Norwegian commercial director Anniken Lien has signed with The Joneses for exclusive U.S. representation in commercials. Her credits include work for such brands as Volkswagen, Nivea, Kraft, L'Oreal, Nestle and Lego in association with agencies and production companies across Europe….Culver City/Vancouver-based visual effects house Zoic Studios has promoted VFX talent Levi Ahmu to creative director. The move comes on the heels of Ahmu's visually inventive, Zoic-produced :15, “Show Us Your Skin,” for Dove out of David Brown Entertainment, featuring inspired mosaic imagery. Ahmu served as both creative director and live-action director on the Dove spot….Blythe Dalton has been promoted from sr. producer to head of production at MassMarket, overseeing all projects run in-house for the West Coast office….Sam Helfer has joined the New York office of Erwin Penland as a broadcast producer. She previously worked for Deutsch, N.Y., as a content producer for a variety of international clients such as Microsoft, Milk, DIRECTV and Tylenol….Joanna “Joey” Cade has joined Element X Creative, Dallas, as executive producer of VFX. She comes from Reel FX Entertainment and has been a freelance commercial, film and VFX producer….Splice Here, Minneapolis, has added colorist Alexis Van Hurkman…
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