Veteran line producer Pat McGoldrick has been named executive producer in New York for bicoastal Chelsea Pictures. Over the years, McGoldrick has worked with such directors as David Cornell, Phil Morrison, Charles Stone III, Erich Joiner, John Dolan and David Kellogg…Elizabeth Ryan has been named managing director of charlieuniformtango, a post house with shops in Dallas and Austin. She will be based in Austin and comes over from Los Angeles where she freelanced for such companies as Method Studios and Spine Inc., working with clients that included Cingular for BBDO New York, Cadillac for Modernista!, Boston, and Visa for TBWAChiatDay, New York. Prior to freelancing, Ryan served as director of development and new business at Swietlik, Santa Monica (now Cut+Run)….Ed Ethridge, veteran post producer, senior editor and design supervisor for Zimmerman Advertising in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has launched Ed Ethridge Productions in Hollywood, Fla…..New York-based design and animation studio FlickerLab has promoted Franklin S. Zitter to producer. He joined the shop in Aug. 2004 as an associate producer….
Ron Cicero and Bo Clancey Launch Production House 34North
Executive producers Ron Cicero and Bo Clancey have teamed to launch 34North. The shop opens with a roster which includes accomplished directors Jan Wentz, Ben Nakamura Whitehouse, David Edwards and Mario Feil, as well as such up-and-coming filmmakers as Glenn Stewart and Chris Fowles. Nakamura Whitehouse, Edwards, Feil and Fowles come over from CoMPANY Films, the production company for which Cicero served as an EP for the past nearly five years. Director Wentz had most recently been with production house Skunk while Stewart now gains his first U.S. representation. EP Clancey was freelance producing prior to the formation of 34North. He and Cicero have known each other for some 25 years, recently reconnecting on a job directed by Fowles. Cicero said that he and Clancey “want to keep a highly focused roster where talent management can be one on one--where we all share in the directors’ success together.” Clancey also brings an agency pedigree to the new venture. “I started at Campbell Ewald in accounts, no less,” said Clancey. “I saw firsthand how much work agencies put in before we even see a script. You have to respect that investment. These agency experiences really shaped my approach to production--it’s about empathy, listening between the lines, and ultimately making the process seamless.” 34North represents a meeting point--both literally and creatively. Named after the latitude of Malibu, Calif., where the idea for the company was born, it also embraces the power of storytelling. “34North118West was the first GPS-enabled narrative,” Cicero explained. “That blend of art and technology, to captivate an audience, mirrors what we do here--create compelling work, with talented people, harnessing state-of-the-art... Read More