U.K. house Thomas Thomas Films, founded by director Kevin Thomas and managing director Philippa Thomas in 2000, is opening a New York office. Kevin Thomas has been directing an increasing amount of American work, which proved to be a prime catalyst behind the company decision to launch a stateside shop. Additionally, plans call for the New York operation, headed by executive producer Jenny Gadd, to serve as a springboard into the U.S. market for new talent that the London office is developing such as director Jim Gilchrist…..Brazilian director Joao Daniel Tikhomiroff has signed with Saville Productions, Beverly Hills, for commercial representation in North America….Roland Gauthier has been promoted from senior technical director to CG manager for LAIKA/house, the Portland, Ore.-based division specializing in animated commercials and shorts. LAIKA/house is under the aegis of president/executive producer Lourri Hammack….Michael Pardee has joined Sway Studio, Los Angeles, as executive producer. He will work alongside the visual effects company’s exec producer Shira Boardman. Pardee comes over from Digital Domain, Venice, Calif., where he had served as head of production….Editor Curtis Schmidt has returned to the staff of Crush Editorial, Santa Monica. He originally worked as an editor at Crush from 2000-’03 before moving on to freelance. His credits span spots (K Swiss, Apple, Yahoo, Toyota, Nokia, Earthlink) and music videos (for such performers as James Blunt, Red Jumpsuit, Anti-Flag, Deep Dish)……
“A Complete Unknown,” “Wicked,” “Sing Sing,” “Baby Reindeer” Among Guild of Music Supervisors Award Winners
The Guild of Music Supervisors held its 15th annual awards ceremony on Sunday night (2/23) at the Wiltern Theatre in L.A., honoring the best achievements in music supervision and songwriting with feature category winners including “Wicked,” “A Complete Unknown,” “I Saw the TV Glow” and “Sing Sing.” Among the TV category winners were “Baby Reindeer,” “English Teacher” and “Agatha All Along.”
Stephen Schwartz was awarded the Icon Award to celebrate his contributions to the music and film industry. Schwartz performed his song “Beautiful City” on stage from his musical “Godspell.” Music producer and supervisor Bonnie Greenberg took to the stage to accept the Legacy Award for her outstanding career in music supervision. Music supervisor and executive at EA Games Steve Schnur won the most awards for the evening with two wins for his work on video games EA Sports FC 25 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Keeping their promise of live performances from Best Song nominees, Oscar-nominees Abraham Alexander & Adrian Quesada performed their nominated song “Like a Bird” from “Sing Sing,” which took the prize for Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film. Danielle Ponder performed her nominated song “Egún” from Apple TV’s “Manhunt,” and the artist Role Model gave a rousing performance of their song “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out” as the Spotlight artist of the evening.
The complete winners list for the 15th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards is as follows.
FILM
Best Music Supervision in Major Budget Films
Maggie Rodford - “Wicked”
Best Music Supervision in Mid-Level Budget Films
Steven Gizicki - “A... Read More