Gisela Knijnenburg, formerly of bicoastal Anonymous Content, has joined bicoastal Smuggler to start its in-house sales division….Peter Ziegler and Jonathan Jakubowicz of independent firm Ziegler Management have taken on East Coast representation for Incubator, a West Hollywood-based production house featuring director Tom De Cerchio….Janie Balcomb has launched Bow & Arrow, a London-based independent rep firm. The new venture’s first client for U.K. representation is Santa Monica-based Tate USA, which maintains a directorial roster consisting of Federico Brugia, Vadim Perelman, Jonathan Teplitzky, Ted Pauly, Phil Brown, James Dodson, Ago Panini, Eric King and Jason Reitman….Kathy Aronstam has joined Emoto, Santa Monica, as West Coast head of sales, commercial division. She will direct sales for both the company’s original music and music licensing services….Katie Ward has become the in-house rep covering the West Coast and Texas for San Francisco and Santa Monica-based Radium, the shop founded in 1996 by creative directors/visual effects directors Jonathan Keeton and Simon Mowbray….Cinematographer John Lindley has signed with bicoastal Paradigm for exclusive representation…..
“A Complete Unknown,” “Wicked,” “Sing Sing,” “Baby Reindeer” Among Guild of Music Supervisors Award Winners
The Guild of Music Supervisors held its 15th annual awards ceremony on Sunday night (2/23) at the Wiltern Theatre in L.A., honoring the best achievements in music supervision and songwriting with feature category winners including “Wicked,” “A Complete Unknown,” “I Saw the TV Glow” and “Sing Sing.” Among the TV category winners were “Baby Reindeer,” “English Teacher” and “Agatha All Along.”
Stephen Schwartz was awarded the Icon Award to celebrate his contributions to the music and film industry. Schwartz performed his song “Beautiful City” on stage from his musical “Godspell.” Music producer and supervisor Bonnie Greenberg took to the stage to accept the Legacy Award for her outstanding career in music supervision. Music supervisor and executive at EA Games Steve Schnur won the most awards for the evening with two wins for his work on video games EA Sports FC 25 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Keeping their promise of live performances from Best Song nominees, Oscar-nominees Abraham Alexander & Adrian Quesada performed their nominated song “Like a Bird” from “Sing Sing,” which took the prize for Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film. Danielle Ponder performed her nominated song “Egún” from Apple TV’s “Manhunt,” and the artist Role Model gave a rousing performance of their song “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out” as the Spotlight artist of the evening.
The complete winners list for the 15th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards is as follows.
FILM
Best Music Supervision in Major Budget Films
Maggie Rodford - “Wicked”
Best Music Supervision in Mid-Level Budget Films
Steven Gizicki - “A... Read More