Light Iron, a Panavision company, has brought Laura Borowsky aboard as director of business development. Her wide ranging experience over 19 years spans working in tentpole features, indies and commercials. She expands Light Iron’s business development team which is led by Katie Fellion. Borowsky began her career with Technicolor, and through her work she’s developed strong relationships with studio clients as well as creatives including cinematographers and directors, making for a strong synergy with Panavision. Based in Los Angeles, Borowsky hails from Atlanta, and her new role will include a focus on developing the Southeast market for Light Iron, a technological leader and artistic partner in end-to-end production and post solutions. Filmmakers, studios, creatives and technologists tap into Light Iron’s expertise to deliver progressive digital workflows, from dailies and data management to final color and media archive services. Light Iron also offers offline rental spaces and facilities across North America with remote capabilities to help facilitate feature film and episodic projects….
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