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    Mimi Leder to receive Cinematic Imagery honor at the 28th Art Directors Guild Awards

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    Mimi Leder (photo courtesy of Apple)
    LOS ANGELES --

    The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) has announced that director and producer Mimi Leder will receive the 2024 Cinematic Imagery Award at the 28th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards.

    Leder currently serves as the executive producer and director of the hit AppleTV+ series, The Morning Show, starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Billy Crudup. Most notably, Leder earned her 10th Emmy® Award nomination for directing the season one finale. The Morning Show is the most watched series globally on AppleTV+ and has earned multiple SAG, Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice and Emmy awards nominations, and was selected as one of AFI’s 10 best television programs of 2023. Leder is also the first female graduate of AFI and continues to be a groundbreaking trailblazer for women in the industry. 

    “I’m honored, humbled and excited to be recognized by the Art Director’s Guild,” said Leder. “The creative relationship with our production designers is not only to create the setting but to convey emotion, character and storytelling, which is the magic that builds these immersive worlds we can dream in, and bring to life.”

    The ADG’s Cinematic Imagery Award is given to those whose body of work in the film and television industry has richly enhanced the visual aspects of the viewer’s experience. Previous recipients include Baz Luhrmann, Jane Campion, Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese and George Lucas.

    “Mimi Leder is a visionary director and producer, whose collaboration with her art departments demonstrates the heights that we can achieve in filmmaking,” shared award show producers Michael Allen Glover, ADG and Megan Elizabeth Bell, ADG in a joint statement. “We’re honored to bestow her with this year’s Cinematic Imagery Award.” 

    Leder’s additional awards recognition includes two Emmy wins and four nominations, as well as three DGA nominations, for her work on the series ER. She has directed and produced films including On the Basis of Sex, Deep Impact, The Peacemaker and television shows such as The Leftovers, Luck, Shameless and The West Wing.

    The 28th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards will take place on Feb. 10 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom, Ovation Hollywood.

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    Ex-OpenAI engineer who raised legal concerns about the technology he helped build has died

    Saturday, December 21, 2024
    Suchir Balaji poses for a photo in Hawaii in 2018. Balaji was a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who died in November 2024. (Balaji Ramamurthy via AP)

    Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials. He was 26.

    Balaji worked at OpenAI for nearly four years before quitting in August. He was well-regarded by colleagues at the San Francisco company, where a co-founder this week called him one of OpenAI's strongest contributors who was essential to developing some of its products.

    "We are devastated to learn of this incredibly sad news and our hearts go out to Suchir's loved ones during this difficult time," said a statement from OpenAI.

    Balaji was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on Nov. 26 in what police said "appeared to be a suicide. No evidence of foul play was found during the initial investigation." The city's chief medical examiner's office confirmed the manner of death to be suicide.

    His parents Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy said they are still seeking answers, describing their son as a "happy, smart and brave young man" who loved to hike and recently returned from a trip with friends.

    Balaji grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and first arrived at the fledgling AI research lab for a 2018 summer internship while studying computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. He returned a few years later to work at OpenAI, where one of his first projects, called WebGPT, helped pave the way for ChatGPT.

    "Suchir's contributions to this project were essential, and it wouldn't have succeeded without him," said OpenAI co-founder John Schulman in a social media post memorializing Balaji. Schulman, who recruited Balaji to his team, said what... Read More

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