Stink Films has added Sevasti Buford to its U.S. sales team. Buford will be based out of the Los-Angeles office, where she will handle representation on the West Coast. Prior to joining Stink, Buford was part of the sales team at Red Reps. There, Buford represented Academy Films, Electric Theatre Collective, Little Minx, Reset, The Reserve, Strangelove, and The Hoffman Brothers. Previous to Red Reps, Buford worked in-house at Uber Content. Stink Films has a diverse international roster of director talent including Nicolas Winding Refn, Eliot Rausch, and recent signings Joachim Back and Rhys Thomas…..
Film and animation production company Not To Scale has appointed Pippa Hall as marketing director. Based in Not To Scale’s London headquarters, Hall is accomplished in ongoing strategy for new business, and in developing and expanding relationships with agencies and brands. With 20 years’ experience in the creative industries, Hall brings a diverse range of practical knowledge and creative insight to the role. Starting out in PR at Warner Music, Hall went on to set up her own photographers’ agency before moving on to work as an art buyer at CHI & Partners with clients such as The Times, Lexus, Toyota, Tiger and British Gas. Most recently Hall has served as head of new business for several production companies including Pretzel, Jelly, Hoi Polloi and 76ltd, working across animation and live action for the last eight years…..
SCHROM x Yacht Club and Be Electric Studios Launch Electric XR for Virtual Production
SCHROM x Yacht Club, a full-service live-action, tabletop, and postproduction company, has teamed with Be Electric Studios, a soundstage, equipment rental, and virtual production company, to launch Electric XR, a virtual production collective.
Industry veteran Thomas Rossano will lead the new venture, which provides advanced virtual production solutions across multiple facilities. He brings over 25 years of experience in live-action, tabletop, postproduction and talent curation to enhance Electric XR’s offerings as a resource for brands and agencies, as well as other production companies in need of virtual production solutions. Additionally Rossano continues to serve as EP at XR New York (XR-NY), a role he’s held since December 2022. SCHROM x Yacht Club originally established XR-NY to help provide XR services for third-party rentals. While XR-NY will continue to function independently for SCHROM X Yacht Club, it now operates under the Electric XR umbrella.
Rossano’s expertise spans producing live-action commercials, branded content, interactive and experiential content. In addition to leading Electric XR, he holds responsibilities at SCHROM x Yacht Club which include driving business development, collaborating with sales reps and expanding the company’s creative talent network. Rossano’s career includes serving as an exec producer at Hungry Man for about 11 years, right from that company’s inception. He then went on to become a partner at Station Film where he also had a lengthy tenure. Later he was a partner at PRISM. Then after the pandemic hit, he became a freelance EP for nearly two years, looking into opportunities in virtual production, which led him to XR NY and now Electric XR. Over the years, he has produced high-profile... Read More