Director Geoffrey Barish has signed with bicoastal HSI Productions. He comes over from now defunct Extension Films, a satellite of the recently closed Propaganda Films….Director Steve Carr, formerly of Propaganda, has joined bicoastal Lot 47 Productions for exclusive representation in spots and music videos. At Propaganda, he was best known for his music video work. He has also diversified into features, the latest being Dr. Doolittle 2….Phillip Detchmendy, former executive producer of the shuttered Satellite—a sister shop to Propaganda—has been named managing director of bicoastal Tool of North America. Additionally, Jennifer Siegel has become Tool’s executive producer, succeeding Dierdre Harrington….Bicoastal production house NSF-USA has signed the directing team Civilian….Director Kevin Bourland has joined bicoastal Treat…. New York-headquartered Creative Content Artists (CCA), the parent company to several postproduction/visual effects and audio post houses, has acquired Barasch Music & Sound, a longstanding New York music, sound design and audio mixing shop founded by Mark Barasch. In exchange for selling his 11-year-old company, Barasch gains an equity position in CCA and becomes one of its partners, joining CEO Steve Hendricks and chairman David Carmen. Barasch will serve as president of Octopus’ Garden, CCA’s newly formed music and sound division. Under the tentacles of Octopus’ Garden are Barasch Music & Sound and three other CCA holdings: East Side Mix, Lower East Side and Superdupe Recording. CCA is also parent to Post Perfect, Crush Digital Video and arc.light…..Mixers Bob Giammarco and Tom Goldblatt have come aboard Photomag, New York….Connie Griffin has been promoted from executive producer to managing director of R!OT Manhattan. She succeeds Dan Rosen who will serve as a consultant to the digital post/effects house….
SUPERLATIVE Signs Director Claudia Abend For Spots and Branded Content
Latin American director/editor and documentary filmmaker Claudia Abend has joined SUPERLATIVE for her first U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content.
Abend's empathetic docu-style POV has garnered several international awards for the documentary films Hit (2008) and The Flower of Life (2018). Her spotmaking credits include such brands as Procter & Gamble, Nestle and Blue Cross/Blue Shield. SUPERLATIVE has already worked with Abend, together producing a new ad campaign for digital agency Tinuiti and The Honest Company, a consumer goods corporation featuring eco-minded products.
“We found Claudia through her poignant documentaries on the festival circuit,” said SUPERLATIVE creative manager Stefan Dezil. “We are excited about her textured narratives, emotional storytelling, and her powerhouse long-form storytelling abilities, currently on her third feature film. As SUPERLATIVE continues to build our brand after premiering our latest films at Sundance and SXSW, Claudia is the kind of multidimensional artist we are excited to partner with on branded content and beyond. Fluent in English and Spanish, her reel shows real prowess with infants, food and skin products, families both young and old. Great visual storytelling and inspirational doc work.”
Abend began her career in her native Uruguay, studying film and editing in college. “My dad would show me films like Citizen Kane,” she said. “I love cinema and became an editor. It was here that I learned all about communicating human emotion.”
From the get-go, Abend hit it big as a documentary director, teaming with Adrianna Loeff on Hit, a movie chronicling pop artists of Uruguayan music. Abend took home a Best Editing... Read More