Image caption: Steven Poster, ASC, is National President of the International Cinematographers Guild LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14, 2019 – Steven Poster, ASC, National President of the International Cinematographers Guild, (ICG, IATSE Local 600) has added his voice to the growing industry concern over the Academy’s decision to shorten four awards from the live Oscar broadcast, including […]
Sound Supervisor Stephen H. Flick to Receive Motion Picture Sound Editors Career Achievement Award
2019 MPSE Golden Reel Awards Slated for February 17th Studio City, California – December 3, 2018 – The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) today announces Supervising Sound Editor Stephen H. Flick as recipient of its 2018 MPSE Career Achievement Award. A veteran of 40 years and more than 150 films, Flick won Oscars for Sound […]
Motion Picture Sound Editors to Honor Antoine Fuqua with Filmmaker Award
66th MPSE Golden Reel Awards Slated for February 17th Studio City, California – November 13, 2018 – The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) today announces that it will honor Antoine Fuqua with its annual Filmmaker Award. The director of such films as The Equalizer (1 & 2), The Magnificent Seven, Southpaw and Training Day, he […]
DGA Spots Top Film and TV Leadership in 2018 Awards
Los Angeles – The Directors Guild of America (DGA) today announced that Director Ang Lee, Fox Searchlight Chairman Nancy Utley, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), SAG-AFTRA Senior Advisor John McGuire, and Costume Designer Ann Roth will be honored at the 2018 DGA Honors, to be held at the DGA Theater in New York City on […]
D.W. Leitner Garners SMPTE Fellowship
Long-time friend David Leitner has been named a SMPTE Fellow. David wrote for NYCPPNEWS in the past, but most know him from his work as a director/cinematographer. He has unique know-how in the history of cinema that he somehow translates into working solutions for digital cinema.
The Longest Emmy Wait
Scottish inventor Alexander Bain will receive a very posthumous 2015 Technical Emmy for his 1843 patents that set the stage for the development of television…
Impact Partners and DOC NYC Offer Producer’s Fellowship
Impact Partners and DOC NYC announce that their producer’s fellowship is now open for application. Five newbie producers get $2500 and, perhaps more importantly, 10 sessions with top producers and directors to learn about the business…
Cut + Run Editor Sam Ostrove Wins Best in Show at AICE Awards
At last evening’s 2015 AICE Awards in Los Angeles, Sam Ostrove of Cut + Run won a Best in Show award for his “moody and evocative” four-minute film for Volvo from the Swedish ad agency Forsman & Bodenfors…
Rock Paper Scissors’ Editors Lead AICE Awards Finalists
AICE members are responsible for editing the great majority of all network television commercials shown in the U.S. and Canada. But once a year they gather to have a big celebration; that’s where their peers acknowledge top editors’ best work. Now, the nominations for those May 14th awards are in. And even though the not-for-profit […]
Aronofsky and Lievsay to Receive Top Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards
Okay. If you’re in Hollywood, New York might not be on your radar as “the” place to edit feature motion pictures. But two awards to be meted out by the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) society show that LA’s hold might be changing…