The New York-based holding company for a number of video and audio postproduction houses, Creative Content Artists (CCA), is ceasing operations. Nearly all the facilities under the CCA banner have closed. At press time, SHOOT confirmed that the only shop still open for business was Lower East Side, New York. The New York companies shut down by CCA include post/visual effects houses arc.light editorial, Liquid Labs, cyclotron and Crush Digital Media, in addition to music/audio post houses Superdupe Recording, East Side Mix and Barasch Music & Sound. As earlier reported, CCA shuttered Post Perfect in January. CCA, headed by chairman of the board David Carmen, a Washington D.C. lobbyist, came into being last summer as Burning Suits, LLC, after acquiring New York Media Group. The Burning Suits’ moniker was changed to CCA in the aftermath of Sept. 11……Kenneth S. Williams has been named COO of Liberty Livewire Corp., the publicly held Santa Monica-headquartered firm which provides technical and creative services to producers, owners and distributors of entertainment and advertising content. He formerly was president of Technicolor Digital Cinema, a Los Angeles-based joint venture between Technicolor and Qualcomm…..Ohio Edit, New York, has entered into an agreement to handle spot representation for Weta Digital, Wellington, New Zealand, the special effects house owned by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor (winner of two 2002 Academy Awards for Special Effects and Make-Up) and Jamie Selkirk. This deal marks Weta’s first foray into the U.S. commercial market….. Editor Bob Mori joins CO-OP Editorial, Santa Monica, effective Aug. 19. His last staff roost was Cosmo Street, Santa Monica. Prior to that, he was at Superior Assembly Editing Company, Santa Monica….Culver City-based music/sound design house barton: holt has added composer Linda Martinez to its roster. Her composing credits include assorted TV shows, including the upcoming Taken, produced by Steven Spielberg for the Sci Fi Channel. Martinez recently toured with Destiny’s Child as keyboardist, writer and arranger….Composer Dan Marocco has joined Duotone Audio Group, New York….The Mine, Hollywood, has signed director Jeff Byrd for commercial and music video representation….Dana Townsend has joined graphic design/visual effects/CGI boutique SOL designfx, as executive producer of its Venice, Calif. office. The company also maintains a Chicago shop. Her former staff positions include serving as executive producer at digital studio Radium, San Francisco, and earlier as executive producer at Skywalker Sound, San Rafael, Calif….BBDO is closing its Houston office next month….New York agencies Christy MacDougall Mitchell and Communications Plus have merged to form Christy MacDougall Mitchell Bodden….Nathan Hurlburt has joined Match Frame, Austin, Texas, as Flame/Smoke operator. He had been serving as Smoke editor at New York-based Liquid Light….Avid editor/designer Damion Clayton has come aboard Splash Design, New York….Dragonslayer, Sydney, Australia, has signed director Charlie Watson for exclusive representation in the Asian market….Director Nicholas Reynolds, who won a Gold Lion at this year’s Cannes International Advertising Festival for Ikea’s "Dog," has signed with The Third Eye, a production company in Redfern, Australia. Reynolds had been directing ads via The Shooting Gallery, Singapore….
Director Lucrecia Signs With PRETTYBIRD For Her 1st U.S. Representation
PRETTYBIRD, the production company helmed by Paul Hunter, Kerstin Emhoff, and Ali Brown, has added award-winning filmmaker Lucrecia to its roster for U.S. commercial and music video representation. This marks the director’s first representation in the U.S. market.
Lucrecia has been signed to PRETTYBIRD UK since 2021, soon after winning UKMVA’s Best Pop Newcomer award for her Tarantino-esque music video for rapper/singer-songwriter Ashnikko--which the director pitched, prepped, and shot in only four days. Since joining PRETTYBIRD UK, Lucrecia has quickly made a name for herself. Her striking narratives, combined with a hyper-real aesthetic and iconic world creation, have been the centerpieces of her filmmaking and photography.
Her work has gone viral on more than one occasion. Her commercial for bibigo, “Live Delicious,” was widely admired and even recreated on an episode of Jimmy Kimmel. She has won awards from Kinsale Shark, Creative Circle, and UKMVA, as well as recognition at the Cannes Lions Young Directors Awards and Ciclope Awards.
Candice Dragonas, VP, talent strategy/executive producer PRETTYBIRD US, said of Lucrecia, “She brings a uniquely stylish approach to storytelling with the perfect splash of humor and playfulness. I admire her extreme passion for her craft and the drive to create at the top of her game.”
In addition to Lucrecia’s cinematic visual aesthetic, she routinely engages in another unique form of self-expression: nail art. She has had everything from whipped cream and cherries to chrome flames adorning her nails.
At PRETTYBIRD, Lucrecia joins a roster of filmmakers including Academy Award-winning duo Daniels (Everything Everywhere All At Once), A.V. Rockwell (A Thousand... Read More