Jeremy Leeds has joined San Francisco-based production/post/motion graphics/interactive media studio TEAK as senior interactive producer. He will work closely with executive producer Greg Martinez.
Leeds specializes in managing large-scale, complex interactive and web development projects, working with clients on custom designed websites, microsites and landing pages that have included such features as email messaging platforms, robust content management systems, and interactive interfaces.
Leeds was recently at Mekanism where he produced a pair of marquee projects including a comprehensive Flash video microsite and a social network for Harmonix/EA’s popular Rock Band videogame. While at Mekanism, he also had a hand in comedic tongue-in-cheek interactive site for Tostitos, in which users can watch a fictional organization (the National Organization for Legislation Against Fun-NOLAF) rail against the detrimental effects of Tostitos chips.
Among the other clients for whom Leeds has worked on projects are Ferrari, McAfee, SoBe, Toshiba, TheTourOperator.com, Sony, Oracle, Ask Jeeves, Selectica, Emindhealth.com, Kodak, AirTreks and Charles Schwab.
Prior to Mekanism, Leeds was a senior interactive producer at Loomis Group, interactive producer at Attik, and project manager at Landor & Associates, and Fluid, Inc.
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer โ but not the trigger โ and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
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