Untold Studios has signed design-led director and creative director Andrei Juradowitch for representation in the U.S., U.K. and throughout Europe. The Australian-born Juradowitch splits his time among New York City, Sydney and Untold’s U.S. base in Los Angeles. Working across multiple industries such as film, commercials, automotive, fashion, technology and experiential, he has collaborated with clients including Chevrolet, Sony Music, Mercedes-Benz, Snapchat, Bose, LG, Samsung, Hewlett Packard and Zaha Hadid. He has worked with leading design and production companies around the world and has an affinity for high-end projects that incorporate live-action, design, VFX and interactive components. Untold maintains studios in London and L.A…..
New York-based Special Operations Studios (SOS) has hired Kaylee King-Balentine as managing director, a new role for the hybrid agency reporting directly to co-founders Brad Dixon and Frederic Brehm. The managing director position puts an emphasis on procedures and the business side of commercials and filmmaking. King-Balentine brings to SOS an Emmy award winning background as an executive producer with more than 13 years of experience in commercial, branded content and documentary filmmaking. Prior to joining SOS, she was EVP of The Garden Creative. Before that, she spent five years at The New York Times as an executive producer managing creative teams across the newsroom and advertising departments–including a stint in London overseeing all creative for T Brand Studio International. Over the years, King-Balentine has worked on campaigns for dozens of brands including Samsung, Cartier, Volvo, Philips, UBS, Cole Haan, Capital One, National Geographic and Emirates Airlines. She has won numerous awards including a Cannes Lions Grand Prix and along the way founded The Selects, a filmmaking incubator for new directors within The Times….
SCHROM x Yacht Club and Be Electric Studios Launch Electric XR for Virtual Production
SCHROM x Yacht Club, a full-service live-action, tabletop, and postproduction company, has teamed with Be Electric Studios, a soundstage, equipment rental, and virtual production company, to launch Electric XR, a virtual production collective.
Industry veteran Thomas Rossano will lead the new venture, which provides advanced virtual production solutions across multiple facilities. He brings over 25 years of experience in live-action, tabletop, postproduction and talent curation to enhance Electric XR’s offerings as a resource for brands and agencies, as well as other production companies in need of virtual production solutions. Additionally Rossano continues to serve as EP at XR New York (XR-NY), a role he’s held since December 2022. SCHROM x Yacht Club originally established XR-NY to help provide XR services for third-party rentals. While XR-NY will continue to function independently for SCHROM X Yacht Club, it now operates under the Electric XR umbrella.
Rossano’s expertise spans producing live-action commercials, branded content, interactive and experiential content. In addition to leading Electric XR, he holds responsibilities at SCHROM x Yacht Club which include driving business development, collaborating with sales reps and expanding the company’s creative talent network. Rossano’s career includes serving as an exec producer at Hungry Man for about 11 years, right from that company’s inception. He then went on to become a partner at Station Film where he also had a lengthy tenure. Later he was a partner at PRISM. Then after the pandemic hit, he became a freelance EP for nearly two years, looking into opportunities in virtual production, which led him to XR NY and now Electric XR. Over the years, he has produced high-profile... Read More