handle representation on the East Coast. Dave Dakich of Dbl.d has been secured to cover the Midwest, and Kimberley Griswold and Doug Sherin of Options will rep the production company on the West Coast…..London-based Rokkit has signed directors Mathew Cullen and Grady Hall of Venice, Calif.-based production company/design firm Motion Theory for commercial representation in the U.K., Belgium and Amsterdam. The directors work both separately and as a team…..Incubator Films, Santa Monica, has secured Marci Miles and Kristina Kovacevic of independent firm Reelize Reps to handle the Midwest….Dattner Dispoto and Associates, Los Angeles, is exclusively representing DPs Emmanual Kadosh (Land of the Blind, Lost City, Modigliani), Bobby Butkowski (The Hawk Is Dying, Saved!, Arlington Road) and Maryse Alberti (Velvet Goldmine, We Don’t Live Here Anymore, and this year’s recipient of the Kodak Vision Award for Cinematography) for feature films, TV commercials and music videos…..
Oscar Nominees Delve Into The Art Of Editing At ACE Session
You couldn’t miss Sean Baker at this past Sunday’s Oscar ceremony where he won for Best Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay and Editing on the strength of Anora. However, earlier that weekend he was in transit from the Cesar Awards in Paris and thus couldn’t attend the American Cinema Editors (ACE) 25th annual panel of Academy Award-nominated film editors held at the Regal LA Live Auditorium on Saturday (3/1) in Los Angeles. While the eventual Oscar winner in the editing category was missed by those who turned out for the ACE “Invisible Art, Visible Artists” session, three of Baker’s fellow nominees were on hand--Dávid Jancsó, HSE for The Brutalist; Nick Emerson for Conclave; and Myron Kerstein, ACE for Wicked. Additionally, Juliette Welfling, who couldn’t appear in person due to the Cesar Awards, was present via an earlier recorded video interview to discuss her work on Emilia Pérez. The interview was conducted by ACE president and editor Sabrina Plisco, ACE who also moderated the live panel discussion. Kerstein said that he was the beneficiary of brilliant and generous collaborators, citing, among others, director Jon M. Chu, cinematographer Alice Brooks, and visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman. The editor added it always helps to have stellar acting performances, noting that hearing Cynthia Erivo, for example, sing live was a revelation. Kerstein recalled meeting Chu some eight years ago on a “blind Skype date” and it was an instant “bromance”--which began on Crazy Rich Asians, and then continued on such projects as the streaming series Home Before Dark and the feature In The Heights. Kerstein observed that Chu is expert in providing collaborators with... Read More