The Entertainment Industry Development Corp. (EIDC), which oversees the Los Angeles County/City Film Office, has appointed Lindsley Parsons Jr. to serve as interim president. A production management veteran who served on the California Film Commission, Parsons will be in the EIDC post for no more than six months, while the group’s executive committee conducts a search for a permanent successor. He takes the reins from consultant Keith Comrie, who filled the void created when former EIDC president Cody Cluff stepped down last month….Paul Golden, who most recently served as executive producer for spots and short-form fare at Wild Brain, San Francisco, has joined Vinton Studios, Portland, Ore., to head its commercial division as president of advertising. Best known for stop motion and clay animation, Vinton Studios has branched out into cel animation, CGI, live action and motion graphics….Word is that animation director Carl Willat has left Wild Brain to open his own shop, Carl’s Fine Films, San Francisco….Ascent Media Creative Services Group, headquartered in Santa Monica, is consolidating its longstanding Hollywood Digital facility into other Los Angeles area Ascent Media shops, primarily Hollywood-based Encore, effective in late March. Hollywood Digital’s roster of core talent—spanning colorists, editors and visual effects artists—will remain within the parent company family, although the Hollywood Digital label itself is being phased out…. Editor Anthony Marinelli has joined bicoastal Crew Cuts working out of the company’s New York branch. Most recently Marinelli was cutting at Steel Rose Editorial, New York. Also coming aboard Crew Cuts is editor TG Herrington, a former partner in Los Angeles editorial house Mojo….Editor Dustin Robertson, best known for his music video work, has joined Santa Monica-based Mint Editorial for spot representation….New York-based 2-D/3-D design and animation facility Just 2 Guys has been renamed Treehouse Animation….
London Critics Name “The Brutalist” The Film of the Year
The Brutalist, Brady Corbet’s immigrant saga, won the Film of the Year prize at the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.
While The Brutalist garnered just one award, it was the marquee honor. Meanwhile Nickel Boys, Conclave and A Real Pain all receivd multiple awards, and Zoe Saldaña was honored twice.
Edward Berger’s Vatican thriller Conclave took two awards for British/Irish Film of the Year and Actor of the Year for Ralph Fiennes, while RaMell Ross’s radical Colson Whitehead adaptation Nickel Boys was recognized with Director of the Year and the Technical Achievement Award for Jomo Fray’s first-person cinematography. Jesse Eisenberg’s dark comedy A Real Pain was the night’s other multiple prizewinner, landing Screenwriter of the Year for the actor-filmmaker, and Supporting Actor of the Year for co-star Kieran Culkin.
Payal Kapadia’s Mumbai-set drama All We Imagine as Light was named Foreign Language Film of the Year, while the Palestinian-Israeli collective behind No Other Land took Documentary of the Year.
Alongside Conclave, British productions awarded by the Circle in the top categories included Mike Leigh’s intimate character study Hard Truths, which took Actress of the Year for Marianne Jean-Baptiste, while Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl was named Animated Feature of the Year. In the British/Irish-specific categories, Saoirse Ronan won British/Irish Performer of the Year for her performances in The Outrun and Blitz, 14-year-old Nykiya Adams won Young British/Irish Performer of the Year for her screen debut in Andrea Arnold’s Bird, and Rich Peppiatt won the... Read More