Untitled, a Los Angeles-based production house headed by owner/exec producer Jim Evans, has signed directorial duo Big TV–consisting of Andy Delaney and Monty Whitebloom–for representation in the U.S. market. Big TV’s spot credits span such brands as Lincoln, Mercedes, Kodak, Reebok and Levis. The duo has also helmed music videos for Maroon 5, Lauryn Hill, Usher, Macy Gray, George Michael, Seal and KT Tunstall, among other performers. Big TV joins an Untitled roster that includes directors Geoffrey Barish, The Cronenweths, Glenn Martin and Adam Reed….New York-based animation production company Blacklist has secured Tendril for U.S. representation. Based in Toronto, Tendril is a director-driven workshop where designers and artists from diverse backgrounds employ a wide range of techniques to craft visual experiences. Launched in 2010 by Brazilian-Canadian directorial team Chris Bahry and Alexandre Torres, Tendril has grown into a full-service visual design and animation studio able to bring a project to life from the initial concept through to design, execution and delivery….Editor Nathan Petty has joined Whitehouse Post, working out of its San Francisco shop but available via its offices worldwide. Petty had previously been freelancing, cutting for houses such as Arcade, Final Cut, and Beast. Earlier he was with Umlaut Films, and served as a sr. editor at former agency Goldberg Moser O’Neill. Petty’s latest credits include a “Got Chocolate Milk” campaign via Deutsch NY for the 2012 Olympics in London. His work outside of the spot realm includes Edward Feldman’s short film A Day’s Work, which was an official selection at SXSW, and received top honors at the Savannah Film Festival….
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