Karen Kourtessis has joined Post Factory, New York, as partner/editor. She previously held the same position at the New York office of bicoastal Crew Cuts….Composers Marty Peters and Chris Hugan have opened Ozone Music, Royal Oak, Mich…. Spin Productions, a visual effects house with offices in Atlanta and Toronto, added Jeff Campell to its staff. He will hold the title of partner/Inferno artist, and will be based in the shop’s Toronto location. Campbell joins Spin after six years with Toronto-based Toybox where he was senior Inferno artist/visual effects supervisor….Editor Robert Pennington has joined Northern Lights Post, New York. His background includes stints with Palestrini Post Production (now The Blue Rock Editing Company, New York); bicoastal Lost Planet; and most recently earth2mars, New York…. Portland, Ore. agency Big Ads has changed its moniker to R/West….Ad agencies Hampel/Stefanides, New York, and HDC, Fort Lauderdale (formerly Harris Drury Cohen) have shut their doors….
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