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The proposed tax incentive designed to encourage filming of features, TV programs and commercials in California failed to gain passage in the state legislature’s recently concluded session. Proponents of the anti-runaway measure are now pushing for the tax incentive to be included in Gov. Schwarzenegger’s proposed 2006-’07 budget, which will be presented in January. (See next week’s SHOOT for a full detailed report.)….Director Sara Marandi has joined bicoastal Villains. Marandi–who was one of the helmers included in SHOOT‘s 2005 New Directors Showcase based in part on her trailer for The Stepford Wives–was formerly handled for spots by bicostal/international @radical.media…..Director Neill Blomkamp has joined bicoastal RSA USA for exclusive representation in the American ad market. The South African-born director is known for spotwork that includes Citroen’s “Transformer” and Nike’s “Crabs” and “Evolution.” He continues to be handled in Canada by Spy Films which produced his high-profile work for Citroen and Nike. The U.K. Citroen ad featured the CG transformation of an automobile into a dancing robot….Director Ago Panini has joined Tate USA for exclusive U.S. spot representation, marking his return to the studio. Following his first tour of duty there, he was repped stateside by bicoastal Moxie Pictures, and then by bicoastal Chelsea Pictures……Paul Biddle has been named executive producer of Hollywood-based Fabrication Films, succeeding Steve Johnson. Biddle, who formerly served as the shop’s head of production, will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the commercial division. Fabrication’s directorial roster includes Buddy Cone, Alexander von David, Munier Sharrieff, James Wahlberg and Eugene Yelchin. Fabrication also has an association with A Film By, director Gary Johns’ house. Additionally, New Reality–a spotmaking division under the Fabrication banner–continues to be headed by exec producer Roger Hunt….Category:Street Talk
A Nomination Tradition: DGA Award, Best Director Oscar Discrepancy Continues
The awards season norm has seen the nearly annual occurrence of at least one difference between the lineups of Best Director Oscar and the DGA Award nominees. In only five of the 77 years of the DGA Awards have the Guild nominations exactly mirrored their Academy Award counterparts. This time around Edward Berger and Coralie Fargeat are in line with the predominant history. Fargeat earned a Best Director Oscar nomination this week for The Substance (MUBI). Berger, who didn’t make the directorial Oscar cut, earned a DGA Award nomination for Conclave (Focus Features). Four of the five directors vying for the DGA Award and the Outstanding Achievement in Directing Oscar are in sync this year: Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Sean Baker for Anora (Neon), Brady Corbet for The Brutalist (A24), and James Mangold for A Complete Unknown (Searchlight). On the flip side of tradition, if Fargeat were to win the directing Oscar, that development wouldn’t be aligned with but rather bucking history. Only eight times has the DGA Award winner not gone on to win the Oscar. That happened most recently in 2020 when Sam Mendes won the DGA Award for 1917 while Bong Joon-ho scored the Oscar for Parasite. Fargeat has already made a bit of history, scoring just the 10th Best Director Oscar nomination ever for a woman. The Substance is up for five Oscars--the other nominations being for Best Picture, Leading Actress (Demi Moore), Original Screenplay (Fargeat), and Makeup & Hairstyling (Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stephanie Guillon, Marilyne Scarselli). Even without a Best Director nomination, Conclave tallied eight Oscar nods--for Best Picture, Leading Actor (Ralph... Read More
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