New York/San Francisco-based production collective Bodega, Northern Lights, Mr. Wonderful, and SuperExploder has brought industry veteran Bob Cagliero aboard as executive producer, sales and business development. Cagliero will manage the Northern Lights companies’ sales force and develop new business relationships for content creation studio Bodega, editorial house Northern Lights, design studio Mr. Wonderful and audio shop SuperExploder. In addition to spearheading national business development efforts, Cagliero will also dedicate his efforts towards curating new creative talent for all four divisions. Cagliero consulted throughout the industry via his company Transcendent for the past two years before joining Bodega. Prior to this he was managing director at production/VFX/design house Poetica and EP at bicoastal editing/VFX shop 89 Editorial. Before spending time on both the production and post sides of the business, he served for eight years as a partner and sr. producer at Ogilvy. The industry veteran is a former president of the AICE’s NY Chapter, VP of AICE International and board member of the AICE, NY and AICE International Board of Directors….
Director Jim Sonzero of Sonzero Films has secured Andrew Hall Management for representation on the West Coast. Sonzero has directed projects for brands such as L’Oréal, Neutrogena, Maybelline and Herbal Essences featuring some of the world’s biggest celebrities (Kerry Washington, Hayden Panettiere, Beyonce Knowles, Milla Jovovich and Jennifer Garner). Sonzero’s work also spans automotive advertising (Mercedes-Benz, GMC, Jaguar), comedy (Stella Artois, Nivea, J Crew), visual effects (Lovol, H&R Block), and cinematics for Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 and Guerrilla Games’ Killzone 3….
Forbidden, maker of the professional video editing software, Forscene, has signed a reseller contract with Technicalogy, a new company formed by previous Forbidden executives Brian Boring and Antonio Nacrur. Under the agreement, Technicalogy will resell the Forscene service in the Americas, including South America. Technicalogy specializes in delivering efficient media technology workflows for content creation, management, and distribution across all media types. The company is based in Burbank, Calif, In this nonexclusive agreement, Technicalogy joins existing Forscene resellers in the Americas: Bridge Digital, Keycode Media, and Triangle Post….
