ShootersNYC, the new satellite of Philadelphia-based post house ShootersINC, has added editor Anthony Marinelli. Based at ShootersNYC, he is also available for projects at the company’s Philly headquarters. Marinelli began his editing career 17 years ago as an in-house editor at agency DDB Needham. From there he worked at Steel Rose Editorial, Crew Cuts and Cut + Run, before joining Red Car in 2008. His work over the years includes the 2005 Super Bowl “Superheroes” spot for Visa, as well as ads for Aleve, NY Lottery, Bayer, Scotts/Miracle-Gro, Atlantis Resorts, Wendy’s and the US Tennis Open. In 2002 he was nominated for an AICE Award for his work on the NY Department of Tourism’s “New Day” campaign, an effort to revitalize the city tourism industry following the September 11th terrorist attacks. His work outside of advertising includes his 2008 documentary feature with Alicia Keys called “Alicia in Africa,” for her Keep a Child Alive charitable organization…..Ntropic, L.A. and San Francisco, has added sr. Inferno artist MB Emigh. Her experience includes serving as a VFX supervisor/compositor at such houses as Radium, Troika and Hydraulx. She is currently working on spots for Smokey Bear and Green Mountain Coffee….Make+Model has launched a documentary division headed by exec producer Mark Hyatt. The new entity has two documentaries in production: director Marcos Zavitsanos’ What’s for Lunch? examining a healthy school food initiative, and a project with director Russell Bates exploring a group of organic, treatment-free beekeepers based in L.A. With partial funding from the Annenberg Foundation, the later film will be co-produced by Make+Model and Max Wong at Pink Slip Pictures….Tim Caldwell has come aboard Fletcher Camera & Lenses, based in Chicago with a branch office in Detroit, as its technical service manager. Fletcher is a leading provider of high-end film and digital camera and lens rentals. Caldwell has 28 years experience as a camera operator/technician and service provider in the film and digital camera industry, starting his career at Panavision in 1983. Working his way up the through the organization, Caldwell was a central figure in Panavision’s manufacturing division, working closely with the manufacturing and design teams, and playing a key role in the successful building of the company’s signature Millennium camera and Primo lenses. Before moving to Chicago in 2010, Caldwell spent five years as the service manager for Panavision New York, simultaneously establishing its new HD department and servicing clients during a period of explosive growth in the N.Y. market. Between his stints for Panavision on the East and West Coasts, Caldwell was recruited by Plus 8, a rental house with facilities in the U.S. and Canada, to head the operations department in both Burbank, Calif., and New York.
A self-described still photographer at heart, Caldwell received his BA with honors from UCLA’s film school and has worked closely with filmmakers for a number of high-profile features, television shows and films, including Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos, I Am Legend, and the Star Wars prequels.
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