Bicoastal Aero Film has named Sara Eolin as executive producer for its New York office. Eolin, who hails from the advertising agency side of the business, handles an Aero roster that includes directors Klaus Obermeyer, Ken Arlidge, James Mangold, Austin Smithard, Jason Farrand, Sam O’Hare, Gary McKendry, Nelson McCormick, and Indrani. She had previously been serving as a hands-on producer/sales rep for Aero. Her agency pedigree spans such New York shops as Grey, Merkley+Partners, and Lowe. At the latter, she worked on the GMC and Saab accounts before being promoted to head of integrated production…..Arsenal FX, a Santa Monica-based special effects boutique founded and owned by VFX artist Mark Leiss, has added designers/directors Nathan Boldman and Lauren Mayer-Beug. The pair recently completed projects for Taxicab Confessions and MasterCard, along with numerous music videos. Their other credits include projects for HP, Red Bull, the 2010 Winter Olympics, Fox Sports and the opening of 24. Prior to joining Arsenal FX, Boldman and Mayer-Beug were partnered in motion graphics house De Motu. Boldman and Mayer-Beug have done work spanning several media formats, including television, cinema, installations, and projections. In addition to directing their own projects, the duo has collaborated with directors who include Joseph Kahn, Chris Milk, Dave Meyers, and Rubin Fleischer….Producer Alicia Balestrino and senior editor/director Jonathan Budine have joined New York-based Motive, a creative studio specializing in identity, branding, interactive, creative development and live action production for television, online, radio and print….
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