Bruce Bildsten and Michelle Fitzgerald, former longtime execs at Fallon Minneapolis, have launched Brew: A Creative Collaborative. The new venture is headquartered in Minneapolis. Bildsten had been executive creative director at Fallon, where he spent 21 years, moving up the ranks from copywriter before resigning last fall. Fitzgerald had been director of connection planning at Fallon….Tom Christmann has joined Taxi, New York, as creative director, reporting to exec creative director Wayne Best. Christmann comes over from BBDO New York….Director Chris Waitt has joined the roster of Nexus Productions, London, for worldwide representation in spots and music videos. Waitt is known for his comedy work, deploying techniques ranging from live action to animation and puppetry….Director Claudio Droguett has joined Nola Pictures, New York….Manhattan-based design/animation company CA Square has brought Ivano Leoncavallo on board as managing director/executive producer…..
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