Lola Lott, charlieuniformtango principal/CEO, announced that the company has promoted Rodney DeMeglio to editor.
DeMeglio, who joined charlieuniformtango in 2004 as an intern, was most recently working as an assistant editor.
“Once on board at tango, my interest in editing and film grew into a passion that helped propel me into a senior assistant editing position, and finally to editor. This is a long term goal of mine,” said DeMeglio. “I’m very excited and grateful for the opportunity to continue to grow.”
DeMeglio has edited projects for shops like The Richards Group, TM, Publicis, Firehouse, 3Headed Monster, The Marketing Arm, and Lucky & Co. Clients include Charles Schwab, Home Depot, Chick-fil-A, American Airlines, GameStop, Frito-Lay, Wyffels, Texas Health, and Zales.
DeMeglio, a drummer, toured with the band The Calicoes for several years and played in a few local bands prior to joining tango. “Deedle LaCour and I played in our first band together when we were teenagers and have always remained close friends,” he said. “Years later after Deedle joined tango, he kept saying how much he loved working there as an editor. When he needed an assistant, I interviewed. Editing to me is a way to see things from different perspectives. I like to try new ideas until I can ultimately say I’ve found the best possible story. Hopefully in doing that, I can stir something inside of someone by engaging them and getting a reaction through visual storytelling.”
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More