Bicoastal/international HSI Productions and director Matthew Rolston have parted ways. Rolston had been represented via HSI satellite Venus. His future plans weren’t known at press time……Dean Hacohen, who served in such roles as executive creative director for Lowe, New York, and creative director with noted ad boutique Goldsmith-Jeffrey, has joined Cramer-Krasselt, Chicago as executive creative director….CRM Studios, a film and video production company active in spots, has entered into a strategic relationship with Illumitoon Entertainment, a recently launched anime production shop. As part of the alliance, Illumitoon will be based within CRM’s production/post/audio complex in Fort Worth, Texas…..Editor Bryan Wetzel, formerly with P.S. 260 in Manhattan, has joined Bluerock, New York. He is best known for his comedy work with such credits as CNN.com’s “Lou” and “Next,” the Tribeca Film Festival’s “Love Story,” and Netflix’s “Goodfellas”….. Editor Bruce Ashley has come aboard the roster of Company X, New York. He brings to his new roost experience in spots (Maybelline, Foster’s, Miller, Cingular, Verizon, Guinness, the NBA), music videos (for such artists as Pearl Jam, Santana, Madonna) and films (In the Sun, part of a Hurricane Katrina relief initiative, which aired on the Sundance Channel)….Version2 has promoted Lydia Holness to head of production for its new motion graphics and design division. She had served as a producer at the New York-based editorial house since 2004….Tim Heslip has been upped from senior visual artist to manager/senior visual designer of the Design Group at Postique, a Southfield, Mich.-based division of Grace & Wild, Inc…..
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