Edit house Wildchild has brought on Minerva Content’s Shauna Seresin as East Coast rep…
DP Robert Richardson and production designer Jess Gonchor have recently completed principal photography on Live By Night, directed by and starring Ben Affleck. Richardson and Gonchor are again available for feature films, television and commercials through Murtha Skouras Agency, Santa Monica….
Entertainment brand consultancy and marketing innovations agency Troika has hired Amy Palmer, who joins the business development team as sr. account manager. She reports to Kevin Aratari, head of business development. Prior to joining Troika, Palmer has had nearly 20 years of experience in account management. She comes to Troika from bpg Advertising where she was SVP, broadcast. There she served as account director for Comcast Strategic Development, managed the agency’s 360 pitch initiatives, and was interim VP, print. Prior to bpg, Palmer was managing director/EP for Artifact Design, where she tripled the company’s growth through the oversight of their business development and execution of their multi-disciplinary branding and marketing campaigns. Her clients included AT&T, Ford, KIA, REI, Homewood Suites, Yamaha Golf-Car Company, The NBA, Maybelline, and HBO….
First-Time Feature Directors Make Major Splash At AFI Fest, Generate Oscar Buzz
Two first-time feature directors who are generating Oscar buzz this awards season were front and center this past weekend at AFI Fest in Hollywood. Rachel Morrison, who made history as the first woman nominated for a Best Cinematography Oscar---on the strength of Mudbound in 2018--brought her feature directorial debut, The Fire Inside (Amazon MGM Studios), to the festival on Sunday (10/27), and shared insights into the film during a conversation session immediately following the screening. This came a day after William Goldenberg, an Oscar-winning editor for Argo in 2013, had his initial foray into feature directing, Unstoppable (Amazon MGM Studios), showcased at the AFI proceedings. He too spoke after the screening during a panel discussion. The Fire Inside--which made its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival--tells the story of Claressa “T-Rex” Shields (portrayed by Ryan Destiny), a Black boxer from Flint, Mich., who trained to become the first woman in U.S. history to win an Olympic Gold Medal in the sport. She achieved this feat--with the help of coach Jason Crutchfield (Brian Tyree Henry)--only to find that her victory at the Summer Games came with relatively little fanfare and no endorsement deals. So much for the hope that the historic accomplishment would be a ticket out of socioeconomic purgatory for Shields and her family. It seemed like yet another setback in a cycle of adversity throughout Shields’ life but she persevered, going on to win her second Gold Medal at the next Olympics and becoming a champion for gender equality and equitable pay for women in sports. Shields has served as a source of inspiration for woman athletes worldwide--as well as to the community of... Read More