Independent reps, Brooke Covington and Rebecca Reber of Reber Covington, Los Angeles and San Francisco, have signed bicoastal Supply & Demand for representation on the West Coast and Texas….Backyard Productions, Venice, Calif., has signed Jim Waldron and Wendy Hanson of Them Reps, Chicago, for Midwest representation….Grace Silverstein of independent rep firm Reel Grace, Santa Monica, has been named to handle the West Coast and Texas for New York-headquartered music and sound design house JSM….Visual Music, a Woodland Hills, Calif.-based shop headed by creative director/composer Tom Seufert, has secured independent reps Lynda Woodward and Janet Gilson of Lynda Woodward & Associates, Sherman Oaks, Calif., to handle the West Coast and the Midwest. Visual Music’s creative roster includes more than 50 songwriters, film composers and recording artists….New York-based Ant Music has hired Douglas Howell of White Hart Lane, New York, for national representation….George Riddell has been named VP of marketing and creative services at The Victory Studios, a Seattle-based HDTV production and postproduction house….Cinematographer Dan Stoloff has joined The Skouras Agency, Santa Monica, for exclusive representation in features and commercials….
Michelle Satter To Be Honored At Sundance Film Festival Gala
The nonprofit Sundance Institute today announced details for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival’s gala fundraiser, Celebrating Sundance Institute, which will take place on Friday, January 24, 2025 at the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley in Utah. The event will be an evening in celebration of Michelle Satter, founding sr. director of artist programs at Sundance Institute, for her longstanding commitment to nurturing artists and cultivating independent film through the Sundance Labs, where visionary artists convene to develop groundbreaking projects through an in-depth creative process, for the past four decades. The annual Vanguard Awards will be presented during the evening to Sean Wang, writer and director of Dìdi, and Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, co-directors of Sugarcane, who premiered their films at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
The annual gala enables the nonprofit to raise funds to support independent artists year-round through labs, grants, and public programming that nurture artists from all over the world. The 2025 event is made possible with the generous support of Google TV. The Festival will take place from January 23–February 2, 2025, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, with a selection of titles available online from January 30–February 2, 2025 for audiences across the country to discover bold independent storytelling.
“For over four decades Michelle has been devoted to truly championing independent storytellers,” said Amanda Kelso, acting CEO of Sundance Institute. “She has encouraged artists to own their voice, learn their craft, become fierce leaders, and develop their resilience in our changing ecosystem. Her life-long commitment to supporting artists, especially in underrepresented... Read More