Director Joan Raspo, formerly of New York-headquartered Curious Pictures, has joined Digital Kitchen’s Manhattan office as its creative director. Digital Kitchen also maintains operations in Seattle and Chicago, providing development, design and production for advertising, TV entertainment and theatrical features. Raspo’s credits include projects–spanning such discipline as live action, animation and motion design–for clients that include Target, USA Networks, Verizon, Microsoft, TNT and AOL. She helmed the strategic branding for the latter’s relaunch in 2004. Among her many endeavors were redesigning VH-1s identity and co-creating original TV series for the Oxygen network…..Bicoastal Sandwick Films has signed directing teams Nic & Sune (Nic Osborne and Sune Maroni) and Roenberg (Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg) for U.S. representation…..Freddy’s Barn Service, a Santa Monica-based production house under the aegis of exec producer Jeff Maier, has opened with a directorial roster that includes Greg Daniels, Adam Karsen, Gary Manske Vasco Elola and Carlos Rusansky……Rochester Hills, Mich.-based CGI/visual effects studio With A Twist has opened a production office in Venice, Calif…..
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