Oliver Ronicle has been appointed director of group sales and marketing for Deluxe London, succeeding Terry Lansbury who retires this month. Ronicle comes over from Ascent Media where he oversaw the merger and rebranding of Todd AO and Soho Images, becoming managing director of Soho Film Lab. Prior to this, Ronicle was at Universal Pictures International, where he served as director of technical operations….Red Car has hired Jake Neske as its head of sales in New York. He will be responsible for repping Red Car’s N.Y. shop, the graphics division redhead and the company’s digital division (for web work, banners, iphone apps, and all other digital applications). Meanwhile in San Francisco, Red Car has secured Kate Blum of indie firm KB Reps to handle the Northwest territories of San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, and Seattle. She will be representing the work of Red Car’s national platform of editors and of redhead…..Independent rep firm Char & Associates is now handling Santa Monica-based Workhorse Media exclusively in the West and Texas…..
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