Director Eivind “Salmon” Holmboe has joined @radical.media for representation worldwide except for the U.K. where he continues to be handled by Crossroads Films. He started his career as an advertising creative, working for agencies including David&Goliath, Deutsch, and Leo Burnett, and garnering awards from the Cannes Lions, Clios, and Eurobest shows. Since 2004, Salmon has worked full time as a director, and has shot for clients such as Audi, VW, Coke, Pepsi, PlayStation, Mercedes, Vodafone, Sky TV, and Skoda. In 2007, he shot a critically acclaimed short film, Diente por Ojo, which had a successful run on the film festival circuit…..Leila Bartlam has joined the London office of Cut+Run as managing director after a tenure as head of TV at creative agency Adam & Eve. Among other accolades, the agency earned 'Ad of the Year' at British Arrows and Gold of Golds at Creative Circle for its John Lewis' “The Long Wait.” It was at Adam & Eve, where she helped establish creative partnerships with other companies including collaborating with Cut+Run. She had been head of TV at the agency since 2009…Executive producer Jessica Berry has joined Dallas-based Lucky Post….
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