Director Mark Lyon has signed with bicoastal production house Subliminal for exclusive spot representation in the U.S. His first job at Subliminal is a campaign for Bose Home Entertainment….Lost Highway Films, a New York shop headed by executive producer Marc Rosenberg, has added directors Mike Patterson and Sasha Greer Levinson….Composer Joel Corelitz, whose first spot music affiliation was Steve Ford Music, Chicago, has launched his own shop, Chicago-based Underscore Music, LLC…..Bicoastal Transistor Studios, active in motion graphics, animation, viral, interactive, web and branding design, has promoted design director James Price to executive creative director of its New York studio where he teams with creative director Saiman Chow. Jared Plummer continues as exec creative director of the company’s interactive division in Venice, Calif…New York-based Bionic has launched a design division to complement its creative editorial, sound and production services. The new design division is headed by exec producer Tommy Shay, with key talent including design director Jun Lee and senior designer Dennis Cheung….
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