Noted still fashion photographer Elaine Constantine has come aboard bicoastal Moxie Pictures for U.S. spot representation. She is no stranger to the ad arena, having helmed commercials for the Japanese and U.K. markets. At press time, she was slated to embark on her first American spot, a Moxie-produced job for Tillamook Cheese out of agency Four Stories, Portland, Ore…. Acterna Corp., the publicly traded Germantown, Md.-headquartered holding company for such entities as da Vinci Systems, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The company reported that it is preparing a reorganization plan with certain key lenders. Da Vinci Systems, headquartered in Coral Springs, Fla., is the manufacturer of the popular da Vinci color correction systems used in many commercial postproduction houses in the U.S. and abroad. A da Vinci spokesperson said that the company is operating business as usual with no impact on customers….Chris Graves has been named executive creative director at Team One Advertising, El Segundo, Calif. He is slated to start there on June 15 and will fill the position vacated by Tom Cordner, who exited the agency in January. Graves comes over from TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles, where he made his mark as a creative director for the Nissan and Infiniti accounts….Mike Pethel, co-president of Company 3, Santa Monica and New York, has signed a long-term renewal of his contract with the boutique, part of the Ascent Media Group family of companies….Richard Andrews has been named president of Technicolor Creative Services (TCS), which offers postproduction, sound and distribution services, with offices in New York, Montreal, London, Rome, Singapore, Hollywood, Burbank and Glendale, Calif. Most recently, Andrews served as president of TCS’ Distribution Services division, which he joined nearly a year-and-a-half ago when Glendale-based Vid-film was acquired by Technicolor. Andrews had spent the prior 25 years of his career at Vid-film; his last role there was president….FilmCore, San Francisco, has added editor Tim Fender, who had been with Bob ‘n’ Sheila’s Edit World, San Francisco….Treehouse Animation, New York, has expanded its staff by three. Julie Shevach, formerly of Black Logic, New York, joins as producer; Karl Turkel, who was a senior art director at J. Walter Thompson, New York, will serve as director; and Antoine Veliz comes aboard as designer….
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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