Matt Factor has exited the New York office of bicoastal/international Propaganda Films. Staffer Tara Ford, who had teamed with Factor to cover the East Coast, now solely handles the territory for the company. Philip Fox Mills remains East Coast rep for bicoastal/international Satellite, a sister shop to Propaganda. Ford and Mills continue to work closely with Dana Balkin, head of sales for the Propaganda group of companies….Richard Fink of Fink Tank, New York, has taken on East Coast representation for Los Angeles-based Original Film….Tombo, the Hollywood-based shop headed by executive producer Fred Porter, has secured Gabrielle Giebels and Catherine De Angelis—a.k.a. Hot Betty—for Midwest representation. Terri Montgomery continues to rep Tombo in such central Midwest states as Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Iowa….Highway 61, New York, has signed Adam Fine of LittleRedHen Entertainment, Santa Monica, for West Coast representation….Wow+Flutter Music+Sound, Los Angeles and Minneapolis, has named Los Angeles-based independent rep Jennifer Cohen to head up West Coast sales….Lankford Films, Houston, has signed Perry Schaffer and Corey Rogers of Schaffer & Co., New York, for East Coast sales, and Doug Stieber and Lynn Mutchler of Doug Stieber & Company, Chicago, to handle the Midwest….
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