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Several talents active in spotmaking have been nominated for American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Awards in the feature film category. The nominees were feature and commercial DP Dion Beebe, ASC, ACS, and DP Paul Cameron for Collateral; director/cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, ASC, who helms commercials via West Hollywood-based Dark Light Pictures, for his cinematography of The Passion of the Christ; director/cinematographer Robert Richardson, ASC, who is repped as a spot helmer by bicoastal Tool of North America, for lensing The Aviator; Bruno Delbonnel, AFC, for A Very Long Engagement; and Pawl Edelman, PSC, for Ray. The winner will be named at the ASC Awards gala on Feb. 13 in Hollywood. Deschanel is the only one from this field of nominees to have won an ASC Outstanding Achievement Award–in 2000 for The Patriot. He earned another nomination in ’97 for Fly Away Home. Richardson has a slew of ASC nominations for such films as Born on the Fourth of July, JFK, A Few Good Men, Heaven & Earth, The Horse Whisperer and Snow Falling on Cedars. Delbonnel was a prior nominee for Amelie as was Edelman for The Pianist. Collateral marks the first ASC nomination for both Beebe and Cameron…..Ralph Laucella has joined Hungry Man as a staff executive producer. He had been a longstanding freelance producer for the bicoastal/international shop….Thomas Winter Cooke, Santa Monica, has hired Jeff Snyder as head of production. Snyder has worked as a freelance line producer and production manager for the past five years…..Denver-headquartered Thought Equity Management, a stock footage supplier and video licensing house, has opened an office in Burbank, Calif., to serve its West Coast-based accounts. The new office is run by Paul Weiser, Thought Equity’s VP of sales…..Category:Street Talk
Breakout Films and Major Takeaways From This Year’s Sundance Fest
Film wasn't the only thing on people's minds at this year's Sundance Film Festival, which comes to a close Sunday in Park City, Utah ( and online ).
The effects of the wildfires in Southern California loomed large, as did the bittersweet knowledge that this year will be the second to last Sundance based in Park City. Some films offered an escape from reality; others were a pointed reminder of the domestic and international political landscape, from transgender rights to the war in Ukraine.
Here are some of the key takeaways from the 41st edition of the festival.
The effects of the Southern California fires were deeply felt
The wildfires were still burning in parts of Los Angeles when Sundance began last week and reminders of its devastation were everywhere, even on screen. Max Walker-Silverman's "Rebuilding," starring Josh O'Connor as a cowboy who loses his ranch in a wildfire and forms a community with fellow survivors in a FEMA camp, hit close to home for many.
Filmmakers Meena Menon and Paul Gleason lost their home in Altadena where they filmed some of their zombie apocalypse movie "Didn't Die." Sundance artist labs head Michelle Satter lost her Palisades home as well. Satter had an audience of Sundance Institute donors in tears early in the festival while accepting an honor at a fundraising gala.
"It's a deeply devastating time for us and so many others, a moment that calls for all of us coming together to support our bigger community," Satter said. "As a friend recently noted, and I have to listen to this, 'Take a deep breath ... We lost our village, but at the end of the day we are the village.'"
The festival's move to another city dominated conversations
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