Bicoastal Chelsea Pictures has signed independent reps Annie Bossingham and Brad Grubaugh of Boss Talent, Venice, Calif., to handle the West Coast….Colleen McHale has joined Zooma Zooma, New York, to handle East Coast sales….David Marcellino has come aboard wild(child), New York, in the position of head of development. He will be in charge of branding, marketing, new ventures and new business for wild(child), as well as sister shops Voodoo Design and Mac Sound….Lindsay Hood has joined visual effects/motion design/ animation house Spin as its sales and marketing account executive. She is based in the Toronto office of Spin, which also maintains operations in Vancouver, B.C., and Atlanta….DP Giles Dunning has signed with Innovative Artists, Santa Monica, for exclusive representation in commercials, music videos and features….DP Florian Stadler has wrapped principal photography on West of Brooklyn, directed by Danny Cistone, and is again available exclusively via the Lyons Sheldon Prosnit Agency, Los Angeles….
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