Tom Eslinger has been named to Saatchi & Saatchi’s newly created position of interactive creative director, worldwide. He has been a creative director at Saatchi since 1998, and was a Titanium Jury member at the recently concluded Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. Based at Saatchi & Saatchi LA, Torrance, Calif., Eslinger will be responsible for interactive creative, strategy and operations. He will also work closely with creative teams in Los Angeles and New York to develop new media initiatives and programs for clients, including Toyota….Reelworks Animation Studio, Minneapolis, has added animation director/designer Todd Hemker, formerly of Duck Studios, Los Angeles….Ruth Olegnowicz has joined Siboney, New York, as VP/creative director. The move marks her return to the U.S. Hispanic market agency. In between her Siboney stints, she served in such capacities as VP of creative services at Grey, Mexico City…..Glenn Kennel has joined LaserPacific Media Corporation, Los Angeles, as VP and general manager of motion picture services. He returns to the Kodak company after spending the past two years at Texas Instruments as director of technology development, DLP Cinema Products Group….
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