Creative production studio Lord Danger has secured Fox-Mills Inc. for commercial representation on the East Coast. The indie rep firm, led by Philip Fox-Mills and Jake Strom, will work with Lord Danger’s internal sales team, led by director of development Lena Kazer. Lord Danger’s recent work includes director Mike Diva’s “Panini” music video for artist Lil Nas X, which hit #1 trending on YouTube and garnered tens of millions of views in the first weekend. Lord Danger also produced the visuals for Lil Nas X’s 2019 VMA performance, and The Lonely Island’s visual poem “The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience” (Netflix). Additional work at Lord Danger includes a broadcast spot for Capcom’s “Devil May Cry 5”, and a twisted witch-tale for Madison Beer’s music video “Hurts Like Hell” directed by Mike Harris, which earned nods from Billboard and Complex. Comedy director Dan Packer wrapped two campaigns for Spinmaster, and the studio recently signed Canadian director Ante Kovac, a visual storyteller who specializes in comedic performance….
Elation Professional’s European headquarters has hired Alistair Smyth to serve in its technical sales department. A 24-year industry veteran, Smyth brings to the designer and manufacturer of lighting and video products a proven background in customer, technical, sales and project support and will provide technical advice, assistance and training for Elation’s extensive product line. Prior to Elation, Smyth worked as a technical sales coordinator at Flashlight Ltd., a distributor of entertainment industry technology near Manchester, UK. He has previously worked in the video department of A.C. Entertainment Technologies (in Leeds, UK) and in Canada for Christie Lites, where he was head of service in the rental company’s Toronto office. He also has experience from High End/Flying Pig Systems and Vari*lite Production Services. Elation is based in California with facilities in Florida and Mexico City. Its European operation is in The Netherlands….
Juliette Welfling Takes On A Musical, A Crime Thriller, Comedy and Drama In “Emelia Pérez”
Editor Juliette Welfling has a track record of close-knit, heartfelt collaboration with writer-director Jacques Audiard, a four-time BAFTA Award nominee for Best Film not in the English Language--starting with The Beat That My Heart Skipped in 2006, then A Prophet in 2010, Rust and Bone in 2013, and Dheepan in 2017. He won for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and A Prophet.
Welfling cut three of those features: A Prophet, Rust and Bone, and Dheepan. And that shared filmography has since grown to most recently include Emelia Pérez, the Oscar buzz-worthy film from Netflix. Welfling herself is not stranger to Academy Award banter. In fact, she earned a Best Achievement in Film Editing Oscar nomination in 2008 for director Julian Schnabel’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
Emelia Pérez is a hybrid musical/drama/thriller which introduces us to a talented but undervalued lawyer named Rita (portrayed by Zoe Saldana) who receives a lucrative offer out of the blue from a feared drug cartel boss who’s looking to retire from his sordid business and disappear forever by becoming the woman he’s always dreamt of being (Karla Sofía Gascón in a dual role as Manitas Del Monte/Emilia Pérez). Rita helps pull this off, orchestrating the faked death of Del Monte who leaves behind a widow (Jessi, played by Selena Gomez) and kids. While living comfortably and contently in her/their new identity, Pérez misses the children. Pérez once again enlists Rita--this time to return to family life, reuniting with the kids by pretending to be their aunt, the sister of Del Monte. Now as an aunt, Pérez winds up adopting a more altruistic bent professionally,... Read More