Phillip Collins has departed bicoastal Atherton after two years as director of marketing and sales. Collins explained that he had attained key marketing goals for the shop, and agreed with Atherton’s partners that "returning to the independent rep structure is now best for the company." Atherton is currently repped by Tracy Bernard & Associates in the Midwest and by Carol Biedermann on the West Coast. Via its recently announced production agreement with Dallas-based Concrete Films (SHOOT, 1/21, p. 7), Atherton is repped in Texas and the Southeast by Concrete principal Lisa Cobb. Atherton has not yet named an East Coast rep. Prior to Atherton, Collins served as director of marketing for Industrial Light+Magic Commercial Productions, San Rafael and Los Angeles. He is currently in discussions with other companies….Cathlyn Cantone has joined Division 6, New York, as executive director/marketing and development. Division 6 is the commercial production division of New York-based National Video Center….Unleaded Music, New York, has named Yoanne Al-Hassan East Coast head of sales…. Montana Artists, Santa Monica, is repping production designers Stan Harris and Steve Kimmel for commercials and music videos….DPs Todd A. dos Reis and Steve Bernstein have finished principal photography on the independent films Down To The Last Minute and Christmas In The Clouds, respectively. Both are now available 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