Oritte Bendory has joined NY-based production company Assembly as executive producer. Taking the helm at Assembly alongside EP Gloria Colangelo, Bendory will also serve as head of sales for MacGuffin, Assembly’s sister company which specializes in tabletop production.
She comes to Assembly following a six-year tenure as head of sales at GARTNER. Earlier she was a producer at Ogilvy & Mather and DDB/Uproar.
Assembly represents comedy, lifestyle, documentary, and visual storytellers including directors Christopher Bean, Samuel Bennetts, Ed Burns, Jeffrey Fleisig, Guillame de Fontenoy, Jörn Haagen, Gary McKendry, Mike Rowles, Bruce Van Dusen and Julian West.
Directors Kevan Bean, Nick Fugelstad, and Marie Constantinsco comprise MacGuffin Film’s tabletop offering, with a state of the art facility in downtown Manhattan.
SMPTE elects board officers, regional governors
SMPTE®,the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has revealed the board officers and regional governors who will serve terms beginning in January 2025.
Three new officers--Richard Welsh as SMPTE president, Eric Gsell as SMPTE executive VP, and Polly Hickling as SMPTE Education VP--have been elected for a two-year term from Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2026. One SMPTE officer, Lisa Hobbs, will be continuing her service as SMPTE secretary and treasurer for another two-year term. Additionally, Raymond Yeung will be stepping into the role of standards VP on Jan. 1, 2025.
“SMPTE’s membership has spoken,” said SMPTE interim executive director Sally-Ann D’Amato. “These officers have been tasked with an important responsibility, one each of them is prepared to tackle head-on. These next two years are looking bright for SMPTE!”
In addition to the officers, 10 regional governors were elected by the Society to serve two-year 2025-2026 terms.
These include the following regional governors, re-elected to continue their service:
Asia-Pacific Region Governor
Tony Ngai, Society of Motion Imaging Ltd.
EMEA - Central & South America Region Governor
Fernando Bittencourt, FB Consultant
United Kingdom Region Governor
Chris Johns, Sky UK.
USA - Central Region Governor
William T. Hayes, Consultant
USA - Eastern Region Governor
Dover Jeanne Mundt, Riedel Communications
USA - Western Region Governor
Jeffrey F. Way, Open Drives
Also elected were four newcomers to the SMPTE Board:
Canada Region Governor
Jonathan Jobin, Grass Valley
USA - Hollywood Region Governor
Allan Schollnick, Voxx... Read More