Mark Hutchinson has joined FCB New York’s full service in-house production facility, Push Editorial, as senior editor. He earlier served as an editor at New York houses bluerock and prior to that, Crew Cuts. In his new role, Hutchinson will report directly to Andrew Chinich, head of broadcast production at FCB New York….Entertainment industry and legal affairs veteran Jean Prewitt has been elected to chair the 2006 FilmL.A. board of directors. Formerly the Entertainment Industry Development Corp. (EIDC), FilmL.A. is the Los Angeles’ region’s private, nonprofit film office charged with facilitating on-location production. Prewitt currently serves as president/CEO of The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), the global trade association of independent distributors and producers of motion pictures and television programming. Prior to IFTA, Prewitt was a senior official with the U.S. Department of Commerce and had been a lobbyist representing the interests of the high-tech and entertainment industries….Sila Soyer has been promoted from head of business development to executive producer of New York-based Outside Editorial. The company’s talent roster includes owner/editor Scott Gaillard, editors Scott Gibney, Jeff Ferruzzo, Steve Evans and Neil Gust, senior graphic designer Jaime Lamond, graphic designer Riccardo Sinti and Discreet Flame/Inferno artist Steve Mottershead…..
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