New York and L.A.-based content creation studio CVLTProduction has tapped Kathrin Lausch to lead as VP of production and client services. She will also assume the same role for creative imaging sister company Urban Studio to meet the diverse needs and cross medium expansion of its growing clientele. Lausch brings two decades of experience as an executive producer after tenures with top drawer production and post companies, collaborating with brand clients such as Lexus, Puma, Perrier and Infiniti. Leading a rapidly expanding studio amidst major industry shifts, Lausch lends her vision and expertise to producing new forms of engaging digital content. Lausch was born and raised in Europe, where she split her time between France and Germany. She earned multiple law degrees and worked for the United Nations as a legal adviser in Geneva. An interest in the arts led her to New York, where she was quickly drawn to the entertainment industry. She moved into a career executive producing with her own two production companies: Passport Films and Compass Films, to usher European talent into the U.S. market. Following shifts into postproduction, she immersed herself further into the digital landscape as EP at B-Reel, Partizan and Ntropic, and head of new business at MPC…..
SHOOT’s 22nd Annual New Directors Showcase Event Features Insights From IDA Honoree Dawn Porter, A Cross-section of Industry Pros
SHOOT’s New Directors Showcase (NDS) Event provided varied industry perspectives during a trio of afternoon sessions, and then an evening display of up-and-coming filmmaking talent with the debut screening of the 2024 Showcase Reel followed by a Meet the New Directors panel discussion, all held at the DGA Theatre in NYC last month (12/9). Capping the evening was the NDS Event After-party, hosted by The-Artery and Final Cut at the latter’s facility in Chelsea. In The Director’s Chair With Dawn Porter Kicking off the proceedings was the annual In The Director’s Chair session, this time featuring Dawn Porter just a week after she received the International Documentary Association’s Career Achievement Award, an honor presented annually to an individual film or video maker who, through a body of work, has made a major and lasting contribution to the documentary form. That body of work continues to grow and evolve--as evidenced at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival where she had two feature documentaries: Luther: Never Too Much and Power of the Dream. Luther: Never Too Much, an intimate portrayal of Grammy-winning artist Luther Vandross, was recently released in theaters and will premiere on CNN/MAX on January 1. Also 2024 brought us Porter’s MSNBC Series,... Read More