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Nice Shoes Adds Colorist Nicholas Lareau To Roster

Creative production studio, Nice Shoes, adds a new colorist to its creative roster, Nicholas Lareau, who joins following a successful run at Light Iron, and two years of building his reel further as a freelancer. With over a decade of color grading experience, Nicholas started his career in sports broadcasting, before winning an internship with […]

ONE TWENTY NINE FILMS to Rep Tabletop Director Irv Blitz

SAN FRANCISCO — Bi-coastal ONE TWENTY NINE FILMS is now representing acclaimed tabletop director Irv Blitz for commercials and other advertising projects. Blitz is one of the industry’s iconic tabletop cinematographers. His list of clients includes Anheuser Busch, Burger King, Bacardi, Diamond Nuts, Coca Cola, Nature Valley, Miller Coors, Taco Bell, KFC, Knorr, Olive Garden, […]

Veteran Colorist Anthony Raffaele of Cafe Society Joins SIM, New York

New York — Veteran colorist, Anthony Raffaele, whose work includes Café Society, Mapplethorpe and Fahrenheit 11/9, has joined the finishing staff at Sim, New York. With credits spread across features, episodic television and high-end documentaries, Raffaele brings versatility and experience to Sim, along with established relationships with top filmmakers and cinematographers. “Anthony is an ideal fit for the […]

Busy Alkemy X Beefs Up Staffing with Pellino and O’Brien

Growing Multi-City Agency Finds Growth By Offering Across-the-Board Skill Set for Branded and Episodic Content With studios in New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Amsterdam, Alkemy X’s growth shows it must be doing something right. Its mix of branded content development, special effects for features and television, integrated marketing and long-form unscripted television chops attracts a […]

Director Emily Elizabeth Thomas Signs with Derby

New York City— Continuing to expand its creative roster with unique and emerging talent, Derby has signed writer/director Emily Elizabeth Thomas for advertising, branded content and music videos. Originally from Texas, Thomas is best known for her narrative work, including the award-winning short film Lola: Girl Got a Gun. The new venture, which marks Thomas’ first foray into […]

Goldcrest Post Lands New York Vet Dominic Rom

A top-ranking veteran of the New York post world, Domenic Rom, has joined Goldcrest Post as managing director. Rom’s tasks include overseeing operations, driving sales and pursuing growth strategies for Goldcrest, a respected provider of post services for film and television. Rom was most recently president/GM of Deluxe TV Post Production Services in LA. “Domenic is a […]

Rebecca Niles Joins Derby as Executive Producer

New York City— April 8, 2019—Derby today announces the appointment of Rebecca Niles as Executive Producer. Niles brings strong leadership, strategic vision and deep production experience. Her background includes a previous two-year stint with Derby as head of production plus prior work for brands including WeWork, ESPN, Nike, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Aruba Tourism Board and British Airways. She […]

Company 3 Welcomes Senior Colorist Joseph Bicknell

Company 3 is delighted to announce the addition of internationally-recognized colorist, Joseph Bicknell. Recently relocating to New York following a very successful run as co-director/founder of finishing house, Cheat based in London, Joseph’s innovative and tasteful work on major commercial campaigns and music videos helped him forge a stellar reputation internationally. His grading on campaigns […]

Alkemy X Signs Director Jonathan Yi

NEW YORK CITY—March 6, 2019— Continuing to add unique talent to its creative roster, Alkemy X has signed award-winning director and cinematographer Jonathan Yi for exclusive representation for advertising projects. A multi-talented filmmaker, Yi has earned wide praise for his skills as an imaginative and insightful storyteller across commercials, documentaries, television, music videos and other media. […]

IFP Announces Jeffrey Sharp New Executive Director To Lead Non-Profit Hub for Independent Film

by April Bethea  March 6, 2019 (New York, NY) — The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) announced Jeffrey Sharp as the new Executive Director. Sharp will lead the institution, which is the nation’s premier member organization of independent storytellers. An award-winning international film and TV producer and publishing entrepreneur, Sharp brings decades of experience to IFP, […]

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How Sony’s New Virtual Sound Technology Can Change How We Hear Films

Kami Asgar and Jessica Parks are post-production heavyweights who work with major studios, namely Sony. As a sound designer (Asgar) and as a post executive (Parks), their collective resume touches on everything from Apocalypto to Grandma’s Boy to Venom.

Parks has recently shifted her focus from supervisor to hands-on sound design, and we talk about how it’s never too late to pivot on your career path and find the thing you love doing wherever you are in life.

Click on this link to read the rest of the article on No Film School’s site.

U.K. Extends COVID Insurance Scheme; Distributes $21 Million in Cinema Grants

The U.K.’s insurance scheme for film and television has been extended until April.

Known as the Film and TV Production Restart Scheme, the groundbreaking £500 million ($676 million) fund assures productions that they’ll receive financial support in case of COVID-related losses. The program has so far accepted 100 qualifying productions.

To read the full article in Variety, click on this link. 

Film Commish announces date for production restart

In her December 18, 2020 news update, MOME Commissioner Anne del Castillo announced that the Film Office is now accepting permit applications for production activity that begins on July 27th.

She also announced awards now (Awkwafina) and more. To read all of the Film Commish’s bloggy sort of news column, click here.

Stimulus Offers $15 Billion in Relief for Struggling Arts Venues

The coronavirus relief package that Congressional leaders agreed to this week includes grant money that many small proprietors described as a last hope for survival.

For the music venue owners, theater producers and cultural institutions that have suffered through the pandemic with no business, the coronavirus relief package that Congress passed on Monday night offers the prospect of aid at last.

To read the full article on The New York Times’ site, click here.

If you want to start production, here’s the latest news from the Mayor’s Office

Phase 4 production guidance is available on the Film Permit website. All production activity, whether it requires a Film Permit or not, must comply with New York Forward Industry Guidance.

For more information see, please refer to the State Department of Health’s Interim Guidance for Media Production During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. Please review the guidelines and FAQ before submitting permit applications. The Film Office is operating remotely, so please allow additional time for Film Permit processing.

The above paragraphs contain links to the various FAQ – just mouse over the relevant words.

Nikon to Stop Making Cameras in Japan

Nikon has fallen on hard times as of late as its camera sales have cratered, and now there’s a new indicator of how dire its financial situation is: the company is reportedly pulling the plug on making cameras in Japan after over 70 years of doing so.

To read the full article on Petapixel’s site, click here.

NVIDIA Uses AI to Slash Bandwidth on Video Calls

NVIDIA Research has invented a way to use AI to dramatically reduce video call bandwidth while simultaneously improving quality

What the researchers have achieved has remarkable results: by replacing the traditional h.264 video codec with a neural network, they have managed to reduce the required bandwidth for a video call by an order of magnitude. In one example, the required data rate fell from 97.28 KB/frame to a measly 0.1165 KB/frame – a reduction to 0.1% of required bandwidth.

To read the rest of this article on Petapixel, click this link.

 

 

 

Union Health Plan Dodges Film Workers’ Suit Over Virus Relief

Law360 (October 9, 2020, 5:22 PM EDT) — The Motion Picture Industry Health Plan’s board can’t be sued under ERISA for allegedly flouting its duties when it relaxed plan rules in response to COVID-19, a California federal judge has ruled, nixing a proposed class action filed by two cinematographers who still couldn’t qualify for benefits.

In an order entered Thursday, U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner granted the board of directors’ motion to dismiss Greg Endries and Dee Nichols’ Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit accusing board members of breaching their duty to treat all plan participants fairly.

Endries and Nichols, members of Local 600 of the International Cinematographers Guild, said in July that the board left them and others “out in the cold” in its attempts to address the problems COVID-19 caused for plan participants.

But Judge Klausner agreed with the board’s contention that the case, which alleged a fiduciary breach, should be tossed because plan administrators don’t act as fiduciaries when they amend health care plans.

Read the full article on the Law360 site by clicking here.

Russo Brothers Received Close to $50 Million From Saudi Bank

Anthony Russo and Joseph Russo photographed at the PMC Studio in Los Angeles for the Variety Playback Podcast.

The Russo brothers, directors of the all-time top grossing film “Avengers: Endgame,” quietly secured a roughly $50 million cash infusion for their production company AGBO from Saudi Arabia earlier this year, multiple sources tell Variety.

In a deal brokered and closed at the beginning of the pandemic, the Russos received the investment from an undisclosed Saudi bank in exchange for a minority stake in the brothers’ Los Angeles-based shop.

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