Siblings, a New York-based original music company, and 38 Greene Studios, a sound design and mix facility, have combined resources at the latter's Soho location. While the two entities will work on projects autonomously they will collaborate on certain music and sound design projects, each extending the reach of the other. Siblings' creative effort is led by partner Mario Grigorov while key players at 38 Greene include partner Dan Price and head engineer Casey Chester….Culver City, Calif.-headquartered visual effects house Sway Studio has named Leighton Greer to serve as its head of production. Greer had been senior VFX producer at Zoic Studios….New York-based hybrid design/visual effects/editing house Perception has hired senior producer Jared Yeater, senior designer John LePore and print designer Danielle Palmstrom. Yeater comes over from the New York office of Minneapolis-based Twist Films….Venice, Calif.-based motion graphics studio Fish Eggs has brought Mandy Novak on board as executive producer. She most recently served as post supervisor on the NBC series Deal or No Deal….
DGA Feature Nominees: Audiard, Baker, Berger, Corbet and Mangold
The field of feature nominees for the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards spanning two categories is set. Nominated for the DGA honor for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 are: Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez, Sean Baker for Anora, Edward Berger for Conclave, Brady Corbet for The Brutalist, and James Mangold for A Complete Unknown.
The DGA also revealed the nominees for the Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film. The first-time narrative feature directors are: Payal Kapadia for All We Imagine as Light, Megan Park for My Old Ass, RaMell Ross for Nickel Boys, Halfdan Ullman Tondel for Armand, and Sean Wang for Diddy.
“2024 has been a truly extraordinary year for storytelling--and today’s nominees have created audacious and unique films that expand the possibilities of cinematic excellence,” said DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter. “I am thrilled to congratulate all our nominated directors for their brilliant work, which is visionary, inspirational and speaks to the depth of the human experience. To be chosen by one’s peers is the true marker of outstanding directorial achievement and what makes these nominations so very special.”
The winners will be announced at the 77th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 8.
Here’s a fuller rundown of the nominees in both DGA Award categories:
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 (in alphabetical order):
JACQUES AUDIARD
Emilia Pérez
(Netflix)
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