Composer Robert Miller has exited Amber Music, New York and London, and is launching his own as-of-yet-unnamed music studio in New York with executive producer Vera Pandolfo. She was formerly producing at New York agency Amster Yard….West Hollywood-based production house Copper Media and executive producer Thom Sidoti have parted ways….Brad Stratton, former VP/music producer and director of music production at D’Arcy, New York, has joined Fluid, New York, in the position of senior music producer….Echo Boys, Minneapolis, has signed sound designer/audio engineer Ken Chastain….Atlanta-based Crawford Post Production has added editor Terry Boyer. He was formerly with now defunct Click 3X Atlanta as senior editor….Michael Mees has joined Ohio Edit, New York, as senior editor. He was most recently freelancing on longform projects, and prior to that was with Spot Welders, Venice, Calif.…Billy Pittard, former president/CEO of now defunct design house Pittard Sullivan, has been named president of SupplyMan Inc., a new Los Angeles-based company looking to serve as an online shopping mall for the film, TV and commercial production communities via its www.supplyman.com service. Initially, set construction supplies can be ordered through the service. Over the next few months, supplies and services for the full range of film and TV production will become available via supplyman.com….Lee Garfinkel, president/chief creative officer worldwide for D’Arcy, has been named to the Film Jury for the Cannes International Advertising Festival. The Jury is chaired by Jeff Goodby, co-chairman of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco….
Oscar Nominees Delve Into The Art Of Editing At ACE Session
You couldn’t miss Sean Baker at this past Sunday’s Oscar ceremony where he won for Best Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay and Editing on the strength of Anora. However, earlier that weekend he was in transit from the Cesar Awards in Paris and thus couldn’t attend the American Cinema Editors (ACE) 25th annual panel of Academy Award-nominated film editors held at the Regal LA Live Auditorium on Saturday (3/1) in Los Angeles. While the eventual Oscar winner in the editing category was missed by those who turned out for the ACE “Invisible Art, Visible Artists” session, three of Baker’s fellow nominees were on hand--Dávid Jancsó, HSE for The Brutalist; Nick Emerson for Conclave; and Myron Kerstein, ACE for Wicked. Additionally, Juliette Welfling, who couldn’t appear in person due to the Cesar Awards, was present via an earlier recorded video interview to discuss her work on Emilia Pérez. The interview was conducted by ACE president and editor Sabrina Plisco, ACE who also moderated the live panel discussion. Kerstein said that he was the beneficiary of brilliant and generous collaborators, citing, among others, director Jon M. Chu, cinematographer Alice Brooks, and visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman. The editor added it always helps to have stellar acting performances, noting that hearing Cynthia Erivo, for example, sing live was a revelation. Kerstein recalled meeting Chu some eight years ago on a “blind Skype date” and it was an instant “bromance”--which began on Crazy Rich Asians, and then continued on such projects as the streaming series Home Before Dark and the feature In The Heights. Kerstein observed that Chu is expert in providing collaborators with... Read More