New York-headquartered postproduction boutique The Well has signed Jolie Miller of New York-based Jolie Miller and Company for national representation. Miller has also added New York production shop Free Market Films and music house Duotone Audio Group to her roster….Santa Monica-based music/sound design shop Ear to Ear has signed Drew Miller for representation on the East Coast….Marci Miles of Reelize, Chicago, and Liz Laine of Chicago-based Liz Laine Reps have combined their rosters and will work under the latter company’s banner. The duo’s first signing is Midwest representation for Pacific Rim Films, Venice, Calif….Santa Monica-based Fuel has signed Marianne McCarley of McCarley Reps, New York, for East Coast representation….Chicago-based independent rep Dawn Rao is handling national sales for the newly formed Foundation Post, West Los Angeles and Chicago…. Rob Russo Productions, New York, is handling Midwest sales for Southwest Productions, Albuquerque, N.M….Partos, Santa Monica, has signed DPs Ryan Gaw, Pat Notaro and Gary Shaw for representation….
SUPERLATIVE Signs Director Claudia Abend For Spots and Branded Content
Latin American director/editor and documentary filmmaker Claudia Abend has joined SUPERLATIVE for her first U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content.
Abend's empathetic docu-style POV has garnered several international awards for the documentary films Hit (2008) and The Flower of Life (2018). Her spotmaking credits include such brands as Procter & Gamble, Nestle and Blue Cross/Blue Shield. SUPERLATIVE has already worked with Abend, together producing a new ad campaign for digital agency Tinuiti and The Honest Company, a consumer goods corporation featuring eco-minded products.
“We found Claudia through her poignant documentaries on the festival circuit,” said SUPERLATIVE creative manager Stefan Dezil. “We are excited about her textured narratives, emotional storytelling, and her powerhouse long-form storytelling abilities, currently on her third feature film. As SUPERLATIVE continues to build our brand after premiering our latest films at Sundance and SXSW, Claudia is the kind of multidimensional artist we are excited to partner with on branded content and beyond. Fluent in English and Spanish, her reel shows real prowess with infants, food and skin products, families both young and old. Great visual storytelling and inspirational doc work.”
Abend began her career in her native Uruguay, studying film and editing in college. “My dad would show me films like Citizen Kane,” she said. “I love cinema and became an editor. It was here that I learned all about communicating human emotion.”
From the get-go, Abend hit it big as a documentary director, teaming with Adrianna Loeff on Hit, a movie chronicling pop artists of Uruguayan music. Abend took home a Best Editing... Read More