Last Night … At HKM—which was formed when bicoastal HKM Productions absorbed the roster of now defunct Ritts/ Hayden (SHOOT, 1/10, p. 1)—parted ways with HKM last month. Sonia Taylor, former head of production at Ritts/Hayden and a junior executive producer at Last Night, said that future plans would be announced shortly. Meanwhile, word at press time was that director Enda McCallion, formerly of Ritts/Hayden and Last Night, was coming aboard Los Angeles-headquartered Form. Other directors who had been under the Last Night banner included Iain MacKenzie, Simon West, Chris Nelson, feature helmer Mike Figgis and music video director Pierluca De Carlo….Director David Dobkin has joined bicoastal Go Film and at press time had embarked on his first project there: an ESPN X Games campaign for Ground Zero, Marina del Rey, Calif. The job marks his return to commercialmaking after spending the past year and a half on the feature Shanghai Knights….Director Richard Kizu-Blair, formerly of Pandemonium, San Francisco, has joined Venice, Calif.-headquartered Cucoloris Films….In association with executive producer Mark Humphrey’s Los Angeles-based BandAD, bicoastal/international Believe Media has signed the directing team of Max and Dania (a.k.a. MAD) for exclusive U.S. representation….Barney Miller and Andrew Hollander have opened Company X, an editorial/ music facility in New York. Joining Miller, who is editor/composer, and composer/arranger Hollander at the new shop are engineer/sound designer Robert L. Smith, and executive producer Samantha Tuttlebee….What’s next for Richard Cormier? SHOOT hears that industry vet Cormier (founder of Montreal-based Buzz Image Group and Jazz Media Network) has resigned as managing director of Santa Monica-based R!OT, where he oversaw the merger of R!OT, POP, 525, Hollywood Digital West and Digital Magic into R!OT, a unit of Ascent Media. His future plans had not been disclosed at press time….Director/animator Darren Walsh has joined Passion Pictures, London, for commercial and longform work. Walsh had been with Aardman Animations, Bristol, U.K…. Editor Steve Gandolfi of Cut & Run, London, is now available via Crew Cuts/West, Santa Monica, for U.S.-based projects….Elias Arts, bicoastal, has hired Scott Cymbala as general manager for its Los Angeles office. He formerly served as GM of the Southern California operation for bicoastal tomandandy….Noted film scorer John Frizzell has come aboard To The Beat Productions, New York, for commercials. His credits include Alien Resurrection, Beavis and Butt-head Do America, Gods and Generals, and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Additionally, To The Beat has hired Steve Love to oversee its West Coast operation from a new Los Angeles office. Love will serve as executive producer/composer for To The Beat Productions West….
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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