Keith Ehrlich has joined bicoastal Cohn + Company as East Coast sales rep….House of Usher Films, Santa Monica, has secured Southern California-based independent rep Steven Monkarsh to handle the West Coast, Texas and Detroit….John Buckley has been appointed in-house West Coast rep for Crew Cuts/West, Santa Monica….Chicago-based independent rep firm monaghan+halpine has parted ways with Claire Alden’s art.fx division, a New York-headquartered representatiion shop that handles the U.S. for a roster of animation and effects houses, including London outfits Picasso Pictures, Sherbet, and Frankie & Robin, as well as PSYOP Creative Collective, New York, and Wild Brain, San Francisco….Lisa Cleff has been named VP of sales and marketing for Goodspot Design and Goodspot Editorial, both based in Santa Monica. She formerly served as director of sales & marketing at R!OT Manhattan, New York. Prior to that, she was based at Attik, San Francisco, serving as U.S. director of business development…. Cinematographer Hubert Taczanowski has joined bicoastal Paradigm for exclusive representation in features and commercials. His recent feature credits include Tadpole starring Sigourney Weaver and John Ritter….
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