Green Dot Films, Santa Monica, has brought the directing duo of jacobsbriere–Kim Jacobs and Alain Briere–aboard its roster. The helming team comes over from Hello! & Co….Philadelphia post house Shooters Post & Transfer is launching ShootersNYC, a New York City-based post house. The new venture will be led by Jeff Beckerman, most recently founder/creative director of BOND, which closed in August…..Craig Duncan joins Cutters, Inc. as the new exec producer of the company’s Chicago studios. Duncan’s main focus will be as the EP for Cutters Editorial, but he will bring his multi brand experience to the growth of Sol Design, Dictionary Films, Another Country and picnic. Duncan is no stranger to the leadership role of a multi-brand company, having previously held a similar post with Griot and Postique in Detroit. He most recently served as managing director of Red Car, Chicago. Cutters is headed by president Tim McGuire. Cindy Duffy has been upped from EP to director of post for the Cutters, Inc. brands….The Whitehouse Chicago has added editor Glorily Velez, formerly of Optimus, and promoted talent from within, elevating assistant editors Brian Gannon and Christine Wolf to full fledged editors…Wing, a marketing communications agency focused on the intersection of the U.S. Hispanic, Latin American and general markets, has hired Alejandro Falduti as senior producer. Falduti is based in N.Y. and will be responsible for leading production across all of Wing’s brands. He reports to Tania Salter, head of production. Falduti previously was with creative agency Santo where he was global producer, working on campaigns such as Coke’s World Cup 2010 and Vodaphone’s “Power To You” in Europe….
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