New York-based cYclops Productions has signed Calabazitaz Tiernaz for exclusive spot representation. Calabazitaz Tiernaz is a Mexican directing collective comprised of brothers Everado and Leopoldo Gout; producer/director/cinematographer Mario Mandujano and producer Jorge Canedo are also available via the arrangement….Scott Williams, principal in Flipside Editorial, San Francisco and Santa Monica, is forming Retina, a telecine house in San Francisco. The new shop—a totally separate venture from Flipside—is scheduled to open on May 1. Its resources will include a Spirit 2K telecine system and a Quantel iQ hi-def editing system…..Industry vet Mike Dowd is launching Vapor Post. The Miami-based digital postproduction facility is slated to open on March 1….Los Angeles-based 1171 Production Group has added two music video directors: Ethan Lader and the mono-monikered Farah….Easyway Editorial, Dallas, has added Brad Briggs, Grant Pye and George Kelly to its roster, marketing them exclusively in Texas…. This past weekend, Conrad L. Hall posthumously won the coveted Annual Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Outstanding Achievement Award in the feature film category for Road to Perdition. Best known as a feature cinematographer, Hall—who died on January 4—also directed numerous commercials via the now defunct spot shop Wexler/Hall. This marked the record-setting fourth time that Hall topped the ASC’s feature competition. The ASC Award was accepted on Hall’s behalf by his son, DP Conrad W. Hall….
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