Independent reps Paul Saylor and Chris Breneman have partnered to form Chicago-based BS. Saylor represents bicoastal Believe Media in the Midwest, while Breneman heads up Chicago sales for bicoastal Bob Industries; Oil Factory, Hollywood; Academy, London; and Jigsaw, Los Angeles.….Chris Jennings has launched his own independent rep firm, Jennings, New York, and will be handling East Coast sales for cYclops productions, New York….Music/sound design house Hum, Santa Monica, has hired Elizabeth Patano as an in-house sales and marketing rep. She will share responsibilities for handling the Midwest and the West Coast with director of new business Tracy Reid….Becky Donahue has joined Ohio Edit, New York, as head of sales and development. She had previously been with bicoastal/international @radical.media as head of sales….DP Barry Norwood has signed with Innovative Artists, Santa Monica, for exclusive representation in commercials and music videos….DP Jonathan Taylor has just finished Alexander the Great and is once again available exclusively through 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