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….
Sinners and Saints Adds Apple Pie To Its Branded Menu
Bicoastal Sinners and Saints--the multidisciplinary studio overseen by managing director/executive producer Heather Heller, and partners/EPs Yann Henric and Thomas Carroll--has added Apple Pie Tabletop to its roster for branded content. Known for its food and beverage content creation, Apple Pie comprises the husband-and-wife team of director/DP Gene Dubin and director/art director Alisa Volodina. In addition to representation, the move expands Apple Pie’s production capabilities through the combination of its centrally located full-service studio in New York and a newly established mobile studio in Los Angeles. Apple Pie recently teamed with Sinners and Saints on a Wienerschnitzel project created by Innocean.
“We believe that our dual studio strategy positions us uniquely in the competitive landscape of food and beverage storytelling,” said Heller. “By blending the artistry of the New York studio with the flexibility of our Los Angeles location, we can tailor our productions to meet the unique demands of each project, regardless of geography.”
“Working with Sinners and Saints in the demanding field of tabletop was an absolute pleasure,” shared Apple Pie Tabletop in a joint statement. “Warm welcome, unwavering support and dedication--everything a director can ask for. The entire experience was both enjoyable and rewarding. We will not miss an opportunity to collaborate with them again.”
“The first thing you notice is that Apple Pie has beautiful work,” Heller observed. “Having worked with them, I can say that Gene and Alisa are extremely meticulous and detail-oriented; their combination of talent and agility appeals to agencies and clients.” Also appealing to Heller is Apple Pie Tabletop’s brisk international... Read More