Todd Selby, the photographer known as “The Selby,” has joined Nonfiction Unlimited to direct spots and documentary shorts for advertisers. Selby's filmography includes his first shorts, which provide glimpses into the creative lives of chef/beekeeper Andrew Field of Rockaway Taco, artist Tom Sachs, and Mitch Alfus, the Leather King. Selby made his initial mark with the launch of a website to which he posted his photography on a daily basis. The photography captured his friends in their personal environments. Personal friends led to personal connections–artists, actors, gallery owners, indie directors, designers and writers–all photographed in their unusual and often surprising spaces. The site went on to attract the attention of major corporations and led to numerous creative collaborations including his solo show and instillation at cult concept store Colette in Paris, where Selby embarked on a journey to photograph 20 people in just over a week's time, including artist Xavier Veilhan, fashion design Karl Lagerfeld, pastry chef Pierre Herme and shoe designer Christian Louboutin. Selby is currently a contributing editor to T: The New York Times Style Magazine with his regular column, “Edible Selby” featuring creative food and drink artisans around the world. He also regularly contributes to Vogue Paris, Casa Brutus, and Vogue Hommes International. In addition to his editorial photography, Selby diversified into ad photography for the likes of Louis Vuitton, Hennessy, Nike, CB2, Dockers and Cole Haan….Film producer Kelly Slattery recently joined Therapy Studios as EP of its new feature film division. Therapy, which began in 2005 as an editorial and finishing company, recently launched an interactive division that has been doing online projects such as micro-sites, banner campaigns and games. Now the move into feature films opens up Therapy's talent and technical resources to long-form projects for editorial, color, visual effects, graphics, trailers and interactive work. Slattery began her career through her music, which was finding placements on various feature soundtracks as well as with Warner Bros. Television. Since then her extensive industry contacts and experience have led her to producing films such as Down for Life, starring Danny Glover and Snoop Dogg, which premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, Cougar's Inc, starring Denise Richards, James Belushi and Kathryn Morris, to be released in theatrically this spring and House of the Rising Sun to be released in late 2011. She's currently developing Keep Coming Back (to be directed by William H. Macy), Dead Man's Gold and Fully Mooned. Her company, ShadowPark finances, produces and sells motion pictures….Paul Goldman, founder of New York-based Ear Goo, Inc. and the design studio Element, LLC, has partnered with Matt Giulvezan, formerly of MTV Networks, to launch The Goo, a multimedia company with a primary focus on creating content for television, film, web, mobile and emerging media. The Goo consists of three divisions: Action Goo (concept + live action production), Eye Goo (editorial + design + motion) and Ear Goo (music + sound design + mix). The family of The Goo companies will work to offer clients a full-service boutique experience. Additionally, The Goo has acquired Spek Studios, the boutique design studio based in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, NY. Spek Studios founders Reno Diaz and Rene Avalos will serve as Eye Goo's creative director and art director, respectively….
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