Camp Lucky–a shop which spans live-action production, editorial, design, animation, VFX, color and audio–has connected with Daria Zeliger Reps for exclusive representation on the East Coast….
Sugarhi, the production company founded by director Jake Banks and cinematographer Florian Stadler, has secured indie representation firm Free Agents to handle sales on the East Coast…..
Conductor Technologies, a multi-cloud rendering platform that supports assorted applications, has hired visual effects and animation industry veteran Julie McDonald as head of business development. McDonald comes to Conductor with an extensive background in production, having guided teams using cloud-based compute resources to create feature films and episodic series, and led business development for cloud-based animation platform Nimble Collective. Drawing on her experience in her new role, McDonald will help studios and artists gain pop-up render capacity quickly and easily. Prior to joining Conductor, McDonald served as a VFX executive at Netflix, overseeing work for multiple projects simultaneously. In 2020, she held concurrent VFX producer and managing director roles at Zero VFX, where she was a cloud transition leader on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. At Cinesite, she was VFX producer on Murder Mystery and for season two of Lost in Space, both Netflix projects. For cloud-based animation provider Nimble Collective, which was acquired by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2019, McDonald helped manage the engineering team to ensure animation platform capabilities matched customer needs, then transitioned to director of business development and onboarded the company’s first commercial platform users. Her lengthy career in entertainment includes a near-decade long stint at Pixar Animation Studios, starting as editorial and film out department supervisor for Toy Story before shifting to postproduction supervision for Monsters, Inc, Finding Nemo and the Academy Award-winning short film Geri’s Game. She also supervised final editorial for Shrek 2 at DreamWorks Animation and led Viz Media’s anime streaming and on-demand production business unit for several years….
Oscar and Emmy-Winning Composer Kris Bowers Joins Barking Owl For Advertising, Branded Content
Music, audio post and sonic branding house Barking Owl has taken on exclusive representation of Oscar and Emmy-winning composer Kris Bowers for advertising and branded content.
Bowers’ recent film scores include The Wild Robot and Bob Marley: One Love, alongside acclaimed past works such as The Color Purple (2023), King Richard and Green Book. His contributions to television are equally impressive, with scores for hit series like Bridgerton, When They See Us, Dear White People, and his Daytime Emmy Award-winning score for The Snowy Day.
In addition to his work as a composer, Bowers is a visionary director. He recently took home the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject for his directorial work on The Last Repair Shop. The emotionally touching short film spotlights four of the people responsible for repairing the musical instruments used by students in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The Last Repair Shop reflects the positive influence that musical instruments have on the youngsters who play them, and the adults in the LAUSD free repair service who keep them working and in tune.
Barking Owl CEO Kirkland Alexander Lynch said of Bowers, “His artistry, diversity of style and depth of storytelling bring an unparalleled edge to the work we create for global brands. His presence on our roster reflects our continued commitment to pushing the boundaries of sound and music in advertising.”
Johanna Cranitch, creative director, Barking Owl, added, “Kris first caught my attention when he released his record ‘Heroes + Misfits’ where he fused together his jazz sensibility with a deeply ingrained aptitude for melody, so beautifully.... Read More