Ezra Burke, former in-house West Coast rep for bicoastal Cohn+Company, has been named head of sales & marketing for bicoastal Notorious Pictures. The Santa Monica-based Burke will additionally handle West Coast commercial sales for both Notorious and its recently launched design arm….Bicoastal companies Giraldi Suarez Productions (GSP) and Playroom have hired Roxanne Artesona and Jeff Bowman of Roxanne and Co., New York, for representation on the East Coast. In-house sales rep Wil LaFayette will handle the West Coast for GSP and Playroom….Bicoastal Villains has signed Sean Sullivan of Sullivan Creative Management, Chicago, for Midwest representation….Delores Hively and Dawn Schiffman of Buzz Management, New York, are handling East Coast representation for Santa Monica-headquartered Plum Productions and PS 260, New York….Santa Monica-based production house Thomas Winter Cooke has secured representation in Canada via Imported Artists Film Company, Toronto….Jared Shapiro of Moustache, New York, is handling East Coast representation for bicoastal CreoCollective….San Francisco-based Pond Radio Entertainment has signed Boss Talent, Venice, Calif., for West Coast representation….DP Aaron Phillips has completed photography for the documentary Surf Rasta and is now available for commercials via Sherry Rousso Associates, New York….
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