Nick Gordon, Sally Campbell and Tim Nash have teamed to launch London production house Somesuch & Co. Director Gordon and producer Campbell were both formerly with Academy Films. Nash was most recently with Atlantic Records as video commissioner; prior to that he was head of music videos at Academy. Gordon heads the directorial roster at Somesuch, which has secured stateside representation via Caviar. Conversely, select directors at Caviar such as Keith Schofield pick up U.K. representation via Somesuch…..Still photographer Kate Powers has wrapped her first live-action TV directing gig with a pair of :30 spots for SHN, the official site of Broadway in San Francisco. The spots thread together a series of black-and-white testimonials from passionate theatergoers, from the woman who's seen Wicked 18 times to the man who keeps a box stuffed with the ticket stubs of every Broadway show he's ever seen, creating a dynamic portrait of SHN's diverse and passionate fan base. Production/post house Teak secured the assignment for Powers, which came out of agency Addis Creson. The spots were cut by Teak's Sean Shafer….Digital studio Radium/Reel FX, Santa Monica/Dallas has brought aboard veteran executive producer Dan Bryant, who will based in the Santa Monica studio. Bryant comes to Radium/Reel FX after a successful run as a freelance producer for advertising agencies DDB Worldwide, Euro RSCG and GSD&M, and digital studios Blind, Buck, Digital Kitchen, Shilo and Troika. Highlighting his freelance producing career are numerous Super Bowl commercials for Budweiser and Bud Light, including the Budweiser Clydesdale spot “Team,” which was voted the #1 Super Bowl spot of 2008 in the USA Today readers' poll. Bryant previously served as executive producer for Area 51 Films, The Joneses, Swietlik Editorial (now Cut + Run), and Backyard Productions. At Radium/Reel FX, he will oversee the studio's West Coast commercial business….San Francisco editorial/post shop Barbary Post has promoted Daniel Truog to editor. He has been with the company since its inception in 2006, first as an assistant editor to owner/editor Bob Spector, then as senior assistant/junior editor. Originally from Chicago, Truog has recently cut spots and web films for Doritos, Haagen Dazs and Sprint through Goodby, Silverstein and Partners, and Comcast Sports Network through BBDO West…
Oscar Nominees Gather For Cocktails, Dinner and The Annual Class Picture
Five days before the Academy Awards, nearly every nominee gathered for a cocktail reception, dinner and class picture shoot that served as an Oscars orientation.
The event Tuesday night at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures was a stand-in for the annual Oscars luncheon usually held about a month earlier but scrubbed because of the Southern California wildfires.
With the voting over and winners determined, contenders got chummy and the mood was cheerful. Best actress favorites Mikey Madison and Demi Moore hugged and chatted. So did best actor front-runners Timothรฉe Chalamet and Adrien Brody.
"Everyone say Oscar nominee!" best actress nominee Cynthia Erivo shouted gleefully from the front row of the museum's David Geffen Theater, where the dozens of nominees sat for their group picture.
Clustered in front with Erivo were three best supporting actress nominees: her "Wicked" castmate Ariana Grande, Monica Barbaro of "A Complete Unknown" and Zoe Saldaรฑa of "Emilia Perez" along with Madison, nominated for "Anora." The five women stood in a circle and talked happily together after the photo, and kept the conversation going as they descended the stairs together to dinner.
In the back of the theater, a trio of best actor nominees sat together: Sebastian Stan of "The Apprentice," Colman Domingo of "Sing Sing" and Brody, of "The Brutalist."
After the photo was taken, Academy President Janet Yang gave the orientation presentation, reminding everyone that the 97th Academy Awards will be held Sunday.
She greeted first-time nominees and acknowledged there were also some with more than one.
Denis Villeneuve, director of "Dune: Part 2" and a four-time nominee, raised his hand. Sixteen-time best original song nominee... Read More