The directing duo The Brothers Strause (Greg and Colin), who helm commercials via Santa Monica-based Tight, will make their feature directorial debut with Alien Vs. Predator 2. The Strause’s visual effects shop hydraulx will handle effects for the film which goes into production in October….Bicoastal music/sound design house Face The Music has entered into entered into a relationship with spot and feature film sound designer Kim B. Christensen for exclusive representation spanning advertising and broadcast projects. Christensen’s credits include sound design for FedEx’s “Stick,” which won a primetime commercial Emmy this year (along with Hallmark’s “Required Reading”)….JWT president Michael Maedel plans to relocate from London to Singapore, underscoring an agency initiative to capitalize on opportunities developing in the Asian market. He is slated to make the move in mid-October. Toby Hoare, executive chairman of JWT UK and a member of its worldwide executive committee, will assume increased responsibility for JWT in Europe on January 1….Creative director Chris McKenna and executive producer Monica Freriks have launched Wee Beastie, a New York-based hybrid agency/production company that makes creative advertising for TV networks….
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