Marci Miles of Reelize Reps, Chicago, has been named to handle the Midwest for Los Angeles-based Rhythm & Hues.….Bicoastal Cohn + Company and New York-based Nadel@ Cohn + Company have signed Mark Andrews of Where’s The Boards?, Los Angeles, for West Coast sales….Los Angeles- based visual effects house KromA has secured independent rep Grace Silverstein of Reel Grace, Santa Monica, to handle the West Coast and Texas….Andrea Marcucci of Agent 99, New York, is now handling East Coast representation for editorial, visual effects and design shop Version2. Editing, New York….Sovereign, the Santa Monica-based music and sound design shop recently launched by composer PJ Hanke, has hired Arrianne Braverman for representation on the West Coast. Executive producer Katie Jones continues to rep Sovereign in all other territories….Sales rep Victoria Venantini has joined Holbrook Management, the New York-based independent repping firm that handles the East Coast for bicoastal Moxie Pictures, Finger Music, West Los Angeles, Blind, Santa Monica, and the New York shops Consulate, cYclops and foreignfilms@cYclops….Global Production Network (GPN), Los Angeles, has inked an exclusive deal to handle U.S. representation for Aussie filmmaker Jane Smith’s Sydney-based production services company Filmsmiths Australia…. After wrapping additional photography on the Warner Bros. feature Constantine, DP Jeff Cutter is once again available for commercial and music video work via United Talent Agency (UTA), Beverly Hills, Calif….
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