Though they will have to wait ’til June to be formally honored at the Art Directors Club (ADC) Awards ceremony in New York City, the winners of the 85th annual competition have been announced. Gold Cubes in Advertising were awarded to two commercials: adidas’ “Hello Tomorrow” directed by Spike Jonze of bicoastal/international MJZ for TBWA/Chiat/Day, San Francisco; and Sony Bravia LCD TVs’ “Balls” helmed by MJZ’s Nicolai Fuglsig for Fallon, London. “Balls” took not only a Gold in the TV, over 30 seconds, category, but also two Silvers–one for cinematography (DP Joaquin Baca Asay), the other for cinema, over 30 seconds. “Hello Tomorrow” garnered Gold in the TV, over 30 seconds category. Scoring Silver were Guinness’ “noitulovE” directed by Daniel Kleinman of Kleinman Productions, London, for AMV BBDO, London; and Foster’s Carlton Draught’s “Big Ad” directed by Paul Middleditch of Plaza Films, Sydney, for George Patterson Y&R, Melbourne. The latter’s Silver was in the TV, over :30 category, while the “noitulovE” Silver came for visual effects, which were done by Framestore-CFC, London and New York. Topping the ADC Hybrid competition with the lone Gold was NTT-Resonant, Inc, and the Japanese search engine goo.com with a campaign from Ground, a division of Dentsu, Tokyo…..Bicoastal commercial production house Pony Show has signed director Didier Poiraud, formerly of the Poiraud Brothers…..Director Dennis Dugan, whose feature credits include Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy, and the recently released Benchwarmers, is now available for commercials through Original Film, Los Angeles…..Director Laszlo Kadar has joined Nola Pictures, New York….
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