Helen MacKenzie has been named head of production, commercials, at Framestore CFC, London….Doner, which is headquartered in Southfield, Mich., is closing its Baltimore outpost at the end of August….Homestead Editorial, New York, has opened aWounded Knee, an independent film division. The new entity has already completed the features Ash Tuesday and The Lucky Ones, both of which were showcased at the recent Tribeca Film Festival. Homestead editors are Chris Hellman, Skip Duff, Sam Welch, Charly Bender, Lisa Barnable and Greg Dougherty. Company principal is Lance Doty….Cine/drsa international, New York, has signed director Rodrigo Ortuzar for exclusive representation in the United States….Mono-monikered editor Shrader, formerly of Red Car, Santa Monica, has joined Union Editorial, Santa Monica….Noted special effects coordinator Allen Hall (Forrest Gump, Backdraft, How the Grinch Stole Christmas) has been named CEO of Special Effects Unlimited, Hollywood. He is looking to expand the shop’s commercial and special events divisions, while continuing its work in features and TV….Grammy Award-winning art director Tommy Steele, well known in the music industry, has been named director of design at Team One Advertising, El Segundo, Calif. Steele formerly served as VP, creative director at Capitol Records….Director Justin Harder has come aboard the roster of Transistor Studios, Hollywood, a shop maintained by Backyard Productions, Venice, Calif., and Chicago. Transistor specializes in cross-platform branding and entertainment, creating design for broadcast, the Web, DVD and print.… RavensWork has promoted Chris Canning to audio mixer. He had been an assistant mixer with the Venice, Calif.-based shop, which provides audio post services, sound design and music composition for commercials….
Lol Crawley Wins British Society of Cinematographers’ Feature Film Award For “The Brutalist”
For his work on The Brutalist, Lol Crawley, BSC has earned Best Cinematography in a Feature Film at the 69th British Society of Cinematographers Awards on Saturday evening (2/1). The awards ceremony at the Royal Lancaster Hotel was emceed by Edith Bowman and drew some 450 attendees.
This marked Crawley’s first BSC Award win--for his first career nomination.
In the Television Drama (UK Terrestrial) category, Jody Lee Lipes, ASC won for his work on the BBC drama The Listeners. Lipes was the winner in 2023 (for an episode of Dead Ringers) and becomes the first cinematographer to win back to back awards in the Television category. In the Television Drama (International/Streaming) category, Benedict Spence, BSC won his first award for his photography of the Netflix miniseries Eric.
In the newly launched Cinematography In A Music Video category, Daniel Landin BSC was named the winner for his work on the FKA twigs music video “Eusexua.”
The Operators Award, presented by the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC), Association of Camera Operators (ACO) and Guild of British Camera Technicians (GBCT),named Karsten Bloch Jacobsen, DFF and Simon Finney, ACO Assoc BSC the winners for their operating on the film Wicked and in the Television category Chris Plevin ACO Assoc BSC, Robert Patzelt and Michael Ole Nielson were victorious for their work on the HBO show True Detective: Night Country.
As for the competition’s two Short Film categories, Edward Hamilton-Stubber took Best Student Short Film for his National Film and Television School graduation film, Tapeworm. In the BSC Club category Jon Muschamp was victorious for his short film Bookyville.
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