Seed Media Arts, headed by exec producer/founder Roy Skillicorn, has secured Perry Schaffer and Corey Rogers of independent rep firm Schaffer/Rogers to handle the East Coast, and indie rep Mark Andrews to cover the West Coast….
New York-based animation boutique Ace & Son Moving Picture Co., LLC, has inked Ilene Silberman of Silberman Productions for East Coast representation and Yvette Represents’ Yvette Lubinsky to handle the West Coast….
Revolabs, a provider of audio solutions for unified communications (UC), enterprise collaboration, and professional audio applications, has appointed Jim Fairweather to executive VP of global sales. Fairweather will be responsible for the worldwide management and recruitment of the sales organization as well as the growth and profitability of the entire portfolio of Revolabs products. Having worked in the high technology industry for over 30 years, Fairweather brings an intimate knowledge of UC to Revolabs. Previously he served as VP of worldwide sales for Hewlett Packard Visual Collaboration Business Unit; and VP, Americas and U.S. sales at Polycom, PictureTel, and MCI WorldCom, and most recently VP of worldwide channel sales for Vidyo….
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More