Little Minx, the production company headed by Rhea Scott, has signed with Ezra Burke and Shane Harris of Content Chemics for West Coast representation. The Little Minx roster features directors Luca Guadagnino (Suspiria, Call Me By Your Name, I Am Love), Rodrigo Prieto, Malik Sayeed and A.V. Rockwell….
Creative postproduction house PS260 has added L.A.-based India Wadsworth to its business development team. The hire comes right after the company has expanded its offices and capabilities, adding a content creation arm, We Know The Future, and office in Boston. Wadsworth will be reporting to managing partner Zarina Mak, and will be working across the company’s diversified client base for all bookings in the U.S. at its New York City, Venice, Calif., and Boston offices. She will initially be focusing on developing PS260’s business on the West Coast. Hailing from England, Wadsworth has been in L.A. for over a decade and joins PS260 from international visual effects company, Pixomondo. Before starting her career in business development there, she worked for Los Angeles talent management company, bueno….
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