Daniel Mirsky joins Twist’s sales staff
Twist has added Daniel Mirsky to its staff sales team. He joins fellow team members Rob Neill and Kathryn Lotis to represent nationwide Twist’s directorial roster which includes: Rich Michell, Matt Pittroff, Scott Pitts, Chris Stocksmith and Marc André Debruyne; and recent roster addition, integrated creative collective Tomato. Mirsky continues his creative pursuits as an ensemble member of theatre company The New York Neo-Futurists, for whom he previously worked as a technical director and artistic collaborator. He brings to Twist much experience in environmental activism and sales, with organizations such as Greenpeace, Green Mountain Energy, and 3D printing startup Makerbot.
Skouras welcomes back production designers
Production designer David Batchelor Wilson has wrapped principal photography on Soham Mehta’s Run the Tide starring Taylor Lautner and produced by Pilar Savone. The production designer is again available for commercials and features through The Skouras Agency. The same holds true for Skouras production designer Kevin Kavanaugh who recently completed Otto Bathurst’s Hysteria.
Calderon joins Band Pro's sales team
Christian Calderon has joined the sales team of Band Pro Film & Digital, Inc. at its Burbank headquarters. An experienced DP, producer and media specialist, Calderon has worked in the professional broadcast and cinema industry for over 15 years. In addition to studying at the New York Film Academy and earning a BA in Communications from Cal State Northridge, Calderon has delivered over 600 talk show episodes for the Telemundo Network, and has worked producing over 100 short and long form commercials over the course of his career. Calderon’s hiring also comes, in part, as a response to the ongoing Latin American industry renaissance. A fluent speaker of Spanish, Italian, and English, Calderon will work closely with Band Pro’s international Latin American market client base, as well as local Los Angeles and domestic US clientele.
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